Warhammer: Total War

eeguy

ancapailldorcha wrote: »

Fair enough. I'm playing Empire at the moment and the hand-to-hand is utterly abysmal.

Is there a similar game with better mechanics?

ancapailldorcha

eeguy wrote: »

Is there a similar game with better mechanics?

What's your point?

eeguy

ancapailldorcha wrote: »

What's your point?

Hah, sorry. I though you were playing Warhammer as the Empire

just wondering if there was a better game than Total War from a large scale battle perspective.

ancapailldorcha

eeguy wrote: »

Hah, sorry. I though you were playing Warhammer as the Empire

just wondering if there was a better game than Total War from a large scale battle perspective.

I wish I was playing Warhammer. It looks amazing.

I'm playing ETW, the first game to use Warscape. Unfortunately, I found out that it work on a 1-on-1 melee system so outnumbered units take longer to be wiped out. I prefer the older engine though I know it has significant issues on multicore processors.

I don't think there is anything to match Total War which is odd. I would have thought a lot of competitors would have sprung up.

Mr Crispy

Haven't seen anything official, but I've seen chat on other forums that the latest patch boosts performance in Ryzen by ~10%.

de5p0i1er

According to the Games Steam page for the game the game is going to include Lustria, Ulthuan, Naggaroth and the Southlands which is Tomb Kings territory.

I really want them to add Skaven but it makes sense to add the Tomb Kings if there adding there territory to the map. It could be that there going to add the Skaven or Tomb Kings as a DLC at a later date to try and squeeze more money out of us.

Maguined

de5p0i1er wrote: »

According to the Games Steam page for the game the game is going to include Lustria, Ulthuan, Naggaroth and the Southlands which is Tomb Kings territory.

I really want them to add Skaven but it makes sense to add the Tomb Kings if there adding there territory to the map. It could be that there going to add the Skaven or Tomb Kings as a DLC at a later date to try and squeeze more money out of us.

It seems odd to me that they would include Tomb Kings in this expansion. Whenever they talk about the trilogy of games they always reference to the fact that once the third game is released it you can play on a super map which will be all 3 games maps combined. With this second game definitely containing the eastern portion and the first game having the center/north I assumed the last game would be mostly focused on the south/east. I assumed Tomb kings would be in the third game so if they are included in the second they will be scraping the barrell for the third.

There has never been proper armies and lore for the majority of the east, only the Ogre Kingdoms and Chaos Dwarves received proper armies. Warmaster included Araby as a faction but I doubt they would make it into a WFB game.

degrassinoel

https://www.totalwar.com/blog/quick-word-on-historical-titles/

They dont say much of anything other than it's well under way

This is pretty much it

Production for our next historical major release is well underway, as mentioned before, with the team working on all areas of the game at this stage; the game design is locked and asset creation fully underway. We have seen some particularly jaw-dropping character and campaign map concepts that have really pushed the strong visual design of this release.

We have also been collaborating with our first historical advisor, pre-eminent in his field and already bringing that world-leading expertise to bear on our designs and extensive research so far – don’t forget, it’s an era that we haven’t tackled yet, so we want to make sure we get it right.

The game retains a strong focus on character design that we have pursued in previous major releases, with the key personalities of the period in particular being an early priority. There are vibrant and striking renders plastered around the studio, with eye-catching combat animations garnering some serious attention too.

Of course, none of the above mentioned projects are ready to be shown off just yet, and we don’t want to give too much info away – But we still wanted to keep you updated as much as we can.

killanena

I know this like my 3rd time posting this and a few of ye have added me but it seems our secludes don't fit
Im looking for someone to play multiplayer quick battles with. I usually play from 12 midnight to whatever time really when im working. So if anyone plays those hours add me on steam: IrishRook
and give me a message

Mr Crispy

Howdy. Going to post this here because a) I can't make giveaways for these on SteamGifts, and b) you Total Warriors may not see this in the gaming freebies thread.

Anyway, I have the blood/gore packs for Shogun 2, Rome 2 and Attila all sitting in my Steam inventory. If ya want one of them, just PM me your email address and I'll send it via Steam. Cheers!

degrassinoel

Ingame Cine engine - still no release date set in stone

Samuel T. Cogley

Glad I've watercooled the 1080 so!

Mr Crispy

Lizardmen roster reveal;

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HVyRy3OUtKg

degrassinoel

New free-lc content for TW:WH this summer at some point, also, some concept art for the new (unnamed) historical TW game



Viking by the looks of him, which would probably mean the timeframe could be as early as 790AD to as late as 1066AD

Then again, it's just concept art and subject to change, so yeah..
anyway more on both here

Patser

It actually says it a Campaign pack DLC for one of our most recent historical games. So not a stand alone new title....

Can't be Rome 2 could it... Unless he's Goth/Germanic rather than Viking...

Sure as hell isn't the Zulus or Chinese I was hoping for..

Varik

Hope it's not the new game, I know those dates are guesstimates but that's just between Charlemagne and medieval and I'd just rather a new medical after the 11+ years now.

Honestly since we're getting the 3 WH games with the combined super grand campaign I'd really like something similar, start outside Europe and work back.

pablomakaveli

Lots of positive news in CA's latest update.

New race pack for WH1 plus possibly new stuff for the DLC races. Middenland and Southern Realms seem like strong contenders for the new race.

New potential DLC for either Rome 2 or Attila. I like that they're still giving some attention to the older historical games.

Also the historical standalone sounds interesting. Can only wonder what it will focus on.

degrassinoel

Varik wrote: »

Hope it's not the new game, I know those dates are guesstimates but that's just between Charlemagne and medieval and I'd just rather a new medical after the 11+ years now.

Honestly since we're getting the 3 WH games with the combined super grand campaign I'd really like something similar, start outside Europe and work back.

it could be a viking campaign, i'd probably enjoy that though they would ultimately be small scale battles/raids until some of the bigger stuff like Clontarf - tbh i could see them doing this off the back of the show Vikings too.

Mr Crispy

Reading the blog post again, seems like there's three historical titles being worked on? The campaign pack for (presumably) Attila, the next major historical TW title (completely new setting), and finally an "historical flashpoint" game, covering an important period they've looked at before, but feel they haven't done justice to. Add to that all the Warhammer news and it's a bloody good time to be a TW fan!

degrassinoel

Darch Nemesis wrote: »

Reading the blog post again, seems like there's three historical titles being worked on? The campaign pack for (presumably) Attila, the next major historical TW title (completely new setting), and finally an "historical flashpoint" game, covering an important period they've looked at before, but feel they haven't done justice to. Add to that all the Warhammer news and it's a bloody good time to be a TW fan!

Seems to be yeah,

the flashpoint one could be a battle scenario or mini campaign for a previously released historical game, i'd hazard a guess at Rome II or Attila, more than likely Attila though. And tbh i'd say that's a push for history TW fans to generate hype for the new game.

So there's that,

Warhammer freeLC and one more paid DLC.

Warhammer 2, (more details at E3)

and the new historical game. (very early hype with concept art, could be two years away or more)

Oh, and they're in the early concept stages of DLC for WH2 aswell.

Really exciting times, if they can manage the same calibre of game as they have with Warhammer, even it's launch was above average for TW (and i think they can/will) they'll do very well.

degrassinoel

Official release date for WH2 is 28 September 2017.
per post on steam

http://steamcommunity.com/games/594570/announcements/detail/1332350869594877052

killanena

If you pre-order warhammer 2 you get the new paid DLC coming out for Warhammer 1 for free.

Remouad

killanena wrote: »

If you pre-order warhammer 2 you get the new paid DLC coming out for Warhammer 1 for free.

Damn. Going to break my "Never Pre-Order Rule".

Any idea when the it's going to come out? I'm assuming July.
The Old Friend DLC should be released at the same time too.

Going to have to get back into Warhammer.
Been distracted by the Arkham Knight but just have the last few bits to clean up now.

killanena

Within the next 2 months anyways. Yeah I don't usually pre-order myself but I think its a fair offer giving you content you can use while you wait for the new release.

Varik

killanena wrote: »

Within the next 2 months anyways. Yeah I don't usually pre-order myself but I think its a fair offer giving you content you can use while you wait for the new release.

For console at least there's a lot of that over the last year, you don't just get the game you get something now as well.

The cynic in me attributes it to the fact that since you've already received part of the product so you're charged then and there rather than just before release for preload as was the case for preorders before on the EU stores at least.

Mr Crispy

You don't need to pre-order to get that DLC for the original for free - you still get that race pack free so long as you buy the sequel in the first week of release.

killanena

Yes but why would you want to play the dlc for warhammer 1 a week after warhammer 2 is released? Yes you could buy the dlc and then warhammer 2 if you wanted to be safe but I enjoy every total war game so I know my money is well spent. I gotten 100's of hours out of them all sense rome 1.

Varik

killanena wrote: »

Yes but why would you want to play the dlc for warhammer 1 a week after warhammer 2 is released? Yes you could buy the dlc and then warhammer 2 if you wanted to be safe but I enjoy every total war game so I know my money is well spent. I gotten 100's of hours out of them all sense rome 1.

Well it's a race so it'll be in the new grand campaign with both the old and new worlds.

Mr Crispy

killanena wrote: »

Yes but why would you want to play the dlc for warhammer 1 a week after warhammer 2 is released? Yes you could buy the dlc and then warhammer 2 if you wanted to be safe but I enjoy every total war game so I know my money is well spent. I gotten 100's of hours out of them all sense rome 1.

Well the original point made it sound like this DLC was available free with pre-orders only, which is factually incorrect. My real point though was more aimed at those of us who don't like feeling pressured into pre-paying for something before reviews go live. By making this move, CA ensures we're not missing out by waiting for reviews.

Varik

Darch Nemesis wrote: »

Well the original point made it sound like this DLC was available free with pre-orders only, which is factually incorrect. My real point though was more aimed at those of us who don't like feeling pressured into pre-paying for something before reviews go live. By making this move, CA ensures we're not missing out by waiting for reviews.

Not my point at all. My point only applied to those pre-ordering, if you bought it after the fact then it doesn't matter as you paying then and there anyway.

On most games without these bonuses, you'd have the right to cancel. In this case you don't as you've already got part of the bundled content.

Before it's delay, you couldn't have cancelled South park fractured but Whole as you'd been already given part of the bundle ie the original game. You also see it in the COD games recently as they'll give some MP bonus to the last game.