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Warhammer: Total War

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  • #242
    Shiminay
    Moderators, Social & Fun Moderators Posts: 28,633 Mod ✭✭✭✭Shiminay


    Saw some streams of it in action over the weekend. It looked like a Total War game I guess, I don't really know an awful lot about them. Still not sure if these games are my kinda thing, but I do enjoy a bitta GW IP if it's delivered well.


  • #243
    Spear
    Moderators, Computer Games Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators, Help & Feedback Category Moderators Posts: 26,569 CMod ✭✭✭✭Spear


    Shiminay wrote: »
    Saw some streams of it in action over the weekend. It looked like a Total War game I guess, I don't really know an awful lot about them. Still not sure if these games are my kinda thing, but I do enjoy a bitta GW IP if it's delivered well.

    Wait, you've never played a Total War game?


  • #244
    Beefy78
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,166 ✭✭✭Beefy78


    I've never played a Total War game either. Used to love Warhammer back in the day though so I'm following this with interest.


  • #245
    Shiminay
    Moderators, Social & Fun Moderators Posts: 28,633 Mod ✭✭✭✭Shiminay


    Nope, never did, all I ever hear about them is that they're always broken and it takes a year for both community mods and official patches to make them playable and tbh, I'm not even slightly arsed indulging in that sort of nonsense.


  • #246
    Spear
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    Beefy78 wrote: »
    I've never played a Total War game either. Used to love Warhammer back in the day though so I'm following this with interest.

    If anyone has even a passing knowledge or interest in Warhammer, then it'll be a small delight to see it all run in real time then. And if nothing else, controllable goblin doom divers are there.


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  • #247
    IvoryTower
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,825 ✭✭✭IvoryTower


    Beefy78 wrote: »
    I've never played a Total War game either. Used to love Warhammer back in the day though so I'm following this with interest.

    You're in for a treat so


  • #248
    The_Valeyard
    Closed Accounts Posts: 12,452 ✭✭✭✭The_Valeyard


    Who are you going to play as first?


    Going for Orks




    "Dem Inquisishun humies can't be trusted any further dan day can be thrown, which in dat one's case might be a bad example."


  • #249
    degrassinoel
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,769 ✭✭✭✭degrassinoel


    Shiminay wrote: »
    Saw some streams of it in action over the weekend. It looked like a Total War game I guess, I don't really know an awful lot about them. Still not sure if these games are my kinda thing, but I do enjoy a bitta GW IP if it's delivered well.

    Grand strategy will not suit everyone, think of it as Civ but much deeper and with enormous realtime battles.
    The focus being more on building armies, and cities to fund them while you try to trample the world with jackboots, that's generally how i play, but there are many other facets in TW, diplomacy, bribery, assassination, betrayal, religion and downright murder as well as the epic battles


  • #250
    degrassinoel
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,769 ✭✭✭✭degrassinoel


    The_Valeyard wrote: »
    Who are you going to play as first?


    Going for Orks




    "Dem Inquisishun humies can't be trusted any further dan day can be thrown, which in dat one's case might be a bad example."

    same here, cant wait to have grimgore smash the crap out of everything


  • #251
    The_Valeyard
    Closed Accounts Posts: 12,452 ✭✭✭✭The_Valeyard


    degrassinoel wrote: »
    same here, cant wait to have grimgore smash the crap out of everything



    "Orkses is never defeated in battle. If we win we win, if we die we die fighting so it don't count. If we runs for it we don't die neither, cos we can come back for annuver go, see!"


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  • #252
    Shiminay
    Moderators, Social & Fun Moderators Posts: 28,633 Mod ✭✭✭✭Shiminay


    I trust, at least, that the Doom Divers are painted red...?


  • #253
    degrassinoel
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,769 ✭✭✭✭degrassinoel


    Shiminay wrote: »
    I trust, at least, that the Doom Divers are painted red...?

    Dont think so, but it may be doable, plus it's got mod support and launching with 2 day one mods for the campaign, so i'd say if their not red, they will be reasonably soon after launch


  • #254
    degrassinoel
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,769 ✭✭✭✭degrassinoel


    For all the preorderers..

    Take a day off, you've earned it!

    13255899_1067282740013592_5462397537156494969_n.jpg?oh=0ecb4c717e15392af1ef9511b22903c3&oe=57E299CD&__gda__=1469716466_d8a428a787a422dd7e37e2f51f92be05


  • #255
    Kirby
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 13,084 ✭✭✭✭Kirby


    Pre-ordered and preloaded. well, 10 gigs of it anyway. I think the rest comes later.

    I have Wednesday, Thursday and Friday off work. :D

    I think I might go vampire to start with. Get me an undead army. Ill be like the white walkers.......with bats. :P


  • #256
    Dohnjoe
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 19,222 ✭✭✭✭Dohnjoe


    blackwave wrote: »
    Off Cd Keys, entered the key in and then went to the game page and had the option to preload. This is meant to include the chaos dlc as well and €38 or so.

    Can now use the code WARHAMMER666 at checkout for an extra 5% off, and for first time buyers like them on facebook for another 5% off

    Should be €33.42 total (almost half Steam price)


  • #257
    Sephiroth_dude
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    Pre loading :o


  • #258
    degrassinoel
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,769 ✭✭✭✭degrassinoel


    streaming a bit on youtube if anyone's interested



  • #259
    Ri_Nollaig
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,297 ✭✭✭Ri_Nollaig


    Kirby wrote: »
    Pre-ordered and preloaded. well, 10 gigs of it anyway. I think the rest comes later.

    I have Wednesday, Thursday and Friday off work. :D

    I think I might go vampire to start with. Get me an undead army. Ill be like the white walkers.......with bats. :P
    How much more is there to download after that ~10gig preload is complete?


  • #260
    Spear
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    Ri_Nollaig wrote: »
    How much more is there to download after that ~10gig preload is complete?

    It spent a while messing about with patching 2 gigs more, but the amount downloaded was a good bit less. This all seems oddly small for a major game like this.


  • #261
    degrassinoel
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,769 ✭✭✭✭degrassinoel


    took a good while to unlock though, but it's really enjoyable and what's odd is, i haven't had any bugs yet. No Rome II-like waiting for twenty minutes for the AI to finish it's turn, it's actually incredibly fast in that respect, faster than Attila. The battles are way different too, the ai is a bit smarter and will try to outmaneuver you, and they'll gang up on your lord too. Artillery is fcuking amazing!

    I've not gotten that far into the campaign but it seems like a first for TW having a good launch


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  • #262
    The_Valeyard
    Closed Accounts Posts: 12,452 ✭✭✭✭The_Valeyard


    Did Steam eat anyone else's bandwidth when downloading? Never happened before.


  • #263
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 668 ✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    Dohnjoe wrote: »
    Can now use the code WARHAMMER666 at checkout for an extra 5% off, and for first time buyers like them on facebook for another 5% off

    Should be €33.42 total (almost half Steam price)

    Damn you. I wasnt going to but I just couldnt resist at that price!


  • #264
    PirateShampoo
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,404 ✭✭✭PirateShampoo


    Deleted User wrote: »
    Damn you. I wasnt going to but I just couldnt resist at that price!

    same, to cheap to say no


  • #265
    The_Valeyard
    Closed Accounts Posts: 12,452 ✭✭✭✭The_Valeyard


    So..............................what does anyone think?


  • #266
    Dave_The_Sheep
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,581 ✭✭✭Dave_The_Sheep


    I've only played about an hour or two. First impressions are good. Playing on Ultra and getting good fps, which I'm surprised and happy with.
    Decided to play as the Empire first time out, which is probably a bit boring and not as fun as the other races, but I'll get to them eventually.

    Liking the hero/Lord units, good to have a general unit you can actually use in battle, as opposed to previous TW games where you had to protect the bastard at all costs (only to be killed by a stray cannon/onager shot).

    I have barely scratched the surface though, so more play before making my mind up.


  • #267
    degrassinoel
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,769 ✭✭✭✭degrassinoel


    The_Valeyard wrote: »
    So..............................what does anyone think?


    Not sorry i preordered :)

    I've only been playing the Orc Campaign and it's so, soo different from anything in TW before, even Attila's nomadic hordes mechanics are vastly different, but it plays really well, the turns are super quick - leadership(morale) is vital for every battle, and having a crap leader(lord) means your infantry will rout far quicker than having a great leader. That being said, It's so different that if you're new to TW you'll probably do great because you'll be listening to the advisors and probably not making the kind of mistakes that a TW longtime player is making, ie: i've made a complete bollocks of two campaigns so far that i had to start over from scratch, which is actually pretty cool anyway so i dont mind


  • #268
    Falthyron
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,835 ✭✭✭Falthyron


    I'm hearing reports of co-op campaign desync problems (similar to those of Rome 2 in the early days). Can anyone confirm? I prefer to play Total War games online with a friend, but if the co-op side of things are broken I think I will hold off until its fixed.


  • #269
    TheKells
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 381 ✭✭TheKells


    Falthyron wrote: »
    I'm hearing reports of co-op campaign desync problems (similar to those of Rome 2 in the early days). Can anyone confirm? I prefer to play Total War games online with a friend, but if the co-op side of things are broken I think I will hold off until its fixed.

    Is this limited to 2 players like previous TW games?


  • #270
    Falthyron
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,835 ✭✭✭Falthyron


    TheKells wrote: »
    Is this limited to 2 players like previous TW games?

    Yep!


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  • #271
    J Mysterio
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 11,655 ✭✭✭✭J Mysterio


    Damn this glorious weather. I cant justify playing the game with it!


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