Creative Assembly’s second RTS Warhammer title, Total War: WARHAMMER 2, arrived last fall, and, much like the turns you’ll take in the campaign, we’ve been taking our time with it. There are some great improvements and additions to the game, though there are still a few quirks that we hope will get worked out in the long-run....
If, like me, you have fond memories of commanding hordes of the Undead and moving miniatures about on your best friend's dining room table, then you'll likely be excited to hear that the Tomb Kings (the second offshoot from the larger "Undead" category) will be added to Total War: WARHAMMER 2 in January via paid DLC. This is the first new playable race that is getting added to the game after its September release.
It was promised when the title was announced earlier this year and Creative Assembly has delivered. The free "Mortal Empires" DLC was put up on Steam last week and owners of both Total War: WARHAMMER 2 and Total War: WARHAMMER can now play as 12 of the possible 13 factions (Norscans will be added later) across a large map that combines the "Old World" map from the first game with the "Eye of the Vortex" of the second.
Total War: WARHAMMER II arrived last Thursday, bringing with it the opportunity to play as spell-casting frogs, the darkest of elves, the highest of elves, and some other race that probably isn't worth mentioning. Mike and Jason took it for a spin last night and discussed what's new from the previous entry, and how the co-op works this time around.
We're coming to the close of September, which means Fall is officially kicking off. Next month is the appropriate time to start putting up Halloween decorations AND NOT THE BEGINNING OF AUGUST, CONVENIENCE STORES!!! Anyways, there are a handful of co-op title releases this week, like Cuphead and Total War: WARHAMMER 2, as well as the arrival of the SNES Classic and the final DLC for Nioh.
English developer Creative Assembly turns 30 next week, and to celebrate the event, they're releasing some special units (30, to be exact) for Total War: WARHAMMER today. These "Regiments of Renown" are added to the five playable races that haven't received any yet from prior updates, specifically The Beastmen, The Wood Elves, Chaos, Bretonnia and (the newly released) Norsca.
The last big update to CA's Total War: WARHAMMER was the addition of the Beastman race this past summer. I enjoyed the opportunity to play a race that was a part of my tabletop experience in my youth, but I was just waiting for the real pièce de résistance: the Wood Elves.
The "Grim and the Grave" DLC for Total War: WARHAMMER dropped yesterday, bringing with it two new Legendary Lords for the Empire and Vampire Count factions, new units, and a handful of other goodies. Along with that new content, Creative Assembly released some more "free-LC" in the form of a Legendary Lord for the Vampire Counts: Vlad von Carstein.
Prior to the game's release, Creative Assembly laid out their DLC plans for Total War: WARHAMMER on the Total War Wiki. In addition to the Race Pack, which we saw with the Beastmen, and the "Free-LC," the British developer would also be releasing Lord Packs that would contain two new Legendary Lords, new units, and new "Units of Renown." The first one of these packs, "Grim and the Grave," will be released next week.
The first big piece of paid DLC for Total War: WARHAMMER arrived yesterday. The "Call of the Beastmen" added a new playable race (the Beastmen) and a mini-campaign for them, but there was some content that found its way into the game as well.
I've been spending a lot of time playing Total War: WARHAMMER these past few days. I have fond memories of the tabletop version back when I was in high school and, for me, Creative Assembly has done an excellent job of translating that into a video game that captures many of its ideas and mechanics. While not all of the playable races/factions may be present, CA has plans to add at least one more, the Beastmen, very soon.
