Total War: Warhammer... confirmed?

[Dowly]

http://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2015/01/14/its-time-total-war-warhammer-confirmed/

Please be a proper TW game and not some stupid MP only or mobile crap.

[HunterICX]

Well if they bodge it up there's always :03:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AeGCSvWuGjk

[NeonSamurai]

meh, i would prefer warhammer 40k

[Dowly]

meh, i would prefer warhammer 40k
Bah, there are already two billion 40k games. :O:

[Nippelspanner]

And there it dies, along so many other series.
RIP Total War, I am sorry that you feel the need to satisfy the fantasy nerds in the future, instead of your core fans.

:down:

[CCIP]

Nah, Warhammer actually makes logical sense in the TW framework.

Where Total War actually died and was buried and will forever be shamed was when they decided to do Total War Arena (http://wiki.totalwar.com/w/Total_War_Arena) :Kaleun_Sick:

[Nippelspanner]

I didn't even hear of that crap, I will just ignore it.
Warhammer though...

I don't know. Total War was always about history, always, since 2000 when Shogun was released. Now they go in the future - bad enough... but Warhammer? Yuck.
It has a huge fanbase, I am totally aware of that. But I find it sad to see when good 'ol things change to the worse or better said, lose their way.

Never change a running system.

And it's not that history has not more to offer than we have seen yet.
The dark age would be interesting, the "vikings" could be a great theme in combination with the early medieval again.

But yeah, let's go there:
http://i.gyazo.com/f87822b3d6b0ce765f1a44d148308c17.jpg

:shifty:

[Dowly]

That picture is Warhammer 40K, they are doing a game based on the fantasy side of Warhammer, i.e. this:
http://img3.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20110529061529/warhammerfb/images/0/07/Warhammer_Fantasy.jpg

Suits Total War perfectly.

[Raptor1]

I didn't even hear of that crap, I will just ignore it.
Warhammer though...

I don't know. Total War was always about history, always, since 2000 when Shogun was released. Now they go in the future - bad enough... but Warhammer? Yuck.
It has a huge fanbase, I am totally aware of that. But I find it sad to see when good 'ol things change to the worse or better said, lose their way.

Never change a running system.

And it's not that history has not more to offer than we have seen yet.
The dark age would be interesting, the "vikings" could be a great theme in combination with the early medieval again.

But yeah, let's go there:

:shifty:

It's not like Total War is dropping the concept of historical games and turning into a Warhammer franchise. The Total War series' gameplay is very much appropriate for a Warhammer game (I'd even say that it is even more suited for something like Warhammer than most of the historical eras it tried to represent). If you don't like Warhammer, it would be a very simple matter to skip this one and buy the next game you're interested in. I'm not the world's biggest fan of Warhammer, but I'm far more concerned by how the basic game design of the Total War series has been (in my opinion) deteriorating since Empire than by the existence of a spinoff game.

[Nippelspanner]

Deteriorating?
Shogun 2?

It came after Empire and got the series back on tracks, even though its launch was iffy, which is normal these days - unfortunately.
I think Rome II was the one that really changed the series - and not to the better, but that might just be my opinion.

I also never said Warhammer wouldn't be good RTS material, not at all.
It is just the last thing I would connect to Total War.

I'd rather see a Medieval 3 or some different historical approach and hope that Warhammer is just some experiment.

We'll see.

[Cybermat47]

And there it dies, along so many other series.
RIP Total War, I am sorry that you feel the need to satisfy the fantasy nerds in the future, instead of your core fans.

:down:

Have you ever been on the Total War Central forums? Some of the biggest and most popular threads there are about mods like the one that changes Medieval II: Total War into a Lord of the Rings Total War game.

[Nippelspanner]

Have you ever been on the Total War Central forums? Some of the biggest and most popular threads there are about mods like the one that changes Medieval II: Total War into a Lord of the Rings Total War game.
So?
I don't see how that is related to my point that I think TW should stay historical?

[Red October1984]

I really really enjoyed playing TW: Rome.

Never got around to finishing it though. By the time I got to it, school started. :hmmm:

Not familiar with Warhammer...but I might be okay if they ever did a TW: Battletech.

Or maybe we'll see a MechCommander 3.

[eddie]

That picture is Warhammer 40K, they are doing a game based on the fantasy side of Warhammer, i.e. this:
http://img3.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20110529061529/warhammerfb/images/0/07/Warhammer_Fantasy.jpg

Suits Total War perfectly.

I wonder if they could do anything with Aliens in TW?:D

[Task Force]

Nice, something different from CA, though I prefer the 40k setting, but Warhammer fantasy could be interesting. Maybe doing something new will break CAs thing for making crap strategy games lately. Probably wont fix them from making if buggy as hell on release though.

To be fair these days CA cant get their historical accuracy "Historical" They just go for Hollywood "Historical accuracy".

[NeonSamurai]

Bah, there are already two billion 40k games. :O:

Most of them being much suckage

[Cybermat47]

So?
I don't see how that is related to my point that I think TW should stay historical?

The point is that there is a market for Total War to take on fantasy franchises, and that it has already been done with great success.

[Nippelspanner]

The point is that there is a market for Total War to take on fantasy franchises, and that it has already been done with great success.
Well...
I don't see how that is related to my point that I think TW should stay historical?

[Dowly]

First Look At Total War: Warhammer Is Totally Warhammer (http://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2015/04/22/total-war-warhammer-trailer/)

Initial details from publisher SEGA confirm the game will include the Empire (under Karl Franz), the Greenskins (under Grimgor Ironhide), the Dwarfs (under High King Thorgrim) and the Vampire Counts (under Mannfred von Carstien). Chaos, whether Tzeentch or not, isn’t mentioned by name, but it does say here that “a greater threat still whispers in the winds from the north. The fabric of reality itself begins to rend and buckle” so yeah, Chaos is in there too.Gimmeeeee!

[Overkill]

I really really enjoyed playing TW: Rome.

Never got around to finishing it though. By the time I got to it, school started. :hmmm:

Not familiar with Warhammer...but I might be okay if they ever did a TW: Battletech.

Or maybe we'll see a MechCommander 3.

Absolutely!! Especially since Mechwarrior Tactics was an utter failure.

[darius359au]

Yes Please ,warhammer fantasy started as a table top wargame so a total war game would be perfect!:up:

[Red Dragon99]

:up:

[Aktungbby]

Red Dragon99:Kaleun_Salute:!

[Cybermat47]

Awesome to see the series branching out. Maybe I'll get into Warhammer thanks to this :D

[NeonSamurai]

Now if only they would do WH40k and let us invade other worlds (thats the game I really want, some sort of 4X & Total War RTT mashup).

This is good too though.

[Task Force]

I personally cant wait to see actual screenshots of the game in action, after Rome 2 I kinda said "They can go fly a kite" but this might change my mind if its good.

[Dowly]

Total War: WARHAMMER - Introducing... Demigryphs
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iE2zVdapXIU

http://warhammerfb.wikia.com/wiki/Demigryph_Knight

[Dowly]

10 minutes of Total War: Warhammer
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C6LpcRKS13c

[seaniam81]

Is this game to be set using 8th edition? or the new stuff age of sigmar?

[Dowly]

Is this game to be set using 8th edition? or the new stuff age of sigmar?
Classic Warhammer.

[seaniam81]

Classic Warhammer.
Well in that case I'm in!
Kinda dislike games workshop for stopping support for 8th edition for the new stuff. Might as well just play 40k then.

[Dowly]

The one thing I am worried about is the engine and melee combat. If it's the same warscape(?) as with Empire, Shogun 2 and Rome 2, it'll suck. KILL MOVES!!

At least they say they're going to add more mass to the mounted charges, hopefully they do.

I do like the little details, like the empire soldiers nervously wiggling as the orcs are attacking.

[Betonov]

I always thought that warhammer universe is more medieval.
The troops are clearly reneissance level :hmmm:

[Dowly]

Chaos will be a pre-order/day 1 DLC. Thanks Obama! :nope:

[NeonSamurai]

Psst... Sega is in Japan.

Thanks Shinzō Abe! :mad:

[Nippelspanner]

Chaos will be a pre-order/day 1 DLC. Thanks Obama! :nope:
Haha, I read it yesterday and guessed that this thread will soon receive an update from you :D

@Neon Samurai
SEGA being in Japan is just another reason to blame it on Obama, for the true origin of the meme is a Japanese movie and had initially nothing to do with the POTUS.
http://imgur.com/gallery/Pld3e

So yeah, thanks Obama! :D

[NeonSamurai]

@Neon Samurai
SEGA being in Japan is just another reason to blame it on Obama, for the true origin of the meme is a Japanese movie and had initially nothing to do with the POTUS.


I underlined the relevant bit, hence

Thanks Shinzō Abe! :O: