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: