Warhammer Total War Confirmed

bakes0310 · 14 Jan 2015 at 11:35

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

We know very little except its been confirmed, but we should hear more after the art book for total war is released (23rd jan) apparently

Woogie · 14 Jan 2015 at 11:37

Can't view at work but are you telling me they are doing a Total War... as in Rome/Shogun etc version of Warhammer? Is it the same devs? I thought they were working on Atilla?

bakes0310 · 14 Jan 2015 at 11:43

Creative Assembly are doing it, they have quite a few teams. One for Alien Isolation, one for rome 2 and attilla and so on. We were told about this in 2012 that CA bought the license but we didn't know it would be a total war game...until now.

Attilla seems to be a bit of a mess like rome 2 but im sure will be good after lots of patches and mods like rome 2 is currently.

Quote from the article made by CA

“…taking the series to a fantasy setting with Total War: Warhammer.”

cheesyboy · 14 Jan 2015 at 11:46

This should be the perfect marriage of warhammer and gaming. There's been some dross released under the Warhammer name lately, but can't imagine CA dropping the ball on it - as long as they don't write a new engine for it (just use RTW2 with a re skin).

That said, I'd have quite liked it to be 40k rather than Fantasy. THough the TW games are better with a melee focus.

bakes0310 said:
Creative Assembly are doing it, they have quite a few teams. One for Alien Isolation, one for rome 2 and attilla and so on. We were told about this in 2012 that CA bought the license but we didn't know it would be a total war game...until now.

I remember hoping it would be a TW game. It would have been slightly absurd for them to do anything else, I guess

bakes0310 · 14 Jan 2015 at 11:49

cheesyboy said:
This should be the perfect marriage of warhammer and gaming. There's been some dross released under the Warhammer name lately, but can't imagine CA dropping the ball on it - as long as they don't write a new engine for it (just use RTW2 with a re skin).

I remember hoping it would be a TW game. It would have been slightly absurd for them to do anything else, I guess

Rome 2 engine I don't think that would be very popular

dare you to post that on the twcenter forum

cheesyboy · 14 Jan 2015 at 11:49

bakes0310 said:
Rome 2 engine I don't think that would be very popular dare you to post that on the twcenter forum

I've not been paying attention: have they not fixed it yet?

I assumed it would be better to go with that then have a fresh, newly-buggy, engine

Screw it then, go back to RTW1 engine

bakes0310 · 14 Jan 2015 at 11:52

I personally never had any performance issues since the game released. But its just a bit average the warscape engine. Ai, unit blobbing and the diplomacy need work. I still have sunk a lot of hours. Infact I think the dlc campaigns are allot better than the actual grand campaign. Its like the engine/game doesn't know how to cope on a huge map.

bakes0310 · 14 Jan 2015 at 11:54

I enjoy rome 2 infact ill be on it again today. Its just that Total war games need patches and mods to make them great. Which aint bad thing as I love the series, and have preordered attilla even though I know its gonna be another rome 2.

RoosterC · 14 Jan 2015 at 12:07

This could be really cool.

Shamikebab · 14 Jan 2015 at 12:22

Should be good in theory. Going by other total wars though it will be buggy with utterly crap AI though.

eekfek · 14 Jan 2015 at 13:02

Now this could be really good, please don't screw this up !!

Kishywish · 14 Jan 2015 at 13:02

Given the fantasy setting, can't wait to see what the map will be.

nails666 · 14 Jan 2015 at 13:15

In theory a perfect match of game styles, wonder how/if the stats and rules of tabletop Warhammer will be represented in the game, could be brilliant

Washout · 14 Jan 2015 at 14:29

nails666 said:
In theory a perfect match of game styles, wonder how/if the stats and rules of tabletop Warhammer will be represented in the game, could be brilliant

Or if not for whatever reasons, allow the community to mod! Been waiting for this game since the first TW came out

Battery! · 14 Jan 2015 at 15:08

Please don't screw it up...
Please don't screw it up...
Please don't screw it up...
Please don't screw it up...
Please don't screw it up...
Please don't screw it up...
Please don't screw it up...
Please don't screw it up...

Crpwned · 14 Jan 2015 at 15:14

Oh merciful god, please let this be good.

Been waiting for this to become a reality since 'Warhammer: Dark Omen'. Played that game to death back in the day and if they can update the feel, on a larger scale of course, it would be brilliant.
I think the fantasy setting will suit it a lot more than the 40k universe too, could you imagine trying to implement units such as titans on a respectable scale...would be brilliant to witness though!

Shamikebab · 14 Jan 2015 at 15:59

nails666 said:
In theory a perfect match of game styles, wonder how/if the stats and rules of tabletop Warhammer will be represented in the game, could be brilliant

They won't at all is the answer. Games Workshop wouldn't want to wreck their business.

Stev · 14 Jan 2015 at 16:14

Shamikebab said:
They won't at all is the answer. Games Workshop wouldn't want to wreck their business.

which is why no game will EVER be as good as the tabletop -.-

if it was 1/10th Id be happy

Woogie · 14 Jan 2015 at 16:23

Stev said:
which is why no game will EVER be as good as the tabletop -.-

if it was 1/10th Id be happy

Not true imo, Shadow of the horned rat, Dark Omen and Shadow of Chaos + Expansion were amazing games.

bakes0310 · 14 Jan 2015 at 16:26

Dawn of war series
Space Marine