Total War: Warhammer Reviews

Total War: Warhammer is ranked in the 95th percentile of games scored on OpenCritic.
8.6 / 10.0
Jul 15, 2016

Hard to master however has a large variety of content.

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8 / 10.0
Jun 27, 2016

Strategy players can revel in the light that is Total War: Warhammer. Aggressive turn based conquest gameplay mixed with oceans of real-time clashes between foes taken from the depths of Warhammer will capture the eyes of many gamers who may have turned blind to it's table-top counterpart, and at the same time allows old fans to play a slightly different version of the game with people from all over the globe both competitively and cooperatively.

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Jun 4, 2016

Total War: Warhammer is an excellent representation of the Warhammer Fantasy setting, and the multi-tiered layers of strategy make it a compelling game to play.

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8 / 10.0
Jun 6, 2016

Total War: Warhammer is definitely impressive for a casual like me, and I definitely plan to spend more time with this game during the summer lull so I can learn the other factions and the Chaos order, which thankfully I wound up getting free during launch week but it sucks that it costs people if they didn't buy it early.

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9.4 / 10.0
Aug 15, 2016

Total War: Warhammer is more like that starting set you get in the tabletop, you start with it, you play it to death then you start expanding and getting the other parts of the game. It is a good base which more can be built and expanded upon, and with the planned list of expansions being very long and the active modding community, there is no doubt the game will eventually get to be a great game.

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9 / 10.0
Jun 22, 2017

I have historically been extremely critical of the Warhammer/Warhammer 40k franchise so when I first learned of Total War: Warhammer I was a bit skeptical. I love the Total War series and with the exception of Total War: Attila they have produced some of the best strategy titles to date. Attila was not bad, just not up to par with previous titles and that, along with the abysmally bad pile of Warhammer crap that has come out in recent years, had me seriously concerned for the franchise. Fortunately Total War: Warhammer is actually really, very good. So good that it almost washes the bad taste of over a dozen horrible Warhammer/Warhammer 40k titles out of my mouth.

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4 / 5.0
Jun 22, 2016

Total War: Warhammer just feels right in most every way, even if it can get slow or frustrating at times. Despite a few annoying caveats and some performance issues, most of the game's features are enjoyable, enticing and immersive.

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May 24, 2016

After some mishaps in the past, Creative Assembly delivers one of the greatest Total War games ever. Its bold, its factions are unique and it’s a perfect fit for both Warhammer and strategy fans.

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7.8 / 10.0
May 20, 2016

Total War: Warhammer vereint gekonnt den komplexen Taktik-Part der Total War Reihe mit der umfangreichen Fantasy Welt von Warhammer, liefert sich aber dann doch einige unangenehme Schnitzer in Sachen KI und Gameplay. Sowohl Total War als auch Warhammer Fans werden aber über die kleineren Fehler hinweg sehen können und auch für Neueinsteiger bietet der Titel doch einiges an Hilfen um in die beiden, doch sehr umfangreichen Welten einzutauchen.

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9 / 10.0
May 19, 2016

I still feel as though I've only scratched the surface of this game, and when I've finished writing this, I'm going to go play more of it. Truly, Nurgle loves his children.

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9 / 10.0
May 23, 2016

As terrible as I am at Total War: Warhammer, I couldn't ask for a deeper, more robust Warhammer title. Prepare for some frustrations with such a complex campaign, but also prepare to lose hours of your life as you wonder, "But what if I handled that like this…" as you reload your last save for the umpteenth time.

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Jun 1, 2016

Total War: Warhammer is, simply, the best Warhammer game ever developed.

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Cubed3
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8 / 10
Jun 27, 2016

As a Total War game, Total War: Warhammer comes off as being a bit confined in terms of bounds, yet varied within said bounds. Boasting a lot of options, it is a genuinely enjoyable experience as it does take advantage of its licence. As a Warhammer title, it is a solid and enjoyable experience even if it's quite clear a lot was filed off either to make it work as a game or for future DLC. As a whole? It's a good new direction for the series to head in, and, hopefully, will let it expand beyond the confines of history into new, fantastical realms.

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80 / 100
Jun 1, 2016

The Total War formula mostly acts as a functional framework on which to construct the violent, mystical world of Game Workshop's Warhammer. This is the most dramatic departure Creative Assembly has taken from their typical playbook with the series, and it needed to be; a game about a warring fantasy kingdom must feel different than one about the rise of the Roman empire. For the most part, it does.

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7 / 10
May 28, 2016

Total War vets will be right at home here: most everything from battles to the campaign map, for better or worse, is going to give you that Total War déja vù

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9.2 / 10.0
Jun 9, 2016

Total War: Warhammer is the Total War’s great entrance to the fantasy settings. This game has very different races and each one of them offers you a huge amount of gameplay. Developers has greatly combined fantasy elements like magic and flying huge units into the standard usual Total War gameplay and we know have a full-fledged gameplay which is the result of more than 15 years making total war games. If you want to know how is a massive battle between Karl Franz army and an Undead army led by Mannfred von Carstein, then get this game.

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9 / 10.0
May 24, 2016

Total War: Warhammer is a lovingly-crafted representation of the Warhammer world that is ripe for players to forge their stories in. It's a must-buy for every Warhammer fan and Total War aficionado and is potentially the best release from the studio since the original Rome: Total War.

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76 / 100
May 31, 2016

Total War: Warhammer is a polished entry that breaks away from traditional history with some good novelty value attached to its new setting, though excessive streamlining of the campaign and reduced battle scenarios notably detract from the experience.

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9 / 10
Jun 2, 2016

Where the previous Total War instalments have tried their best to faithfully recreate 15th century Japan or 200 BCE Rome, Warhammer's setting is a love letter to the devotees who painstakingly create miniature figures, infused into a game that combines high strategy and micro-management.

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9 / 10.0
May 24, 2016

Creative Assembly has shown that they have great respect for the universe that Games Workshop has created and I can't wait to see what they do with the IP next. Who knows, maybe next time we'll get a Total War game set in the Grim Darkness of the 41st Millennium, where there is only war.

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