Total War: Warhammer II Reviews

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8.5 / 10.0
May 29, 2020

Is it worth it? It is for me. Total Warhammer 2 is a complex game with deep mechanics, varied gameplay and I’ll never tire of watching my Carnosaurs thrash the filthy Skaven (Via viewing replays of course). It takes an investment of time to dig into the game but that investment pays off in spades when you know what you’re doing. It’s just a shame that you need to seek sources outside the game to truly grasp it.

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9 / 10.0
Mar 25, 2019

In short, Total War: Warhammer II offers plenty of content for fans of strategy games, Warhammer and Total Warhammer fans, and new starters to the genre. It is easily one of the genre's finest, standing alongside X-Com 2 as one of the best PC games of the last few years.

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GameMAG
Vadimeys
Top Critic
8 / 10
Nov 24, 2018

The Total War series is more and more like a constructor with each new game. And Warhammer II became the apotheosis of this thesis. Creating a base in the form of the original game, the development team began to slowly push it highter. Yes, we do not have sea battles yet, but it's possible that with the release of another new game we will get the most ultimatum Total War among the existing ones.

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9.5 / 10.0
Nov 22, 2018

Creative Assembly did something with Total War: Warhammer II that is, in my experience, quite rare in the Warhammer franchise … It followed up an excellent title with an equally (and in many ways, superior) excellent title.

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9 / 10.0
Sep 28, 2018

We are facing a new path taken by The Creative Assembly: the detachment from the other chapters of Total War is increasingly evident, adding brio and innovation to games that left little room for storytelling. The footage is beautiful and contextualized, the longtime players of Warhammer Fantasy can not miss this piece of the saga. We're unlikely to see the whole story treated so well and I don't think you'll be disappointed.

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Cubed3
Top Critic
9 / 10
Dec 24, 2017

Honestly, this review could go on a lot more, but so much of it is attention to details and improvements on the prior title that it would miss the point. That point being that Total War: Warhammer II is a game where you can have a T-Rex throw down with a Wizard. There are great strategy elements, the new vortex victory is a great refresher from normal conquest types, and the new races are all great; but reading this review means missing out on the dino action. Still reading?

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Digiato
Shayan Karami
Top Critic
93 / 100
Nov 17, 2017

Total War Warhammer 2 shows once again why many developer can't keep up to the standards of this series and why its formula is unreachable for them.

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9 / 10
Nov 8, 2017

All in all though, Total War: Warhammer 2 is a solid continuation on the foundations set by it’s predecessor. I don’t feel it’s enough of a technical improvement to justify the numerical release, as many of the quality of life advances could, and perhaps should have been released as a patch for the original, but it is a solid improvement on the formula none-the-less.

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9 / 10.0
Oct 30, 2017

My complaints are fairly minor, especially when compared to the vast amount of fun I had with Warhammer: Total War 2.

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8.5 / 10.0
Oct 29, 2017

Total War: Warhammer 2's inability to solve some longstanding franchise-wide issues don't really dampen the sense that this is the biggest, and one of the best, executions on the same formula. Adding that this is only the second game in a planned trilogy ends up only making me more excited to see what's in store for Total War: Warhammer 3.

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6 / 10.0
Oct 18, 2017

This game is not for the time poor or impatient, but if long pitched battles and a game you can occasionally set down walk away and come back to without anything lost, this is a title for you.

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8.5 / 10.0
Oct 16, 2017

The areas in which Total War: Warhammer 2 improves on its formula are plentiful, resulting in one best put together Total War games to be released. While the fantastical Warhammer setting won't appeal to some, particularly a few of those who've enjoyed Total War's previous historical releases and were expecting more, it's wonderful to see the wonderful world of Warhammer come to love so expertly and vividly. If you've played and enjoyed Total War: Warhammer 1, then it's a near given that you'll love what's on offer here.

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Oct 16, 2017

While retaining its amazing presentation, Total War: Warhammer II sets itself apart from its predecessor with unique mechanics and even more unique factions. A sequel worth having.

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BaziCenter
Amir Ali Ghobadian
Top Critic
8 / 10
Oct 14, 2017

Second installment in Total War Warhammer, has taken the series into a right direction with more focused narrative campaign and improvements all over the aspects of gameplay. It is an evolution of the first game, which still suffers from some problems. For instance, complexity of user interface and AI behavior in battles. However, it is considered as a true Total War game that would be enjoyable for a time being.

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84 / 100
Oct 12, 2017

The Magical Vortex that serves as the focal point for the campaign proves to be the spark of life that was missing from the series' first venture outside of historical realms, and alongside a host of other tweaks and refinements, makes Total War: Warhammer II a strategic success that any fan of the series should be able to get behind.

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9 / 10.0
Oct 11, 2017

Regardless, in the end, Total War: Warhammer II is a fantastic “Upgrade” to its predecessor and a great addition to the Total War series.

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80 / 100
Oct 11, 2017

Taking the familiar end-game in a much needed new direction and introducing four new races, Total War: Warhammer 2 is packed with fresh content, with more yet to come. Although some of the additions are more annoying than engaging, the overall experience delivers strategy and style in spades. A must-have for Warhammer tabletop players and Total War fans alike.

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90%
Oct 9, 2017

Total War: Warhammer 2 is still the best massive scale strategy. Creative Assembly haven't left anything up to chance and once again brought us a great mix of a turn-based strategy and real-time tactical fighting.

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4.5 / 5.0
Oct 9, 2017

Ultimately Total War: Warhammer 2 is an excellent game. If you're a fantasy fan, a strategy fan, or just looking to kill a few hundred hours, this is the title for you. It's a game that's great now and is only going to get better.

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Unscored
Oct 8, 2017

I love the beast of a game that Creative Assembly has brought forth, but that doesn't mean that I can forgive its technical faults. I feel bad for loving it because it punishes me so hard for not being good. I don't like the idea of failing a campaign for a move I made 100 turns ago, but it compels me to try again until I master this strategy business

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