Total War: Warhammer II Reviews

Total War: Warhammer II is ranked in the 96th percentile of games scored on OpenCritic.
Recommended
Sep 25, 2017

No matter how good a Total War game is, the follow-up campaign is always better. Warhammer 2's is no exception.

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9.5 / 10.0
Sep 25, 2017

Total War: Warhammer 2 is a fantastic love letter to both Warhammer fans and strategy game players alike.

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Unscored
Sep 25, 2017

It's an exceedingly strong beginning to this chapter of the Warhammer trilogy and is a strong contender for the best game in the series.

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92 / 100
Sep 25, 2017

A maximalist sequel that improves on almost every aspect of the first game.

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95 / 100
Sep 25, 2017

Total War Warhammer II is a step forward for the saga, with a bigger and more exciting campaign, and new game mechanics that bring a greater depth to each and every adventure. Creative Assembly has managed to exceed something that seemed unbeatable.

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Sep 25, 2017

Total War: Warhammer II is a more daring take on fantasy than its predecessor, adding Lizardmen (dinosaurs) and Skaven (rat-men) to the mix—but it's not necessarily a more daring Total War game.

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8 / 10
Sep 25, 2017

For fans of the original game, Total War: Warhammer II is a great follow-up. Creative Assembly has created something both new and familiar, keeping that central core intact while transporting players to a part of this universe ignored in previous video game adaptations. That change of setting and the narrative drive of the Great Vortex will be enough for most, alongside a suite of smaller, more subtle changes. There's also the exciting prospect of new armies, campaigns, and other features that are no doubt just around the corner.

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9 / 10.0
Sep 25, 2017

Total War: Warhammer 2 is the sublimation of both the Warhammer fans desires and the work in the previous game. With this second game Creative Assembly is expanding his universe to a major scale but we know that they can do it better (and they will with the next DLCs).

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9.2 / 10.0
Sep 25, 2017

A worthy sequel, visually gorgeous and strategically engaging, that could have been even better if CA embraced a stronger drive to innovation.

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GameSpace
Top Critic
9 / 10.0
Sep 25, 2017

Total War: Warhammer 2 has taken the original Total War: Warhammer and fixed a lot of the issues that people complained about. It’s breathed fresh life into the series and in my opinion possibly made the best entry into the series to date. It’s beautiful, hard, and fun. The new gameplay mechanics bring Total War into a higher realm of gameplay that makes you ask “Why didn’t they do this before?” This is something that I could get lost in, and sink in hundreds of hours into without realizing it.

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Shacknews
Top Critic
8 / 10
Sep 25, 2017

The overall the game offers the best what an RTS can give: deep campaign and largescale battles with some of the best fantasy units I've seen.

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Sep 25, 2017

Despite more work on accessibility, this is a dauntingly vast and complex strategy game, but it's one with an equally huge sense of fun.

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T.J. Hafer
Top Critic
9.1 / 10.0
Sep 25, 2017

I feel like a broken record saying this is the best Total War game so far, since I've felt that way about each major release since Attila. But it really is true: Creative Assembly's designers are honing their campaign and faction design consistently from game to game, and that progression is clearly on display in Total War Warhammer 2.

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8.5 / 10.0
Sep 25, 2017

Total War: Warhammer II is a really well made sequel. It improves lots of tiny gameplay elements and, as a result, there is more fun to be had and you can really feel the strategic & tactical elements. Great map, cool world and quite a complex storyline make you forget about some inevitable simplifications.

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M3
Top Critic
9 / 10
Sep 25, 2017

With Total War: Warhammer 2, Creative Assembly takes what they have learn from last version, and improves on every detail. One of the most entertaining strategy games in a long time.

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8 / 10.0
Sep 26, 2017

Fans of Total War series are sure to love this Warhammer 2.

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Metro GameCentral
GameCentral
Top Critic
9 / 10
Sep 26, 2017

An excellent follow-up that expands and improves on the original in unexpected and innovative ways. Plus, it has magic-wielding dinosaurs.

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9 / 10
Sep 26, 2017

This is a rich and thoughtful strategy game that is a joy to engage with at practically every level, and a new high-water mark of ambition and quality for Creative Assembly.

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4 / 5.0
Sep 26, 2017

While many Total War fans might scoff at playing with elves when they could be conquering Europe or Japan with historically accurate techniques, Total War: Warhammer II is the best place for the typical gaming nerd to start.

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Chris Wray
Top Critic
9.5 / 10.0
Sep 26, 2017

Total War: Warhammer II takes the fantasy setting to its next logical level. Bringing in completely unique factions, giving them all a personality of their own in the franchises most focused campaign ever has led to an incredibly compelling game. The only problem is that the old Total War issues of poor AI with diplomacy still prevails and that the economy is easy to game to your advantage. Still, altogether an outstanding release.

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