Total War: WARHAMMER II

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  • Publisher: Sega
  • Release Date: Sep 28, 2017
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7.9

Generally favorable reviews- based on 603 Ratings

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  1. PenetratorGod
    Aug 26, 2023
    8
    Successful and good game. I've played over 100 hours but it has a depth of content that feels like I could play forever. Only problems with the game are the extremely long loading screens and optimization issues. Despite being an old game, PC performance is not as good as it should be.
  2. Keron_Heruman
    Aug 25, 2023
    9
    Beautiful, huge, complex, superb grand strategy game with the awesome option to implement the map and factions of the previous game... In the other hand it includes less faction than previous game with worse DLC politic and appears to be only a remake of WTW1
  3. erfunfazli
    Aug 6, 2023
    8
    It's one of the good total war series game but absolutely not the best.
    Almost every gameplay mechanisms and parts in the campaign are as they should be.
    Of course, the same old process still continues and some details are missing in the game like naval battles or family tree and ... Apparently, they have hidden a series of deficiencies behind the theme of the game. I think the    It's one of the good total war series game but absolutely not the best.
    Almost every gameplay mechanisms and parts in the campaign are as they should be.
    Of course, the same old process still continues and some details are missing in the game like naval battles or family tree and ...
    Apparently, they have hidden a series of deficiencies behind the theme of the game.
    I think the research tree was acceptable and also diplomacy is good although it could have been have some more options in diplomacy but it's acceptable.
    I really didn't liked agents and their abilities.
    About battles the first thing I should say is about enemy, AI stupidity and bugs are much less.
    But I think Warhammer 2 has the most untacticable battles. I can almost say when you are weaker you should lose and it' so hard to change it.
    Even There is no units formation option in battle and it's really bad.
    The maximum number of armies is not based on the number of settlements and I like the new mechanism. But there is a problem here. When you take most of the settlements of a big and powerful Faction and only one or two settlements remain, now since the decrease in the number of their settlements does not decrease the number of Armies, you have to defeat a large number of Armies gathered in one Province.
    And about factions designs, the game has many different races and every race has its own faction and unit design and this vast design is really impressive. Just I think some faction's units are unbalanced and maybe it would be better if it wasn't like that.
    Also soundtrack is good but not as much as old total war games.
    In the end I should say that, I really liked Warhammer 2 and I played it for many hours it's a real good game but if there were more details that I talked about, it could have been a great game for me.    … Expand
  4. HydrophobikFish
    Jun 9, 2023
    8
    Incredible faction variety and presentation. Hundreds or thousands of hours worth of replayability. Held back by bugs, and some factions being obviously outdated or insufficient compared to newer ones. Amazing DLC scheme is worth mentioning, only buy what you want to play because all DLC units are in the game to play against regardless of ownership.
  5. LionElJonson
    Dec 10, 2022
    10
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Masterpiece! I play it all the time while I listen to podcasts.

    Plenty of DLCs that will provide you hundreds of hours of gaming with multiple races, one of the best warhammer games.    … Expand
  6. Maciejon
    Sep 6, 2022
    9
    Simply amaznig game, high cost and many dlcs but for hunderds of hours. lots of replayability
  7. DarkLordNoodlez
    Aug 5, 2022
    10
    Not only the most fun Total War game ever, but also THE most fun game ever. The mechanics are all wonderfully implemented, the soundtrack be banger yo, the visuals are stunning, the voice actors went all out, and of course the gameplay is unrivaled.
  8. Psendo
    Jul 13, 2022
    10
    So glad I tried this game. Had enormous fun with it. Really enjoyed the battles which were easy to pick up, as was the incremental learning curve which was interesting and felt comfortable. Had a blast. Definitely a fan, recommended!
  9. Watson0l0
    Dec 23, 2021
    8
    Excellent design, spectacular battles, warhammer fantasy setting, but monotonous tactical battles, a sea of add-ons at an unjustified price, scarcity of animations make the game perfect for fans of this setting. As the total var game is average, it is a pity that it will continue to be so in the third part and in historical games.
  10. Paciorr
    Oct 20, 2021
    8
    I'm McLoving it! Game's great and gets only better with every patch and expansion CA releases. Can't wait for TWWH3
  11. VReview
    Jul 18, 2021
    9
    By far the most addicting and time-consuming game I've ever played, please play responsibly. This is my first Total War game and when I lost my first campaign, I honestly felt like quitting. I watched a couple YouTube videos, hopped back on and won my first campaign 60 hours in. There's still so many factions and campaigns to try, and I still suck at battles, but the learning curve is notBy far the most addicting and time-consuming game I've ever played, please play responsibly. This is my first Total War game and when I lost my first campaign, I honestly felt like quitting. I watched a couple YouTube videos, hopped back on and won my first campaign 60 hours in. There's still so many factions and campaigns to try, and I still suck at battles, but the learning curve is not as steep as you would think. There's easily hundreds of hours of fun packed into here, with lots of free DLCs. Highly recommend.… Expand
  12. Durgrim
    Jun 3, 2021
    9
    I'm I the exact target audience for this game? Yes
    Is this a perfect game ? Absolutely no
    Did i spent more than 2000 hours finishing almost every campaign? Of course I did

    If you liked Warhammer Fantasy Battle this is a dream come true.
    If you just like strategy games this is probably the best chapter in the Total War series
  13. Vaulie
    May 12, 2021
    8
    Easily the best Warhammer and Total War game in either series. 30 hours into the High Elf campaign and im not sure I have the stamina for any of the others just yet, but after some very memorable battles defending Ulthuan from CONSTANT skaven ambushes and feeling sure I had conqured the northern wastes. The final battle makes it worth it, especially seing the Old World realised like this.Easily the best Warhammer and Total War game in either series. 30 hours into the High Elf campaign and im not sure I have the stamina for any of the others just yet, but after some very memorable battles defending Ulthuan from CONSTANT skaven ambushes and feeling sure I had conqured the northern wastes. The final battle makes it worth it, especially seing the Old World realised like this. Great game.… Expand
  14. garyw_81
    Apr 25, 2021
    10
    best RTS ever made?, probably
    should prefice this by saying that I am a warhammer fan in general so perhaps I am a little biased.
    for me the whole system is(you can tweek things o your like i.e you can turn off the chaos invasion) fantastic and it has a fantastic fantasy setting which for me puts it above the other TW games.
  15. Mandulum
    Apr 18, 2021
    8
    Very similar to the first one. I wish they would have done more with the story but it's still rather enjoyable.

    Date Completed: 2021-04-18
    Playtime: 44h
    Enjoyment: 8/10
    Recommendation: I enjoyed it so I'd say "yes".
  16. Mister_Jey
    Jan 12, 2021
    8
    → Mortal Empires, mon amour !
    dans la continuité du premier opus,Total War reprend le chemin de l'heroic-fantasy avec ce deuxième opus de Warhammer. L'énorme plus réside dans Mortal Empires, qui permet en effet de fusionner les deux maps (à condition de posséder les deux jeux), pour une aventure épique en terme de durée de vie et vraiment incroyable en terme de contenu. Encore une belle    → Mortal Empires, mon amour !
    dans la continuité du premier opus,Total War reprend le chemin de l'heroic-fantasy avec ce deuxième opus de Warhammer. L'énorme plus réside dans Mortal Empires, qui permet en effet de fusionner les deux maps (à condition de posséder les deux jeux), pour une aventure épique en terme de durée de vie et vraiment incroyable en terme de contenu. Encore une belle réussite, à quand un Total War dans l'univers de Game of Thrones ?!

    Sortie en septembre 2017 / Développé par Creative Assembly.    … Expand
  17. EyesofWrath
    Jan 10, 2021
    8
    I'm only about 10 hours into the game at the moment, and for a Total War game, that leaves a lot of ground to be covered. But after years of watching this game and waiting for a moment where its price dipped to a point that I could afford *and* my head was in the right place to fully indulge the game, I finally got my claws on it and felt eager to offer some of my impressions for anyone inI'm only about 10 hours into the game at the moment, and for a Total War game, that leaves a lot of ground to be covered. But after years of watching this game and waiting for a moment where its price dipped to a point that I could afford *and* my head was in the right place to fully indulge the game, I finally got my claws on it and felt eager to offer some of my impressions for anyone in the same boat.

    First thing's first - the game isn't *that* much different from its predecessor. More than anything, it's a different setting with different playable races in the same world. The game is functionally the same in terms of its general mechanics and presentation. The main campaign revolves around the opening and closing of a magical Vortex in the Elven lands and seems to place its story in a much more central role than the previous game. I'm not gonna lie, I don't much care about that story. Total War has always been about chasing supremacy, and while I appreciate the fact that they've tried to develop a narrative, I can't say I've found a lot of time to divert my actions to what the story wants me to achieve when I've got two factions of undead pirates with seemingly endless resources at their disposal constantly raiding my territories.

    I didn't ask them to attack me. The game made that happen. So it's a bit frustrating to be strategising, building armies, maneuvering them into place and getting ready for the coup de gras, only for the game to strip control away from you and move the camera to some other area in which a bunch of magic stuff is going on that means absolutely nothing to me, and then hits me with half a dozen pop-ups with timed missions pertaining to everything other than the immediate existential threat to my civilisation.

    I can't account for Warhammer 1, as it's been a while since I've played it, but I don't recall ever struggling so much against individual enemies as I have against these pirates. They live on isolated atolls out in the middle of the ocean, so you have to rally your army and take them on a 3 turn journey to get to their stronghold. On the way you might encounter a pirate army that chips away at your forces, and attrition from being in corrupted territory might make you weaker still. Then, when you finally get to their last settlement, you find it's full of 2000 pirate soldiers and monsters. You've come all this way, so you attack, and you put on a good show - taking out 75% of their forces, but losing the battle. So you have to journey back to your lands 3 turns away to muster more forces, and when you return you find that the single, lone settlement the pirates hold is suddenly filled to the brim with soldiers, as well as two full armies floating around the area.

    Seems a bit unfair that you have to own 6-8 settlements to get one full army of reasonable strength without bankrupting your nation, while the pirates are here pumping 5 thousand soldiers out in a few turns from one location. The end result is that you spend hours trying to whittle them down to the last man, only to have it all undone in 10 minutes and their armies replenished to full strength straight away. I've should have accepted it when they sued for peace. Instead I've wasted a bunch of time fighting for an objective that now seems insurmountable, and I've had to disengage and wait for them to lay waste to my nearest city while I'm distracted. I guess that's war against the undead for you. I've read complaints about the game tweaking the rules for CPU armies. Maybe this is what that is.

    I also recently realised that certain elements of the game have been paywalled in a way I don't recall from the first. Namely, that you can't confederate with factions within your own race if they have paid DLC attached to them. An example of this is the Yvresse faction of Elves. The game gave me a mission to ally with them, so I did. Now they're my greatest ally, and own a bunch of territory I helped them acquire, and I can't confederate with them because controlling their Lord requires paid DLC. Putting them in the game for free inclines the player to invest in them, only find a big dollar-sign roadblock in their way. It's sneaky and gross.

    That said, it can't be denied that most of what made Warhammer 1 good is on display here. And the fact that you get the Mortal Empires sandbox mode, in which you can play on a giant map of the combined areas of both games, with 117 playable factions, is just bonkers. That's perhaps the best reason to buy. But because of the frustrating DLC and suspicious AI, I'd still say the game is only worth it at a steep discount. 90 bucks for a three-year-old game that pressures you to pay for DLC in order to stop basic diplomatic gameplay being gated off from factions it gives you no choice but to interact with...it's just not worth it.

    Go for number 1 first, or if you have it, get this and play Mortal Empires.    … Expand
  18. Steve4500
    Dec 28, 2020
    10
    Metacritic, a place for raging gamers to slate games, and paid reviewers to unjustly inflate positive reviews. Total War: Warhammer 2 however, is a an absolute masterpiece.

    Total War meets Warhammer, is there anything more to say? I would only critise the DLC prices.
  19. SkoneOke123
    Dec 15, 2020
    10
    Not only the best Warhammer Fantasy Game, but also one of the best Total War games.
  20. Malzur
    Dec 4, 2020
    10
    Probably my favorite strategy game ever, its the virtual manifestation of everything bad ass
  21. Volkam747
    Nov 21, 2020
    10
    This game will imerse you in a fantasy world like no other. if you're a fan of LotR or any fantasy universe you just can't be disapponted. So many races, so many heroes, units, lands, maps, abilities, magic, equipments.

    No campaing is like the other, even if you use the same lord out of around 64 legendary commanders, each with a unique story and gameplay. You will want to buy every    This game will imerse you in a fantasy world like no other. if you're a fan of LotR or any fantasy universe you just can't be disapponted. So many races, so many heroes, units, lands, maps, abilities, magic, equipments.

    No campaing is like the other, even if you use the same lord out of around 64 legendary commanders, each with a unique story and gameplay. You will want to buy every single DLC cause it's worth it.

    Constant updates and free downloadable content, as well as respect towards the community and costumers that CA has, makes this just a wonderfull game for anyone that loves fantasy.

    Great visuals, great music, great voice acting. Plus, you can watch a dragon fight a T-rex, while a wizard is summoning a rain of fire on top of orcs, and a gigantic crab is eating a human alive on the same battlefield. Just buy it already.    … Expand
  22. Ale1991
    Nov 8, 2020
    10
    A masterpiece, one of the best strategy games of all times, congratulations to CA.
  23. Elcreyente
    Sep 16, 2020
    9
    i skipped 'Total war: warhammer I', I thought that i wouldn't enjoy a total war based on fiction. Boy was i wrong, this game sure is the best total war up until this day.
  24. ScreamHorn
    Aug 14, 2020
    10
    Very fresh and original Total War game. Introduction of magic, big monsters, epic lords, different races make this game really good. Playing with different race is just like playing different game. I almost lost interest in historical Total War titles because of Warhammer, because they are not as complex and they dont have so much content.
  25. Lennac
    Aug 11, 2020
    8
    The game itself is fantastic. The DLC is overpriced for what you get. $22 (CAD) for the Beastmen? Another $22 for the Wood Elves. Repeat for each non-base game faction... Oh, and you need to own the first game to have access to a lot of what the second game has to offer... So two full price games plus all of the DLC? You're looking at well over $200. For that price, you better be certainThe game itself is fantastic. The DLC is overpriced for what you get. $22 (CAD) for the Beastmen? Another $22 for the Wood Elves. Repeat for each non-base game faction... Oh, and you need to own the first game to have access to a lot of what the second game has to offer... So two full price games plus all of the DLC? You're looking at well over $200. For that price, you better be certain this is the type of game for you.… Expand
  26. frostinfernal
    Aug 7, 2020
    8
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Good old total war, only variability in the choice of race appeared. Each race is unique and has unique mechanics. A rich selection of units and amazing battlegrounds. Cons: too simple politics, no branches of power, and the complete uselessness of all cavalry in the game.… Expand
  27. Renaigse
    Aug 5, 2020
    9
    самый разнообразный и интересный tw с кучей уникальных механик, в зависимости от выбранной фракции
  28. DaveyGee
    Jul 23, 2020
    9
    The game is a really high quality total war game and delivers above and beyond others in the series.
    It's visually stunning, the sound is excellent and the combat mechanics feel very well adjusted. The negatives are: 1.sometimes the agents on the campaign map bug out and tpose across the map, which really pulls you out of it.
    2. Enemy factions in campaign mode carry out frustrating spam    The game is a really high quality total war game and delivers above and beyond others in the series.
    It's visually stunning, the sound is excellent and the combat mechanics feel very well adjusted. The negatives are: 1.sometimes the agents on the campaign map bug out and tpose across the map, which really pulls you out of it.
    2. Enemy factions in campaign mode carry out frustrating spam and swarm tactics, such as spamming agents to assassinate and wound all your heroes.
    3. Higher difficulties don't mean more complex behaviour from the A.I. just that the A.I.'s units are buffed with additional damage leadership defence etc. These negatives are nowhere near enough to bring the game down from is excellent level. There is a lot of DLC but it isn't necessary to buy all of it, you can pick and choose what appeal to you or just play the base game and you will not be barred from major mechanics or updates. Best to also own tww1 so you have access to the massive mortal empires campaign.
    Amazing game, definitely worth playing for strategy fans and newcomers.    … Expand
  29. GerardL88
    Jul 20, 2020
    10
    1000+ hours on Steam. The game has the most complex and rewarding structures of any Total War, with a very active modding community, regular large DLC updates from CA that add significant features or factions. The biggest negative is that you do need to buy a lot of DLC to get the full experience, but there are regular sales which make the cost easier to stomach, and there are potentially1000+ hours on Steam. The game has the most complex and rewarding structures of any Total War, with a very active modding community, regular large DLC updates from CA that add significant features or factions. The biggest negative is that you do need to buy a lot of DLC to get the full experience, but there are regular sales which make the cost easier to stomach, and there are potentially thousands of hours play time to be found.… Expand
  30. ChumaGG
    Jul 18, 2020
    8
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. review de 400 letras o menos
    PRO
    -combinacion de RTS con estrategia por turnos
    -jugabilidad unica (por las magias)
    -buenas fisicas de tropas
    -buena IA
    -infinita rejugabilidad
    -amplia variedad de mods
    CON
    -requiere de tener varios dlc para disfrutar del juego (el primer juego es basicamente un dlc de este)
    -mal balanceado
    -mala paleta de colores
    -NETA... MUCHOS DLC (pero para mi si valen la pena)    … Expand
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#14 Best PC Game of 2017
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#31 Most Discussed PC Game of 2017
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#14 Most Shared PC Game of 2017

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Metascore
87

Generally favorable reviews - based on 69 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 66 out of 69
  2. Mixed: 3 out of 69
  3. Negative: 0 out of 69
  1. The Digital Fix
    Mar 25, 2019
    90
    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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  2. LEVEL (Czech Republic)
    Feb 16, 2018
    100
    An innovative, original structure built on the solid foundations of the first game has exceedingly succeeded. Who was afraid that at second Warhammer developers will lose their breath, was terribly mistaken. [Issue#279]
  3. GameCritics
    Jan 23, 2018
    85
    As weird as some the diplomacy and other mechanics can be, it’s an impressive title with a ton of depth to get stuck into. Now, I’d better get back to my current mission in progress — those enemy armies won’t eat themselves, after all.
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