Total War: WARHAMMER III

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  • Publisher: Sega
  • Release Date: Feb 17, 2022
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5.1

Mixed or average reviews- based on 354 Ratings

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  2. Mixed: 42 out of 354
  3. Negative: 158 out of 354

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  1. Leelareso
    Sep 9, 2023
    0
    Huge prices for DLC with no content, bugged since the premiere, optimization is poor (on the campaign map it takes up 9300MB of VRAM in 1080p), the AI is still weak and doesn't know what to do with itself on the campaign and battle maps, but threatening the community broke the camel's back. I'm not a deviant to get ****** for my own money.
  2. Doctorotto
    Sep 2, 2023
    1
    I fan of total war games, but that its that the worsts game on my experience from total war. You shout to spent too much money for open all race DLC in this game. Worst camping what I ever play. The worst game for what I ever pay in my life.
  3. Tornan
    Aug 24, 2023
    0
    I support narrative campaigns but mixing narrative with sandbox was not a good idea to begin with. Publishers didn't care for the wishes of the fanbase. Domination mode is broken and disturbing. Siege maps are beautiful but real time supply system is the worst idea that was added in a TW game. As incompetent developers can make a working siege AI their solution was making OP towers toI support narrative campaigns but mixing narrative with sandbox was not a good idea to begin with. Publishers didn't care for the wishes of the fanbase. Domination mode is broken and disturbing. Siege maps are beautiful but real time supply system is the worst idea that was added in a TW game. As incompetent developers can make a working siege AI their solution was making OP towers to decrease ability of the player to strategize to the level of their AI. Races are interesting but focus of adding units via DLC make each race empty. Game is not optimized and has tons of bugs. CA had enough time to make this game perfect but insted focused on other games it seems.

    Edit: With shadows of change this turned into a money grab.    … Expand
  4. Davitt333
    Aug 24, 2023
    0
    I love Warhammer and Total War, so I invested a lot of time in the hope of what was to come. What was to come has not come, and is not coming. Here are the main issues why I do not like this game, and would recommend Warhammer 2 over it:

    - Sieges: I don't know how they did it, but they made the worst sieges I have witnessed in the Total War franchise. They have no plans to fix this, and    I love Warhammer and Total War, so I invested a lot of time in the hope of what was to come. What was to come has not come, and is not coming. Here are the main issues why I do not like this game, and would recommend Warhammer 2 over it:

    - Sieges: I don't know how they did it, but they made the worst sieges I have witnessed in the Total War franchise. They have no plans to fix this, and in a war game, this is a critical mistake.

    - Balancing: Chaos rules all in this game. Human factions are weak and in dire need of updates to make them even playable.

    - Networking: Loads of crashes and glitches while playing online, leading to lots of restarting and lost save files.

    - DLC pricing: It seems CA is giving less content for double the price, which really makes me worried as this game is supposed to be given content for 10 years. I'm not sure if I want to pay that money for such little content when the base game is so lacking already.

    All in all, I am pretty disappointed. I'll stick with Total War mods on the older games and Warhammer 2.    … Expand
  5. mambofffan
    Aug 22, 2023
    2
    Plus d'an an d'existence et pourtant encore pas mal de bugs et d'équilibrages aux fraises et CA se permet malgré ça de proposer une augmentation de 150% du tarif DLC. À croire qu'ils veulent que les joueurs se contentent des mods, parfois plus généreux en contenu.
  6. sirmel
    Aug 21, 2023
    1
    only fix bug every half year also each DLC now are extreme overprice 25€ is almost half of one full game for less than 20% content this is definitely an anti-consumer practice,
  7. redsuns
    Aug 19, 2023
    0
    many bugs ignored and left unfix for months. Overpriced dlcs that can buy a full game. Wind has changed for CA. Spend your time and money elsewhere.
  8. Keelanv10
    Aug 17, 2023
    0
    The bugs in this game are atrocious, the dlc pricing is exploitative, the the developers hate their customers. Take it from someone with hundreds of hours of playtime in the previous games, don’t give this greedy leech of a company any of your hard earned dollars
  9. Arkess
    Aug 17, 2023
    3
    Awful experience compared to TTW2. After more than year it feels like a beta or the Early Access. The game developers are definitely not the same who designed the brilliant tomb kings and vampire coast. While playing the same faction in TWW3, you can get more broken mechanics and much more boring gameplay as it was.
  10. Cinecz
    Aug 16, 2023
    1
    Game itself is not that but but the support of it is abysmal, paid DLCs are broken (Alariel and Nakai) and do not recieve bugfixes. Do not recomend
  11. Andrudis
    Aug 9, 2023
    1
    The worst of all Total War games... looks like devs are more interested in playing politics than in making good game...
  12. angmarec
    Aug 7, 2023
    8
    On the start game was not really finished, and campaign is boring, but Immortal Empires campaign is great. Still need some work, and many races need updates, but now game is great
  13. Valent1
    Aug 2, 2023
    7
    Très bon jeu de stratégie avec des combats et un mode campagne bien réalisés. J'enlève -1 pour la note car il y avait d'énormes problèmes d'optimisation au début mais il n'y en a plus beaucoup malgré des latences et des pertes de connexion à certains moments notamment pour les campagnes en coop.
  14. Deatheagle
    Jul 18, 2023
    4
    The Game offers epic battles with many races and a beautiful lore. I love how the Studio is trying to make the best out of this Game and continues to listen to the Community. As a Slaaneshi Player i am very pleased with Most of the Units. As a Suggestion it would be very nice if you could buff Chosen of Slaanesh because they feel very weak and disapointing. I know you are doing ur bestThe Game offers epic battles with many races and a beautiful lore. I love how the Studio is trying to make the best out of this Game and continues to listen to the Community. As a Slaaneshi Player i am very pleased with Most of the Units. As a Suggestion it would be very nice if you could buff Chosen of Slaanesh because they feel very weak and disapointing. I know you are doing ur best guys keep on the good work!… Expand
  15. ttrueno
    Jun 16, 2023
    0
    I just bought it to play with Vampire Counts, and was just after buying it that I realize that you only can play with that faction if you own WH1 and WH2 with all their DLC, what a way to scam their costumers
  16. chellicklida
    May 16, 2023
    0
    игры вне политики, мудилы

    They stopped supporting the Russian language.
  17. Sushpanzer
    Apr 18, 2023
    0
    I would like to put aside political issues, which in principle should not exist in the gaming industry, so I will speak dryly and to the point. When any software developer, before selling a product, declares any product features and receives money for this product upon sale, he undertakes to provide the promised functionality. When the functionality is declared, the product is released,I would like to put aside political issues, which in principle should not exist in the gaming industry, so I will speak dryly and to the point. When any software developer, before selling a product, declares any product features and receives money for this product upon sale, he undertakes to provide the promised functionality. When the functionality is declared, the product is released, sold, but stops working after the sale - this is a scam. This is theft. The game was announced support for the Russian language. People bought this product on pre-orders. After 2 years, the Russian language is cut out of the game. This is theft. This is rudeness.

    Do not preorder from these companies. They will steal your money and wipe their feet on you. They are thieves.    … Expand
  18. Loki696
    Apr 16, 2023
    0
    Russian has always been a positive attitude towards this game, but what happened shocked me, Creative Assembly stopped supporting the Russian language a week before the release of the new DLC, it's just outrageous, such an attitude towards the consumer and the Russian community of the game is extremely upsetting, if it was done for political reasons, then it's disgusting. I believe thatRussian has always been a positive attitude towards this game, but what happened shocked me, Creative Assembly stopped supporting the Russian language a week before the release of the new DLC, it's just outrageous, such an attitude towards the consumer and the Russian community of the game is extremely upsetting, if it was done for political reasons, then it's disgusting. I believe that games should be outside politics and I will remind all Russophobes that for many Ukrainians Russian is their native language, and there is no purely Ukrainian language in the game, so this act is inappropriate and stupid in any case.… Expand
  19. ber_aleks
    Apr 8, 2023
    1
    No politics in games! Stop denigrating the Russian people and their language!
  20. ViniPuh
    Apr 6, 2023
    1
    They stopped supporting the Russian language. Harassment of Russian-speaking players.
  21. Jblitz
    Mar 25, 2023
    10
    The games have been patched very well now; I love it so much. Super addictive, and there have been so many small but noteworthy additions that work.

    Like sieges now cause attrition. If a rival nation lord is parading your lands, you can threaten war if they don’t leave pronto. The new factions are great. The sieges with supplies introduced a more protected asymmetric warfare for even    The games have been patched very well now; I love it so much. Super addictive, and there have been so many small but noteworthy additions that work.

    Like sieges now cause attrition.

    If a rival nation lord is parading your lands, you can threaten war if they don’t leave pronto. The new factions are great.

    The sieges with supplies introduced a more protected asymmetric warfare for even more trickery with the defending army.    … Expand
  22. Wave0Cloud
    Feb 26, 2023
    9
    This review addresses the current state of the game, if it would have been written a year ago it would have been neutral if not negative.

    Total War Warhammer 3 manages to deliver an interesting campaign that can be enjoyed in a nice single player or a multiplayer and also features the amazing Immortal Empires (Sandbox) Campaign to all players alike. With various interesting factions which    This review addresses the current state of the game, if it would have been written a year ago it would have been neutral if not negative.

    Total War Warhammer 3 manages to deliver an interesting campaign that can be enjoyed in a nice single player or a multiplayer and also features the amazing Immortal Empires (Sandbox) Campaign to all players alike. With various interesting factions which can be played in various ways and be expanded into various directions across the gargantuan map.

    A big selling point for me personally is the big mod support which can give players an endless amount of content for both the strategic and tactical side of the game.    … Expand
  23. TennoAndros
    Feb 23, 2023
    0
    Shame on you to deliver this game this last game that we loved so much in this state and worse than the previous. Feels like ok it's the last one people bought it or will let's finish this and move on...
  24. ikillu2xD
    Feb 20, 2023
    10
    The Release of the Game was aweful, now its the best Warhammer strategy Game
  25. Refueling
    Feb 17, 2023
    0
    The worst game of the series! I bought it for a lot of money, for the sake of a complete lack of optimization??? for the sake of paid content in A SINGLE ALREADY PURCHASED GAME? to play for the right hero - I STILL HAVE to buy 1 part???)) BURN IN HELL)
  26. nabb
    Jan 27, 2023
    0
    200€!?!?!
    **** game is a joke. I bought this and wanted to play a sandbox game with the wood elves. The game won't let me choose them if I don't have purchased the following: Warhammer 1, Warhammer 2, Warhammer 3, and wood elves DLC.
    Thats 200€! I bought the wood elves DLC for 20€ and this game for 60€ and cant even play it. That's 80€ wasted, what a **** joke. I don't even care what    200€!?!?!
    **** game is a joke. I bought this and wanted to play a sandbox game with the wood elves. The game won't let me choose them if I don't have purchased the following: Warhammer 1, Warhammer 2, Warhammer 3, and wood elves DLC.
    Thats 200€!
    I bought the wood elves DLC for 20€ and this game for 60€ and cant even play it. That's 80€ wasted, what a **** joke.

    I don't even care what the rest of the game looks like and don't want to play it any further thanks to this amount of "cash grab" in this. **** this game studio.

    I do not recommend this to anyone.    … Expand
  27. apeot2002
    Jan 12, 2023
    9
    I made the jump from Total War Warhammer 2 to 3 more out of curiosity than necessity. 2 is a very fine game I have sunk over a hundred hours in, and wasn’t really looking for change. But, when Immortal Empires was released I thought it was time to start the Wood Elves playthrough I always wanted to do and the new hotness was too hard to resist.

    And now I can never go back. It’s not    I made the jump from Total War Warhammer 2 to 3 more out of curiosity than necessity. 2 is a very fine game I have sunk over a hundred hours in, and wasn’t really looking for change. But, when Immortal Empires was released I thought it was time to start the Wood Elves playthrough I always wanted to do and the new hotness was too hard to resist.

    And now I can never go back.

    It’s not just the gigantic new map with the eight new and all the old factions to fight. It’s definitely not the campaign I haven’t even started yet and that I hear so much bad things about. It’s all the little and not so little gameplay improvements that were added, all of them belonging to the category “I didn’t know I needed this, but now I can never give it up”.

    The reworked diplomacy system finally clearly communicates why certain offers are always going to be denied. The ally system allows for an even greater variety in army composition without changing the character of the faction armies too much. The millions of little changes to the battle systems make it so much easier to navigate the great battles and pull off some really stunning reversals at times. The late game crisis events that have the potential to shake up the end game grind. And, yes, the metric tons of new content helps a lot, too.

    Meanwhile the core gameplay loop is the same addictive power fantasy it always was. The production values are as atmospheric as before. Hopefully the commitment to the game by the studio will be as exemplary as it has been in the past, too. With one very substantial DLC pack already out, it sure looks that way.

    This game is a substantial improvement over Warhammer 2, without losing any of its essence. If you liked that one, absolutely go get this one.    … Expand
  28. Max552
    Dec 31, 2022
    0
    Can't say I was a fan. Played and found it too easy and quite boring. I really don't see the fuss about these games.
  29. wf1675_
    Dec 29, 2022
    0
    a verry overpriced expansion to Warhammer 2 packed to the brim w dlc and half baked units + buggy release
  30. Guillimann
    Nov 25, 2022
    7
    Has the potential to be great, but is too flawed in it's execution. The launch was unforgivable, missed the chance to make this one of the best strategy games ever made and turned into just another good strategy game
  31. TheOldestOak
    Nov 14, 2022
    10
    Great game unfortunately being review bombed by nerds. It's a fantastic achievement, especially the Immortal Empires campaign!

    Highly recommended!
  32. Basilnth
    Oct 26, 2022
    8
    Any reviewsfrom before now are pretty valid. Loke previous war hammers the game was buggy and some changes to the estetic arent perfect BUT mod community allows for prefe free preference changing and the company has killed it in adding/fixibg/altering the game.

    Catch war hammer 3 in sale at least to try the veryvwell made tutorial and if your in? GRAB ALL THE GAMES base copies and join    Any reviewsfrom before now are pretty valid. Loke previous war hammers the game was buggy and some changes to the estetic arent perfect BUT mod community allows for prefe free preference changing and the company has killed it in adding/fixibg/altering the game.

    Catch war hammer 3 in sale at least to try the veryvwell made tutorial and if your in? GRAB ALL THE GAMES base copies and join the fight

    Dlc do a little research incase some stuff isnt your cup of tea    … Expand
  33. Spartan1
    Sep 16, 2022
    10
    Simply the best TTW experience when added to the previous two titles to complete the game as far as I am concerned. Immortal Empires is a massively impressive gaming experience in the Warhammer universe. Once you add in some mods from the Steam workshop, one can simply get lost in the game, especially if you have a high-end PC and Odyssey Neo monitors for an astonishingly immersive experience.
  34. barbone3
    Sep 12, 2022
    5
    One Word: Lag.
    The game is not even that good, it's a copy and paste from shogun.
  35. Hasselbones
    Sep 7, 2022
    0
    Bought this game at launch and it was a buggy mess. Came back months later for IE, can't even start a new campaign without it crashing. I own the first two, they had their issues but were at least playable. This is a mess. I know there is a good game in there somewhere.
  36. Tigloco9
    Sep 7, 2022
    7
    Just like Warhammer II, it's incredibly barren and unoptimized on launch. The rift mechanic, just like the vortex race, is obnoxious and really sucks out the fun of expanding your empire. But at the end of the day, we all know that Warhammer III is just a stepping stone to Immortal Empires. The actual main game. When that's released and a couple of months pass to fix the undoubtedly brokenJust like Warhammer II, it's incredibly barren and unoptimized on launch. The rift mechanic, just like the vortex race, is obnoxious and really sucks out the fun of expanding your empire. But at the end of the day, we all know that Warhammer III is just a stepping stone to Immortal Empires. The actual main game. When that's released and a couple of months pass to fix the undoubtedly broken state of it, then it will become the game for the ages. … Expand
  37. Oldboimo
    Sep 3, 2022
    8
    The launch was terrible with a campaign that was only fun for 1 playthrough and very repetitive afterwards and a lot of bugs, crashes and performance issues. Now, with finally getting Immortal Empires the campaign problems are fixed and the game at least is playable for more than 1 playthrough again and running pretty smooth.
  38. eturyu
    Aug 16, 2022
    7
    I dont think im alone in saying i have little to no interest in Total War Warhammer 3, We are all here for Immortal empires. If they had "just" released Immortal empires, expanded the map and races, and not bothered with the new main campaign, i think everyone would have preferred it.
  39. DarkLordNoodlez
    Aug 5, 2022
    0
    THE worst game of all time. Every single aspect is implemented worse than both the prequal games. It runs so astronomically terrible, if you ever so much as crashed in Warhammer 2, you will not be able to play with graphic settings on anything higher than medium. So of course the visuals are garbage. There's no reason for the larger and harder to run game, given it arguably has lessTHE worst game of all time. Every single aspect is implemented worse than both the prequal games. It runs so astronomically terrible, if you ever so much as crashed in Warhammer 2, you will not be able to play with graphic settings on anything higher than medium. So of course the visuals are garbage. There's no reason for the larger and harder to run game, given it arguably has less content than Warhammer 2 (despite being twice the size). And while it will surely get good after many, many updates, that's no justification for the terrible quality on release. Not to mention how slowly they have been taking on even the slightest most insignificant updates. Even at times patching some of their patches out after realizing how stupid they were. It's really no wonder why Warhammer 2 has held a consistently higher average player base.… Expand
  40. Gover
    Aug 5, 2022
    4
    I wasn't the biggest fan of Warhammer 2, not because it was bad, but because I wasn't that interested in that category of game. Nonetheless, it was extremely well-made and made me appreciate that genre of game. This however, did not. The storyline is boring, the fact that you don't have to be the best kingdom to conquer and win, you just have to be the first to get 4 stones is beyondI wasn't the biggest fan of Warhammer 2, not because it was bad, but because I wasn't that interested in that category of game. Nonetheless, it was extremely well-made and made me appreciate that genre of game. This however, did not. The storyline is boring, the fact that you don't have to be the best kingdom to conquer and win, you just have to be the first to get 4 stones is beyond boring. It also takes forever to load anything in multiplayer, not sure if that's the same in singleplayer. Definitely not worth the price, just give Warhammer 2.… Expand
  41. Gorerotted_
    Jul 14, 2022
    1
    Very unfriendly consumer wise business practice. The game is just dlc-expansion marketed as full price game.The day one DLC ofcourse is here and who knows how many more will come... Decent game killed by greed and they wonder why the player count is lower than the older games... People arent stupid and wont pay again for the same thing over and over again.. Greed, Greed never changes!
  42. xXAlikoXx
    Jul 2, 2022
    0
    Hocam bu oyun baya baya erken erişim oyunu ve oyun bozuk arkadaşlar optimizasyon ve bug sorunu var gidip bu buglu oyuna 600₺ vermek akıllıca bir iş değil.

    in summary: High price, very poor optimisation, early access looking against this I don't recommend it
  43. Zenren
    Jun 18, 2022
    0
    I started up this game, saw the factions and immediately quit. Literally five of the eight factions are Chaos. The faction that no one wanted to play in Warhammer I or II, is essentially the focus of this game. Were the developers even listening to their fanbase? Did they check the metadata from people who were playing their games, or did they just let their egos decide what they wouldI started up this game, saw the factions and immediately quit. Literally five of the eight factions are Chaos. The faction that no one wanted to play in Warhammer I or II, is essentially the focus of this game. Were the developers even listening to their fanbase? Did they check the metadata from people who were playing their games, or did they just let their egos decide what they would create and say, screw everyone else? Just an awful selection and until the big map comes out and I have a choice of other factions (something other than a pseudo-empire and Chinese themed faction, I mean I wonder what market they were trying to win over there?) I will not be playing this game. So my scoring is entirely based on the fact that this company could care less what their fanbase wanted, and instead created something that cost them the least amount of money to develop.… Expand
  44. eiithne
    Jun 12, 2022
    0
    Such a bad game, disappointed. Expected more after WH2 which was a great game
  45. Thesign
    Jun 11, 2022
    9
    Great game overall, lots of improvements over previous entries. The campaign is very narrative based and not a good sandbox experience, but personally I like that. Looking forward to what's coming next
  46. Mighty_Prophet
    Jun 5, 2022
    0
    Text within UI does not show, "fix" posted through google search does not work. Game has been out for almost 4 months and still no patch / fix. This makes the game not playable. Took time to make a Metacritic account just to write this and warn people.
  47. redbeerd
    May 19, 2022
    4
    TW: Warhammer II is one of my all time favorite computer games, so of course I bought this and, honestly, I don't get how this company could screw up so badly.

    This feels and plays like a middling mod for WH2. You get new map, units and factions, and that's pretty much where benefits end and problems begin. Performance is much worse than W:TW2 despite the map being smaller than ME.    TW: Warhammer II is one of my all time favorite computer games, so of course I bought this and, honestly, I don't get how this company could screw up so badly.

    This feels and plays like a middling mod for WH2. You get new map, units and factions, and that's pretty much where benefits end and problems begin. Performance is much worse than W:TW2 despite the map being smaller than ME. Graphics were not improved in any way. Bugs galore. The "tweaks" or "features" added are mostly failures - UI changes for worse, realm of chaos is clunky, new setlement-type battles with building stuff on the map are annoying.

    I give it a 4 because it still has the W:TW2 engine at heart, but honestly if you are new to the series - buy W:TW2 and skip this.    … Expand
  48. saintluk2
    May 19, 2022
    0
    They charged full price for an early beta release. I play only single player campaign.
  49. Zweno1988
    May 17, 2022
    0
    Ставлю 0,хотя игра нормальная и играю с открытия серии Тотал Вар.
    1)Огромные технические проблемы, которые совсемне спешат устранять.
    2)Отсутствия полной русской локализации это вообще табу, я не хочу сидеть чё то там переводить, а хочу наслаждаться игрой. 3)Высокая цена в районе 3к за такое качество продукта.    Ставлю 0,хотя игра нормальная и играю с открытия серии Тотал Вар.
    1)Огромные технические проблемы, которые совсемне спешат устранять.
    2)Отсутствия полной русской локализации это вообще табу, я не хочу сидеть чё то там переводить, а хочу наслаждаться игрой.
    3)Высокая цена в районе 3к за такое качество продукта.
  50. myboyblue43
    May 16, 2022
    8
    It is an 8. Most content we have ever had on release when they had to work through lockdown. Most characters, factions, and most ambitious campaign they have ever attempted. Are their issues? Yes. There are issues for every game on release. Heck Elden Ring had issues on release. They have fixed the game breaking problems, have been transparent with their plans, and have VASTLY improved theIt is an 8. Most content we have ever had on release when they had to work through lockdown. Most characters, factions, and most ambitious campaign they have ever attempted. Are their issues? Yes. There are issues for every game on release. Heck Elden Ring had issues on release. They have fixed the game breaking problems, have been transparent with their plans, and have VASTLY improved the multiplayer side of the game that desperately needed overhauling.

    If the blood DLC, which I am annoyed with do not get me wrong, is what you are using to justify giving this a negative review then you honestly shouldn't be taken seriously.    … Expand
  51. SoloSD
    May 9, 2022
    0
    Не могу купить из-за глупой политики издателя. Игры вне политики!
  52. Padudu
    May 6, 2022
    7
    I can see the appeal but I just didn't find the game very promising or rewarding. The campaign was uninspiring and the improvements done compared to the previous titles just weren't enough for me to dig deeper into this game.
  53. Mandulum
    Apr 24, 2022
    8
    I rather enjoyed it at the start. But the game turns into a slog. Especially if you dally with the portals. I wasn't ready for the first one and got beat out on the second. It took forever to get my four souls.

    Date Completed: 2022-04-24
    Playtime: 45h
    Enjoyment: 8/10
    Recommendation: If you played the first two then you can answer this yourself
  54. neffu
    Apr 24, 2022
    0
    I bought a game that is so unfun, it's impossible to play. Campaign is so bad. I loved wh1 and wh2. But this is terrible. Now, many people expect immortal empires campaign to fix this problem. But there is one more issue that, unless changed, also makes the game unfun - minor settlement battles. It's a choir to fight them. If those types of battles were scarce, then yeah, once in a while iI bought a game that is so unfun, it's impossible to play. Campaign is so bad. I loved wh1 and wh2. But this is terrible. Now, many people expect immortal empires campaign to fix this problem. But there is one more issue that, unless changed, also makes the game unfun - minor settlement battles. It's a choir to fight them. If those types of battles were scarce, then yeah, once in a while i could play the choke point infested boring slug fest. But those battles are the majority of all battles. I almost don't get open field battles at all. If its not changed then even Immortal Empires won't be fun… Expand
  55. Turbostar
    Apr 23, 2022
    9
    After finishing 4 campaigns, i think i can say that is a very very good game. Nice graphics, nice gamplay, nice difficulties. Ai maybe can be upgraded. Playability is ver nice but the objetive is always the same. I cant understand "0 points" critics here when only 0.7% of players have finished Slaneesh campaign, for example. Not a 10 because i want inmortal empires.
  56. complivit27
    Apr 21, 2022
    0
    Ужасная и недоделанная игра. Создатели даже не потрудились исправить баги в прологе. На данный момент никому не рекомендую, надо ждать ещё полгода, а то и больше.
  57. OliveriaJon
    Apr 18, 2022
    7
    I love this series. The campaign is fun, new, and clever. I like really cant wait for the game to merge the maps from Total War: Warhammer 1 & 2. That will be even more fun to explore that will no doubt give me years of fun just like the previous two installments.
  58. progamerr
    Apr 12, 2022
    0
    It's been so long since I wrote down a review. After all these years, I have wished to type pleasant words. Unfortunately, the gaming industry made huge disappointöment. Especially developers like Creative Assembly, which I'm gonna talk about them and their games.

    CA betrayed their real total war players. A couple of years ago, they bought Warhammer rights and began to invest in that    It's been so long since I wrote down a review. After all these years, I have wished to type pleasant words. Unfortunately, the gaming industry made huge disappointöment. Especially developers like Creative Assembly, which I'm gonna talk about them and their games.

    CA betrayed their real total war players. A couple of years ago, they bought Warhammer rights and began to invest in that franchise. Since then, all their historical content falling into decline. They became part of remastering trend like any other developers instead of presenting an entirely new historical game. We 'real' total war players have expected to see Medieval III total war. But the CA insisted to denied that request and never changed the idea of not making this game. The company lost its 'creativity' and truthfulness. Thankfully we have some great dedicated modders. We are able to play historical games despite even the vanilla version being unplayable. (such as total war kingdoms 1212 mod, for attila total war) The latest two historical entries of total war were also horrendous. These games are only playable with mods. Before diving into games themselves, you have to check out Steam workshop. It seems there will be no bright future for historical games. CA's failure to fulfill expectations is really frustrating.
    Furthermore, don't get me wrong. CA could develop and release Warhammer title I've no problem with that. But in my opinion, that Warhammer addiction of CA ruined real total war games. Not to mention many good other Warhammer games can be found on the market, like Warhammer 40k, which is far better than the CA invention 'total war version.

    In conclusion, not just CA itself, the whole gaming industry went into decline in the last decade. Maybe they read this feedback (highly doubt it) and reconsider their development and marketing strategy.
    PS: The good thing about Metacritic review is some edgy kids don't bother me with irrational replies. (yes I'm referring to youtube comments)    … Expand
  59. davedave1125
    Apr 11, 2022
    10
    Great game despite what some of the trolls have been saying on here. Cannot wait for the Mortal Empires 2 map!
  60. eventus
    Apr 8, 2022
    2
    Worst of the three parts. Totally unbalance piece of **** Not even acceptable as a dlc
  61. mrYellowDuck
    Apr 2, 2022
    0
    The game is broken. Do not remember when was the last time I have seen such a broken game, cyberpunk 2077 was perfect on release compared to this game.
    The price is too high for this DLC, and yes it is DLC NOT a new game. Nothing changed including graphic, ugly UI, and same mechanics. Really disappointed, had to return the game.
  62. Kdizzle88
    Mar 31, 2022
    10
    So this game in its full form with all 3 games, all DLC & factions, ME, fully patched will be a 10/10. There is absolutely no doubt in my mind about that, The release version has its faults but its still an enjoyable experience. There's no other game in this genre that comes anywhere near close to Total war - war hammer. I'm reviewing a 10 for the full package and an 8.5 for the game inSo this game in its full form with all 3 games, all DLC & factions, ME, fully patched will be a 10/10. There is absolutely no doubt in my mind about that, The release version has its faults but its still an enjoyable experience. There's no other game in this genre that comes anywhere near close to Total war - war hammer. I'm reviewing a 10 for the full package and an 8.5 for the game in its current state. Review trolls below do one.… Expand
  63. cabbages
    Mar 31, 2022
    2
    Its so, so broken. There's so many issues in this game that existed in rome, like 15 years ago, the UI, battle engine, ai strategy engine is all the same. All the issues from the very first game is here, it unbelievable that they are allowed to get away with this,
  64. Morgrain
    Mar 30, 2022
    1
    Edit: After careful consideration (3 campaigns on vHard in, ~50 hours), I can no longer recommend the game.

    It's buggy. Performance is a joke (looks like WH II, tanks FPS in half), Engine is still old, design choices (rifts) are bad, give no sense of accomplishment when finishing a campaign and actively punish the player for expanding. The AI is still cheating like crazy. Total    Edit: After careful consideration (3 campaigns on vHard in, ~50 hours), I can no longer recommend the game.

    It's buggy. Performance is a joke (looks like WH II, tanks FPS in half), Engine is still old, design choices (rifts) are bad, give no sense of accomplishment when finishing a campaign and actively punish the player for expanding.

    The AI is still cheating like crazy.

    Total War AI has always been cheating. I had hopes that Creative Assembly would stop being lazy and

    a) modernize the Engine (10 Bit, HDR, proper multi core optimization, DX12 features, proper Surround Sound etc)
    b) give us naval battles
    c) properly code the AI
    d) especially fix pathfinding, since that has always been a major problem

    but in the end all we got is a TW WH II reskin with a new map and a couple minor mechanics (some are just reskins from WH II DLC variants) that tanked the FPS in half. It's a bit of a shame that CA wasn't able to deliver anything of meaning after 5 years of working on this game. The groundwork is old, the AI is still programmed bad, we have no naval battles and the pathfinding and collision system is still broken, also the armor system.

    Warhammer III deserves better. CA has the money to deliver better. So the question is: Why didn't they?

    Rift mechanic was fun when I first played a campaign, instantly when I started the second, it bothered me. It's no fun for replay. There should be a button to disable to campaign/rift mechanic, so we can just enjoy some campaign gameplay.

    And the performance... Warhammer III runs like crap. My 3090 can barely achieve 30-35 FPS, where WH II gave me 55-65 FPS. It's probably the old engine. It's still 8bit, no proper multicore optimization, no DX12 features that could give the GPU some headroom. That happens when you try and cramp in features into an old engine that wasn't made for it. CA went lazy and didn't want to properly update their engine, and here you have the result.

    Why don't we have a timeline for bug fixes and new features (IE)?

    This game has issues. Not only performance and in-game bugs, but also design choices (after max 2 campaigns, Rifts are just no fun anymore). The game actively punishes you if you dare expand, not to mention that Daemon of Chaos and Kislev are officially labelled as "newbie friendly", even though they are everything butt (getting swarmed by full stacks after a couple rounds from all directions is not newbie friendly). These are serious problems. The game has been released more than two weeks ago, "influencers" were able to play the game weeks before that. Meaning Creative Assembly had more than a month now to realize the issues at hand and make a timeline.

    Where is that timeline?

    Where is the list of issues that CA has managed to assemble? Share it with us, so we can complete that list.

    When can we expect to play the Immortals Empire campaign? There's no problem in saying: "We are focusing on addressing bugs and performance, IE is still two months out, maybe more", what is a problem is NOT talking about it.

    Warhammer III could be so much more.
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    Original review when the game launched:
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    TO ME, SONS OF SIGMAR! FOR THE EMPIRE!

    I can recommend this game.

    BUT it's unacceptable that Total War still has no native HDR support in 2022.

    Auto HDR is also currently not supported. That's a shame for an AAA title.

    It is also barely acceptable that we still have no Naval battles. Creative Assembly needs to up its game.    … Expand
  65. Bosman666
    Mar 30, 2022
    5
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Tears, crying and despair. WH: TW 3 is a product that was released too early, numerous bugs hindering the game, units execute orders with a large delay, during the AI siege it can immediately rebuild its turret after being destroyed. Graphic errors like a flying palisade in cities. Very bad optimization compared to other TW games, not including Attila (technical crap). I have a lesson not to buy a pre-order. If you are a TW fan, wait for the patches, if you are a Warhammer fan then buy a new box with models and wait for the patches.… Expand
  66. PoppyTales
    Mar 28, 2022
    2
    Looks great, sounds good, but is still boring and broken. The way the CA treats their fan base and promoters is absolutely wrong and **** I feel bad for all the hard on fan boys sucking their lies out of their **** and still not getting a good game.
  67. YourDad
    Mar 24, 2022
    1
    am I the only one who is really bothered by the units designs for example tzeenth flamers or horrors erc, this kind of units kinda shows me that the designers didnt even try to make anything new, but relied on player fanbase who will buy this game because of previous succeses. Each W2 DLC with new untis design had more serious and honest work into it then the whole W3 game, most allam I the only one who is really bothered by the units designs for example tzeenth flamers or horrors erc, this kind of units kinda shows me that the designers didnt even try to make anything new, but relied on player fanbase who will buy this game because of previous succeses. Each W2 DLC with new untis design had more serious and honest work into it then the whole W3 game, most all untis are just reskined, recouloured and reused, or are absolut effortless horrible new design without even trying to make a good design unit, I loved warhammer 2 but W3 really destroyed my will to play the game, sometimes I still play W2 mortal empires but the experience about the epic unit designs is absolutly destroyed and so my motivation to play warhammer at all.
    I kinda feel like the developers treat me as a player like an idiot, who you can sell every garbage.
    I mean come on .... look up the units ... !    … Expand
  68. SixDoorSedan
    Mar 22, 2022
    1
    The laziness and lack of testing this game has is obvious and egregious. The fact that the supply line bug was in the game at launch at all and that it isn't getting a hotfix alone is just awful. CA as a company being behind on hotfixes and even coldfixes historically when compared to other companies doesn't really have an excuse. This game was in development for 6 years, they didn't touchThe laziness and lack of testing this game has is obvious and egregious. The fact that the supply line bug was in the game at launch at all and that it isn't getting a hotfix alone is just awful. CA as a company being behind on hotfixes and even coldfixes historically when compared to other companies doesn't really have an excuse. This game was in development for 6 years, they didn't touch WH2 bugs and problems for a majority of this time and this buggy mess is what we get? I would bet money that CA's management is who's to blame here and it was a miracle it had a delayed release, because I don't want to think about what it would've looked like if it was released earlier.

    CA needs to listen to the playerbases' feedback and change the game accordingly or else this will just devolve into definitely the bottom of the barrel amongst their other releases alone, and there's Atilla and Rome 2 to compete with. And what's with their focus on multiplayer gameplay and feedback? Why aren't changes to units separate between multiplayer and and campaign?

    Wouldn't reccomend this game to people who like the streategy genre. If they make massive changes to the game then it could be salvaged.    … Expand
  69. Cdertyhn
    Mar 21, 2022
    0
    Know how MMORPGs start out with a clean setting, but then they sell more and more flashy sh!t until it all becomes meaningless? Things quickly become over saturated when every new item has to outshine it’s predecessor. The new human Factions feel like that. Just an over saturation of gimmicks both in the form of way to magical units and excessive special abilities on the campaign map. TheKnow how MMORPGs start out with a clean setting, but then they sell more and more flashy sh!t until it all becomes meaningless? Things quickly become over saturated when every new item has to outshine it’s predecessor. The new human Factions feel like that. Just an over saturation of gimmicks both in the form of way to magical units and excessive special abilities on the campaign map. The same is true for Chaos, but there it does actually work.
    The siege battles are bad as well, but hopefully someone will mod it once they get mod support to work.    … Expand
  70. drogarito
    Mar 21, 2022
    0
    Unplayable campaign due to the rifts. Atrocious siege "rework" made this game feel as if I am playing tower defense game in vein of Orcs Must Die. First they said that deployables will only be part of final battles, and then they implemented it in sieges as well. And these in-battle deployables are the worst thing you can have in a Total War game. And what's even worse is that everyUnplayable campaign due to the rifts. Atrocious siege "rework" made this game feel as if I am playing tower defense game in vein of Orcs Must Die. First they said that deployables will only be part of final battles, and then they implemented it in sieges as well. And these in-battle deployables are the worst thing you can have in a Total War game. And what's even worse is that every faction has the same 4 deployables (that should be removed from the game if you ask me). Multiplayer is also unplayable, and the new ranked "domination" mode is terrible. I really enjoyed standard frontal battles, but now I cannot even play them. And besides that, multiplayer battles are full of lag. And one month after, and you still don't have CHAT in a game that has 8-players multiplayer campaign nor in battle, post-battle, chat rooms. Not to mention COPY-PASTE units for Chaos factions. Rating: GIVE ME A BREAK! -1000/10… Expand
  71. Sawicky
    Mar 20, 2022
    7
    On the whole I have played quite a fair bit and enjoyed it for the most part.

    However the realms of chaos are a massive chore and only really bring annoying mechanics into the game really putting me off. There are ways to avoid this which is why I have played so many hours. Lots of good improvements have been made Diplomacy is 100% better not perfect yet but tones better. As soon as a    On the whole I have played quite a fair bit and enjoyed it for the most part.

    However the realms of chaos are a massive chore and only really bring annoying mechanics into the game really putting me off.

    There are ways to avoid this which is why I have played so many hours.

    Lots of good improvements have been made Diplomacy is 100% better not perfect yet but tones better.

    As soon as a the major issues are sorted I’m sure it will be amazing.    … Expand
  72. welshie123
    Mar 16, 2022
    0
    couldn't even end the game, clicked on the exit button nothing happened, perfect summary of the game as a whole
  73. Warhammer123213
    Mar 15, 2022
    10
    Rough around the edge, but got a lot of potential. I think the battle control need work, but the rest is fun and fixes are coming soon.
  74. Kakaloto
    Mar 14, 2022
    2
    The Realms of Chaos campaign is tedious and unrewarding. The plot is very low-effort and uncompelling and its mechanics just aren't fun.

    The unit pathing has been re-worked and is more awful, yet more integral than ever. If one member of a unit gets caught on something/someone the rest of the unit can't advance or take orders and continually goes back for the lost unit. I was stoked    The Realms of Chaos campaign is tedious and unrewarding. The plot is very low-effort and uncompelling and its mechanics just aren't fun.

    The unit pathing has been re-worked and is more awful, yet more integral than ever. If one member of a unit gets caught on something/someone the rest of the unit can't advance or take orders and continually goes back for the lost unit.

    I was stoked when I found out that multiplayer can have up to 8 people and the turns are simultaneous, but every multiplayer game I've played has inevitably crashed right after large battles. Now add the fact that the RoC campaign is generally not very fun and contains a lot of unrewarding busywork and even the 8-player multi-campaign isn't that appealing.

    Sieges are now worse than ever. All they had to do was add Three Kingdoms style sieges, instead WH3 has an RTS tower defence game on top of labyrinthian settlement maps- did I mention that the pathing is now horrible? Yeah, the end result of the changes to WH sieges is that now they take longer, are more tedious and more clumpy. You're expected to keep an eye on resources that you (as the defender) generate and also building towers and barricades *in real time,* which apparently only takes about 60 seconds per construction. Where are we getting these resources from? We're *under siege*. Why wait until the enemy is attacking to put up your defenses? Everything about it makes it the least TW thing Ca has ever done, more micromanagement with significantly less immersion. It's a shameful display.

    There's plenty of improvements, too: Quality of life stuff like being able to save hero builds, use quickdeal diplomacy and set a budget for your towns to automanage themselves. (Although the RoC campaign has so many BS hoops to jump through my budget has generally been strained in every game, so haven't had a chance to use this budget feature.) Also just the factions themselves; lots of cool models, aesthetics, voice acting, all good stuff. It's just completely outweighed by all the bad stuff.

    Been playing TW for 20 years and this is the first one to bore me out of playing it within the first couple days. Also it's filled to the brim with bugs. And Immortal Empires will likely be fun, even though it's been a month and that's still not out yet. Just been a few patches that fixed stuff and tweaked/balanced *nothing.*

    TLDR: Bad campaign, bad sieges and bad story. Cool content though?    … Expand
  75. HonestTWfan
    Mar 13, 2022
    0
    CA has really devolved into a borderline scammer company over the years. It really shows with this release.
  76. Art_919
    Mar 12, 2022
    4
    A decent game under the massive flaws and bugs it has brought along. Battles feel bland without the dreaded Blood DLC and the factions seem a lot more sparse on release than Total War: Warhammer 2's. Many many users reporting game breaking crashes and bugs, with myself reporting awful optimisation.

    The game will be great, once the lacklustre campaign is replaced by Immortal Empires and    A decent game under the massive flaws and bugs it has brought along. Battles feel bland without the dreaded Blood DLC and the factions seem a lot more sparse on release than Total War: Warhammer 2's. Many many users reporting game breaking crashes and bugs, with myself reporting awful optimisation.

    The game will be great, once the lacklustre campaign is replaced by Immortal Empires and the initial bugs quashed. Wait on this one.    … Expand
  77. rookie009
    Mar 12, 2022
    0
    Refunded it. I'm done playing games which should count as "beta". Grafics should be whoaaa because it has at least 120 gb but it looks as WH2 looked. Performance? Bad, even with a very good pc. Skilltrees, yeah I think they were a copy paste "masterpiece". Please help every gamer by not buying These beta state games. On top this is a Starship Troopers game. It must be with this many bugs in it...
  78. LordOfWrath
    Mar 11, 2022
    0
    Cant recommend this game in its current state. As content creators have openly expressed there are lots of bugs, unresponsive units, bad ai, and overall just not a good start out of the gate for this latest entry. Please wait to purchase later when other modes or fixes become available.
  79. Ragnar1987
    Mar 10, 2022
    9
    Great game, real dope. I can't stop playing. Very interesting company with new mechanics. Great art & graphic. But optimization really sucks, I was waiting for 15 minutes before start, my friend was waiting for 30 minutes. And one more thing, if you don't now what to do get free version or pay full price for Ogre Kingdoms - don't pay! You can take free code until 24.02.2022.
  80. benjaminva
    Mar 9, 2022
    10
    Visuals are great and it there is a lot more narrative involved in the game, also huge improvement in diplomacy. I see a lot of people complaining that TW2 is better, and I also have about 1800 + hours in TW2, however TW3 has been out for just 1 month, it took TW2 about two years to get as good as it is with the dlcs and the mods workshop. TW3 is it good enough for me as it is, and I knowVisuals are great and it there is a lot more narrative involved in the game, also huge improvement in diplomacy. I see a lot of people complaining that TW2 is better, and I also have about 1800 + hours in TW2, however TW3 has been out for just 1 month, it took TW2 about two years to get as good as it is with the dlcs and the mods workshop. TW3 is it good enough for me as it is, and I know that it will only get better the same way TW1 and TW2 did, I look forward to playing the other campaigns as well.

    Also I haven´t crashes and I´m at 70 hours play time, I´m running a GTX 1660 Ti on windows 11    … Expand
  81. Grandhatred
    Mar 9, 2022
    0
    fuk who ever make this game jesus you only had one platform to work with why the **** it feel like i am playing **** console port.
  82. rinshun
    Mar 8, 2022
    0
    They put Denuvo into this game, that's the first sin.

    The game doesn't really bring anything new to the previous games. Some free mods for them can do the same job.

    Price too high. This is NOT a new game. It's just the same Warhammer Total War, with a little bit extra stuff. Should be priced accorndingly.
  83. MisterMartins
    Mar 7, 2022
    3
    The game is not enjoyable and CA should me ashamed of releasing a game on this stage. Wasn't Rome 2 enough ? Stop messing around and do Medieval 3 , that's what we want ! But do it properly.
  84. Zeldarin
    Mar 7, 2022
    1
    This game is not justified if you are a casual fan. Why would anyone want to play sieges 100%.What happened to land battles? As a campaign main CA really left us in the dirt. The Ai was bad in TWW1, TWW2, but its even worse in TWW3.
    If you are a tabletop player you probably think its the greatest thing since sliced bread. But I am not a tabletop player. This game was made for multiplayer    This game is not justified if you are a casual fan. Why would anyone want to play sieges 100%.What happened to land battles? As a campaign main CA really left us in the dirt. The Ai was bad in TWW1, TWW2, but its even worse in TWW3.
    If you are a tabletop player you probably think its the greatest thing since sliced bread. But I am not a tabletop player. This game was made for multiplayer only it seems.    … Expand
  85. MasculineTaru
    Mar 6, 2022
    0
    Took alot of good things from #1 & 2 and ruined them. This includes UI, Campaign, Unit Balance, ETC.

    End game rift campaign is buggy, glitchy and poorly implemented. I have been unable to finish any campaigns due to that "feature" alone.

    It isnt fun and it isnt funny what they did to a polished WH II
  86. crawne
    Mar 6, 2022
    0
    How can you mess up the final game in the trilogy this bad? Should have been a home-run.
  87. Cramnit
    Mar 6, 2022
    10
    Un juegazo, de principio a fin. La mejor manera de terminar la trilogia TW Warhammer, recomendado sin dudarlo.
  88. chrissyboi85
    Mar 5, 2022
    0
    This game is doesn't deserve a 10 rating. Don't pay attention to all these perfect scores they are fake reviews bought and sold for marketing. CA dropped the ball on this one.
  89. khern
    Mar 3, 2022
    5
    At launch, this title has some serious issues with replayability, bugs, performance and is not deserving of the launch price. Its more in line with how paradox launch their games, just a shell of a game they will flesh out later in dlc sized chunks for a tidy sum.

    What a shame.
  90. ChamoRTS
    Mar 2, 2022
    9
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. There are several things to take into account but the most important thing is the gameplay and in that section there are things that do not add up to me, such as the fact that the demons or the undead suffer from fatigue.… Expand
  91. Hollerfish
    Mar 2, 2022
    10
    Everything is working fine. No crashes, good FPS on avg-high end machine.

    Sadly, they didn't take anything from previous TW games and improved (campaign, balancing at least). I just feel it's a long grindy boring good looking TW game.
  92. Xswertgb
    Feb 28, 2022
    0
    Soo, they have an engine / control scheme that really doesn’t do well with siege battles and decide to rework their game to make siege battles the most common battles?
    It’s really finicky to position units near unpassable terrain, so giving orders to units inside those natural corridors that dominate our new battlefields usually takes two to three tries. And without split screen support    Soo, they have an engine / control scheme that really doesn’t do well with siege battles and decide to rework their game to make siege battles the most common battles?
    It’s really finicky to position units near unpassable terrain, so giving orders to units inside those natural corridors that dominate our new battlefields usually takes two to three tries. And without split screen support assaulting more than one entry point can be dangerous since those melee heroes need constant babysitting or they might suicide rush.    … Expand
  93. Zaqwerfv
    Feb 28, 2022
    0
    Everyone hated the siege battles. Solution: Make sure roughly 80% of all battles are siege battles now. Probably 4 out of 10 on it’s own, badly designed game. But the fact that they took a 8 out of 10 game (cool but with some **** parts) and expanded the **** parts all over it gets them no points. (And may God have mercy on their souls.)
  94. lowercases
    Feb 28, 2022
    5
    For each improvement, there's something fixed by game 2 that is somehow unfixed again. It joins a lack of optimisation, thread-bare factions and a bizarrely discordant campaign to give the game its sense of being slopped together carelessly. Apart from that, it's more of the same. That'll make the addicts happy enough, but it's unlikely to wow the rest as much as TW:WII did once upon aFor each improvement, there's something fixed by game 2 that is somehow unfixed again. It joins a lack of optimisation, thread-bare factions and a bizarrely discordant campaign to give the game its sense of being slopped together carelessly. Apart from that, it's more of the same. That'll make the addicts happy enough, but it's unlikely to wow the rest as much as TW:WII did once upon a time.

    Prepare your wallets for the privilege of many 15 euro fixes over the next few years. Joy.    … Expand
  95. Noir9090
    Feb 28, 2022
    6
    I'm sorry to say this game desperately needed another 6-12 months of work before publishing. It has some nice little positive changes so it's not all bad so let's start with those.

    Exp gained on lords is is actually based on the enemies so you are no longer encouraged to battle each army twice. Even low end items are still somewhat relevant late game since you can fuse with other items    I'm sorry to say this game desperately needed another 6-12 months of work before publishing. It has some nice little positive changes so it's not all bad so let's start with those.

    Exp gained on lords is is actually based on the enemies so you are no longer encouraged to battle each army twice. Even low end items are still somewhat relevant late game since you can fuse with other items to make them higher tier ones(lots of useless and worse items available in higher tiers tho that needs balancing).
    Diplomacy has nifty quick deal feature to allow player much faster gauge on what kind of deals they can do and you can now technically trade settlements with AI.
    In battles AI now feels more human(both good and bad at same time but we'll get to this later) and it tries to dodge spells. And well, that's all she wrote. Really, those were the only positives I could find so let's move to the dark side.

    On the negative side sadly this game shines like a beacon in the dark. The game pace is atrociously slow compared to WH2. Even minor settlements have sieges now. These sieges are extremely dumbed down so that you can never lose them, but you will take huge losses over nothing if you don't do them manually. This means you will take tons of extra time either manually playing those or you Auto-Resolve them and take time healing/building up again while enemy bolsters their troops making those battles take again more time.
    As defender in sieges you are now allowed to build towers and barricades middle of the battle and keep rebuilding them constantly. As defender you can beat giant armies that should walk over you at ease by selecting supply point and turtle there. The AI has huge problems with pathing in sieges and tends to just let you kill them in bottle necks. Your towers will lay waste to everything(including your own army if you buy tier 4 towers). You cannot control the towers to focus fire which is yet another thing that felt like it was dumbed down. I actually liked the idea of getting freedom to build towers and barricades to siege, but it should have been left as something you do when placing your troops at start instead of mid battle. For first battle or two this felt great fun new-ish thing. Sadly after couple battles you realize this is what you are going to be facing 70-80% of your battles.
    As attacker on sieges you will realize just how awful the AI can be. You can leave single scout visible opposite side of siege and hide your army into obvious forest to abuse the crap out of the dumb AI. AI will respond as you'd expect. It will move all their troops to that scout side and waste all their points there while your army can march from behind with streets empty. Alternatively you can do it the other way around also. show your army and backdoor points with quick units. The enemy will send proportionally huge chunks of their army to deal with the scary intruders making rest easy pickings. The AI loves spending their points on worthless tier 1 junk towers btw, it just buys the cheapest crap as it has no idea how to play the sieges.
    siege maps also have ramparts locations similar to standing on old walls(except these ramparts can be walked to even by cavalry). The AI does not understand those at all. It might have their elite swords just standing there while you keep backstabbing or shooting them there like idiots. Again it's a fun idea, but terrible execution.
    Regarding sieges I truly hope when Mortal Empires comes they give us "classic" option for sieges just to bypass them or at least make it so these are thing only for major settlements with walls for example. You gotta fix pathing, AI, tower spam, turtling and make the AI understand battles it can take. You can just farm AI for free money and items when it keeps bashing their heads into a wall over and over again while you don't even need army anymore. These sieges made took away a lot of economy management and map control since you no longer need to keep armies there. Sieges also begin instant attrition which makes them even easier for you while keeps taking the fights even dumbest players will win if they turtle.

    On the world map the AI is back to the dark ages of first WH. It plays extremely passive. You are stuck hiding in ambush mode to not make it run. It's constant cat and mouse if you don't.
    You are no longer encouraged to keep expanding. Rather again turtle tactics are just as good if not better with the new campaign. It's like devs looked what was bad with Vortex campaign and decided to go deeper into it. Unlike Vortex this objective is not optional way to play. Now you can just stick to couple provinces and wait.... and wait... and wait... till game decides it's time for demon portals so you can do the objective. You can do only one portal at a time since it needs your legendary lord despite your other armies being just as strong to artificially make game longer, much longer than it should be. That's 150-200 turns of utter boredom.    … Expand
  96. moisture84
    Feb 27, 2022
    10
    If optimization improves and a few good DLCs are released, this game will be remembered as one of the best PC games.
  97. jzalexander
    Feb 26, 2022
    0
    I wanted to play Total War Wahammer in the fantasy setting, this is just AOS dressed in the burial clothes of fantasy. You let GW ruin your series by pushing their awful new designs into your game didn't you? Not impressed. Awful game, Awful Campaign Awful factions. Just Sad. Buy Total War Warhammer 2.
  98. Quell34
    Feb 26, 2022
    0
    Warhammer 3 is more of the same game as the others. Only worse.

    It's a very pretty game (well, except for any units when you zoom out), but there is absolutely nothing of substance under the surface. Somehow, CA manage to make the AI worse with every iteration. The only way they can add any level of difficulty is by making the AI cheat and break the mechanics of the game. The    Warhammer 3 is more of the same game as the others. Only worse.

    It's a very pretty game (well, except for any units when you zoom out), but there is absolutely nothing of substance under the surface.

    Somehow, CA manage to make the AI worse with every iteration. The only way they can add any level of difficulty is by making the AI cheat and break the mechanics of the game.

    The economy in this game is broken with very little income generators unless you play the trade caravan faction (which is bonkers money). The only viable expansion strategy is to beeline for the nearest income settlements (usually gold resource etc) and these still don't give as much income as previous warhammer games.

    Because of the economy and being punished for having multiple armies, you will struggle to build more than 1 army in the early to mid game. The limited army count and being tied to a commander is bothersome when your 1 army will be playing whack-a-mole trying to deal with randomly spawning armies and chasing (but failing to ever catch) AI armies running around the map on forced march. It's particularly galling when forced marched armies just run right past your army into your territory to sack towns, and your army still cant catch them!

    Playing as Kislev, with a selection of hybrid ranged units, the AI defending a town will normally let you expand all your ammunition to butter them up, while they run around in circles and take the beating.

    Most of the battles will be as easy as this until CA give you a quest battle which is an ambush mission, so the enemy completely surrounds you and the fighting starts instantly. You don't even have time to figure out what is going on this case, and your army will be dead in 1 minute.

    Units in battles are strangely unresponsive in oombat. Often they seem to forget what they are doing in a fight or not react to getting attacked on one side... and just sit there doing nothing. I thought it was guard mode at first but I confirmed this was turned off.

    Every 'unique' mechanic is just a different name for battle generated points which are used to get more stats. The whole game is spreadsheeting with few tactics or actual mechanics. All 'gameplay additions' are usually just another tracker page for you to monitor as the game progresses and 'interact with' to get more stats.

    Missile units overlapping apparently block eachother from firing, despite there not actually being any true missiles in the game.

    Magic is the same system of you just spam spells repeatedly for very little real effect, besides a few select spells.

    Battles aren't fun. There is no challenge beside when the AI cheats and breaks the game. Campaign map is more irritating than anything else.

    The creators of this game don't even play the game, that should tell you everything you need to know right there.    … Expand
  99. PMG-Writer
    Feb 26, 2022
    8
    On the whole, the developers from Creative Assembly stick to the familiar gameplay in "Total War: Warhammer III". Thus, you still get exciting and interesting battles in numerous hours. Nevertheless, some things didn't turn out quite right and fans might have imagined something different. There are a lot of new and interesting approaches, and the introduction for newcomers is successful inOn the whole, the developers from Creative Assembly stick to the familiar gameplay in "Total War: Warhammer III". Thus, you still get exciting and interesting battles in numerous hours. Nevertheless, some things didn't turn out quite right and fans might have imagined something different. There are a lot of new and interesting approaches, and the introduction for newcomers is successful in our opinion. The technology also fits the game very well. Fans of the genre should take a closer look at "Total War: Warhammer III" and you won't be disappointed.… Expand
  100. doktorszalony
    Feb 24, 2022
    0
    This game is rubbish. Optimization doesn't exist. Constant crashes and low FPS. I have a top PC with RTX and can't even do 10 turns without crash. A great game that cannot be played. F**k you Denuvo. The saves don't work after each crash. So I have to go back 2-3 turns. Not worth my time and money
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Generally favorable reviews - based on 65 Critic Reviews

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  1. LEVEL (Czech Republic)
    Jan 30, 2024
    100
    Although the Immortal Empires format, which will combine all three games into one large map, was not yet available at the time of review, the world itself is large even in the individual parts. Its treatment and variety of climatic zones and chaotic crevasses deserve high praise, and the freedom of creative license has been used to the fullest by the authors at Creative Assembly in this regard as well. [Issue#318]
  2. Game World Navigator Magazine
    Oct 19, 2022
    84
    Selling Ogres as a separate Day-1 DLC is definitely an anti-consumer practice, AI would be best described as “braindead", and some mechanics only work because of duct-tape solutions like “background income”. Yet, CA has managed to capture that certain “je ne sais quoi” of Warhammer: every faction plays differently, but they all feel awesome. [Issue#259, p.42]
  3. Het Nieuwsblad
    Oct 6, 2022
    60
    If the "Total War" series had been a cow, PETA would have been at the door a long time ago. That's how milked she is. When you're not fighting, you're trying to build your empire. This part of the game combines both the best and worst of Total War: on the one hand, the factions you can play differ substantially and all offer a different experience; on the other, after a strong start, the campaign collapses like a pudding. You focus mainly on one powerful army, so the overall overview disappears somewhat from view. Too bad.
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