Total War: WARHAMMER III

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  • Publisher: Sega
  • Release Date: Feb 17, 2022
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  1. AcerolaOrion
    Feb 24, 2022
    9
    A huge step forward and for me the best entry in the series. Siege battles in particular are much much better this time around.

    Basically TWW2 had problems with magic since none of the other total war games have magic as a system - their usual "walled settlement" system just made it so you could use spellcasters to win the sieges by themselves after 2 or 3 catapults destroyed enemy    A huge step forward and for me the best entry in the series. Siege battles in particular are much much better this time around.

    Basically TWW2 had problems with magic since none of the other total war games have magic as a system - their usual "walled settlement" system just made it so you could use spellcasters to win the sieges by themselves after 2 or 3 catapults destroyed enemy towers.
    They made it so that the towers can be rebuilt if you take too long (which was the case for spamming spells since you had to wait for cooldowns) which fixes A LOT of exploits that were previously possible but the varied new maps offer a great variety of REAL strategical options and it plays MUCH better.

    Factions have more interesting campaign mechanics, marginally improved diplomacy and the chaos realms are all really cool tho i can see the final fight in the chaos realms get a bit annoying eventually since it takes like 30 minutes - luckily those are surprisingly easy to autoresolve if you really dont want to bother.

    Great job on all of that!

    Issues are relatively poor perfomance which was confirmed by PCInvasion to be denuvo related (since the press version ran much better and didnt have it). The snow effect in particular absolutely destroys my performance. Worse faction and unit variety compared to warhammer 2 (this will inevitably get fixed with mortal empires and DLC).

    It also might be interesting to mention that the "recommended first campaigns" are both unreasonably hard due to horrendous starter locations (especially the chaos undivided one - jesus christ - 3 20 stacks coming my way on turn 3)

    Overall a MUCH better experience than the previous TW Warhammer titles.    … Expand
  2. BilbitleHobo
    Feb 24, 2022
    0
    That game has been delayed to be polished.
    So now they released a polished turd !
    Well done CA
  3. morti_cian
    Feb 24, 2022
    10
    Одна из лучших стратегий, в которую я играл. У меня имеется 300+ часов во второй части этой серии и я могу сказать, что разработчики доработали массу интерфейсных проблем прошлых частей. Баланс между фаркциями вышел неплохим, а карта кампании фантастически красивой. В первые двое суток мы в кооперативе наиграли 22 часа. Ждем новых фракций и надеемся, что оптимизацию подтянут (встречаютсяОдна из лучших стратегий, в которую я играл. У меня имеется 300+ часов во второй части этой серии и я могу сказать, что разработчики доработали массу интерфейсных проблем прошлых частей. Баланс между фаркциями вышел неплохим, а карта кампании фантастически красивой. В первые двое суток мы в кооперативе наиграли 22 часа. Ждем новых фракций и надеемся, что оптимизацию подтянут (встречаются вылеты при Alt+Tab и фризы на ходе вторичных фракций в кампании).… Expand
  4. UOuSyron
    Feb 23, 2022
    0
    Complete ripoff, this is just a shoddy DLC at full price, and it's not even a good DLC. New daemon armies are cool. Maps suck. Sieges suck worse than before. No graphical improvement. No ability to play factions from previous games as they did in 2. Performance issues are as bad as ever. Campaign sucks much worse than Mortal Empires.

    Do not buy this for any reason, it's just flatly bad. **** CA.
  5. Essenus
    Feb 23, 2022
    4
    У игры есть потенциал, но этот потенциал просто загублен на корню в данный момент(6 дней после релиза)отвратной оптимизацией, кучей багов, недоделок типа выхода подкреплений врага прямо в городе со стенами во время осады, убитой в ноль экономикой, балансом, аморфным ИИ особенно за фракции порядка.
    Пока хотя бы часть этого не будет исправлено выше 4 баллов она увы не заслуживает
    Тем более    У игры есть потенциал, но этот потенциал просто загублен на корню в данный момент(6 дней после релиза)отвратной оптимизацией, кучей багов, недоделок типа выхода подкреплений врага прямо в городе со стенами во время осады, убитой в ноль экономикой, балансом, аморфным ИИ особенно за фракции порядка.
    Пока хотя бы часть этого не будет исправлено выше 4 баллов она увы не заслуживает
    Тем более за такой довольно конский ценник в 3 с половиной штуки деревянных.    … Expand
  6. DukeJon
    Feb 23, 2022
    10
    Best Total War game ever. If you like Wh1 and Wh2, you will love Wh3. You will immerse in fantastic world, well designed factions and characters, gigantic battles. I absolutely love this game and my adventure only begins.
  7. The_VoidX
    Feb 23, 2022
    9
    Für mich ein guter 3. Teil der Total War: Warhammer Reihe. Der Prolog bietet eine gute Story und einen guten Einstieg in die Reiche des Chaos Kampagne. Schon viele Stunden mit Freunden im Koop und der Alten Welt verbracht. Klare Empfehlung.
  8. william1134
    Feb 23, 2022
    0
    I have not been enjoying this game at all and have stopped playing for now. (until mod support comes)

    I really hate the campaign, you can't expand and I just find myself fighting minor settlement battles, which are horrible. I just want to fight in a field as per normal, not split my forces up and fight for little resource points or whatever. Its difficult to manage and not fun with it    I have not been enjoying this game at all and have stopped playing for now. (until mod support comes)

    I really hate the campaign, you can't expand and I just find myself fighting minor settlement battles, which are horrible. I just want to fight in a field as per normal, not split my forces up and fight for little resource points or whatever. Its difficult to manage and not fun with it just becoming a blob fest most of the time.

    The graphics are terrible, at a distance, which is where i spend most of my time, units either disappear or becomes smudges.

    Back to warhammer 2 for me.    … Expand
  9. SquiZERGgou
    Feb 23, 2022
    0
    Worst base campaign to date, cant stomach finishing it once as it is right now and since its the only way to play it atm I cant recommend the game.

    They started mass deleting all negative post about the game on their forum and giving warning for them as of this morning. Way to lose long time customers that would have bought every DLC if treated right.
  10. MONSTERDOTO
    Feb 23, 2022
    0
    Лагающее дерьмо, которое вылетает в первой миссии и выдет 70фпс на 3080ти. Бракоделы
  11. Wpaine
    Feb 22, 2022
    3
    Start this off by saying this is my first Warhammer game but have enjoyed other total war games, most recently Troy. There are some good qualities about the game but I have two major gripes that really need some work.

    1. The rifts opening up in your territory is infuriating and honestly pretty stupid. The “corruption” they cause is just as bad so I feel like I’m spending more time    Start this off by saying this is my first Warhammer game but have enjoyed other total war games, most recently Troy. There are some good qualities about the game but I have two major gripes that really need some work.

    1. The rifts opening up in your territory is infuriating and honestly pretty stupid. The “corruption” they cause is just as bad so I feel like I’m spending more time babysitting the rift spawns than actually playing the game. I have to amass a bunch of tiny crap armies to ensure my land won’t get absolutely eaten by armies coming through the rift or corruption causing rebellion and I never want to play these fights because they do not pose a real threat and if you make any advancements in your territory you will be encountering a ton of these fights.

    2. This is honestly the worst one, I missed the first rift event on my play through not thinking it was that big of a deal, never missed one after, and this put me behind and I lost. I really have no idea how I could have came back, and I really didn’t think that just missing one event would be so catastrophic that it would ruin the entire run. I had no idea who had claimed the souls before me so it was impossible for me to attack that nation and to ensure they couldn’t win. It would have been great to know or have an option to prevent them from just outright winning but sadly that isn’t an option so I ended up wasting a good 12 hours worth of play time.

    Some other minor issues I had was the game crashes all the time. I also felt like my units were consisted of a bunch of morons that I had to constantly babysit so they didn’t just stand there and get murdered. It felt like the AI knew when my archers were in skirmish mode and would run at them until they turned around (they were behind a line of infantry mind you) and they would then stop and let their archers fire on me and I wouldn’t be firing back. Not the biggest issue most of the time but often I’d get stuck toying with my cavalry and had forgotten to take them off skirmish so my front line would get hit 2-3 times before I caught on. Also on some higher difficulties it feels as though, no matter the infantry, my units just lose in hand to hand combat. It felt undeserved in many cases as I’d have two superior units fighting one and they would just lose making it feel like an artificial challenge because the devs can’t create a smart enough AI to actually challenge the user!

    On the other hand the game is not all bad and I’m sure with a couple of balancing patches it will be better just kind of disappointing at release    … Expand
  12. Unknighted
    Feb 22, 2022
    9
    Look if you loved TW:WH2 then you should already get this. There are, however, some issues that need to be noted. Firstly, Siege battles are better and worse in this one. Minor settlements are 1000% better and are fun to play. WALLED seige battles however are not. If you play online against another player then Walled maps might be tolerable but even still design wise they have a few flaws.Look if you loved TW:WH2 then you should already get this. There are, however, some issues that need to be noted. Firstly, Siege battles are better and worse in this one. Minor settlements are 1000% better and are fun to play. WALLED seige battles however are not. If you play online against another player then Walled maps might be tolerable but even still design wise they have a few flaws. When you add in CA's famously bad AI then you have a recipe for disaster. The AI for walled maps are hilariously bad and remind me of Rome 2. Yeah that bad. Don't get me wrong the AI seems to work everywhere else it just turns -1000 IQ for these battles. The other are bugs. Yes yes What's a Total War launch without it's share of bugs. However I believe the big onesshould be ironed out within a month. So if buggy launchs scare you away just keep your ear to the ground and buy it once it's clean. It's still playable now and I have yet to come across major game breaking bugs that other people have said existed but your milage may vary. The minor gripes are that the human/ordertide factions feel a bit undercooked mechanics wise. Kislev feels meh and Cathey is the better of the two but doesn't feel complete or unique from eachother. The "secret" unlockables of *spoiler* are a HUUUUGE let down. If you know you know.

    But everything else ****ing rocks. The Chaos factions are badass. Khorn, Nurgle, Slannesh, and he who I can't spell right all look and feel right. Nurgle mechanically wise feels the weirdest slowest but it fits him well even if it can be annoying. Khorn is straightforward but fun as hell. Slannesh is probably the most meh of the 4 but works well and is likely the faction for people who prefer the campaign map side than the actual battles. **** **** it he is the funnest and funniest with his changer of ways mechanic. The maps for campaign and battles LOOK and SOUND amazing. 11/10 for presentation easily. Battles are more fun than ever and the new units themselves for all factions look amazing. In short there are 2 or 3 minor issues that do balloon into MASSIVE problems in seige battles and bugs. But everything else **** rules. And when we get Immortal Empires map this game will be a must buy even if seige battles suck.    … Expand
  13. tobiwan12345
    Feb 22, 2022
    1
    Unbalanced and buggy. The economy is not existing. You can barely keep one full army unless you are the Scrooge McDuck imperium with caravan that gives you so much money that you can build 2 money storage. The Auto Resolve for fights prefer the human nations because they have more range units as Demons. This means you must play all fights yourself as a Demon Nation. In a Multiplayer lobbyUnbalanced and buggy. The economy is not existing. You can barely keep one full army unless you are the Scrooge McDuck imperium with caravan that gives you so much money that you can build 2 money storage. The Auto Resolve for fights prefer the human nations because they have more range units as Demons. This means you must play all fights yourself as a Demon Nation. In a Multiplayer lobby with more than 4 player its unplayable unless you like to wait. Because of the bad economy the demons never reaches endgame units and because you only have one full army you must decide to enter a portal or defend your citys. I hope the immortal empire campaign will be better.... ah i forget you need all 3 games in order to play this campaign. Ty CA… Expand
  14. MrsMcgillicuddy
    Feb 22, 2022
    1
    Soulless cash grab peddling the Warhammer name while still offering minimal features, truckloads of bugs, predatory cut content for DLCs/Preorder "bonuses" and a straight up abusive dose of Denuvo copy protection to boot.

    Ignore the usual gaming media shills and poorly disguised review bots. Never settle for such mediocre offerings and anti-consumer practices.
  15. AndersTak
    Feb 22, 2022
    2
    5700xt + 2k+ middle preset=5-30fps. Game doesn't look better than TWW2-even worse. Without TAA and ssao game looks awful. 2022 and still no fsr or dlss.
    The UI is the most awful bland red color and hard to read.
    Overall TWW2 is the better and richer game. Too much wasted potential. Doesn't worth money now-wait for sale.
  16. Boris-Barbaris
    Feb 21, 2022
    5
    Ужасная оптимизация, куча багов и мыльная картинка. Некоторые защищают игру, говоря, что Тотал вары всегда выходили сырые на релизе - и я скажу наверно страшную вещь, но это НЕ НОРМА. Учитывая, что каждая игра становится дороже предыдущей, а кучу длц в будущем никто не отменяет.Ужасная оптимизация, куча багов и мыльная картинка. Некоторые защищают игру, говоря, что Тотал вары всегда выходили сырые на релизе - и я скажу наверно страшную вещь, но это НЕ НОРМА. Учитывая, что каждая игра становится дороже предыдущей, а кучу длц в будущем никто не отменяет.
  17. AndrewIronic
    Feb 21, 2022
    10
    Great game. A worthy end to the trilogy, looking forward to the combined campaign.
  18. dwarfscotsman
    Feb 21, 2022
    6
    I think my rating will evolve over time, by the time all the DLC/FLC and patches are out (in 3 years & several hundred pounds later) I have no doubt that this could be a high 8 or even a 9, like WH2 is for me now.
    I have played TW games since the original ROME, so when I say this a 6, that's comparing to a bloody strong franchise history, I have played over 30 hours, in that time I got to    I think my rating will evolve over time, by the time all the DLC/FLC and patches are out (in 3 years & several hundred pounds later) I have no doubt that this could be a high 8 or even a 9, like WH2 is for me now.
    I have played TW games since the original ROME, so when I say this a 6, that's comparing to a bloody strong franchise history, I have played over 30 hours, in that time I got to turn 160 of Kislev on hard difficulty. Its insane and totally unbalanced, I had 30 chaos armies surrounding me, I have 2 armies and that’s all I can afford.
    Technical issues - I have a top end gaming PC and even CPU/gpu struggled, so as with most new games there are optimizations needed and CA are decent at sorting those. The graphics however, its obvious this is a reskin of 3 kingdoms (a game I utterly hate), everything on campaign map looks grainy same issue with 3k. I thought it was me but then I compared it to WH2 - its NOT even close to WH2 quality, this must be addressed.
    Campaign is unbalanced and AI spam is just tedious, battles there is nothing new at all, even managed to destroy a 20 stack slannesh army in 2minutes, really what is the point in having great graphics/unit textures if AI just rushes you.
    AI - Yes CA after 10 years of warscape it is still a brain dead on arrival Battle AI. As for siege fix/improvement, well you just copy/pasted the terrible 3K siege maps straight in to WH3, please just go back to WH2 sieges and make slightly bigger settlements, modders can do it why can't you??
    Overall and I'm sure there are several other issues but I can't be bothered (yes that’s how the game makes me feel right now) its average, not a great launch, bit similar to Rome2 launch in my view.
    Not sure why this got such high critics review - they obviously spent their 15 mins review time smiling at the cute Nurglings! This is a personal review and I hope to come back in time and re-write it. Oh and if you don’t agree with my opinion that 3K is by far the worst ever TW game, your entitled to your opinion and I am entitled to my own.    … Expand
  19. luckydutch
    Feb 21, 2022
    5
    Can't recommend this game or rate it higher than a 5 because I have had major technical problems with it that I've been unable to solve and so had to do a refund.

    My PC is above the recommended specs for the game yet the graphics are truly appalling. Specifically, units. There must be an issue with their anti-aliasing because units look incredibly pixlated. So much so that as you    Can't recommend this game or rate it higher than a 5 because I have had major technical problems with it that I've been unable to solve and so had to do a refund.

    My PC is above the recommended specs for the game yet the graphics are truly appalling. Specifically, units. There must be an issue with their anti-aliasing because units look incredibly pixlated. So much so that as you line-up in battle, your army will just be a shimmering block of visible pixels and sharp edges. When you zoom right in on a unit and wait for a second, the detail suddenly pops in and it looks OK but this is only OK for screenshots. The battles are unplayable.

    Besides that, the campaign has a lot of bugs. Factions have major balancing issues. Vassals are completely broken and that's a primary mechanic for one faction.

    This game needed a few more months in the oven...    … Expand
  20. Sedmoi
    Feb 21, 2022
    0
    2070 super = 5-30 fps.
    Пиздец. Это ужасно оптимизированный продукт. За такое надо увольнять всех причастных к принятию решения выпускать такое на рынок.
  21. Sonic1305
    Feb 20, 2022
    10
    Total War: Warhammer 3 is an epic successor to the previous title, refining gameplay in many aspects like siege battles and soon to have the biggest map any total war game has ever had.

    Probably the best strategy game ever made.
  22. LordBit
    Feb 20, 2022
    10
    Good prologue which is also a good tutorial, best in the series. Amazing units, factions and visuals. Do . But when combined with them the sand box will be great. Seems harder than the 1st. Good game.
  23. woodsd8634
    Feb 20, 2022
    9
    Bigger and better than WH2 on launch. Can’t wait to waste 10000 hours of my life once Immortal Empires happens.
  24. Xareo999
    Feb 20, 2022
    10
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Son of kislev, i answer in my time of need...
    You won't believe me but Mufasa is in this game...    … Expand
  25. helladarionx
    Feb 20, 2022
    0
    Vou dar zero pelo preço absurdo de caro, completamente fora da capacidade do Brasileiro de comprar. somado ao motivo de nao existir nenhuma dublagem em português
  26. Afterthegame
    Feb 20, 2022
    10
    CA has listened to the community, they have improved the sieges, the multiplayer with a new domination mode just like in the campaign, and finally there is chaos!!!! we need to wait a month for immortal empires that will be crazy
  27. Mad_Hermit
    Feb 20, 2022
    0
    This game is a big disappointment. CA has moved the release date last year to polish the game and this is the result? They could have taken already working WH2 build and modify it for new scenario, instead they threw everything away in terms of balance and decided to just go ahead with this. Economy is not adequate to sustain armies for Total WAR. Literally every money producing buildingThis game is a big disappointment. CA has moved the release date last year to polish the game and this is the result? They could have taken already working WH2 build and modify it for new scenario, instead they threw everything away in terms of balance and decided to just go ahead with this. Economy is not adequate to sustain armies for Total WAR. Literally every money producing building gives you little. Your capitals of province used to be level 5 with 8 slots, now they all are like small settlements level 3 with 4 slots. Main campaign is impossible to move further because you can't make solid base to support both soul race and empire protection. Auto resolve is not working ATM hence need to manually play every single battle, which tires you so much. Siege rework might be a good way forward if only this would work prior the battle start. At the moment AI continues building towers and barricades in the process of battle. You order attack on an enemy unit then AI builds barricade and your unit changes route making big round to reach the enemy, while taking fire from towers.… Expand
  28. SaH
    Feb 20, 2022
    9
    20.02.2022: So far... GREAT Total War and Great Warhammer... When the global map for the (IM)Mortal Empires kick in it will be Legen... wait for it...
  29. richardkenny
    Feb 20, 2022
    1
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. What a huge letdown, I waited four years for this game and it's the worst one in the series. The units are good but the campaign sucks. Which is the only game mode I play. You can't play any of the armies from the previous games. The campaigns themselves are boring its hard to get more than a couple armies going, the whole time your playing chaos whack a moll. Chaos just spawns over and over in the same spots. Who thought this would be fun it's just really annoying and makes every playthrough feel the same.each chaos faction has very few units.this game kinda sucks… Expand
  30. exilos
    Feb 20, 2022
    0
    Is a nice game honestly the best Total War I have ever played even that I really enjoy the historical ones. It shows that they dedicated a lot of love to him
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86

Generally favorable reviews - based on 65 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 61 out of 65
  2. Mixed: 4 out of 65
  3. Negative: 0 out of 65
  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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