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

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 154 out of 354
  2. Mixed: 42 out of 354
  3. Negative: 158 out of 354

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  1. 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
  2. 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.
  3. 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
  4. 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
  5. GERULAS
    Feb 19, 2022
    0
    It seems like the copies they gave content creators did NOT have Denuvo, and thus the performance issues and until CA fix the performance issues caused by Denuvo, I wouldn't recommend this game.

    TOTAL WAR: REMUVO 3
  6. 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
  7. 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...
  8. 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.
  9. tornanx
    Feb 19, 2022
    0
    Too much wasted potential. CA tried to solve every major problem with laziest solution like things. There are self erecting towers that are being built in real time (30 seconds). They have teleporting armies in multiplayer. Game is buggy and not optimized I have stuttering even with a RTX 3090. There are constant glitches. AI can't defend their cities and siege needs a rerework. Only pointToo much wasted potential. CA tried to solve every major problem with laziest solution like things. There are self erecting towers that are being built in real time (30 seconds). They have teleporting armies in multiplayer. Game is buggy and not optimized I have stuttering even with a RTX 3090. There are constant glitches. AI can't defend their cities and siege needs a rerework. Only point I give is because I love nurglings.… Expand
  10. 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
  11. 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
  12. 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
  13. BergN7
    Feb 19, 2022
    0
    Bad prologue, bad campaign, a lot of bugs. Bad performance, Denuvo make it only worse.Painful gameplay experience...
  14. MONSTERDOTO
    Feb 23, 2022
    0
    Лагающее дерьмо, которое вылетает в первой миссии и выдет 70фпс на 3080ти. Бракоделы
  15. 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.
  16. 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.
  17. SoloSD
    May 9, 2022
    0
    Не могу купить из-за глупой политики издателя. Игры вне политики!
  18. 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.)
  19. 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
  20. 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
  21. 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
  22. Telaelle
    Feb 19, 2022
    0
    As for now the game is totally unplayable.. TW 1 and 2 was working fine on high quality but this one is having around 20 fps on medium and even this amount is not stable.. Until game is fixed I am not able to recommend it to anyone..
  23. 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.
  24. 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
  25. 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.
  26. 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
  27. C2487233
    Feb 19, 2022
    0
    Denuvo ruins the game. DO NOT PURCHASE UNLESS YOU HAVE A HIGH END PC.

    ironically, a pirated version will run smoother. I played full price for the game and will be looking for a cracked version anyways.
  28. 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.
  29. 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
  30. 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
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Metascore
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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