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. 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
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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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