Total War: WARHAMMER III

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

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  1. biniu10
    Feb 18, 2022
    10
    Best Total War game ever. If you like Wh1 and Wh2, you will love Wh3. Don't look at bad reviews spam from angry chinese players, try it yourself. You will immerse in fantastic world, well designed factions and characters, gigantic battles. I absolutely love this game and my adventure only begins. Can't wait to see what CA has prepared for us in next years, It's great base for fantasticBest Total War game ever. If you like Wh1 and Wh2, you will love Wh3. Don't look at bad reviews spam from angry chinese players, try it yourself. You will immerse in fantastic world, well designed factions and characters, gigantic battles. I absolutely love this game and my adventure only begins. Can't wait to see what CA has prepared for us in next years, It's great base for fantastic dlc and expansions. GOTY for me… Expand
  2. 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
  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. 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,
  5. barbone3
    Sep 12, 2022
    5
    One Word: Lag.
    The game is not even that good, it's a copy and paste from shogun.
  6. 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
  7. 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
  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. 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...
  10. 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
  11. 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
  12. 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
  13. 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.
  14. 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
  15. eventus
    Apr 8, 2022
    2
    Worst of the three parts. Totally unbalance piece of **** Not even acceptable as a dlc
  16. 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.
  17. saintluk2
    May 19, 2022
    0
    They charged full price for an early beta release. I play only single player campaign.
  18. 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.
  19. 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
  20. eiithne
    Jun 12, 2022
    0
    Such a bad game, disappointed. Expected more after WH2 which was a great game
  21. 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!
  22. 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
  23. 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.
  24. wf1675_
    Dec 29, 2022
    0
    a verry overpriced expansion to Warhammer 2 packed to the brim w dlc and half baked units + buggy release
  25. 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.
  26. 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)
  27. 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...
  28. 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.
  29. 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
  30. 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
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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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