Total War: WARHAMMER
Moderate overall intensityWhat's in it
Massed real-time fantasy battles show soldiers, monsters and cavalry hacked down with heavy blood spray, gib effects and cannon/artillery carnage across the field.
A grim, bleak Old World menaced by Chaos corruption that spreads across the map, plague and civil war, and armies of the risen dead led by vampire lords.
Undead legions, vampires and daemonic Chaos creatures give some battles a macabre, menacing atmosphere without sustained fright mechanics.
Necromancers reanimate corpses and Chaos-aligned forces draw on dark magic, giving occult-flavored imagery within the fantasy setting.
Battles include monstrous beasts, war-animals, and mounts that are fought and killed as a normal combat mechanic.
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What it is
Total War: WARHAMMER is a fantasy grand-strategy game set in Games Workshop's Old World, combining a turn-based campaign of city-building, diplomacy and army management with large real-time tactical battles. Players lead one of several factions — human Empire, Dwarfs, Greenskin orcs and goblins, the undead Vampire Counts, and the invading forces of Chaos — each with unique units, heroes and magic. Battles are the main content driver: hundreds of troops, cavalry and monsters clash on screen with blood, gore and spellcasting. The tone is dark, dwelling on corruption, war and the raising of the dead, and factions wield magical 'lores' including necromancy and daemonic Chaos powers. It supports online multiplayer battles and campaigns with in-game chat, and Steam Workshop mod support. There are no microtransactions, though many factions and units are sold as separate paid DLC.
How it's framed
The game presents relentless warfare as heroic and strategic, framing victory in massed, bloody battle as the goal without moralizing about the killing. Chaos, the undead and their corruption are cast as menacing threats to be repelled, and dark magic is treated as a factional tool rather than something praised or condemned.
Details
- Developer
- CREATIVE ASSEMBLY
- Publisher
- SEGA
- Released
- May 24, 2016
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