Total War: WARHAMMER II
Moderate overall intensityWhat's in it
Large-scale fantasy battles where armies of elves, undead, ratmen, and monstrous beasts hack and shred one another with blood spray; on-screen dismemberment and gore are limited in the base game but combat is constant and bloody.
The setting dwells on necromancy, mass death, undead servitude, and the slavery and cruelty practiced by factions like the Skaven and Dark Elves.
Some units, such as Dark Elf Witch Elves, wear scant, revealing battle attire.
Undead legions, skeletal Tomb Kings, and grotesque ratmen give parts of the game a macabre, spooky tone without being a horror title.
Factions cast destructive magic and perform grand rituals to summon a dark god and raise the dead, presented as fictional supernatural power.
Monstrous beasts and giant creatures are fielded and killed as ordinary combat units.
The cruelty and torture practiced by factions such as the Dark Elves is referenced in lore and dialogue rather than shown as gameplay.
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What it is
Total War: WARHAMMER II is a fantasy strategy game set in the Warhammer world, blending a turn-based campaign of moving armies, managing settlements, and forging or breaking alliances with real-time battles between huge armies of elves, lizard-riding warriors, undead, and ratmen. The core content is warfare: battles are frequent and bloody, with soldiers and monsters cut down en masse, though on-screen gore is fairly restrained in the base game. The story and setting lean on dark fantasy themes — necromancy, plague, undeath, and dark rituals to summon or empower gods. A few units wear revealing attire, but there is no sexual content, no substances, and essentially no strong language. Battles can be played online cooperatively or competitively against other players, and the game supports Steam Workshop mods.
How it's framed
The game frames its violence as grand fantasy warfare between rival civilizations, with conquest, ritual power, and survival as the goals; some playable factions are explicitly villainous (raising the dead, spreading plague, or seeking a dark god's dominion), and the game presents these agendas matter-of-factly as strategic paths to victory rather than moralizing about them.
Details
- Developer
- CREATIVE ASSEMBLY
- Publisher
- SEGA
- Released
- Sep 28, 2017
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