Total War: Warhammer II is a strategy game of titanic proportions. Choose from four unique, varied factions and wage war your way; mounting a campaign of conquest to save or destroy a vast and vivid fantasy world. This is a game of two halves: one a turn-based open-world campaign, and the other intense, tactical real-time battles across the fantastical landscapes of the New World.
About the story
"Millennia ago, besieged by a Chaos invasion, a conclave of High Elf mages forged a vast, arcane vortex. Its purpose was to draw the Winds of Magic from the world as a sinkhole drains an ocean, and blast the Daemonic hordes back to the Realm of Chaos. Now the Great Vortex falters, and the world again stands at the brink of ruin. Powerful forces move to heal the maelstrom and avert catastrophe. Yet others seek to harness its terrible energies for their own bitter purpose. The race is on, and the very fate of the world will lie in the hands of the victor. Prince Tyrion, Defender of Ulthuan, guides the High Elves in their desperate efforts to stabilise the vortex as it roils above their home continent. Atop his palanquin-throne, the Slann Mage-Priest Mazdamundi directs his Lizardmen war-hosts as they surge northward from Lustria. He, too, is intent on preventing cataclysm, though the methods of The Old Ones must prevail. The Witch King Malekith and his sadistic Dark Elf hordes spew forth from Naggaroth and their labyrinthine Black Arks. He tastes great weakness in the vortex – and great opportunity in its demise. Meanwhile a fourth, secretive race stirs, their motives obscured by sinister plots and machinations. The time for revelation is nigh… Four races, four outcomes, a single goal: control of the Great Vortex, for good or ill."
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Critic Reviews
Gaming Professors
By Marek PichertIf you've played any Total War, it's similar, but with a primary focus on magic and heroes. If you have experience with the Heroes series, you won't get lost, but expect much more complex battles. If you like the world of Warhammer, you'll find plenty of winks and its translation into a more intricate strategy. If you have no idea what Warhammer is, it doesn't matter - it's still a solid strategy game with RPG elements that is pulled forward primarily by the mechanics, and only secondarily by the story. However, if you don't have a penchant for fantasy, I'd rather recommend looking around the historical works in the Total War series. Furthermore, Total War Warhammer II can be played in co-op as a campaign or as standalone battles against live players to fully test your abilities and the capabilities of each faction.
GideonsGaming
By Joseph PughIs it worth it? It is for me. Total Warhammer 2 is a complex game with deep mechanics, varied gameplay and I’ll never tire of watching my Carnosaurs thrash the filthy Skaven (Via viewing replays of course). It takes an investment of time to dig into the game but that investment pays off in spades when you know what you’re doing. It’s just a shame that you need to seek sources outside the game to truly grasp it.
The Digital Fix
By Lloyd CoombesIn short, Total War: Warhammer II offers plenty of content for fans of strategy games, Warhammer and Total Warhammer fans, and new starters to the genre. It is easily one of the genre's finest, standing alongside X-Com 2 as one of the best PC games of the last few years.
GameMAG
By VadimeysThe Total War series is more and more like a constructor with each new game. And Warhammer II became the apotheosis of this thesis. Creating a base in the form of the original game, the development team began to slowly push it highter. Yes, we do not have sea battles yet, but it's possible that with the release of another new game we will get the most ultimatum Total War among the existing ones.
Chalgyr's Game Room
By Robert RisdonCreative Assembly did something with Total War: Warhammer II that is, in my experience, quite rare in the Warhammer franchise … It followed up an excellent title with an equally (and in many ways, superior) excellent title.
