Total War: Warhammeris aturn-based strategy computergame withreal-time tacticalbattles between various armies of the Warhammer Fantasy Battle tabletop game. While previousTotal Wargames feature historical settings,Total War: Warhammerintroduced a fantasy setting as well as characters from theWarhammeruniverse. These characters, which include monsters, warriors, and heroes, are controlled by the player or computer.
Contents
- 1 Gameplay
- 2 Plot
- 3 Unique Characters
- 4 Videos
- 5 See Also
- 6 Sources
Gameplay[]
Total War: Warhammerfeatured four playable factions at launch, which included the Empire (Men), the Greenskins (Orcs and Goblins), the Dwarfs and the Vampire Counts. The Warriors of Chaos faction, made up of Human Chaos-worshippers and Chaos-tainted monsters and beasts, was available for free to those who pre-ordered or purchased in the first week of release and subsequently available asdownloadable content(DLC). The Bretonnians, another human faction, are available since February 2017 for the Campaign, Skirmish and Multiplayer. Each faction has access to their own unique units and a campaign element, a new feature forTotal War. For instance, the Greenskins faction features units such as Trolls and Giants and has the "Waaagh!" system, which pushes the player to always be on the warpath.
The campaign map is similar to that featured inTotal War: Attila, the primary difference being the bigger changes in physical terrain and climate as one moves from a particular point in the map to another. The campaign map spans from the Chaos Wastes in the north to the Greenskin-infested Badlands in the south and from the Great Ocean in the west to the Dwarven realms in the Worlds Edge Mountains to the east.
WhileTotal War: Warhammeris built around theTotal Warsystem of city and unit building, army maneuvering and diplomacy with other factions, it has numerous new elements that differ to previousTotal Wargames. In addition to those already mentioned, they include the ability of agents to participate in battles to give your army an edge;a wider variety of animations, with 30 different types of skeleton and body types compared to only five or six previously; flying units such as dragons, which make use of the new animation capacity; corruption is now caused by the presence of Vampire Counts or Chaos armies, rather than internal factors;the renaming of Generals as Lords - they now fight as individuals rather than embedded within a bodyguard unit, and can be upgraded via skill and equipment trees to boost both their own and their army's power;and the addition of a quest mode which tasks players to complete missions and battles to receive unlockable items and abilities. One of the most significant new elements, however, is magic. Different factions have different amounts of access to the various "lores" (types) of magic, with some, such as the Dwarfs, having no access whatsoever. Units with access to magic can turn the tide of battles - their abilities are far more powerful than any available to battlefield units in previous games.
Plot[]
The game begins with the ascension of Karl Franz as the newly elected Emperor of the Empire and the recent turmoil that has occurred with a civil war uprising and the counts of the empire resenting his rule. His task is to unite his fractured kingdom and assert his dominion before challenging the other realms surrounding them and bring peace to theOld World. This peace is challenged by the eternal grudge of the Dwarfs towards the savage Greenskins, and the Vampires ruled by the von Carstein bloodline in far-flung Sylvania attempting to lead an undead army west and seize the Imperial throne. Yet in the north the Chaos horde rides and seeks to destroy everything in its path corrupting all that stands in its way of domination.
Unique Characters[]
Some characters found in Total War: Warhammer were created by Creative Assembly uniquely for the game and have not appeared previously in Warhammer lore. These include the following:
- Azrik the Maze-Keeper - Another Lord of Change.
- Leonardo Catrazza - A general of Tilea
- Lupio Sunscryer - A general of Estalia
- Kihar the Tormentor - A Chaos Sorcerer of Slaanesh.
- Sarthorael - The Ever-Watcher is a Lord of Change.
- Surtha Ek - Surtha Ek is a Marauder Chieftain of the Norscan Varg tribe. He is known for his aggressive use of Chaos Chariots and skirmish cavalry like Marauder Horsem*n.
- The Advisor - The man known only as the "Advisor" is a mysterious agent of Tzeentch.
Videos[]
Total War WARHAMMER – Announcement Cinematic Trailer
See Also[]
- Total War: Warhammer Wiki.
Sources[]
- Total War: Warhammer (PC Game)
