Total War: Warhammer
The first Total War game set in a fantasy world.
Total War: Warhammer is a 2016 turn-based strategy and real-time tactics video game developed by Creative Assembly and published by Sega. It is the tenth title in the Total War series and the first to feature a fantasy setting based on Games Workshop's Warhammer Fantasy series, rather than a historical setting. The game is the first entry in the Total War: Warhammer trilogy.
Quick Facts
- Title
- Total War: Warhammer
- Developer
- Creative Assembly
- Publisher
- Sega
- Series
- Total War / Warhammer Fantasy
- Platforms
- Windows, Linux, macOS
- Released
- Windows / 24 May 2016 / Linux / 22 November 2016 / macOS / 18 April 2017
- Genre
- Turn-based strategy, real-time tactics
- Modes
- Single-player, multiplayer
- Director
- Mike Simpson / Ian Roxburgh
- Writer
- Andy Hall
- Composer
- Richard Beddow / Ian Livingstone / Timothy Michael Wynn / Tilman Sillescu
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Lore & Background
Total War: Warhammer blends turn-based kingdom management with real-time tactical battles. The campaign begins with Karl Franz as the newly elected Emperor of the Empire, tasked with uniting his fractured kingdom and bringing peace to the Old World. The game's narrative is shaped by conflicts among the Dwarfs, Greenskins, Vampire Counts, and the Chaos horde in the north. The campaign map spans from the Chaos wastes to the Greenskin-infested badlands, and from the Great Ocean to the World's Edge mountains. Four playable factions were available at launch: the Empire, Greenskins, Dwarfs, and Vampire Counts. The Chaos faction was offered as a pre-order bonus and later as downloadable content. The Bretonnians were added as a free faction in February 2017. Each faction has unique units and campaign mechanics, such as the Greenskins' 'Waaagh!' system. New features include flying units, magic, individual Lords with skill trees, agent participation in battles, and a quest mode for unlocking items.
Reader's Guide
Total War: Warhammer was largely well received by critics, earning a score of 87/100 on Metacritic. IGN gave it 8.6/10, calling it 'brimming with exciting ideas.' GameSpot awarded 9.0/10, calling it 'the best the Total War series has ever been.' PC Gamer gave 86%, and Game Informer gave 8.75/10. The Guardian awarded four out of five stars. The game sold over half a million copies in its first few days, making it the fastest-selling Total War game at the time. It was followed by two sequels: Total War: Warhammer II (2017) and Total War: Warhammer III (2022). The game supported mods through Steam Workshop, and official mod tools were released. The Chaos Warriors DLC, included with pre-orders, drew criticism from the community, leading Creative Assembly to offer it for free for a week. Later limited editions included the Dark Gods Edition and the Savage Edition, bundling various DLC races.
Did You Know?
- Total War: Warhammer was the first Total War game not to portray a historical setting.
- The Chaos Warriors DLC was initially available for free to those who pre-ordered or purchased in the first week.
- The game features 30 different types of skeleton and body types, compared to only five or six in previous Total War games.
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