This is my first Total War game... and first Warhammer game too. I had some experiences with the universe in Mount and Blade Warsword conquest and i am a fan of WH40k so i decided to check this out.

Straight out of the gate without warning, this game costs more than 100 bucks for me. I learned after 4 hours of playtime that i must have SSD card to prevent 2-4 minutes loading times whenever i have the odacity to tell the game that i will fight the battle itself. The game itself does run well, even in +2000 unit fight the framerate was good enough. After few loading screens i rushed to see what was wrong with the game... and it seems my hardware has the odacity to not have that one component. I dont remember this being listed ANYWHERE on the steam store system requirements and when i checked the discussions at first before i bought the game the life was going on well, just discussions. NOTHING warned me about the game. Its not like its unplayable or anything, its just annoying and time wasting more than it needs to be.

So my first impressions were following

1) DLC's ?! 2 new faction sets for 17 bucks each ? Well atleast they dont look like they were ripped from the game and sold later as DLC. But where is Chaos ? I cannot find them and i only saw them as hordes on the map.
2) 2-4 minutes loading screens
3) Ok, lets fire up the custom skirmish, i want to play as Bretonia or Empire because i am somewhat familiar with them from the Warsword conquest... oh... those factions arent in the game ?... but wait this is campaign, i want to play custom skirmish where the map is auto generated and factions are placed there at random, just like in Civilisation or Endless Legend... oh... such thing is NOT IN THE GAME ?!.... fine... oh wait theres skirmish.... wait thats just quick battle simulation.... Well i guess i should start with tutorial first... huh, two campaigns... OH THERES the campaign i would like to play, the Mortal Empires ! But its locked as DLC thats free.... huh shouldnt be a problem
4) I need to buy the first game to have access to the Empire, Bretonia and a hoard of other factions ? What the ♥♥♥♥ is this !
FIne i said, lets start the ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ tutorial before i go blind. Hmm... not every lords have tutorials... hmm i can only play as 4 factions with multiple lords and other two factions are sitting there as DLC and they are trying to seduce me to buy them.
Fine, since i aint gona have my humans i will go the lizard way. So...oh god, the Muzahsomeone that bullfrog is my noble because the other cool looking dinosaur doesnt have a tutorial ? ♥♥♥♥ that, i rather pick the Qik headtaker (Or however he is called in English).
5) The first two campaigns (Muzah bullfrog thingy and Qik were failures because i was unfamiliar with the mechanics and their units were abit confusing for me)
6) Then i fired up Tyrion... i think i remember him slightly from the tournament in the Warsword conquest where i was bashing his head with my sword doing 2-6 damage each strike but when he struck me he took 40% of my HP in single blow... ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ OP elves !. Alright lets take this guy on a journey. Easiest difficulty for the plebs please..
7) Few days later i pretty much learned the game with Tyrion as i stomped through Chaos warriors and Dark Elves.
8) Then i lauched a campaign as my lizard dude i wanted to play as and i cranked up the difficulty to normal and i stomped through my neighboors before i decided to check out the other plebs and how they are played.
9) Huh, bloated bodies ? Mortars ? Skeleton warrio... wait dont tell me that i will be facing DLC factions when i dont own them (yet !).
10) Fine, i'll show the AI what for and kick its ass regardless even if my enemy is unknown.

Now, any reasonable person after reading this would give the game a negative review... but the thing is that the game itself... the gameplay is very good, the gameplay is fluid, game looks nice, it is optimized, each faction is unique and each noble pretty much changes the faction in some way, adding replayability. So all in all, without the BS of greed, atleast the game is good.

So, for a first time player of Total War game and a real Warhammer game, the game has horrendous first impressions, i was legit thinking about refunding this because of the insane loading screens but after more hours in the game, it charmed me and now i cannot give this a negative rating because the gameplay is solid, thats what matters. I cannot compare this to other Total War games but i can compare it to other TBS games. And you know the game is good that you ordered on Alza.cz an SSD just for this game... and you are checking out if the Pirates or Tomb Kings are on a sale every day....

This is my first Total War game... and first Warhammer game too. I had some experiences with the universe in Mount and Blade Warsword conquest and i am a fan of WH40k so i decided to check this out. Straight out of the gate without warning, this game costs more than 100 bucks for me. I learned after 4 hours of playtime that i must have SSD card to prevent 2-4 minutes loading times whenever i have the odacity to tell the game that i will fight the battle itself. The game itself does run well, even in +2000 unit fight the framerate was good enough. After few loading screens i rushed to see what was wrong with the game... and it seems my hardware has the odacity to not have that one component. I dont remember this being listed ANYWHERE on the steam store system requirements and when i checked the discussions at first before i bought the game the life was going on well, just discussions. NOTHING warned me about the game. Its not like its unplayable or anything, its just annoying and time wasting more than it needs to be. So my first impressions were following 1) DLC's ?! 2 new faction sets for 17 bucks each ? Well atleast they dont look like they were ripped from the game and sold later as DLC. But where is Chaos ? I cannot find them and i only saw them as hordes on the map. 2) 2-4 minutes loading screens 3) Ok, lets fire up the custom skirmish, i want to play as Bretonia or Empire because i am somewhat familiar with them from the Warsword conquest... oh... those factions arent in the game ?... but wait this is campaign, i want to play custom skirmish where the map is auto generated and factions are placed there at random, just like in Civilisation or Endless Legend... oh... such thing is NOT IN THE GAME ?!.... fine... oh wait theres skirmish.... wait thats just quick battle simulation.... Well i guess i should start with tutorial first... huh, two campaigns... OH THERES the campaign i would like to play, the Mortal Empires ! But its locked as DLC thats free.... huh shouldnt be a problem 4) I need to buy the first game to have access to the Empire, Bretonia and a hoard of other factions ? What the fuck is this ! FIne i said, lets start the fucking tutorial before i go blind. Hmm... not every lords have tutorials... hmm i can only play as 4 factions with multiple lords and other two factions are sitting there as DLC and they are trying to seduce me to buy them. Fine, since i aint gona have my humans i will go the lizard way. So...oh god, the Muzahsomeone that bullfrog is my noble because the other cool looking dinosaur doesnt have a tutorial ? Fuck that, i rather pick the Qik headtaker (Or however he is called in English). 5) The first two campaigns (Muzah bullfrog thingy and Qik were failures because i was unfamiliar with the mechanics and their units were abit confusing for me) 6) Then i fired up Tyrion... i think i remember him slightly from the tournament in the Warsword conquest where i was bashing his head with my sword doing 2-6 damage each strike but when he struck me he took 40% of my HP in single blow... god damm OP elves !. Alright lets take this guy on a journey. Easiest difficulty for the plebs please.. 7) Few days later i pretty much learned the game with Tyrion as i stomped through Chaos warriors and Dark Elves. 8) Then i lauched a campaign as my lizard dude i wanted to play as and i cranked up the difficulty to normal and i stomped through my neighboors before i decided to check out the other plebs and how they are played. 9) Huh, bloated bodies ? Mortars ? Skeleton warrio... wait dont tell me that i will be facing DLC factions when i dont own them (yet !). 10) Fine, i'll show the AI what for and kick its ass regardless even if my enemy is unknown. Now, any reasonable person after reading this would give the game a negative review... but the thing is that the game itself... the gameplay is very good, the gameplay is fluid, game looks nice, it is optimized, each faction is unique and each noble pretty much changes the faction in some way, adding replayability. So all in all, without the BS of greed, atleast the game is good. So, for a first time player of Total War game and a real Warhammer game, the game has horrendous first impressions, i was legit thinking about refunding this because of the insane loading screens but after more hours in the game, it charmed me and now i cannot give this a negative rating because the gameplay is solid, thats what matters. I cannot compare this to other Total War games but i can compare it to other TBS games. And you know the game is good that you ordered on Alza.cz an SSD just for this game... and you are checking out if the Pirates or Tomb Kings are on a sale every day....