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Total War: Warhammer

2016 85 / 100 Real Time Strategy (RTS) Role-playing (RPG) Strategy
A unique combination of colossal real-time battles and an addictive turn-based sandbox campaign game of statecraft, politics and empire building, Total War: WARHAMMER will deliver hundreds of hours of absorbing gameplay. What is more, this title will go on to combine with two further standalone instalments and additional content packs to create the largest Total War experience ever. An epic trilogy of titles that wi Show full summary

A unique combination of colossal real-time battles and an addictive turn-based sandbox campaign game of statecraft, politics and empire building, Total War: WARHAMMER will deliver hundreds of hours of absorbing gameplay. What is more, this title will go on to combine with two further standalone instalments and additional content packs to create the largest Total War experience ever. An epic trilogy of titles that will redefine fantasy strategy gaming. This is the dawn of a new era. Total War: WARHAMMER brings to life a world of legendary heroes, towering monsters, flying creatures, storms of magical power and regiments of nightmarish warriors.

World design Nicht eindeutig GameplayCombat-focused Game modeCo-op Game modeMultiplayer GameplayRole-playing

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Story & context

It is an age of endless conquest, thousands of warriors clash in titanic battles as entire races wage war on one another, each led by a formidable hero seeking dominion over the world. All at your command. The valiant Karl Franz marshals the men of the Empire, seeking to unite the fractured elector counts under a banner of strength against their common enemies. Hungry for the vicious brutality of combat, the Greenskins flock to the tribe of Grimgor Ironhide; Orcs and Goblins alike filled with an insatiable thirst for carnage. High King Thorgrim orders the stoic Dwarfs forth from their mountain strongholds, marching to vengefully right the grave injustices dealt to them over the millennia. Yet the motives of the Vampire Counts under Mannfred von Carstien are shrouded in murderous secrecy, his armies raised from the rotting ranks of the dead. And while the Old World becomes torn by betrayal, war and the unleashing of unfathomable power, a greater threat still whispers in the winds from the north. The fabric of reality itself begins to rend and buckle…

GameplayCombat-focused Game modeCo-op Game modeMultiplayer GameplayRole-playing GenreReal Time Strategy (RTS) GenreRole-playing (RPG) GenreStrategy ThemeAction ThemeFantasy ThemeWarfare
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Vampire Counts In-engine Cinematic

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Studio & publishing

Developer
The Creative Assembly
Publisher
Feral Interactive, Sega Games, Sega
Franchise
Warhammer, Total War
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Spielprofil

Modi
Co-operative, Multiplayer, Single player
Perspective
Bird view / Isometric
Themes
Action, Fantasy, Warfare
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Wo & wann

Platform releases

  • Linux May 24, 2016
  • PC (Microsoft Windows) May 24, 2016
  • Mac May 24, 2016

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