Summary

"The second in a trilogy and sequel to the award-winning Total War: WARHAMMER, Total War: WARHAMMER II brings players a breathtaking new narrative campaign, set across the vast continents of Lustria, Ulthuan, Naggaroth and the Southlands. The Great Vortex Campaign builds pace to culminate in a definitive and climactic endgame, an experience unlike any other Total War title to date.

Playing as one of 8 Legendary Lords across 4 iconic races from the world of Warhammer Fantasy Battles, players must succeed in performing a series of powerful arcane rituals in order to stabilise or disrupt The Great Vortex, while foiling the progress of the other races. Each Legendary Lord has a unique geographical starting position, and each race offers a distinctive new playstyle with unique campaign mechanics, narrative, methods of war, armies, monsters, Lores of Magic, legendary characters, and staggering new battlefield bombardment abilities.

Shortly after launch, owners of both the original game and Total War™ WARHAMMER II will gain access to the colossal new combined campaign. Merging the landmasses of The Old World plus Naggaroth, Lustria, Ulthuan and the Southlands into a single epic map, players may embark on monumental campaigns as any owned Race from both titles."

Storyline

"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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Total War: Warhammer II Reviews & Ratings

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Review by Jochokilla [user]
May 29, 2020

Incredible game for single player and coop multiplayer. Astonishing variety of factions, races and units for each one of them. Warhammer`sIncredible game for single player and coop multiplayer. Astonishing variety of factions, races and units for each one of them. Warhammer`s lore only helps stablish the richness and variety never seen in a game before. Stunning, colossal cinematic style battle. Strategy at macro and micro level are essential, If you are going to get it, start on Hard difficulty. The real game begins when you choose either Very Hard or Legendary. I just lowered it to 9 and not 10 bcause there a ton of DLCs, however, FreeLcs are plentiful and will give you hundred of hours of gameplay.OST: 10/10GAMEPLAY: 10/0GAME ENGINE: 9/10 (High ammounts of units at the same time will cause alg unless youre running it on a super machine).Also, developers put the CREATIVE in CREATIVE ASSEMBLY.

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Review by kirovairship [user]
May 11, 2020

Absolutely amazing game! I've spent many hours (...days) enjoying myself playing this awesome game! ( also great modding community!). It's aAbsolutely amazing game! I've spent many hours (...days) enjoying myself playing this awesome game! ( also great modding community!). It's a must have if you enjoy fantasy RTS!

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Review by elvis002 [user]
February 1, 2020

one of the best game i even played. I have about 1000 hour in game and if i play more game is more funny, interesting and rewarding.

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Review by LEVEL (Czech Republic)
February 16, 2018

An innovative, original structure built on the solid foundations of the first game has exceedingly succeeded. Who was afraid that at second Warhammer developers will lose their breath, was terribly mistaken.

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Review by Game World Navigator Magazine
November 7, 2017

The problem of Warhammer II’s campaign is that it’s not a grand-campaign. Traditionally, numerical Total Wars offered an expansionist gameplay, while intermediate games experimented with things like special victory conditions and new mechanics – and stuff that works best found its way into next numerical installation. With Warhammer II, Creative Assembley eschews that practice in favor of from drawing board straight to the game approach.

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Game Information
Release Date September 28, 2017
Publisher The Creative Assembly, Sega, Sega Games
Total Rating 85%
Content Rated T (Teen)
Game Modes Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative
Player Perspectives Bird view / Isometric
Genres Real Time Strategy (RTS), Strategy
Themes Action, Fantasy
Platforms Linux, PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac