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As I said: the usual Total War caveats apply. And pray that the game doesn’t release half-broken, of course. Now we wait for the next trickle of information before the game’s release in April, 2016. I’m hoping The Empire and Dwarfs have a cleaner interface maybe, and the Vampire Counts are for all intents and purposes a mystery still. The Greenskin UI, for instance, is still a bit too obtuse in its iconography for my tastes-the Rome II style, where you spend a lot of time wondering what the hell certain buttons do. I wish I’d seen even more of the other factions. It’s an interesting experiment for Total War though-and, again, I think some experimentation is something the series sorely needs. Given I’m not a huge Warhammer fan, I don’t really care about these quests from a Warhammer lore perspective. Win, and your hero gets to equip a new lore-related item. Quests then culminate in a massive one-off battle, like the Battle of Black Fire Pass I saw in my earlier demo. They can take part in battles and level up, at which point they can either spend points on skills or on unique quest chains-recruit this unit, go to this place, et cetera. Factions are led by Legendary Lords, which function sort of like hero units. I mostly like what I’ve seen though, including the way the “story” is handled. Humans have a tech tree that unlocks as you create more buildings. Greenskin research focuses primarily on military matters. Humans have a normal economy with taxation. Greenskins get most of their money from armies in Raiding Stance. Humans, for instance, play “more like a standard Total War faction,” according to Creative Assembly. The other factions? None of this applies. Even their tech tree is military-centric, with Goblins slapping together research upgrades like ‘Eavy Clubs and Big Wheels. But war, that’s a thing the Greenskins understand. It’s a faction designed for long, drawn-out military campaigns. Get it high enough though and you’ll trigger a “WAAAGH!”-in Total Warhammer represented as a second, AI-controlled army that shadows your actual army and backs you up in battle. Absolutely great game, focused on smaller, smarter play. Too low and your troops will start killing each other off. Shogun II is, imo, the easiest/best one to start with. Each Greenskin army also has a “Fightiness” rating that constantly decreases when not in battle or in Raiding Stance.
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