Total War: Warhammer

Deep hero progression and a well-executed Chaos invasion round out a campaign that, while it has some flaws in set-up and pacing, fulfilled all of my deepest fantasies of seeing giant, impossible armies clashing amidst the shrieking of griffins and the glow of flaming meteors summoned from the sky. It's just a damn good time.

The Warhammer universe blends with the tactical gameplay of Total War to create one the best real-time strategy games ever.

With the most exciting unit roster yet, Creative Assembly's latest is a godly blend of franchises.

If you find real history a bit bland compared to glorious nonsense made up by strange British people then Warhammer is the Total War for you.

A charismatic, challenging, intricate strategy game that brings the Warhammer world to life.

If strategy games and massive battles are your thing, this is an excellent and entertaining choice that effectively captures the strength of its source material

Fantasy tabletop warfare meets historical strategy simulation in a game that should be inaccessible but ends up exciting

It feels exactly the way a Warhammer-themed Total War game should feel, and creates tons of dramatic battles and storylines over the course of each campaign. But to reliably generate all that excitement and tension, it secretly disconnects many of the strategic systems that hold good Total War games together.

Outside of Shogun 2, Total War: Warhammer is my favorite Total game to date. Developing this project must have been a massive undertaking, because it somehow manages to not sacrifice the core tenets of the series while staying true to the ever-expanding source material of the Warhammer universe. After nearly two decades of historical battles, having the chance to command a magical undead army is a breath of fresh air.

Ditching history has set this series free.