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This is why my scrappy band of Skaven found themselves in the middle of the ocean, heading towards the capital of their enemy, entirely unprepared. вЂњWhile youвЂ™re playing youвЂ™re discovering new game aspects and weвЂ™re introducing new systems one at a time so players arenвЂ™t overwhelmed.вЂќ вЂњThere are far more narrative elements, not just to hand-hold, but to bring the world to life,вЂќ says senior designer Eva Jobse. And through quests and advisor tips, I found myself gently nudged towards these diversions. There are fewer of those wasted turns where youвЂ™re just waiting for troops to finish training or for those first key buildings to get constructed. Lords and their armies have more to do, and more importantly they have new ways to increase their power. The actual adventures that take place within these points of interest are simple affairs, a pop-up and some colourful flavour, but they do change the flow of the early game. They glow, beckoning explorers, and make the map more than a place where fights start.

#HELL PIT ABOMINATION TOTAL WAR FULL#

The map is full of ruins and caves and all the sorts of places where you canвЂ™t swing a cat without hitting an adventurer, and contained within each is the potential for treasure and boons. Marching across the campaign map, IвЂ™m reminded of the 4X games that Total War already shares quite a bit with, in great part thanks to a new focus on exploration. Now, each race is almost like playing a completely different Total War game.вЂќ вЂњItвЂ™s no longer a case of everyone having a slight variation to try to make them seem different.

вЂњRight from the word go, that was the mission statement for Warhammer 2,вЂќ game director Ian Roxburgh tells me. And these things are often driven by faction-specific features, making each race potentially even more distinct than those in the first game. Conquest, civil war, nautical adventures - thereвЂ™s no rest for wicked rats. ThatвЂ™s not a lot of turns in a Total War game, but Warhammer 2вЂ™s campaign is surprisingly busy, hectic even, so that a great deal can happen in a relatively brief amount of time. TheyвЂ™re sneaky, untrustworthy rodents, and for 30 turns of the campaign, I led them to several unchivalrous victories and one devastating defeat. But the Skaven, Total War: Warhammer 2вЂ™s long-teased and recently revealed fourth race, donвЂ™t have much use for bravery or heroism.

Nor was it especially brave he was fleeing from the battlefield when an enraged dinosaur trampled him.

When Great Warlord Queek Headtaker fell in battle, it wasnвЂ™t a particularly heroic end.

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