20 Best Total War Flavor (2022 Updated)

Boba Tea is refreshing and better tasting than I expected. Most of RedCon1 Total War pre workout formulas have some salty crystals that settle at the bottom which don’t fully dissolve. The Boba Tea flavor does not and completely dissolves (I use room temperature water).

The flavor is not over powering at any water level/concentration. I can pick out the Boba flavor but it’s difficult to discern. The pre-workout formula itself is good and, imo, has all that you need eventhough some say it’s not clinically dosed.

There seems to be a sweet spot in that at a certain amount it’s too much and has a slightly opposite effect. It is easily absorbed and starts to take affect 30-45 min after consumption. Pumps are ok, not particularly obvious, but the endurance it provides is and it seems the Total War helps more/gets better the longer the workout is.

I’ve often been able to push for longer than usual until I’m just spent. One of my favorite pre-workouts and the Boba Tea is now one of my favorite flavors. I highly recommend it.

Honestly, I only tried your products because I got a 50% off coupon code. Your products are WAY over priced for the actual performance. For a premium priced supplement I’d expect to put on 25lbs of gold plated muscle in a month.

I mean seriously, Bodybuilding. com has a better selection, better pricing, better shipping, better customer service, and even their BB. com branded products are of the same quality as yours. Not to mention it took 13 days for my order to arrive from you….

Oh yea, I also never got a shipping notification till I emailed your customer service. BB. com has my order to my door in two days, maybe three if their feeling slow. Over my 39 years of life I’ve done body building, powerlifting, sports, athletic performance, boxing, MMA, BJJ, and I’m currently training with my oldest son to prep him for freshman football this next fall.

I’ve tried a TON of products and yours are nothing special, especially considering the price point. Don’t worry I left a similar review with MTNOPS. I just don’t think boutique, expensive supplements perform that much better to justify the premium price tag.

I’m all for veteran owned and supported, but honestly I’ll probably not purchase from you guys again.

Been looking for a pre that’ll be good with morning cardio. This has been getting job done. I tend to mix it with a cup and half of water and chug as soon as I wake up. Within 15-20 I feel energetic and ready to attack cardio.

I did experience face tingles but that’s what I demand in pre. This first couple morning runs, my legs were extremely pumped (full of blood) at the end but not enough to hinder the session. I haven’t used while addressing the weight room as of yet but I imagine the pump I received while running would also transition while hitting weights.

The taste is def of a pre you def aren’t going to feel as if you just chugged skittles, sour patch kids, and/or gummy worms but the taste is good enough to get it down. I didn’t experience any jitters or rapid heart palpitations so thumbs up.

I love theses RTDs!!! I take one in the morning before work and another one prior to training. The flavors are all awesome and I usually get the variety pack when it is available. If I had to choose which flavors are best I would say: Vice City, Apple, Rainbow Candy, and pink lemonade.

I love them all but those really are very flavorful. This was another brilliant idea from REDCON1 and they are very convenient to just throw in your gym bag and head out rather than mixing and taking more time when you are in a hurry.

I look forward to more flavors coming out as time goes by. This product is a staple in my REDCON1 regimen. I must also say that taking FADEOUT at night time if you are still a little too hyped up may help get a more restful nights sleep.

Total War RTDs are the way to go. Grape flavor isn’t that bad either if you are a fan a grape flavor supplements.

I love love love this product! I have only had the strawberry kiwi, tiger blood and grape. I love all of them. I have been using this product for almost a year now and love the way it makes me feel. The subscribe and save really is the only way to go as far as the price goes.

The shipment comes on time every time. Great company as well.

The other review seems to be a non experienced person with preworkout. I read the review saying it “gives you tingles and throw up during cardio” ?? which made me want to leave a more accurate review.

I have personally been taking Total War preworkout for a couple years now. I’ve been using the powder form called Tigers Blood because you get more bank for your buck but when I catch Total War Ready to Drink on sale I prefer those.

I take it about 10-15 min before working out and have always felt great lifting. I’ve even used it in the morning to help me get through cardio. The flavors Sour Gummy Bear and Orange Crush are my FAVORITE!!! I’ve tried different brands but so far I keep coming back to Total War.

Great taste, tons of energy and an enormous boost when I didn’t feel like working out. It turned my whole workout around. I went from not wanting to lift, to lifting more and pumping out more reps. This is great stuff and the perfect amount and best quality preworkout.

I love these so much more than the powder! Definitely will be buying again when I’m low! But another flavor I got the sour gummy bear and it does have a slight sour taste not bad at all! I just started using pre workout so this will last me a little bit being I only take half a bottle at a time!.

Before I bought it I had to research which dlc’s come on the disk. So I’ll save you some time. It’s the full game, plus the two expansions Rise of the Samurai, and Fall of the Samurai. They each are a stand alone campaign with many playable factions.

However it does not include ANY of the extra clans for any for the campaigns, and the special units that come with the add on packs. So you will be at a *slight* disadvantage when you go online to versus.

I have fought, and beaten, many opponents without the extra powerful units. It’s a STRATEDGY game and it’s balanced as such-more powerful unit=costs more to field. This, in turn, is a trade off for less men on the field.

Anyway, I thought I would negate some worries about the raging trolls that say that they can’t win without them, when they really suck and don’t want to learn real battlefield tactics. Oh, and you have to play it on Steam.

P. S. You may want to get this instead of Rome 2 for a while. Rome is still in it’s early stages and kinda sucks right now and is unplayable for some (including me-some glitches froze the game and there were a lot of graphical loading issues that only got kinda resolved with patch 3).

After a few months, and patches, then I highly recommend that game too.

After being disappointed with the new Rome instalment (I’ll get back to that in about 6 months once they actually complete the game they were working on). I decided to order Total War: Shogun 2 to satisfy my Total War hunger.

The girlfriend already hates the game because I play it so much. Set in imperial Japan, you play as one of the clans eager to gain power and rule over Japan. As with all Total War games, the diplomacy, town management and war-waging is brilliantly done.

My only complaint is the initial time it takes to get used to the UI and new units (as a fan coming from Rome: Total War), but after a few hours it all sinks in and then you start enjoying the game more and more.

This Gold edition is the ultimate Shogun 2 bundle, containing all the DLC except the Blood and Gore pack, which you can get off steam. 5/5.

These guys are seriously suspect, immediately after my purchase they cancelled it. Saying they don’t take Paypal. And my “low user rating” made me ineligible for purchase. While ebay sent me a message saying I have been refunded.

Laptoppros then sent me a message asking for verification of a bank account. HA! these guy must think I am stupid or something. I bet you the rest of the reviews on this are fake. There is no way they are handing out 10 dollar steam codes, on steam they cost nearly 40 dollars.

Best to stay away from these stool pigeons.

Creative Assembly have returned to their most famous Total War setting in Total War: Rome 2. In doing so, they have taken almost everything that was enjoyable about the previous Rome title and disregarded that for this game.

The end result is a broken and buggy game that lacks the depth and character of the original Rome. At the same time, Creative Assembly seems to have failed to take into account any of their more recent successes – particularly from Total War: Shogun 2 – and has released a stripped down empty game with illogical or plain unentertaining game mechanics.

The political aspect of the game appears to have no actual purpose or effect on the game, while the UI isn’t anywhere near as user-friendly or informative as the previous titles. The great multiplayer systems of the previous titles in the series is now also gone, replaced with a system no better than those used in the original Rome.

Multiplayer is also sluggish and unstable, leading to more pain then it is worth. This game shouldn’t under any circumstance be considered for its multiplayer. As is, by now, tradition for Creative Assembly, their AI is entirely broken to the point where the game is a piece of cake on even the toughest difficulty settings.

In battle, the AI acts illogically and in contradiction to everything Creative Assembly advertised. It beggars belief that Creative Assembly wasn’t aware of this prior to releasing this game. The game isn’t entirely void of entertainment however, with beautiful visuals and some interesting gameplay mechanics scattered throughout.

The game shows a lot of potential, but is hampered by it seeming to still be in a state of early beta. It is hard to see the game being finished or brought up to scratch through just patches however, with a strong need for future expansions to introduce gameplay mechanics that were unnecessarily stripped out of this title.

Overall, Rome 2 is the worst Total War release since Empire: Total War. It has greatly damaged the credibility of Creative Assembly and has brought into question their commitment to future PC titles.

Their decisions has left a game bereft of the interesting and entertaining gameplay from previous Total War titles, while also indicating disturbing greed in their removal of key factions for future DLC.

The best possible overview of the state of the game can be found on YouTube, where the AngryJoeShow gives a strong argument for the strengths and weaknesses of this title in their review of the game.

My recommendation is to not buy this game until it is either suitably patched or expanded on, and the issues experienced at the moment are resolved.

Buggy as hell ai in both battles and on the map, stripped down features, graphical problems, multiplayer that does not work, unbalanced units, and whoring of dlc that should of been included in the full game is what you can expect from this rushed title that is once again a classic example of a game that has spent all its money on advertising and buying out journalists than actually making a working game that enhances the series.

Don’t get me wrong I love total war and creative assembly but when a game this broken is getting only the highest reviews and awards by established games journalists who clearly haven’t played the game or are lying something needs to change.

For a fully honest and in-depth analysis of the cons and pros of the game I would check out Angry Joe’s channel on youtube. Mass Effect 3, Diablo 3, Sim City, and Rome 2 are all examples of why you should not preorder a game even when they try and force you too with taking parts of the game out as dlc if you don’t.

Its hurting the game industry and lets game companies profit from crappy broken games if they have enough money to hide it in advertising. Also on a critique to mighty ape, why let people review games before they are released- These reviews, bar one, are not proper reviews.

They just people talking about how much they love the series and how they have seen the adverts and can certify that it looks like its going to be a good game. Not helping anyone except fuelling this broken system the games industry is in.

When I watched videos of this game, I thought that it would be a great heir of first Rome: Total war. But when I played the game I was very disappointed. Game interface is very poor. It looks more suitable for RPG’s, than for Total War series.

It is very cumbersome and not such informative and understandable as in previous Total War games. Stylization is more antique and modern. And this is depressing because it ruins the games setting. But not only that the game soundtrack is not such memorable and beautiful as in previous games.

It is just background music that make no sense. I can’t say that games soundtrack is bad, but comparing with first Rome: Total war where in music set the tone for the battle it is just common music. Another drawback is global map.

Visualization of it is excellent, but game mechanics was simplified. Now you shouldn’t to plan what you will build in yours cities just because there only few choices and most of them are clear and plain.

Armies recoveries automatically and when you ordering new units, they automatically appear in your army. Also your armies can cross seas without ships. They just transform into ships! And finally battles.

They are quicker, but maybe it will be patched. The main problem of battles is victory points. Now you can see them not only in cities, but even in open field battles. You can simply win battle if you manage to capture and hold them.

And no matter how small your army is and how big is enemy’s army. During siege now you can just burn gates by every squad! Catapults, siege towers, ram, ladders? Forgot it! Just burn gates and run to victory points! Summing up I can say that this game is not that Total War that I played many years ago.

It seems that developers wanted to draw new auditory, but not to satisfy those gamers , that played Total War back then. Of course this game does have some good new ideas, nice graphics ( but very very poor optimisation, so no guarantee that you will see nice graphics) and huge battles.

And maybe, many people will like it, after numerous patches. Third patch is on the way, but in my opinion no patch will bring me the Total War that I liked so many years ago.

I work out primarily in the morning, between 6:30 and 8am. This has been consistent 5 days a week for two years. I’ve used several name brands and gave this a shot due to steep black friday deals. First, ill start with the taste.

Most products represent their flavors well. This tasted chalky with a hit of sweet candy flavor. The first kind of tried with this result. It was not pleasant. Over the course of two weeks I took the recommended amount every morning prior to lifting.

Each morning I experienced zero results. The workout was slow and I was sluggish. I was unable to perform like I would on any other product. I understand it’s “non-stimulateling” but I would expect to still perform better than if I had taken nothing.

I had high hopes given the marketing but was let down.

Just recently wanted to try to stack my Pre-Workouts since I’ve never done it before, so since I had Total War, why not try it with Big Noise? First day trying it and I totally get why the product stack together gets rave reviews.

I usually use this on my upper body days and not only does this gives me the total distance to do my curls for my biceps, but it also improved my Incline Press and Bench Press. After my workout I see me gains going crazy and it improve my muscle mass totally, so I know my blood flow going the right places.

I’m going to buy this product again along with their fat burner. RedCon1 has me as a consistent customer.

I have always been a caffeine addict. Always felt the need for stimulants to have a good workout. This has changed that for me. For the first 3 days, I honestly did not notice a difference while taking this, but after that – Oh boy.

Pumps were fantastic, focus was tunnel visioned, and intensity was high. Also had no problem falling asleep after taking this product regardless of how close to bed time it was. Overall, very happy with the purchase and am now a believer in non-stim pre-workout! Highly recommend!.

Had the war games PvPunch for awhile and never used it for gaming. One day i decided to take it before knocking out a decent amount of school work. I had high expectations since most products i have gotten from Redcon1 are good and taste good.

Well this is far from tasting good. Its a breif moment of sweet and then boom straight nastiness. Then it leaves almost like a film on your tongue after drinking it but it does go away. The actual product does help with focus and im glad it does but the taste and after taste is a huge turn off and i would not recommend this for anyone ever again until they fix this issue.

Better off drinking coffee or a rip it.

I bought 2 of the RGB fuel flavored War Games. To be honest, I really wasn’t all that impressed. It may be just me but the stuff made me more tired than anything and I would have to pound coffee in order to counter act it the exhaustion effect.

I do believe it does help with eye health due to the fact my eyes weren’t as bloodshot after my long gaming session and it does taste good. So I’m not knocking it entirely. I’ll give credit where credit is due.

Unfortunately, though, I will not be buying anymore of it. After going through 2 containers of it to only become exhausted after drinking it, its not worth my money. The stuff isn’t that affordable to begin with.

It may work for some people but as for me it wasn’t worth my hard earned money. I’ll just stick to my coffee.

I love REDCON1 and I love what they stand for. I just wanted to start with something positive. Their pre workout, pump products and protein are amazing, but this gamer preworkout is not it. After about an hour and a half of gaming I get these ridiculously annoying headaches and I start to lose focus quicker than if I just drank a zero sugar monster energy drink.

The flavor of PVP Punch is absolutely awful. I mean it’s almost to the point where it’s not edible. I wouldn’t recommend this product, but it’s just my personal opinion. Maybe you’ll have a different experience!.

If you’re shopping for beet powder, chances are this wasn’t your first choice. But since “Beet Mode” has gotten insanely expensive, you’re looking for an alternative. First, the good: 1. It does work.

It gives you energy, but not a rush like with normal pre-workout. It’s very steady and helps you all the way through your routine. Mine is typically about an hour and fifteen minutes total and I still feel great at the end.

2. It is a good value at just over twenty bucks a pop. And the bad: 1. It tastes bad. Like, punishingly bad. It gave me flashbacks of being sick a kid and having to take Robitussin. To be fair there aren’t any beet products that taste “good” as that’s simply the nature of the beast, but this one really makes you pay for trying to save money.

2. It has caffeine. One of the main reasons I love BeetMode is it works great with no stimulants, which is awesome as I work out in the evenings and it doesn’t screw up my sleep schedule. I know this brand makes another version with no caffeine so I suppose next time around I’d have to compare that one so that it’s apples-to-apples but point is BeetMode is just as good as this one yet doesn’t require caffeine.

Make of that what you will. In summary I would still recommend it but with qualification.

I’ve tried dozens of supplements in my life. Some of them offer immediate effects, some are longer term. The benefits of roots are quite amazing over the long haul, but not apparent immediately. Roots are also time consuming to prepare everyday.

Getting to enjoy the benefits of beets without the mess and preparation is incredible. Yes there’s a noticeable difference in energy and overall feel after weeks of using this product. The taste is good, but can be a little much when drinking it every day.

A little too sweet. Other similar nutritional products, often marketed in a very similar container offer some of the benefits but with immediate effects. The label makes it seem this is the case for total beets.

It is not. That said, chemically engineered products that offer these effects, are not sustainable for extended time. This is. At the end of the the day, set your expectations that you will feel results, but with time.

First off this is an exceptional price for the amount of beet powder you get per serving compared to a lot of other brands plus you’re getting the added betaine nitrate which a lot of other brands don’t contain.

The flavour is quite tasty and the powder mixes really well in cold liquid. I highly recommend using cold liquid as it also states this on the container. I used cold juice and it dissolved completely.

I just started taking this supplement today but if/when I see any physical improvements I will definitely update my review. I just took half a scoop because I don’t work out or engage in a lot of physical exertion and I wanted to see how my body would react to that before I upped the dosage to one full scoop.

If I start really noticing some health benefits after a while just taking the half scoop I will just continue at that dosage, I think we’re all different, all our bodies are different and how we respond to things so it’s all about finding what dosage works for oneself and what a person is looking to achieve with what they’re taking.

Bland, watery, bad after taste, & unsettling. I enjoy various brands of protein drinks, ready to go or just with a shaker and water. So I am far from picky but I will never pick up another MRE protein drink.

The chocolate MRE is disgusting, & whenever you mess up a chocolate recipe then you don’t know what your doing. STAY AWAY!.

I love this MRE flavor the best out of the other available options. I am on a strict diet for strength and conditioning, and this drink can be allocated as a pre/post-workout meal replacement. Being a first responder, it is sometimes tough to have all meals ready to go; this is another option to substitute a meal while having the nutrients that my body needs to perform at the best of its ability.

Ordered these the day they were released and it took almost 3 weeks for them to be delivered. The box was absolutely destroyed when it arrived as several of the tetras were crushed and exploded. Only 3 of them were not damaged.

I was able to try one of the ones that survived and it was not great. I’ve had a handful of competitor RTD’s and this one is definitely at the bottom of the list. Has a really weird, metallic after taste that is common in RTD’s.

I’d avoid at all costs. Their are other brands that make better drinks.

One of the best strategy games of all time, made even better with excellent mods. As for the collectors edition, it is missing the game CD but this is ok since I have it on steam. The top of the box has minor scratches but its nothing much :).

Very good game. Offers many new campaigns and units and factions unavailable in the original, and the price you couldn’t beat. It was listed as used but it sure doesn’t seem like it, the case and the discs are in amazing condition.

This was easily the best deal I’ve had in a long time.

This is the expansion pack for the Medieval 2 which was an excellent Total war game (at least after a few patches). This expansion pack has 4 new campaigns to play through. The Americas (Play as the natives or the conquering Spain).

The British Isles. The crusaders era (Kingdom of Jerusalem and others). All those campaigns offer a variety of new features and units that fit the scenario. This is a great expansions if you enjoyed the previous game and are looking for more fun and variety.

I combine total war and halo for the optimal gym stack. I’ve gotten significant size growth and strength gains from these. Can’t recommend enough!

Love the shuffle taste that comes with this pre-workout. Drinking it taste nothing like other pre-workouts with the bad aftertaste. It taste just as it says.

A very solid product! The Watermelon Margarita flavor could be a bit more “watermelon-y” tasting, but other than that the product was definitely worth it.

This is the best meal replacement I’ve ever drank. I will say, when just shaken in a blender bottle there is some texture, but it’s not chalky or clumpy, just a bit of undissolved bits (but this could be that I need to add more liquid).

I bought the Oatmeal Cookie one, which does have tiny chocolate bits in it so that could also be what I’m feeling when I drink it. Either way, the texture is not a turn off for me. I’ve tried protein drinks from peas and THAT was chalky and I couldn’t even drink it.

This, I can have with just water or if I want to make it a nice smoothie I’ll do oatmilk, water, 4 scoops, 1/3 of a banana and blend. I struggle with getting enough protein from real food sources in my diet, which is why I wanted to add a meal replacement into my diet.

I tend to eat fast food during lunch which leads to me bloating and feeling yucky all day. I’ve been opting instead for a smoothie every day for lunch. Let me say, I can feel and see the difference. My body was starved for its macros and since I’ve added this into my diet I am less fatigued, no bloat, more energy, and importantly I am FULL! I will also add – the body can only digest 25-30 grams of protein per hour so I drink 1 half of my smoothie at 11am and the next half at 12pm so that I can maximize my protein synthesis and avoid it being just excreted or turned into excess fat.

If you’re feeling like I am too gushing about this product, I will say one thing — I find it a bit sweet, but when I add the banana and oat milk it cuts the sweetness in half. Highly recommend this product.

I have to start out by saying that I really like your products across the board, although I’m a little concerned with the lack of availability of them at times. MRE Lite has been my go-to protein for probably a couple of years now, and typically it’s been great.

I love the peanut butter cookie and vanilla milkshake flavors, and recently got a tub of blueberry cobbler as part of a promo deal that I was surprisingly happy with. I also really appreciate that due to the protein sources, it doesn’t leave me hungry a short time later, nor does it affect my stomach like some of the whey based proteins out there.

However, somewhere along the line something got changed with the formula. The scoops are now huge (serving size has gone up about 4 grams or so- and the scoops actually hold more than the serving size on the label), but the calories have actually gone down (about 10 fewer than before).

Of even more concern is the fact that the flavors are all jacked up- the caramel machiato has weird almost-tartness to it that gives it a sour milk aftertaste, the peanut butter cookie doesn’t really taste of peanut butter, or much else for that matter, and every flavor with the new scoop size and formula change is cloyingly sweet.

The mix-ability of the powder has seriously gone down, and you’re left with sticky, chewy lumps in your shake. I also noted that they added whole milk powder (for texture per the label), and while I suppose it helped thicken it up a bit, the whole premise of using the beef, chicken, salmon, egg, brown rice, and pea protein blend is that it was all non-dairy sourced and wouldn’t affect people who can’t have dairy.

Thankfully that doesn’t include me, but the couple of times I had tried one of the newer formula shakes before bed, I was wondering why I felt a little bit of GI upset; I had just chalked it up to the excessively sweetened nature of the shake, or the increased protein intake, but perhaps it could also be attributable to the milk powder.

I honestly hope enough people let Redcon1 know that they should go back to the original formula.

I’m a former premier protein shake drinker and have been in search of a reliable and amazing powder and I finally found it. I’ll forever stay with redcon1. Mixes great and most of the flavors are good! Customer service is great.

There was one flavor that I just couldn’t choke down, i reached out and they send me brand new flavors free of charge and they didn’t expect the old one back(that’ll be used as backup I case I run out) I’ve found I’m not the biggest fan of the shakes when drank immediately after mixing.

I love when it’s made the night before and sat in the fridge all night. It gets nice and thick and creamy and the flavor get so so much better. Favorites: Blueberry Cobler, Peanut butter cookies Least favorites: Caramel Machiatto, Chocolate(and chocolate protien flavors are my favorite).

Game at its current state (September 2013) has some serious issues all explained at length in AngryJoe review (search youtube). But fixes are on the way and this week we are getting third patch. It seems that developers are really determined to make this game as much bug free as possible and maybe they will include some features they left out – I really hope so.

Other than that MP, and Co-op are very enjoyable and another good thing about this game is that the campaign map is very beautiful. Also all battlefields are unique – whole campaign map is actually a big battlefield.

Every battlefield is constructed from data taken directly from your position on the campaign map. At this current state and as a big fan of the Total War franchise, I would rate this game 7/10 , but if CA (developers) listens to our criticism we may get a very solid 8+/10 sometime in the future months if they continue to release solid patches.

As a lover of the Latin culture and the Total War series I was eagerly awaiting this release. I have to say: I wasn’t disappointed. It takes a bit of getting used to in the map view, but the combat is spot-on from the start.

Every little detail is there: arrows stuck in walls, good looking animations and detailed models. The sea battles are even more awesome, just ramming the enemy to the bottom of the ocean. A minor point is the AI: especially when they attack your settlement they can be easily lured into staying put, leaving you with nothing to do but waiting for the timer to expire and claim your victory.

That may take a while though, as fast forward is everything but fast (even on an brand new Alienware). In short: brilliant for lovers of the genre, good for advanced gamers.

Total war the best games that l have played keep to history facts as much as possible. strategy is up to you. As in real life some battles you win some you loose. Been playing total war since very start and that was Rome still playing at 60 love the games.

Good needs a little more units but solid, actually playable of release. Dlc obviously will add more, total war fan a definite buy

Worth to have as a collection

This game has had the smoothest launch of any recent Total War game. My computer falls between minimum and recommended specs, and in 30 hours of play in the week since launch, I’ve only had one game crash.

In terms of a Total War game, the Warhammer setting has made the typical game play very interesting. All of the major factions have different play styles in field battles and in the campaign map. In terms of how the game has recreated the feel of each army included from the Warhammer tabletop, they’ve done very well.

Each faction has large unit rosters, and it’s possible to get the same play style in field battles as in tabletop. My issue is that there are many factions that will be missing until the two planned expansions and other content begins to be released.

I’m a longtime Total War player and a wargamer who has played earlier versions of Warhammer Fantasy. This game works for both IMHO. Each of the initial factions has a different game style and in the case of Chaos: radically different.

It has all the colour of the tabletop game but requires the sound skills of general and administrator to win. I’ll be playing this for a long time and can’t wait for the further releases of DLC and new races.

I’m a longtime warhammer table top player and this game captures the feel of that better than any other I’ve ever tried. Combine that with the total war strategy map in keeping with the warhammer lore and believable diplomacy.

awesome experience. Plus it plays well on my laptop at medium settings even though my graphics spec is actually just below the listed minimum!.

Since Games Workshop screwed the pooch with the tabletop version and let Fantasy Flight turn the RPG into a board game, Total War: Warhammer is the only way to play Warhammer anymore. Damn good thing Creative Assembly got it spot on and delivered a brilliant game, then!.

Just bought a new GTX1060 and what better way to celebrate than finally getting my hands on TW Warhammer. Get product and looks and plays spectacular Great service from Shane with a very speedy professional service Thanks again.

Very fun game if you like warhammer and the total war games. The delivery was promptly.

Well conserved (no scrach…), contained everything

Really good game, I played alot with my friends 🙂

TranslateShow in original languageDie Total War-Reihe ist als Mix aus rundenbasierter Welt-Karten-Strategie und Echtzeit-Schlachten bekannt. Bei Warhammer 2 handelt es sich um die zweite Ausgabe, die im auch von Tabletop-Spielen bekannten Warhammer-Universum spielt.

Kern des Spiels ist eine Kampagne, bei der ihr den so genannten Mahlstrom (Vortex), eine Art riesiger Energiestrudel, mit Ritualen in eure Hand bringen sollt. Hier könnt ihr aus einer von mehreren Fraktionen wählen, zum Beispiel Hochelfen oder Skagen.

Jede Fraktion hat völlig andere Einheiten und Gebäude sowie Spezialeigenschaften. Pro Fraktion wählt ihr zudem einen Anführer, der der Fraktion abermals weitere Spezialeigenschaften gibt. In der Kampagne müsst ihr Euer Reich dann ausbauen, Armeen aufstellen und finanzieren sowie Provinzen erobern, die wiederum aus zwei bis vier Städten oder Festungen bestehen, die ihr einzeln erobern müsst.

Haltet ihr nicht alle Orte einer Provinz, dann ist dies kein Beinbruch, aber es entgehen euch Boni. Auf einer Weltkarte bewegt ihr die Armeen, erteilt Bauaufträge für Gebäude und rekrutiert Soldaten, Helden und Magier.

Auch Diplomatie oder Forschung für neue Technologien und Boni finden dort statt. Kommt es zu einer Schlacht, dann könnt ihr wählen, ob der PC das Ergebnis Schlacht automatisch berechnen soll (das macht Sinn, wenn ihr sowieso klar überlegen seid und euch die Zeit ersparen möchtet) oder ob ihr eine Schlacht in Echtzeit selber steuern wollt.

Die Schlachten sind toll gemacht, ihr könnt theoretisch sogar bis in die Egoperspektive eines der Soldaten heranzoomen, aber auch in einer weit entfernte Sicht wechseln, um die strategische Übersicht zu behalten.

Für die Hauptkampagne gibt es inzwischen auch weitere kostenfreie Anführer als Download, und, noch viel besser: eine komplette zweite Kampagne, bei der auch Völker hinzukommen, die ihr bei der Hauptkampagne nicht spielen könnt, zum Beispiel die Vampirfürsten.

Zum Schwierigkeitsgrad: meiner Meinung nach ist das Spiel nichts für Gelegenheitsgamer und könnte einige, die “seichtere” Strategiespiele gewohnt sind, in den ersten Stunden oder Versuchen überfordern oder zumindest frustrieren.

Ich habe bereits einige Total War-Teile gespielt, insbesondere Shogun 2. Was mir bei Rome 2 und dem ersten Warhammer der Total War-Reihe nicht gefiel war, dass ich nicht wusste, wie schnell oder langsam ich erobern sollte.

Beide Titel habe ich daher nicht besonders lange gespielt (jeweils nur 20 Stunden). TW: Warhammer 2 macht dies viel besser, denn es gibt eine Hintergrundgeschichte und immer wieder klare Zielvorgaben.

Inzwischen habe ich schon 50 Stunden gespielt, und zwar verteilt auf drei Fraktionen, die ich ausprobieren wollte. Die Kampagne habe ich daher noch nicht durchgespielt, werde es aber definitiv tun, trotz kleiner Ärgernisse.

Denn ich finde es trotz klarer Missionen schwer, die Balance zwischen Erobern und “Abwarten, Bauen und Sammeln” zu finden, vor allem da es selbst bei einer leichten Kampagne und dem Schwierigkeitsgrad “leicht” meinem Empfinden nach sehr schwer ist, genug schlagkräftige Armeen zu unterhalten, um nicht an einer der Provinz-Grenzen von einem starken Gegner überrascht zu werden.

Die Balance aus Wachstum zwecks Einnahmen, Armeeunterhalt und Anzahl der Armeen ist nicht leicht. Hinzu kommt einer Meinung nach teilweise schlechten Beschreibung. So soll man beispielsweise bei den Hochelfen ein bestimmtes Gebäude bauen, damit man eine bestimmte Technologie erforschen kann – dieses Gebäude gibt es aber gar nicht, sondern es ist ein anderes gemeint, oder aber es handelt sich um einen Übersetzungsfehler.

Ein anderes Beispiel: Eisen gewährt einen Bonus auf die Rekrutierungskosten bestimmter Einheiten, wenn man in der Stadt des Eisenvorkommens eine Mine baut. Was aber nicht klar ist: gilt das nur für diese Stadt? Die gleiche Provinz? Oder für alle Städte, die man besitzt? Manchmal steht nämlich dabei, dass etwas fraktionsweit gilt, bei Eisen aber steht hierzu keine Info.

Soll ein Fehlen dieses Hinweises also heißen, dass der Bonus nur in dieser Stadt gilt? Dies alles muss man im Laufe der Zeit selber rausfinden – da man aber ein Spiel wie TW: Warhammer 2 sowieso nicht in wenigen Stunden 1x durchgespielt hat, sondern für eine Kampagne sicherlich alleine über 20-30h spielen muss, gebe ich keinen Punktabzug.

Das Spiel ist nämlich ansonsten einwandfrei und bietet viele Völker und Anführer für zig Dutzend Stunden Spielspaß, und durch die Story und die Missionen wird man nicht zu sehr allein gelassen, so dass man auch als Einsteiger motiviert bleibt.

Ein Wort zur Technik: ich spiele TW: Warhammer 2 in WQHD (2560 x 1440 Pixel) und hohen Details problemlos mit einem Xeon E3-1231 v3 (ähnlich Core i7-4700), 16GB RAM und einer AMD R9 290 (ähnlich einer GTX 970, etwas schwächer als eine AMD RX 580 oder GTX 1060).

Was aber auffällt ist, dass trotz Installation auf SSD die Ladezeiten vor allem am Ende einer Schlacht recht lang ist, über eine Minute.