However! A lot of what makes this faction great is replicated and built on by the meatier Beastmen DLC, and even if you don’t grab the Chaos Warriors, they will still be in the game as your adversaries. It’s empowering and even more pronounced than it was in Total War: Attila, where the Huns filled a similar role. And you’re getting to play as the villains, the big threat that everyone else in the world is preparing for. If you care more about battles than you do about your economy, diplomacy or building an empire, then Chaos is for you. There’s no dearth of fun units to play with.īeing a horde faction means that you don’t get fixed cities – everything gets packed up when you break camp - so you don’t need to worry about defending your territory, allowing you to focus entirely on fighting, raiding and spreading the corrupting influence of Chaos. They're accompanied by twin-headed dragons, the line-shattering Gorebeast Chariot and the Hellcannon, which is a devastating piece of demonic artillery. Picking this up means that you get to go marauding around the Old World with a giant horde of blokes wearing spiky armour. The Chaos Warriors race pack was originally a pre-order bonus, which means that it deserves a few eyerolls and maybe a tut-tut, but it’s also quite good.

That’s why you’d best stick with me to find out which ones are crackers and which are stinkers.

But oh no! There’s so much of it! If you get the wrong one, you might never forgive yourself. So this is a pretty good time to jump in, especially if you’ve been holding out for every piece of DLC. The Old World’s become nice and fat with new factions, campaigns, units and mechanics, and now it’s finished. Since launching last year, Total War: Warhammer’s digital facsimile of Games Workshop’s weird fantasy universe has grown considerably.

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