Yes, it's going to be longer than expected for Total War Star Wars

Too bad Creative Assembly has gone to shit some time ago. I am expecting a broken product with broken promises

I'd expect it to be ok, but a second game coming out before the first ever really got fully fixed.

I've just started reading the Warhammer 40k books the last few months. This looks amazing, I can't wait to jump into that universe

holy shit those last few seconds of actual gameplay. game looks a *lot* like the Dawn of War series, which is fitting. I wasn't really sure 40k could fit the Total War mould, but seems like CA is willing to break the mould in pursuit of more money.

that last shot makes it seem like it's still basically regions on a map, with the difference being purely visual. I'm more surprised that it's going to be a heavy ranged focus, considering how many issues WH3 has had with ranged combat

The Total War Warhammer games definitely milk you on dlc but compared to the tabletop game they're a bargain... Not counting the cost of your PC in the first place

Pharaoh was balanced around chariots and chariots are obnoxious and desperately need micro managing. Worst entry point possible tbh. Shogun, Rome, or the Warhammer are definitely better entry points. I've heard good things about the Three Kingdoms too but haven't got around to that one

I play the tabletop sometimes is TW pretty close gameplay wise?

In the sense that there's a lot of moving units around and ranges are important. All the dice rolling is just going to be stat blocks though, obviously, but the Warhammer Fantasy actually did a pretty good job of converting the units into the game. The characters were *usually* pretty well done but they did make some weird decisions in characterization and they by and large ignored timeline questions, like Bretonnia had a Joan of Arc type historical character that's playable.

Alright well thanks for getting me hyped again