Not that the game really needed many changes. This being a content update more than anything else, the core gameplay remains largely unchanged with the exception of some minor alterations made to the starting units of various legendary lords and a couple of balance tweaks. Expanding the map to include the vast majority, but not all, of the regions and settlements from both games takes what was an already impressively intricate simulation of conflict within one of the darkest and grimmest fantasy intellectual properties ever devised, and makes it one of the deepest and most engaging strategy titles that Creative Assembly have ever produced. Bigger isn’t always better, but when it comes to strategy games increased map size is always welcome. That something was the Mortal Empires grand campaign a post-launch addition to the title which utilizes all the content from the first Total War: Warhammer as well its sequel to build a sandbox strategy experience that opens up the vast majority of the Warhammer world for conquest. Something that, the absence of which, may have resulted in me being a little harsh in my perspective on the game with regards to content and my final rating.

But even with four new races to choose from and an entirely original campaign there was definitely something lacking in the release version of the game. If you read my review of Total War: Warhammer 2 then you’ll know that its expertly crafted combination of two beloved gaming franchises is an act of unification that even Sigmar himself would have been proud of.

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