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There's a new game out that I really want to get my hands on but haven't had a chance to do so. Total War: Warhammer 3. I'm a huge fan of the Total War series and have been since I was a kid, my first memory of this franchise was Medieval: Total War. and Shogun: Total War.
I remember my uncle had downloaded each of their Demos on my nan's computer, when I found them on the desktop I
was hooked. If I remember correctly there were maybe two battles you could play in each. At this point, the only strategy games I had played were Rise of Nations, which I loved, and Command and Conquer on the PlayStation 1, which I liked but, not as much as Rise of Nations.
Side Note
Whatever happened to Demos? I remember back in the day, I would scour the net to download Demos right up to the Xbox 360 days. Now though we don't really have Demos, even though the price of games has risen. I remember the site I used on the computer which my uncle introduced me to was Gamers Hell. (I stopped writing this to check if it's still going, it is not. If it is I couldn't find it.) As well as Gamers Hell, I remember getting Demo disks for the PlayStation 1, which would be packed full of games which I would never see in the shops over here but, were really cool. I still have a bunch of them up in my mum's attic, I remember each one would have a number and two-tone colours, usually silver and another colour.
From My Trip Down Memory Lane, Back To The Main Nostalgia Trip
But anyway, playing those first Total War games I just remember being amazed at the huge scale battles and I thought the graphics were amazing.
Which... Okay, they are pretty bad by today's standards but back then they were great. The idea as well, of having all of these masses of units separated into cards, where you could move them around the map all together or in their single unit stack was so cool.
Sadly I never got Medieval: Total War, just another game I could only dream of playing further than the Demo allowed. I did however get Shogun: Total War which was amazing, the campaign was a lot of fun, in fairness being young I don't think I ever completed it, but, I can remember even now those cool little cutscenes that would happen when you sent your Ninja to go and assassinate an enemy general.
From here the next Total War game I played was Rome: Total War. Which had everything the other games had except this time with even better graphics, which I don't even want to look at to prove to myself they were actually terrible. I'll live with the fond memory of that masterpiece.
I've played every Total War game, bar two and those are Thrones of Britannia and Troy, which I really wanted to play but, sadly never got around to buying.
One day the Total War series gave me something that I got hyped for when they announced and which didn't disappoint when it was released and that is Total War: Three Kingdoms. I had pre-bought and installed it, I stayed up until 12 o clock that night to play, sure enough though, it wasn't available until 8 the next morning, so I went to sleep as fast as I could and woke up, made a coffee, and got onto it. It goes without saying that day was gone as soon as I loaded it up.
I was a huge fan of Dynasty Warriors from the first moment I picked up DW4 and have played nearly every one of the games to date. Except 9, I played a Demo for 9 and it was the laziest game I've ever had the displeasure of playing and I was sad that the creators of one of my favorite franchises took a big doo-doo in a box and expected fans of the series to pay for it. This conversation is probably better kept for its own post, so I'll move on.
Also, yeah I contradicted myself, I said earlier what happened to Demos, I know they're still out there, but what I meant was they're not as available as they used to be.
Stay On Track
Total War: Three Kingdoms is such a great game, taking the breakneck pace of Dynasty Warriors and combining it with the top-down grand strategy of Total War, and together they made a fine cocktail that fans of both franchises came together to praise.
They even added in the ability to play it in Romance Mode or Records Mode.
Romance Mode
Your generals can absolutely annihilate armies, essentially they act as one-man wrecking crews who can turn the tide of most battles. So long as they don't get taken out by another dangerous general, each has skills and certain play styles which help to keep the gameplay balanced and keep the strategy elements true to what the series is.
Called Romance Mode, because of the book Romance of the Three Kingdoms. Which depicted all of the real world warlords of the Three Kingdoms period of China and romanticized the time period by depicting each of the warlords as they are seen in the DW games. This period took place after the fall of the Han Dynasty. It was essentially the collapse of society, giving rise to many different Warlords who fought for their own reasons, either to restore the Han or to take control of China for themselves. After most of the fighting was done there was a stand-off between the Three Kingdoms, Wei, Wu, and Shu. Interesting stuff, but, all I know about it is what I've learned from Dynasty Warriors and Three Kingdoms: Total War and some TV shows and Movies. I'd like to read the book actually, it's been on the list since I was a kid, one day though I'll read it.
Records Mode, is pretty much the opposite of Romance Mode, where the generals are just people and will die easily if they charge into the front lines of the enemy army, basically it's just your average Total War mode. It's cool that they added it, but, I've never actually played that Mode.
This Game Seems Different From The Other Total Wars
Well, that's because it is. Three Kingdoms, probably wouldn't exist if it wasn't for Warhammer: Total War. Which did the same kind of thing as the Three Kingdoms did with the powerful single general units.
Warhammer: Total War, is now three games strong and I am yet to buy the latest installment, each of these games combines factions from the previous one meaning that if you own all three there is a special big campaign with every previous faction. Which I thought was an interesting idea, each installment of this trilogy is worth buying because of it. It's on the wish list and I'll be getting it the moment I sort my pc out, can't wait. But, in true Total War fashion. I'll log on in the morning blink and it'll be way too late to remain a functioning human being.
Conclusion
This is a weird post. I started out with the intention of making this post about why I'm looking forward to the newest Total War game out on the market now, but, then it kind of descended into talking about Total War in general and a bit of history, only to come around at the end back to the main topic of the discussion.
Hope you enjoyed it or at the very least found it mildly entertaining. Have you played Warhammer 3? If so give me the ole' yay or nay on whether I should get it.
