Total War Warhammer 2: Silence & The Fury Review

[@MandaloreGaming]

THE LIST - docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1_K3ziSxT9zcUUGCddS4sF1uNJTWHSbOwB1CQX2Rx4Uo/ Sorry if you hear some background hum at points. It's hurricane season here and I had to re-record some stuff due to wind sounds and might not have caught all of it.

[@lordcommissarthomas1922]

Please take a look at evil islands if you can. I think it’s a very underrated game and it’s cheap on GOG with no real compatibility issues. Great video, as always!

[@mirceazaharia2094]

Once RimWorld 1.3 update and the Ideology DLC are out, please take a look at that. Also Supreme Commander and Planetary Annihilation. When you have time. Thank you in advance.

[@kakizakichannel]

Texas doesn't have a hurricane season!

[@memesofwarhemmer7076]

Now chaos is going to be nice and we are going to the end times boy

[@leninthebeaniesouhacker.2459]

please, add encased to the list once it comes out of early access.

[@darthplagueis13]

I find it most amusing that the Chameleon character is the one who gets to tolerate all climates considering chameleons in captivity are infamously difficult to keep alive because they are super susceptible to changes in temperature and air humidity.

[@sirunklydunk8861]

Beastmen: hey Warriors of Chaos, how does it feel to be the shitty Chaos Faction?

[@Horvath_Gabor]

Not for long. Even if CA won't backport some features from TWW3, I guarantee that modders are going to use the Herdstone mechanics and port it to WoC anyway, possibly Norsca as well. I mean, there are already some pretty good WoC mods that, when you combo them, makes them the threat they are supposed to be, but this DLC giving them a good framework for a proper Chaos Gate mod will certainly elevate them.

[@memesofwarhemmer7076]

@@Horvath_Gabor norca has been confirmed to have a DLC in total warhemmer 3 and warriors of chaos will become chaos undevided

[@justinf80]

Always were.

[@logion567]

back to where they were when beastmen first launched!

[@jukahri]

Neither the CW nor BMs are shitty factions. Some people find them boring, but they're still competitive.

[@NotTzeentch]

"Uncompleted Ideas" is literally the basis for Lizardmen lore

[@headlesshunter8435]

DEEP LORE

[@looper7159]

It’s all part of the great plan you see

[@jacobschmidt8539]

If the Lizardmen are unfinished than I shudder to think of the final product lol

[@adenowirus]

@@jacobschmidt8539 Ogres, but less hungry and they hate chaos.

[@jacobschmidt8539]

@@adenowirus and can shift entire continents

[@LizardVVizard]

"Did you QA test it?" "Yeah!" "Did you Mandalore test it?" "Uhhhh" The patch cycle begins anew

[@WaterDancer_]

Did you Legend test it?

[@ChocorocK]

Mandy should ask for some BigMc's for his efforts.

[@Pvsn08]

“Ok, did you *Spiff* test it?”

[@Error-xd1kg]

He doesn't count

[@alpatr0s596]

@@Pvsn08 the ultimate challenge

[@Reverberon]

I love how the image of a dwarf on a throne carried by other dwarves is an enduring one across multiple franchises.

[@lucho6883]

I imagine them kicking the enemies in the ankle while the lord is in melee

[@Syngrafer]

Not to be that guy, but what other franchises have it?

[@The_13th_Hussar]

I can't think of any examples other than Warhammer, what other franchises does this carry to?

[@Reverberon]

@@Syngrafer warlords battle cry featured titan units. The dwarf titan king Khalid was this exact idea. It's not limited to dwarves though, ashikaga chousin uses one too. They are called shoulder carriages or litters. You see more of them as noble carriages in asiatic themed stuff.

[@MidlifeCrisisJoe]

@@Reverberon Litters have been around since literally before the written word in most of the world, since we've seen them in Babylon and Mesopotamian dig sites. It's most definitely not a thing that comes from Warhammer or Dwarves. God. Total War used to be for history nerds, not fantasy retards.

[@vagrant2863]

Oxyotl: I'm going to kill Chaos. I won't rest until Chaos is defeated. Chaos won't stand in my path. Chaos. Chaos bought the last Skylander at my local Gamestop, despite knowing that I wanted it. Chaos. I have to kill Chaos, it's my mission. Chaos tells people to paint yellow over black. Chaos can't even bench one plate, what a loser. Chaos is the speed-eating champion of Scranton Pennsylvania Chalupa division. Chaos broke into my house and stole my Slann figures. I only know one thing, I have to kill Chaos. Chaos does a lot of volunteer work and makes a big impact in his community. Chaos is a loser nerd with no friends. Mom said it's my turn to kill chaos. I can smell chaos, so I think he's around. Chaos just pissed on my doormat, he was trying to draw his face with his piss. Chaos is team Edward but I haven't seen Twilight yet so I don't know if I'll agree with that. I hope Chaos doesn't think my scales are a funny color, his opinion means a lot to me. I hate Chaos so much it's unreal. I won't forgive Chaos.

[@lilporky8565]

What's wrong with yellow over black?

[@emmettbrown3463]

@@lilporky8565 wasp

[@attrexius8034]

@@lilporky8565 It's hard to cover black with yellow - you need several layers of yellow to completely cover the black base, and the end result might look messy. Much easier to do it on white primer.

[@AzureGreatheart]

I love that video.

[@vagrant2863]

@@lilporky8565 Yellow paint tends to have poor coverage (forming a consistent color) so when you try to paint yellow over black you can end with black that's slightly tinted yellow rather than a dark yellow. This can be resolved by painting the yellow over the black multiple times using thin coats but if done poorly can result in too much paint being present. It's a massive pain in the ass and only someone like Chaos would advise people to do it without telling them how to do it!

[@CertMediocre]

"Vertically challenged problem solvers" I want that on a business card.

[@ketsuekikumori9145]

If I were a real life dwarf, I would totally do so.

[@Schizo_Souls]

"Oooh very nice"

[@StrikeWarlock]

DAMN YOU MANDY, YOU TOOK THIS FROM BEST OF THE WORST!!

[@Daedwartin2]

Its also going into the book.

[@seermayton-el3488]

Large problems require small solutions

[@Okoii]

“Ogres Kingdoms are likely to be the pre order for Warhammer 3” YES master reviewer

[@MandaloreGaming]

Bless your videos.

[@sirjoey3137]

I won't hear it, it's Chaos Dwarfs, papa Legend said so and I trust him with my every being.

[@mirceazaharia2094]

@@sirjoey3137 We'll get both soon enough. Looking forward to both races, very much.

[@Dianbler]

@@sirjoey3137 Let's gooooooooo, vertically challenge chaos freakz ftw!

[@wilhelmfiore8651]

Would be bad if they were, only two LLs and mediocre mechanics? No thank you!

[@runningcommentary2125]

Oxyotl is, in my opinion, the most badass fictional character ever written. He survived completely alone in the Realm of Chaos itself and hunted daemons like animals, all the while being a skink, one of the most fragile creatures in the setting.

[@strangelizard439]

"Get salamandeded by the multiplayer cabal" never have truer words been spoken, RIP Ancient Salamander.

[@pinguinn_]

"Him seeing modern weaponry is like an old man seeing a PDF" oof, gottem

[@jonalen4217]

God, I had a college professor. Somebody asked if .pdf was an acceptable file tipe. They replied that they didn't know what it was. And didn't ask for any clarification. I was like "why the fuck am I learning from you, when you just demonstrated an appalling unwillingness to learn yourself?"

[@astrobia94]

That's going in the book.

[@stankobarabata2406]

@@jonalen4217 protip - old fart college professors are dogshit. They teach you old archaic stuff from over 40 years ago and demand respect while being entirely unrespectable and oblivious to modern methods. I usually perform bare minimum work for them, just to get a passing grade. Because even if I tryhard you'll never get to his arbitrary high standards. Because he's an angry old fart with an ego problem and he'll never give you a good score because to him "nobody is good enough". They try to pretend it's them being stern and fair but it's not really. It's just old farts trying to play at god.

[@stankobarabata2406]

@@abc-ug5ym Heroes 3 all factions were unique Inferno : *dies because it's a worthless faction*

[@adomuir2239]

totally legit. i'm an old man and i hate pdfs.

[@MadAtreides1]

Mandalore **says he would like a roman-like faction* Also Mandalore **proceeds to show Estalia instead of Tilea*

[@MandaloreGaming]

Estalia will be part of the Empire you're thinking too small

[@doublemdoublefun708]

@@MandaloreGaming Rema-totally-not-Rome approves this message. All shall bow to the Leopard Company!

[@Dianbler]

Well, Spain was part of Rome for the most part of it. It still counts.

[@futonrevolution7671]

"Gentlemen, welcome to Rome Remastered. Wait! Why are you all leaving?! Come back!"

[@DIEGhostfish]

@@MandaloreGaming *Angry Faux-spanish swearing about how they have the REAL Myrmidia*

[@erttheking]

I think I’ll enjoy this being a regular Mandalore feature. EDIT: How the bleep did I get 1.5k for this?

[@Lung__]

Funny because this is the last TW2 DLC lol.

[@pickledblowfish6178]

@@Lung__ but we will have 3

[@colmcorbec7031]

I'll second that.

[@Lung__]

@@pickledblowfish6178 if they make a game and immidiatly release DLC for it we have a problem. I.E, it'll probably be a while.

[@OhManTFE]

"regular"

[@alexfield3950]

to be fair,modelling gresus goldtooth requires next gen jiggle physics,so waiting for total warhammer 3 makes sense

[@hacooray525]

mod it with added mosaic censor for extra comedy

[@toobig7150]

just throw it some days at the SKyrim Modding lads, im sure he will come out whit tons of jiggle physics

[@cansofworms]

“Grandpa has no license but boy is he gonna drive” *ded* XD

[@cattibingo]

Grandpa doesn't remember what a stoplight is but nothing is stopping him from going to costco goddammit

[@LordGame2222]

18:13 this is prophetic, going off of the patch notes today. Poor Salamanders got nerfed AGAIN

[@Ralloris]

This DLC really felt more like the beastmen and the dwarves DLC than a lizardman DLC.

[@changsiah2]

Even though the dwarves are free but yes

[@Lilac_Lotus]

What I love so much about your criticism is that it's like you're giving it to both consumers AND game devs. You're constantly suggesting realistic, practical ways in which content could be improved directly, and your criticism always strikes right at the heart of why something is fun or not. Thanks so much for all you do to make Warhammer better!

[@mrsnippysnoopa8300]

Calling gelt a sigma is an insult. He isn't a sigma, he's the grindset personnified.

[@trentvanslyke9404]

@David SUGMAR?

[@CrazyMegaOmega]

@@trentvanslyke9404what's sugmar?

[@infinitehonkworks195]

@@CrazyMegaOmega sugmar balls

[@alexandrehenrique7203]

@@infinitehonkworks195 BY THE HAMMER AND THE EMPIRE I ABJURE THEE!

[@bogbastard4243]

no im pretty sure gelt is a shrigma male, actually

[@ARealHuman]

And just like that, the idea of being a normal human in the Warhammer universe becomes even more hellish.

[@chromasus9983]

Well as Volkmar's new buffs stand, humans still get by with the power of faith, steel and gunpowder. Now even more so than before, I'd say.

[@fukyomammason]

@@chromasus9983 Will be interesting to see how his buffs work in practice. At the very least he’s going to be merely mediocre instead of borderline unusable like before.

[@R3GARnator]

@@fukyomammason He buffs Flagellants, Free Company, and Empire Knights.

[@InquisitorThomas]

@@chromasus9983 I mean Volkmar wasn’t that bad, I mean Volkmar fully kitted out on his Popemobile is incredibly tanky, and the Empire is just a very solid roster all round.

[@purelizardmilk6598]

SUMMON THE ELECTOR COUNTS

[@misterscienceguy]

It's honestly insane that TW2 lasted this long in terms of DLC, whether or not some have been trash/cash grabs. The sheer amount of time they've supported it for is virtually unheard of these days. Aesthetically the Ogre Kingdoms were some of the coolest models to me in Fantasy (and despite the very horrific start, I look forward to how they turn out in Sigmar).

[@DragonWinter36]

Still not quite operating on Paradox time, yet

[@tz4601]

I don't really feel any of the DLC have been cash grabs. At worst, maybe a little undercooked, but I think that has as much to do with covid and them diverting resources for III as anything else.

[@metalgearrexlover]

>Was there a Three Kingdoms? Probably not, considering how CA did the game dirty

[@richardvlasek2445]

can't wait for every future total war ever being a warhammer clone because of how 3k and troy failed fucking kill me please this series is so trash

[@BurniOwnz]

Seriously though, what happened? I didn't buy it myself because I found the setting so uninteresting, but it wasn't a bad game per se, right? Did Warhammer just blow it out of the water in terms of popularity or were there other problems with it? I hope they don't take this as a sign that historical Total Wars won't do as well as Fantasy ones. I want my Medieval 3.

[@ichimaru96]

@@BurniOwnz three kingdoms wasn't even a failure was it? Like I didn't buy it cause funds But it seemed like a decent game, and had a lot of dlc that seemed to add a lot to the game, so it must have done somewhat well to deserve dlc, this isn't thrones of Britannia we're talking about The thing that baffles me is that they didn't even have a dlc/start date set in the actual three kingdoms, like that way you can either start as one of the three emperor's who need to micromanage everything, or start as one of their governors/vassals for a more traditional campaign

[@MidlifeCrisisJoe]

@@BurniOwnz What happened? Nothing insane really. 3K sold better at launch than any TW game ever. Then CA tried to do its standard historical DLC and everyone hated it (i.e. a DLC set after the period of time the main game is set in, then one before that time, like Fall and Rise of the Samurai for Shogun 2). But they saw that the Chinese playerbase was demanding lots of smaller DLC focused on the 3K story line and lore so they started to do that, but then the western player base was demanding more substantial DLC that added actual unit diversity and factions so they started to do that but they never figured out how to sell any of this DLC and so gave away like 75% for free in updates and so no one wanted to buy the DLCs because they weren't a good value compared to the updates so rather than say they'd fucked up the DLC plan and needed to restart they just canceled all support for the game extremely suddenly after they introduced a bunch of bugs to the game they'll now never fix (and they had promised one more major expansion to a bunch of content creators to get them to do free PR for the company). So, you know. The usual CA fuckery. It's a real shame too since I can honestly say that the base game is easily the best TW game at this point. I too wasn't a 3K fan at all, but the game actually has the largest amount of mechanics and a diplomacy system to make it the closest game they've made that's like a cross between Total War and Crusader Kings (with a very good diplomacy system, though nothing great for internal politics), which would be my dream game. Even the Romance stuff with the super unit generals actually wasn't that bad since there was pretty good counterplay between the general types. Real shame.

[@AveSicarius]

@@BurniOwnz I think people are comparing it to WHTW2 in its entirety, which is silly because of the amount of work that has gone into WH2 (I've also seen so many monster hunter fans do this with World, a game that has been out for years with a fully realized expansion and numerous free content updates, and Rise, which has only been out a few months, it is absurd), but also because TK is good, but not as good as previous installments. It also has the typical TW bugs on release issues, poor performance due to optimization on some machines, and so on, that kind of spoil enjoyment. Also, I think that both TK and Troy skirted the line between fantasy and "serious" Total War a bit too finely. Both have rather absurd heroic generals who are capable of insane mass murder by themselves, apparently, which makes sense concerning the stories they are based on, but at that point you might as well go full fantasy and really just focus on enjoyable gameplay. I think many people expected TK to be more like older TW titles, like Rome or ME2, and as such they were disappointed by the change. Personally I think that WH2 is objectively the best TW I have played (and I've played all of them pretty extensively). But it doesn't quite scratch the itch that Shogun 2, Rome/Alexander, and ME2, or even Empire, do. My absolute hope is they make a 40K total war (could definitely do it by implementing the same process and just considering space as a "sea" between planets).

[@alphonseelric9436]

"Minotaur Teddy Roosevelt." Never had I heard such an odd but intriguing phrase.

[@SirSaladhead]

Can't stop this Bull Moose.

[@MegaNever2010]

Everyone in Kislev getting a bear, "When everyone is a bear, noone is"

[@PhilosophicallyAmerican]

Ah yes, Syndrome syndrome.

[@JeffCaplan313]

😆

[@maciek.u]

„The Warhammer 2 launch was rough, and I’d rather not see that again.” Oh boy Mandalore you have predicted this

[@thoryon7767]

Rango has seen some shit fighting chaos, just to be thrown to the future to fight mimotaur chaos, poor Rango.

[@HellecticMojo]

"One blow dart... I tip my hat to you sir, one legendary lord to another"

[@jirdan4870]

That Three kingdoms comment still hurts lol. And yeah. It was Lü Bu's mechanic.

[@Kassen777]

which is why I call taurox moo bu

[@alexanderkentopp3070]

As someone unfamiliar, can you explain the reference here?

[@jirdan4870]

@Alexander Kentopp Three Kingdoms: Total War was another TW title set during 3K period in China. It had two big expansions planned (one of them even confirmed in blog post and talked) and some DLCs. Recently CA released a 3 minute long video titled: "The future of Three Kingdoms Total War" in which developers very strangely and corporately said that the expansions and DLCs are cancelled and the support ended. BUT they announced they are working on another 3K total war game. You can imagine this didn't really make people happy. And it is sad as the game was very fun, just needed some polish. There are theories why it was cancelled. If you are asking about the Lü Bu part, then he was an amazing warrior of the period and he has a campaign that is focused on fighting as many battles as possible and defeating as many heroes as possible. He gets a momentum bonus in which his movement is reset and he can jump on another army on the campaign map.

[@MrSpqr84]

Don't feel bad, I still love three kingdoms regardless what everyone says. And lü bu was awesome!

[@jirdan4870]

@@MrSpqr84 Honestly I am most angry at myself, since I really love the Three Kingdoms setting so I am awaiting the new game. Even though I shouldn't bother with it, but I still want it to succeed.

[@perigrin2115]

I saw that Kingdom Under Fire. Thanks for transporting me back in time a couple decades.

[@Sephlock]

I'm glad that Mandalore sees the whole Salamander thing too... They even nerfed them again (but gave them a mutiplayer cost decrease to compensate! Oh boy!)

[@darthplagueis13]

I think the nerfs were quite literally because they wanted to give it a cost decrease and not the other way around. Essentially, they down-tiered the unit to make it less of a commitment to bring.

[@wasifabdullah2997]

more ammo tho

[@nerdyvids1]

Honestly, I think they should make it faster to recruit rather than cheaper. Cost is rarely a concern in SP, but not having to sit around for three turns to get one would make them a much more enticing option.

[@Krane2000]

On the topic of difficulty, I do think CA has gone for a “theme park” sort of approach with Warhammer now. They want each faction - especially the DLC Lords - to be a big power fantasy for the player, leaving it up to the few difficulty settings and player-imposed restrictions to generate challenge. You still have to remember that CA is in essence selling the dream of Fantasy players where their favourite lore character got a model, and they didn’t have to sell half a liver and a kidney to support it. Personally I would love for real challenging campaigns, not just awkward/weak starting positions like the three Karak-Eight Peaks Lords have, but at the same time I think Warhammer is at its best when the Power Fantasy element is the main show. Great review as always!

[@sipofsunscorchedsarsaparil6052]

I think difficulty is generally fine, you want people to be able to play and not everybody is really good. Campaign is really not a place for competition. I wish more of them were unique though. Compare a DLC lord to a starting lord or an early FLC lord to a late one and there's quite a staggering difference in design.

[@matrix3509]

"You can't do take-backsies against chaos gods." >Shows Abraham bout to kill Isaac. Wew lad.

[@ctographerm3285]

Spicy

[@far_centrist]

i dont get the joke please explain

[@therealwinston3634]

well, neither did Abraham....

[@weneedaladder8384]

@@far_centrist God told Abraham to kill his only son Isaac to prove his devotion. Abraham got all the way to bringing the knife down before God (or an angel) told him that since God now knows how afraid Abraham is of Him, he can keep his son. Still makes him sacrifice a goat though. And then super-powered his (Abraham's) jizz afterwards. Anyway, the idea of saying "chaos gods" and then showing a man sacrificing his son to Christian God because that God wanted him to kill his child, is a bit of a statement.

[@far_centrist]

@@weneedaladder8384 thank you

[@fcvanilla7293]

I swear CA treats the Lizardmen as their step child. They get shit on through every DLC.

[@Zayl1016]

It's interesting cause competitively they've remained a fairly top-tier faction.

[@brasswing2681]

@@Zayl1016 the units aren't bad but the campaign mechanics are literally always half baked

[@jacobschmidt8539]

@@Zayl1016 Campaign is the issue not the units. It’s fairly recognized that they are fun to fight with but campaigns are becoming increasingly lackluster

[@2Scribble]

@@jacobschmidt8539 - or maybe lackLUSTRIA?!?!?!? :o

[@gluever54]

@@2Scribble get out

[@pedromontesinosnavarro6499]

Finally, something worthy of whatching while i have lunch

[@devynd6476]

Hope there’s a “Silence and the Furry” joke cause beastmen.

[@Relocklabs]

you should go to the comments on any news about this dlc on the steam page and you'll see them for sure

[@MandaloreGaming]

Don't encourage them

[@mienski0]

No

[@jonathansotelo4877]

I'm hoping I can name a herdstone the Rainfurrest.

[@calarakien]

@@jonathansotelo4877 Shit, that's good

[@maxTheOG]

beastmen finally blocking recolonization moves me to tears. WE FINALLY WON BEASTCHADS...

[@Scrugolion]

Excuse me Mr. Mandalore, I'm gonna need that Dark Elf invading the capital picture.

[@MALICEM12]

I know right?

[@lolthelol]

Salamandered by the multiplayer cabal, love this so much, multiplayer cabal has ruined so many units. Edit: Misa kiv wrote a such a nice post summarizing all the things that got nerfed to oblivion thanks to multiplayer community in replies. It is depressing to see so many that got nerfed to point of being useless.

[@etarckneus9702]

What ? Absolutely not, CA ruined the unit, the multiplayer community wasn’t for a nerf this big and ask for a buff to the unit regularly. They also asked to buff units that where worthless into good units like pistoliers and sepulchral stalkers.

[@masteredcpucpu7501]

The cabal has spoken elfs must be pefect!!!

[@techelitesareadisease8816]

Multiplayer people generally say ancient sally is too weak now. Dont get why you care, you can make any unit work fine in sp with all the buffs.

[@torquilleliphas8727]

@@techelitesareadisease8816 Not to mention mods, if you don't care much about multi

[@techelitesareadisease8816]

@@torquilleliphas8727 fr, I haven't played a vanilla TW Campaign in ages, always modding Rome 2, Atilla, and WH2. I think its weird that people harp on MP players for wanting a semi-balanced game, when you can easily make any army comp or unit work in vanilla gameplay with minimal effort lol.

[@jamesmordecaiwebb9646]

Warhammer 2 total war reworked factions: Beastmen players: "Yes! We finally got a rework, and now we can lay terror to the lands that we are meant to be as! How does that feel now Chaos, being at the bottom of the bucket!" Dwarf players: "Finally! After 5,000 years. We got rework that we so desperately need. Brothers, get the Book and ready your weapons! As we will retake Karak Eight Peaks." Lizardmen players: "We didn't get a rework... For the third Time?! When are you to rework us, CA! Though, we will take Oxyotl as a win. He's a cool Warhammer version of Doom guy. The best you can do for us is reanimating Coatl and maybe add the Amazons, if not more dinos, perhaps."

[@futonrevolution7671]

The OvN mod's Amazons are very good. There's an option to restrict them to only appearing in the Lizardman roster, rather than appearing on the map.

[@adenowirus]

Isn't Grimnir the Warhammer version of Doomguy?

[@changsiah2]

Yes but I'll wait game 3 but yes

[@LtHobo-uy9kn]

The scalie and the furry, and they done did the scalies dirty. Hopefully the lizard lords get touched up at some point either before or after WH3. I'd hate to wait 5 years before the lizard-tide becomes powerful and fun but it'd be better than them staying the way they are forever.

[@InquisitorThomas]

I mean the Lizardmen aren’t terrible, with all the units they got across 3 DLCs they have a lot of Different Ways to deal with Enemies. They’re dry to play in Campaign and they could use some more fun mechanics.

[@bigboi8028]

@@InquisitorThomas I think that is part of the problem, all of their good units are spread across DLCs, while sure this isn't major as if you buy one of the DLCs you're likely to buy more eventually, but comparing them to something like the Skaven (Who I'd say are one of the best supported WH2 factions), if you only buy one of their DLCs, you're getting a load of good units related to the Lord and fun mechanics.

[@thepiplin]

@@bigboi8028 if count the dlcs. I agree with the notion that it is only the campaign that is dry. Lizardmen units are great.

[@nerdyvids1]

@@bigboi8028 I disagree. Each LM DLC has some really fun stuff to play with, but their base game roster is also super fun. Saurus bullying very other infantry, air raiding fireleech bolas, laser artillery that can also stomp face in melee, several Stegadon variations, Carnosaurs being Carnosaurs, there's some good stuff there.

[@aidenpons9584]

@@nerdyvids1 Yeah, the LM are powerful: their Saurus Stegadon stack is just as strong as ever. It's just that none of the campaigns have really brought any reason to not go with a saurus stegadon stack

[@nepnepnuggets1646]

Mad lad, came up for air and then immediately dived back down into the Warhammer ocean.

[@Warpmek]

It seems Oxyotls missions in Mortal empires actually affect when chaos shows up.

[@tubbstubbs.5311]

Hahaha I love that you put XCOM music in the background of the Oxyotl section.

[@spearhead7777]

12:14 and all it cost us was the heart and soul of Three Kingdoms

[@2Scribble]

And nothing of value was lost -snicker-

[@NeuralWraith]

Fuck three kingdoms

[@ABUBBA22]

Me and my homies hate 3 kingdoms! (What's wrong with 3 kingdoms?)

[@R3GARnator]

@@2Scribble Three Kingdoms had the best diplomacy system in the franchise history.

[@Grivehn]

@@R3GARnator And we'll probably get a version of it for Warhammer3 lol.

[@theodorvepper]

My friend: The beacons of Mandalore are lit! Me: And we, will answer. Muster the beers. Assemble the snacks on the table. As many chips as can be found. You have two minutes. On the third, We watch Mandalore.

[@MrLolguy93]

Christopher Walken : "Now THAT is enough cowbell"

[@boomknight1015]

Ghorgons are good anti single target Large or small. Making it a good idea to mix in a few Ghorgons with your Jabbers because they cover each other's weaknesses.

[@nerdyvids1]

I appreciate the mention of the new Forge of Daith mechanic. That was such a nice surprise when they changed it. The Sisters are now up there for "most fun Wood Elf campaign". Some of those items are hilariously fun now that you can plan around getting them..

[@thegumonyourshoes]

At this point I’m just happy that the Beastmen are getting anything.

[@demistr7435]

Mandalore is our saving grace with his frequent uploads while Sseth is gone.

[@therealwinston3634]

is sseth dead?

[@TheDLK]

@@therealwinston3634 he got doxxed or something? I'm not entirely sure. somethingsomething caves of qud devs discord idk.

[@Ptmkn]

@@therealwinston3634 No, he's just taking his sweet time. He says his latest vid is about 2/3rds done. He was doxxed by one of his discord's jannies, causing him to nuke his discord, that's why he seems radio silent now.

[@R3GARnator]

@@Ptmkn Just discord mod things.

[@friendlyspacedragon7250]

It's always been the other race that has needed the rework more that left the lizards out because they've been basically fine from the start and carried by the units. How many people you can think of who hate dinosaurs after all. -In Warlock and prophet the skaven absolutely needed the units. Corruption and other campaign mechanic changes were pretty important too for the time, not to mention undercities. -In The hunter and the beast the Empire got it's much needed cat herding interface as it was literally the first race to exist and had no faction mechanics whatsoever. -Now with Silence and fury the beastmen are due their very, very much needed rework. Maybe one day the lizards will get something more complex than "build a building in two adjacent provinces" going and raise them up from being just basically fine.

[@CheekiTiki]

Would love to see Lizardmen get meaningful attention in 3 but I'm not holding my breath

[@RPGManoWar]

@@CheekiTiki Nakai just got literally the funniest and best start position ever so I'm hoping that Lizardmen do get a giant rework. I'm expecting that Game 2 factions will get reworked in WH3 just as much as game 1 factions did in 2

[@CheekiTiki]

@@RPGManoWar I hope you're right!

[@diamondmetal3062]

Oh I’m so happy to hear that the Beastmen finally got a proper rework. I love their lore and I definitely want to try them out now.

[@AftermathRV]

oh wow, they gave a chaos faction a way to claim a region forever, atleast, in a sense, and its very chaos i think theyre watching

[@R3GARnator]

Did you see the Ser Man Delour follower you can get from capturing Pigbarter?

[@AftermathRV]

@@R3GARnator Yes, its the first thing i did to make sure i wasnt getting memed on a bit before the patch dropped so i still got to experience the bug

[@Tosnoob]

lmao nice jab at the awful Warhammer 2 MP community at 18:15 and the Kislev bear complaint at 19:30. Truly speaking from my heart.

[@lordmuhehe4605]

There's nothing I hate more than campaign units getting nerfed because of MP moaning.

[@etarckneus9702]

A yes the awful mp crowd, because of them pistoliers and sepulchral stalkers are now usable units and bugs are fixed, what an awful lots.

[@silverhost9782]

Campaign players moaning about the MP community will never make sense to me. Oh boo hoo, your favourite unit lost 2 melee attack and 10 range. Now it's useless in campaign, brilliant😂

[@mikkelangelokers9965]

@@silverhost9782 Ancient salamander got gutted for example because of multiplayer

[@silverhost9782]

@@mikkelangelokers9965 and White Lions of Chrace, Tyrion and Archaon all got buffed because of it. Your point?

[@Solarfall999]

You were right all along about Warhammer 3. The Mandalore Prophecy finally fulfilled

[@DomisLomis]

I would really like to see Mount&Blade review, I spend thousands of hours in the orginal and warband, awesome games.

[@chrischickering1959]

Do you like bannerlord?

[@DomisLomis]

@@chrischickering1959 I like bannerlord but the game isn't perfect and I'm still waiting for some good mods to play it more

[@chrischickering1959]

@@DomisLomis same I'm so excited for Warhammer fantasy full conversion

[@danietkissenle]

@@chrischickering1959 its gonna be a few years before the good ones come out

[@JeffCaplan313]

@@DomisLomis This sounds like the state of Bannerlord 2. Even a year after "early release" and 7 years of "pre-development", it is STILL an unfinished masterpiece. Mods give BL2 legs, but the lack of substantial game mechanic fixes is very disappointing. The graphics are better in BL2 than BL, but it's still an unfinished sandbox game with no compelling backstory or native game mechanics to keep you coming back for a dynamic or compelling single player experience.

[@ThatDjinn]

That last shot 20:59 Kingdom Under Fire Crusaders?

[@boomknight1015]

I like how even when 3 around the corner we still get more content and upgrades to the older content in warhammer. It's so weird in the main games like other total war games, those gets get close to no love yet Warhammer 1 and 2 get so much love. When it's a DLC farm at this point, the fact they still update older factions is really nice.

[@boomknight1015]

Part of me suses that in updating older dlc factions, is to not only drum up more hype for hero dlcs for that faction but for people who buy most of the dlcs, they will more happily keep buying dlcs if even the weaker factions get reworks in the future. Making you're faction dlcs feel more worth it because the dev won't ignore them. Also gets newer players with out all of the factions to get the older factions because they are not pointless anymore. All in all it sells more dlc and gets people hyped for a faction that you didn't have to fully build from nothing.

[@Rotarrin]

"Grandpa has no license, but boy is he going to drive." Ha! Quote of the week right there.

[@therealwinston3634]

true story, both grandparents on my fathers side used to not have a driving license, yet still drove around anyway and before you ask, both were farmers

[@SolidCat]

Sigmar Bless This Ravaged Body! I have been waiting for this, cheers Mandalore.

[@tipoftheiceberg7034]

Having the ability to have a full army of just skirmishers is surprisingly OP and very fun. The ability to teleport across the map gives the choice of leaving behind an area forever and I prefer to take that little section that looks like irl Africa

[@ketsuekikumori9145]

Me: I have a vertical problem. Vertically Challenged Problem Solver: What seems to be the problem?

[@khanman8113]

Mandys twh2 vids are my favorite. Here's to hoping he makes a 3hr long review for twh3

[@darkagebeal]

Whoa Kingdom Under Fire Crusader's in the end? Are we going to get a review on that?

[@deanrazor9023]

I hope so, love that game

[@66Anabolic]

Saw that also lol, been dying to play it lately for some reason. Haven’t touched it since og Xbox.

[@hodsmat]

Oh bless you! I remember playing that game, but I couldn't remember the name)

[@Mollekylen]

@@66Anabolic You know that it has gotten ported to PC lately? It's on steam. No multiplayer though, but still glorious.

[@hachijospaniard5643]

Kingdom what now?

[@DarthRadical]

To confirm - you get the whole Beastmen roster with this DLC (sans a legendary lord or two)? Seems worth the $9 for that, but probably not worth the extra $19 for the original Beastmen DLC.

[@MandaloreGaming]

You got it. Original is worth it on a sale but 20 bucks is way too steep when you're not even getting the new units.

[@DarthRadical]

@@MandaloreGaming Nice. I just snagged it. Interested to see horde mechanics which don't suck.

[@purplebatdragon]

I haven't played this series, but I can appreciate the dedicated improvements they've made over the years. Weird to see a triple-A studio that cares.

[@ineednochannelyoutube5384]

CA is not that studio.

[@joshcanttakeajoke2853]

This new upload schedule is effing amazing. We appreciate all the hard work and dedication to your viewers.

[@michaeledblom9164]

god damnit mandalore, now I want to see a kingdom under fire review. I haven't even thought about that game since the opening days of the first xbox.

[@maximilianmock6777]

Man this is easily one of my favorite channels on youtube. Thank you so much for making this quality content.

[@FluxNoise]

Wow that dwarf rework sounds really good. I had already given up on them. I guess i'll start my first dwarf campaign since Warhammer 1. Now Chaos is the last race that really needs a rework to make this game complete... maybe a quick look on Norsca wouldn't hurt either. But all in all i'm really happy about the state of the game at the end of it's lifecycle. We just have to forget about sieges.

[@MrMetsavaht]

And maybe finally fix all the boring and broken shit that lizardmen have on the campaign map. All of their DLCs have been subpar in terms of mechanics and some of them are borderline broken like Nakai. This is the last DLC and the third Lizardmen DLC and they still got shafted hard by CA, instead dwarfs got all the love for some reason.

[@kingia100]

The ogre prediction aged well

[@radiospace7071]

"Kill the wicked and turn them into gold"- Sigmar Male Balthasar Gelt

[@elite463]

I want a Cruelty Squad review so badly

[@blank4227]

might be better for the alter ego to handle that gem

[@Rise65487]

It's been a while since Mandalore forgot to take his meds now, I'm sure his doctor is happy but I like schyzophrenic-Mandalore too

[@ragnarosdanneskjold3743]

"Grandpa has no license but boy is he going to drive" rofl

[@Voxitude]

"Grandpa has no license but BOY is he gonna drive."

[@thegrayyernaut]

5:32 The scream.

[@dlju8355]

It's from this scene in Home Alone: kzbin.info/www/bejne/aX-4mKVvm8qDjqs

[@thewallofguns550]

They nerfed lizard units again in the patch, I don't know why CA keeps listening to people like Lotus Moon

[@dr.squares8938]

Lizardmen is a top faction in multiplayer and Chameleon skinks are the worst offender.

[@SlaaneshChampionMako]

@@dr.squares8938 MP is a tiny percentage of the playerbase.

[@thewallofguns550]

@@SlaaneshChampionMako this, they should separate multiplayer balance and singleplayer balance

[@Lonewolf20173]

@@SlaaneshChampionMako I wonder how many people haven't touched multiplayer cause I definitely won't

[@dr.squares8938]

@@SlaaneshChampionMako it is, but all the tiny buffs to cost and +1/+2 attack/defence is pretty much irrelevant in campaign, given how much buffs there are though numerous mechanics.

[@lucastucker5402]

While I did love this DLC I do think the choice for the lords was really weird. I get that the whole theme of the DLC’s is Lord vs Lord but this one really seemed like a reach. Whatever campaign you play the other half typically dies before the halfway point. The only thing that even remotely ties the two together is the opening cinematic and the final battle. Like you said I think it would be cool if they fleshed out Oxyotl’s missions and maybe had some centered around tracking and halting the spread of beast herds, something a little more dire than what it is currently.

[@MerchantPrince]

Omg a Merlin reference! Why is that movie so underrated

[@SmokersTars]

I slowly start to have a burning though that Mandalore likes Warhammer...

[@DragonWinter36]

I think it’s a coincidence.

[@Razzrazz90]

9:08 “You can’t do take backsies against Chaos Gods” *Shows image of the Biblical Binding of Isaac* That is both blasphemous and hilarious. Thank you for being you Mandy

[@theoneandonlymichaelmccormick]

Binding of Isaac is already biblical. That’s why it’s called the Binding of ISAAC.

[@thesummerofmark]

You’re spoiling us with these frequent uploads, man

[@Sayiseesteel]

Oh, I totally noticed that clip at the end, So the next review is gonna be Kingdom Under Fire Crusader's. Awesome!

[@panman581]

I feel like lately the lizardmen keep getting the poop end of the stick

[@VegaO3]

I absolutely love that you keep adding in the Home Alone electrocution noise, please keep doing it.

[@HadesWTF]

So glad beastmen are finally getting fixed. Look at Taurox, that's a boi right there.

[@denseaf1582]

Dang, Mandy was spot-on with the Ogre pre-order DLC for Total Warhammer 3.

[@michaeldavis8250]

Oxyotl's campaign is underwhelming. The teleporting ability could be absolutely awesome -- the best mechanic in the game, even -- but it's so limited that it doesn't add up to much. You can only build one teleport building, meaning that you can only ever teleport to one region and to your capital. I wish i could build a teleport building in every theatre (lustria, southlands, naggaroth, and ulthuan). That would be the ultimate vortex experience imo. Vortex & mortal empires both suffer from an issue of scale. For example, if you play as tehenuain, it will take 10+ turns to reach the southlands, and even more to reach the empire. This means that you have very little variety between campaigns. You'll always end up expanding in the exact same way, fighting the same enemies. Oxyotl's mechanics could allow him to fight whatever faction he / you want at any time. Except the cap on the teleport building prevents you from doing so. Taurox's campaign is a blast tho. (I also wish that the coatl COULDN'T land. It would be cooler and more unique if it could zap infantry from the air like a reptilian AC-130.)

[@acheron16]

I apreciate the fact that you went in depth into the Dwarf rework. A ton of content creators either focus on Lizardmen or Beastmen, but few spoke of the Dwarfs.

[@michaelfielding6666]

Those last comments aged really well and CA are still cleaning up after the Warhammer 3 launch.

[@iwtjta]

I follow and watch content from quite a few WH2 content creators, and they could all learn a thing or two from the way you convey information quickly and clearly. Nice video

[@CallanElliott]

I've only played one beastmen campaign as Kazrak, and I was wiped within ten turns... Might be time to revisit them.

[@therealwinston3634]

sounds more or less like every campaign I started yeah, I guess I suck...

[@CallanElliott]

@@therealwinston3634 So I've played a couple of campaigns as Khazrak and I think I snowballed so hard the game glitched.

[@blob22201]

@@CallanElliott yeah the reworked beastmen are ridiculously good at snowballing. They can get the top tier buildings really quickly because each building is a 1 turn build with money and pop growth as your only limitation.

[@CallanElliott]

@@blob22201 Yeah, I went so hard, I think the game forget to give me a herd stone shard after I had like three, so I couldn't progress further.

[@admiralpellaeon631]

Hey, if your looking for something to add to the list, Highfleet just came out and its pretty good (at least in my option). It has an almost Total war/Empire at war split between strategic and tactical levels where the strategic level is a pretty in-depth irl naval sim, and the tactical is like a good flash game. It’s not the greatest game ever or anything, but seems like something that’d be good to take about in a video.

[@turtleofpride4572]

So ogres are a pre order bonus. Mandy knows all.

[@Thiccron]

This boi makes the best reviews. Hits things I’ve seen in no other video and still is hella concise. Cheers Mando

[@Kevbo2040]

I have never played any Total War game, let alone Total War Warhammer 2, but these videos are always absolutely fascinating. Mandy does a great job with them. Also: HOLY HELL PLEASE TELL ME HE'S GONNA DO A KINGDOM UNDER FIRE VIDEO!

[@ANSELAbitsxb]

If you ever do decided to give the franchise a try get medieval 2, its a near perfect game that just needs a graphics update and its fully modifiable

[@cameronstclair7397]

5:32 That Home Alone 2 sound byte is hilarious and greatly appreciated

[@Exposed_Entrepreneur401]

Ok Sseth. Nice video. Now please put something up on your main channel. Its been 4 months. Were all getting worried.

[@datwee7576]

It’s been a year and somehow I just realized he is playing the Xcom tactical legacy soundtrack over Oxyotl

[@DIEGhostfish]

18:15 they really need different balance in multi and campaign.