Total War: WARHAMMER
Total War: WARHAMMER
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Total War: MEDIEVAL II – Definitive Edition
Developer CREATIVE ASSEMBLY, Feral Interactive (Mac), Feral Interactive (Linux)
Medieval II: Total War is a strategy video game developed by the since-disbanded Australian branch of The Creative Assembly and published by Sega. It was released for Microsoft Windows on 10 November 2006. Feral Interactive published versions of the game for macOS and Linux on 14 January 2016. It is the sequel to 2002's Medieval: Total War and the fourth title in the Total War series. From Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0)
504 reactions from 4 sources (Steam reviews, Bluesky, Mastodon, Lemmy) · newest Nov 5, 2026 · last updated Nov 5, 2026 · How this works
Audience score
87
LovedLoved
256 positive · 38 negative
95% range 83–90%
| Source | + | − | = |
|---|---|---|---|
| Steam reviews | 256 | 38 | 0 |
| Bluesky * | 17 | 7 | 144 |
| Mastodon * | 3 | 0 | 35 |
| Lemmy * | 0 | 0 | 4 |
* shown, not counted in the score (label accuracy below our 85% bar or not yet audited).
Steam's own rating
Overwhelmingly Positive
20,995 of 21,957 reviews positive (all languages, per Valve)
What players are saying
88% recommend · 199 yes, 27 no
Counted from the reviewers’ own thumbs up/down on the 226 English Steam reviews we collected, not by the AI. Valve’s all-language rating: Overwhelmingly Positive (34,991 of 36,591 positive).
Players widely regard Medieval II as the best Total War game, praising its depth and charm. [1][2][3] Many reviewers highlight the game's active modding community, which extends its replayability. [4][5][6] Some players report technical issues, including crashes and launch failures after a Steam update. [7][8][9]
Liked
Representative posts
- [7]
after apparently the latest steam 64 bit client update, the game actively fails to launch under any circumstance, including any and all tricks (manually creating the config file, compatibility mode, reducing screen resolution, wiping the registry, etc. etc.) which would normally get the game to launch previously valve's ♥♥♥♥♥♥ DRM continues to be a blight on the industry
- [1]
Objectively, the best Total War entry. It improves on Rome: Total War in almost every single way. It has a few quirks that are vastly overshadowed by its perfections. The age it wears, it wears well because when this game released, the gaming industry landscape was vastly different and much healthier. Developers were still geeks and nerds that wanted to play the games they created, not bloated HR money laundering …
- [5]
I guess the quality of this game can be summarised by the fact, that despite being old as ♥♥♥♥, its still one of the most played TW games completly surpassing newer titles. + Morbillion of cool mods (f.e. LOTR, GoT, enhanced vanilla etc.) + Unhinged commander traits, hilarious cutscreens and funny voicelines. Sadly there will never be a better TW game as devs are corporate cucks now. This was it.
- [3]
Been playing this game since it came out, for thousands of hours. Even after going back to it after playing all the newest Total War games, this one is still the best. And no, it's not nostalgia. This game has so much flavor that the newer Total War games completely lack: * Many different nations, each with its own units and flavor, and they actually feel historical. * Animated videos for all agent actions. * …
- [2]
creative assembly's only competition is themselves, and they have been losing, after this game. The best in the franchise.
Summarised from 34 of the 346 public posts collected about this game; every point cites the posts behind it ([n] opens the post) and the split is counted from the posts’ own ratings. Updated Oct 11, 2026. How summaries are made
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Total War: MEDIEVAL II – Definitive Edition sits at 87% positive across 294 opinionated reactions from 4 sources. Fresh or rotten — where do you land?
Critics, per Wikipedia
Medieval II: Total War received a "Gold" sales award from the Entertainment and Leisure Software Publishers Association (ELSPA), indicating sales of at least 200,000 copies in the United Kingdom. Medieval II: Total War received "generally favorable reviews" according to the review aggregation website Metacritic. The exclusive review was given to PC Gamer (US), which gave it an "Editor's Choice Award". IGN said that the game was not as revolutionary as its predecessor, but still introduces some new ideas and builds on others from Rome: Total War, which would still be enough for anybody to buy it. GameSpot noted the game's "epic, engrossing gameplay", but also criticised its "beefy system…
From the “Reception” section of Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0. Critic context only — not part of the audience score.
Reactions
60 of 504 · most liked firstAlgorithm ✅ 💁♀️Here’s information about me🫶 🌟Franchises I LOVE: -❤️ Final Fantasy ✨ -❤️ Dark Souls -❤️ Lord of the Rings -❤️ Game of Thrones -❤️ Baldur’s Gate -❤️ Fallout -❤️ Elder Scrolls -❤️ Halo -❤️ Total War 👱🏼♀️ In my 30s 😻 Cat Enjoyer 👩💻 Tech enthusiast 🏳️🌈 LGBTQ+ 🏳️⚧️ 🎮 Gamer ♡/⟳ appreciated 🤗 #promosky
neutral · AI labelView post →Hiya Bluesky! 🦋 💁♀️Here’s information about me🫶 🌟Franchises I LOVE: -❤️ Final Fantasy ✨ -❤️ Dark Souls -❤️ Lord of the Rings -❤️ Game of Thrones -❤️ Baldur’s Gate -❤️ Fallout -❤️ Elder Scrolls -❤️ Halo -❤️ Total War 👱🏼♀️ In my 30s 😻 Cat Enjoyer 👩💻 Tech enthusiast 🏳️🌈 LGBTQ+ 🏳️⚧️ 🎮 Gamer ♡/⟳ appreciated 🤗 #promosky
neutral · AI labelView post →right now I can pay 20 dollars for Warhammer Total War III, a game that could scarcely even be imagined in 1998. that's the equivalent of 10 dollars in 1998 prices, which is what I would try to scrounge together for a copy of PC Gamer so I could play one janky level of Myth on the demo disc
neutral · AI labelView post →I’ve been on Bluesky for less than a week and I’m loving it! ❤️ 💁♀️Here’s information about me🫶 🌟Franchises I LOVE: -Final Fantasy✨ -Souls -LOTR -Game of Thrones -Baldur’s Gate -Fallout -Elder Scrolls -Halo -Total War 👱🏼♀️In my 30s 👩💻Tech enthusiast 🏳️🌈LGBTQ🏳️⚧️ 🎮Gamer ♡/⟳ appreciated 🤗 #promosky #promotwt
neutral · AI labelView post →Discussing games with a friend, why I keep going back to FALLOUT 4; I finally clarified that my ideal game is "THE SIMS with occasional firefights" and that's a limited marketplace. STATE OF DECAY 2, a bit. I'd take a TOTAL WAR with base management but a smaller -- oh shit it's CULT OF THE LAMB.
neutral · AI labelView post →AI slop is impacting all of our lives in different ways but the more recent way it has broken my heart is watching Creative Assembly ruin the Total War franchise with it with their rerelease of Shogun 2. I can only imagine how fucked their 40k game is going to look when it comes out.
neutral · AI labelView post →Morning, kiddo! You're awake! Huh? What do you mean? It's 2006. You fell asleep playing your favorite game. I'm really glad you don't have to get up for school today. It snowed pretty hard last night. What do you mean, "Pandemic?" Is that in your game? You really should set a timer for yourself so you don't play all night. Come down for breakfast. Your mom and I made chocolate chip pancakes.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →POV: you're 500 years into a Rome Total War classic game.
neutral · AI labelView post →There is enough historical precedent for this that it is a persistent game mechanic in Total War lol
neutral · AI labelView post →Next major Total War game to be announced at The Game Awards "it represents one of the most ambitious games we have ever worked on at a studio and we can’t wait to share it with you" www.gematsu.com/2025/12/next...
neutral · AI labelView post →Objectively, the best Total War entry. It improves on Rome: Total War in almost every single way. It has a few quirks that are vastly overshadowed by its perfections. The age it wears, it wears well because when this game released, the gaming industry landscape was vastly different and much healthier. Developers were still geeks and nerds that wanted to play the games they created, not bloated HR money laundering schemes. Creative Assembly is manned by a completely different crew. You can…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Alongside the Lords of the End Times, Total War: Warhammer III is getting one of its biggest-ever game updates. From a host of improvements and reworks to some new campaign and battle content in the shape of our latest free Legendary Lord, Neferata. 📖 news.totalwar.com/lotet-flc-ne...
neutral · AI labelView post →why bother buying the new 80 dollar AAA slop game when Total War: Warhammer 3 has 1000s of hours worth of gameplay in it and they've fixed the majority of the problems it had at launch
neutral · AI labelView post →All the negative reviews are genuinely from mentally retarded dementia patients. The game is so straight forward and also a good challenge. Mfs crying bout graphics in the 2020s about a game made in 2006. Timeless classic, play it.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →All DLC for the original Total War: SHOGUN 2 is now free to everyone who owns the base game on Steam! Experience the Rise and Fall of the Samurai before Total War: SHOGUN 2 - Complete Edition launches on Oct 13th 🌸 More info: news.totalwar.com/s2ce-faq
neutral · AI labelView post →What its like to play Total War Medieval II Pope: starts crusade Pope: gets mad I don't get to the crusade fast enough Pope: excommunicates me from church Me: doesn't like being excommunicated Me: Invades Rome and kills Pope Me: FAFO 11/10 game would recommend to everyone
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Total War: Warhammer 40K announced, the next game in the series #TheGameAwards
neutral · AI labelView post →Get the Stainless Steel mod, never have to play another medieval strategy game again
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I guess the quality of this game can be summarised by the fact, that despite being old as ♥♥♥♥, its still one of the most played TW games completly surpassing newer titles. + Morbillion of cool mods (f.e. LOTR, GoT, enhanced vanilla etc.) + Unhinged commander traits, hilarious cutscreens and funny voicelines. Sadly there will never be a better TW game as devs are corporate cucks now. This was it.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →It's like games just suck nowadays, and I keep coming back to the classics.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →New Total War game to be announced at The Game Awards, confirms Creative Assembly ➡️ www.gamesradar.com/games/total-...
neutral · AI labelView post →still mad we haven't gotten this Total War game
neutral · AI labelView post →OPPORTUNITY! - Writer - Total War - UK, or Bulgaria Not affiliated. Shares welcome! gamejobs.co/Game-Writer-...
neutral · AI labelView post →Patch 6.2 will be available tomorrow in Total War: WARHAMMER III. Check out the patch notes now to see what changes we are bringing to the game! 📜 news.totalwar.com/wh3-patch-620
neutral · AI labelView post →I got this game for "free in 2026", why should I or anyone else bother with a review for this 20 years old game now? Well that's what I'm about to tell you because this isn't really a review but just telling you the state of things about this game in the mid year of 2026 because the game has got another big "life expansion support". Firstly I own the game physical DVD disc from 2006 which is the original release, but I never registered it on steam, not back then and also not during the (mid)…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Yoooo Total War Three Kingdoms is (one of) the Epic Games Free Game for today! If you're like me, and I know I am, you like learning stuff about the Romance of the Three Kingdoms but find its scale and massive cast of characters kinda daunting. Total War Three Kingdoms makes the setting playable!
neutral · AI labelView post →I've played Total War: Warhammer 40,000, and I think it might be the "definitive" game for the 40k setting it's aiming to be www.eurogamer.net/total-war-wa...
neutral · AI labelView post →Seems we have our (first?) SEGA announcement, presented by David Harbour (who will be in the game): Total War: Warhammer 40K.
neutral · AI labelView post →Very excited for Total War Warhammer 40k to be announced tonight at the game awards
neutral · AI labelView post →I really like 40K and I really like Total War, but a 40K Total War game sounds like a truly awful idea to me
neutral · AI labelView post →I kinda wish there was a Total War game based on The Elder Scrolls.
neutral · AI labelView post →Oh I guess this also marks the second time a game I worked on became a cocktail lol. South Pacific Drive 🤝 Rum Total War
neutral · AI labelView post →Total War Warhammer npc factions will see the end times event start up and go, "Time for some Game of Thrones bullshit, and by that we mean ignoring the looming greater threat in favor of going to war with each other, not the sexual stuff, it's allllll self-destructive politics over here."
neutral · AI labelView post →This game maybe old and this review late to come, but I suggest any 4x fan pick this game up. IT's the best Total war ever made hands down. I can't believe I've sunk over 4000 hours into this game over the last 20+ years but I think it shows it's timeless beauty and replayability, especially when extended with the KGCM mod. Get it, and you won't regret it.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →great game. as i remember it. didnt purchase a new copy. found my old cd hidden in a draw. put in the key and now its here. thanks Gabe
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I used to try and help mod Medieval Total War II and fucking EVERYTHING in that game is close-sourced and impossible to work around and yet people did it anyways. OpenMorrowind took like 20 years and that game’s assets were already accessible so excuse me if I go “lol wut no.”
neutral · AI labelView post →G. G. O. A. T. (Greatest Game Of All Time!) ...And still running fine. Just like when I played it for thousands of hours, years prior to even having a Steam account here! Long live the King!!
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →creative assembly's only competition is themselves, and they have been losing, after this game. The best in the franchise.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I think this is less Paradox and more Total War. Nearly everyone who's ever played a grand strategy game has played Total War.
neutral · AI labelView post →One of my all time favourites. Graphics are dated of course but frankly if you're busy zoomed in watching your infantry slog it out then you're problem missing enemy cav smashing your archers. There are so many features in this missing from newer Total Wars. Crusades/Jihad, population, unlimited build slots, sending units around without generals. It's pretty easy (unmodded at least), but unlike other game franchises it doesn't feel like Med 2 has been made irrelevant by later releases. It still…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Back on the Steam page for Total War: SHOGUN 2 - Complete Edition and have only just clocked the user-defined tags (pictured below). LOL. Context: The game was pulled because it was naff and apparently failed to disclose the use of genAI.
neutral · AI labelView post →Play this with SSHIP (Stainless Steel Historical Immersion Project) Or DAC V5 (Divide and Conquer V5) for unlimited hours of fun and entertainment. With SSHIP i dont even want to play the more "modern" total wars. They aren't even comparable in quality.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Do you want a new Lord of the Rings RTS? This Total War: Attila mod has given the game a popularity boost www.eurogamer.net/lord-of-the-...
neutral · AI labelView post →Marathon unc game discourse is Total War erasure and I want no part of it
neutral · AI labelView post →40k TOTAL WAR IS ABSOLUTELY GONNA BE ANNOUNCED AT THE GAME AWARDS MY ASS WILL BE GLUED TO THE SEAT
neutral · AI labelView post →Total War: Warhammer 40k is aiming to be the most complex and most accessible game Creative Assembly has ever made - here's how the devs managed both www.eurogamer.net/total-war-wa...
neutral · AI labelView post →Total War 40K, also known as “How Mia is going to spend 1000 hours on one single video game again”
neutral · AI labelView post →Despite its age (19 years old at the time of writing) this game it still excellent and I highly recommend it to all war game fans. Be warned, though. It will eat up all your spare time. I have devoted over a thousand hours to it, and I can't see me stopping any time soon. Enjoy!
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →The best of the Total War games. It isn't perfect, but it has a charm that later Total War and modern games can't seem to capture. There are tons of great and fleshed out mods for it too. The base game is excellent, but the fact that it still has an active modding community creating new mods even in 2026 is crazy. Instead of waiting for the inevitable disappointment of Medieval III, find a new mod for this one and give it a try.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Playing a 4-player game of Total War: Rome from CCC Games this morning! Beautiful production. Interesting Ameritrash game. All are having fun!
neutral · AI labelView post →A Total War Saga: Troy This game comes with a fully-functioning photo mode, with different sky box (sunlight) selection and positioning for lighting, toggle unit on/off, basic DoF and filters... But it doesn't feel as pretty as Three Kingdoms 🫤 and I can't seem to hotsample it. Might try again...
neutral · AI labelView post →Sega, Atlus, it’s time to give the people what they want: a Persona Total War game.
neutral · AI labelView post →source: Slingers are pretty goated in Total War Pharoah's early game
neutral · AI labelView post →This shit happened with a cousin of mine once or twice. Asked to join the group chat to game with us, "Nah, I got stuff to do." *Pops up with the Total War Warhammer 3 notification* ... Suddenly friend shouts out "ya fuckin' bastard, not again!"
neutral · AI labelView post →One of the best TW titles but to enjoy it you'd want to try M2EX community patch for crazy fast loads, performance boost and QoL features.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Got the game, barely understand the basic mechanics, start the long campaign. Playing as england, build an army, sieging a settlement. Don't know how to siege, attack without siege equipment, ended up circling the fortress. Tried to climb the wall, realize can't do it, watch Youtube tutorial. Siege the same settlement, didn't know frindly fire is a thing in this game, lost a lot of men. Re-building the army, only able to recruit 2 at a time, build many building that recruit an army…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I've played this game for decades, and never really tire of it. Always fun, and always worth a good play through as anyone - Although I do favour the Byzantine.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Been playing this game since it came out, for thousands of hours. Even after going back to it after playing all the newest Total War games, this one is still the best. And no, it's not nostalgia. This game has so much flavor that the newer Total War games completely lack: * Many different nations, each with its own units and flavor, and they actually feel historical. * Animated videos for all agent actions. * Generals give speeches before battles in the accent of the currently selected…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Creative Assembly / SEGA just released a "remaster" of a 2011 game (Total War: Shogun 2) that appeared to be mostly done by AI, complete with six-fingered samurai art and new code with game-breaking bugs. 48 hours and a 17% positive review score later, they're pulling it from all stores.
neutral · AI labelView post →The mod, "Third Age Total War", is the main reason why this game is amazing. Lord of the Rings map, lots of factions, and cool-looking units. And amazing battles.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →
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