Well latest historical titles wasn ' t the best of CA , and it ' s hard to compare Warhammer to older games because it ' s way different experience these days , so we need to wait for another historical TW to compare . As of right now Warhammer is their best modern engine game i would say . Shogun 2 was cool in terms of overall gameplay but all battles was the same because well 50 clans have basically same units beside 12 differences . Here we have totally different armies and in few years we will have 15 totally different armies big monsters mechanic that TATW would love to have properly worked , flying units etc . Yes they scrapped plenty of campaign mechanic from the game but in terms of battle , last time i have that much fun in nonheavy moded total war was probably back in Rome 10 years ago . Also the DLC quality is top notch , beside FOTM for Shogun i always found dlcs for total war games really shitty and i only bought them like a year or two after on some sale for few bucks , first time they feel for me like they add something to the game , and yes i still think that price of Beastmens and Wood Elves are too high because of the minicampaign that most people don ' t care , but atleast i see content behind them not some shit like Wrath of Sparta etc . which cost almost the same and adds nothing