The addition of ogre mercenaries feels like a perfect farewell for Total War: Warhammer II, adding the ever-hungry giants to the game while also teasing what's to come in the sequel. In fact, the only slight disadvantage the Beastmen have is that they have to spend Dread – a currency gained through battles – to purchase more legendary lords, and increase unit caps. While that fits thematically for Beastmen, it doesn’t allow for much battle variety in a pretty long campaign. This can make the campaign feel like a cakewalk as before long you’re breaking most armies off the charge. Replenishment used to be the Beastmen’s biggest weakness, but now they have free single-turn Tomb King style recruitment you just form a hidden encampment at the end of the turn and re-recruit whatever units you lost. You’ve also got Taurox’s river of blood debuff that lowers regional leadership for enemies, momentum buffs for chaining battles, buffs from Morsleib that no longer have any negative impact, as well as a slew of powerful lord, hero, and technology buffs. You’ve got herdstone and building buffs that range from increased winds of magic to randomly inflicting plagues on enemy settlements. Taurox’s campaign is all about buffs and debuffs.
Not that you’re likely to ever lose a horde, though. Silence and the Fury is one of the strongest lord packs yet, but its campaigns are among the weakest Razing settlements and fighting battles in this area racks up Marks of Destruction (the Beastmen victory resource) that in turn grants more armies and herdstones. Essentially, Taurox raises a herdstone – similar to a Norscan or Wood Elf outpost – in a destroyed settlement, which establishes a bloodgrounds in adjacent regions. It's a good setup, but as with recent lord packs it's mainly there to establish the final battle between Taurox and Oxyotl.Īt the centre of this new lord pack lies the long-awaited Beastmen rework, and while it's tricky to wrap your head around, rest assured it solves a good deal of Total War: Warhammer's horde gameplay issues. But hot on his trail is Oxyotl, the chameleon skink hunter, hoping to put a dart in the brass bull before he unleashes said ritual. The Silence and the Fury sees metal minotaur, Taurox, race to find the Heart of the Dark, a monumental Beastmen herdstone capable of plunging the world into an age of slaughter. All aboard the minobus, destination doom. But the time has come to bid a fond farewell, and what better send-off than revisiting the first ever Total War: Warhammer DLC race, the Beastmen.
We've had dino stacks, rat stacks, sphinx stacks, dragon stacks, and even walking pirate ship stacks. The final Total War: Warhammer II DLC is upon us, and what a ride the last three and a bit years have been.
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