How easy is this game to learn?

[JinxHeartnet]

I've been thinking about buying this game, as I asked for SM2 for Christmas since it looks baller AF. I have absolutely no familiarity with Warhammer or the lore, so I figured I would start here. I have a few hundred hours in Shogun 2 and about a dozen hours in Empire and Medieval 2, would this game be easy to learn well enough to play through and hopefully win a campaign?

[Basarab Laiota]

The game does a bad job of teaching you the mechanics. It's easy to learn, just know that the game will try to trick you at many turns.

[crusay]

Im biased but I think you'd like it. Its ( to me ) easier to learn since they streamlined some things for better or for worse.

Some factions are easier to learn and play then others though

[Buge]

idk ive got like 1k hours in TW2 and 500+ hours in this and i Still feel like a noob sometimes. Especially if im trying a race i havent got much experience with or im rusty with etc.

[KoboldUtopian]

It's fairly easy to pick up but quite hard to master. There are lots of youtubers out there to show you tricks.

The prologue/tutorial campaign does a really good job of showing you the basics.

[Tr4cker0]

normal and lower difficulty are fairly easy, the game is easy to play hard to master, you should have fun even if you don't know everything yet and even loose ;)

[Soji]

I think since you already have a familiarity with Total War you'll understand the basic idea of how to play easier than someone who hasn't, its more about learning and understanding how things like Magic and monstrous units come into play. That's not to mention that every Lord in this game usually has a gimmick about them that will change how they want to play in the overworld and in battles.

[DarkFenix]

If you're familiar with Total War, it'll be extremely easy to pick up since you're already experienced with how the typical gameplay loop goes, you just need to learn the extra bells and whistles we get with fantasy.

[RoséOzma]

I started to play a few days ago. And I SUCK LMAO.

Is not hard, but you have to pay a lot of attention, Units have something similar to Rock-Scissors-Paper system. You need to flank the ranged units, using counters and use your commander abilities.

I kinda asked the same question as you the last week

https://steamcommunity.com/app/1142710/discussions/0/4630358783061711301/

If you can't beat the game, or you can't stop ruining all, reset, low the difficult a bit, and try to learn again. Is what I'm doing, I saw some streamers and everyone gets beated sometimes, is not a game where you can win all the time, like an RTS game like 40k.

I started in the tutorial, played it a bit, and jumped to a campaigne using another faction, is fun. The bad side, are the DLC's, but... w/e.

[Fryskar]

Imo if you're familiar with the older tws, you should get comfortable quick enough.
Although you'll want to take a good look at stats and abilities, as these didn't exist to such en extent.

The tutorial is worth playing as a new tww player.

[Kwisatz]

Originally posted by Tr4cker0:

normal and lower difficulty are fairly easy, the game is easy to play hard to master, you should have fun even if you don't know everything yet and even loose ;)

Easy difficulty is a trap. Players think they suck when they try to fight a battle manually and lose despite the auto resolve saying they should have a victory. New players just end up quitting because they think they suck.

[morganjah]

I don't think you can learn the game by playing it. There are so many bugs/features/weirdness that you never know if it is supposed to work that way, or more accurately, why it isn't working.
Apparently the only way to learn is to watch 30 hours of youtube videos. It is insane how the designers think most of the game fun must be trying to figure out why things don't work like they should.

[Skiptro]

40K (SM2) has little to do with Warhammer (fantasy) in terms of lore. 40K has its own mountains of lore so don't expect to learn 40k lore while playing total war: warhammer. There are some good 40k games though, Dawn of war, inquisitor martyr, choas gate and some others.

[Belegar]

Originally posted by morganjah:

I don't think you can learn the game by playing it. There are so many bugs/features/weirdness that you never know if it is supposed to work that way, or more accurately, why it isn't working.
Apparently the only way to learn is to watch 30 hours of youtube videos. It is insane how the designers think most of the game fun must be trying to figure out why things don't work like they should.

That is completely wrong, i had no problem learning TW: Warhammer 2 without any guides, you just have to give it time and improve step by step.

Not everything has to be easy in life, and TW: Warhammer 3 is such a massive and complex game that it would be impossible to teach you everything in a tutorial.

[morganjah]

No. The game mechanics don't work in any way that makes sense. You just have to play long enough to learn all the idiosyncrasies by trial and error. Or watch endless hours of Youtube videos.
Saying you had 'no trouble learning WH 2', and that you just have to 'give it time to improve step by step' is contradictory.
Example: Gunners on walls. No where is one told that gunners can't fire from, or to, walls. It makes no sense. But that, apparently, is the fact.

[Ska_Boss]

Pick a faction you like and stick with them, if a campaign isn't going your way don't be afraid to reroll and start a new one (from the main menu). Each new game will be seeded randomly, not their starting location but the effectiveness of the AI.