How to buy the entire game?

[Chris]

Im sure this has been asked a thousand times but how much is it gonna cost me for the complete package? I see the game with dlc is about $350. However i noticed players mention you need The first two games. Do i also need all dlc of the first two games? Not trying to waste money on dlc if i dont need it.

[Elitewrecker PT]

The DLCs you see in the list for WH3 are also the ones from the other games. It's impossible to "waste" you can't buy duplicate DLCs.
Note that there will be a sale in a couple weeks and most of the DLCs, except the last 5 ones will be 50% off.
You'll also need the base WH1 and Wh2 to get "everything".

That aside, there's no reason to buy everything all at once.

[Grinch]

You don't "need" any dlc to start with

[Chris]

Originally posted by Elitewrecker PT:

The DLCs you see in the list for WH3 are also the ones from the other games. It's impossible to "waste" you can't buy duplicate DLCs.
Note that there will be a sale in a couple weeks and most of the DLCs, except the last 5 ones will be 50% off.
You'll also need the base WH1 and Wh2 to get "everything".

That aside, there's no reason to buy everything all at once.

i figured snagging it all in a bundle on sale would be the best bet. Also i was confused about needing to buy the first and second warhammer games with their own dlc's. I was unaware the dlc for the first two games was included in the dlc list for the 3rd game.

[Chris]

Originally posted by Grinch:

You don't "need" any dlc to start with

this is not what im asking. I dont want any content withheld from me. Its not like im trying to buy all cosmetics in a cod game here. Were talking entire factions that give supposedly hundreds of playtime each if played to their full extent. Ive also seen people on the store page complaining about ai having access to factions you wouldn't and that sounds frustrating. ive bought collection bundles for games before with lots of dlc so im not trying to slight the game. It just seems confusing having dlc from 3 separate games tied together.

Like gmod needing cs source. Seems awkward.

[Elitewrecker PT]

Originally posted by Chris:

Originally posted by Elitewrecker PT:

The DLCs you see in the list for WH3 are also the ones from the other games. It's impossible to "waste" you can't buy duplicate DLCs.
Note that there will be a sale in a couple weeks and most of the DLCs, except the last 5 ones will be 50% off.
You'll also need the base WH1 and Wh2 to get "everything".

That aside, there's no reason to buy everything all at once.

i figured snagging it all in a bundle on sale would be the best bet. Also i was confused about needing to buy the first and second warhammer games with their own dlc's. I was unaware the dlc for the first two games was included in the dlc list for the 3rd game.

During sales there are also bundles available which results in a slightly bigger discount overall.

[Chris]

Originally posted by Elitewrecker PT:

Originally posted by Chris:

i figured snagging it all in a bundle on sale would be the best bet. Also i was confused about needing to buy the first and second warhammer games with their own dlc's. I was unaware the dlc for the first two games was included in the dlc list for the 3rd game.

During sales there are also bundles available which results in a slightly bigger discount overall.

Im i missing anything by not buying the first and second games themselves? Or do i only need the dlc from them?

[Eldi]

Originally posted by Chris:

Im sure this has been asked a thousand times

correct.

you only need to buy what you want.

Originally posted by Chris:

this is not what im asking. I dont want any content withheld from me.

As you can buy it as and when you want/need it, nothing is withheld buying a few pieces first.
AKA buy everything that touches skaven = nothing for skaven is with held.

[SirKingJof]

Originally posted by Chris:

Im i missing anything by not buying the first and second games themselves? Or do i only need the dlc from them?

You need the games too, the original lords for Empire, Orks, Vamps and Dawrfs for example are only included if you own the original Warhammer total war.

https://www.totalwar.com/blog/tww3_immortalempires_240_faq/ This faq lists everything you can get for Immortal empires in 3 and where to get it.

The short answer though is, if you want everything then you'll be buying everything, every base games and dlc. Theres's no overlap and you can't double purchase.

[Isamin]

There is a lot of factions, lords and units spread across all three games and DLC (some of it is free). Realistically most players are not going to play all the factions so I would recommend you make your purchases based on the ones you will play. There are guides about what purchase gives you what.

If you like playing more popular or ''traditional'' warhammer factions, you will definitely need to dip into the older games / dlc. Infact some factions are quite spread out and have most of their units gated behind DLC (some free). Empire and Dwarves, for example, need WH1 + two/three DLC purchases EACH to have a full roster for Warhammer III. Without DLC some factions have the smallest rosters in the entire total war series. But this is less of a problem with newer factions.

Even on sale the final price is not such a great deal as initially appears. I bought all 3 main games, no dlc, for a price I thought would be good for just Warhammer III. But once I'd bought DLC to complete my chosen factions (Dwarves) the ''discount'' was not much less than a full priced game. The content is arguably a good deal on paper, but I'm not sure it really is given how much I might play it.

I will note that the DLC of other TW games can be much more egregious. I think Shogun 2 DLC factions are possibly the worst example of this having only slight stat changes, start position and change of colour! Then again it was nowhere near as expensive to complete.

[Elitewrecker PT]

Originally posted by Chris:

Originally posted by Elitewrecker PT:

During sales there are also bundles available which results in a slightly bigger discount overall.

Im i missing anything by not buying the first and second games themselves? Or do i only need the dlc from them?

Without the base games you'll be missing 2 legendary lords for each of the base races (Empire, Vampire Counts, Dwarfs, Greenskins, High and Dark Elves, Lizardmen, and Skaven) which are the launch legendary lords available for each game.

[DaniTheHero]

Buy Warhammer 3 on sale, see if you enjoy it, see what other faction seems interesting to your and buy it's associated DLC or Warhammer 1/2 base game.
You don't need to buy everything, especially not right off the bat.

[StrangestEcho]

Originally posted by Chris:

I dont want any content withheld from me.

It's not recommended to buy the 'complete' game right away, because of the time investment required to actually play all the content. You're looking at thousands of hours to just play every faction once. The content exists in the game world to play against regardless of ownership, but you won't have access to it yourself.

The recommendation is to buy the base games so that you have access to nearly all of the races and can try them out, and then maybe also buy the DLC for the races that you are most interested in playing first. The content regularly goes on sale for significant discounts on Steam, and you can often get better prices on the more reputable of the Steam key-reseller websites.

[SomeGuy1]

you should definitely wait for sales. Buying all the dlcs at the release price is cost prohibitive.

[Raymond]

you don't. Just buy the faction and the lord you want to play.

[Jukelo]

Don't buy the whole game. There's literally thousands of hours worth of content.

Even if you were 100% sure you were going to play everything, why would you tie up all the money now instead of buying as and when you feel like trying a new faction, over the span of the years the game will last you?

Originally posted by Chris:

Ive also seen people on the store page complaining about ai having access to factions you wouldn't and that sounds frustrating.

Sure every faction is going to show up in your campaign whether you own the content or not, but I don't see how or why that would be frustrating. You're only playing one faction at a time, so what faction DLCs you do or don't own makes no matter after you've started a campaign.