No campaigns??

[Gilgamesh]

Was looking to play a single player story campaign. And there are none. What the hell? There's the grand campaign and then DLC buy after the fact campaigns. Did the game really come without a story campaign? or am I missing something?

[Vain]

This must be your first Total War game.

[Gilgamesh]

Originally posted by TheBigBearBoy:

This must be your first Total War game.

Not at all. Every other total war game has mini campaigns and the great war.

[Elitewrecker PT]

Wut? Even the previous "mini" campaigns were just the grand campaign with fewer victory requirements.

[Gilgamesh]

Maybe I'm just crazy... It's weird because warhammer has so many story campaigns they could tell.

[JMan420]

Originally posted by Ysil69:

Was looking to play a single player story campaign. And there are none. What the hell? There's the grand campaign and then DLC buy after the fact campaigns. Did the game really come without a story campaign? or am I missing something?

yeah your missing something. there is plenty of gameplay with the base game and free DLC's for sure. enough to decide whether you want to go all in on it or leave it.

[Reverend Belial]

The only Total War game I can think of off the top of my head that had a story campaign was Empire (and Napoleon and Alexander I guess, since those games basically WERE story campaigns from what I understand). Shogun 2 didn't, Rome 1 and 2 didn't, Medieval 2 didn't, etc etc.

[..]

You do realize that every faction has their own "story campaign" right? Such as playing the as the Von carsteins, you will constantly get missions exclusive to your faction ect.
Not to mention that the main "story" in this game is that your goal is to stop (or join) Archeon..

[[*UNITY*]_ james]

Idk honestly what you are talking about. You seem really confused over nothing.

Most Total Wars (with the exceptions of what Reverend Belial listed) do not come with a story campaign, or at least thats not where the main focus is at. The Total War campaigns have, for the most part, been sandbox by nature. I thought that with the hours in Total War that you do have, that you would know that fact by now.

There has been DLC in the past, however, that has added a couple of story campaigns, like Caeser in Gaul for Rome 2. In fact, Warhammer 1 does ,indeed, have mini-campaigns through a couple of its DLC, such as the Beastmen and Wood Elves expansions. That one DLC with the Dwarfan and Greenskin legendary lord (forgot the name) can also be said to resemble a "story" of sorts.

But tbh, this is not what Warhammer 1 is really about. Even the "story" mini-campaigns in the DLCs act more as a scaled-down and linear version of the sandbox grand campaign, rather than resembling any true cinematic and scripted narrative. You might honestly be better off just enjoying the sandbox experience - and thats where really the creme of the game is at anyway (as with most Total Wars). Besides, you can always feel free to use your imagination and create your own "story" in your head as you progress through the campaign.

Also, I think Warhammer 2 would fulfill your niche for a story-driven campaign (i.e. the Vortex Campaign) better than this game anyway.

[Gilgamesh]

I may have bought each Total war game in a package deal with dlcs. That could be where my confusion is coming from.

Warhammers a huge world with several micro storylines they could have centered campaigns around. It just seems like a huge missed oppurtunity. But maybe next game they'll capitalize on it a litte more. The grand campaign is fun and all, and usually what I play. But like I said, Warhammer has the rich storyline with loads of lore. Thought they'd delve into that.