Totally new to series , which Warhammer game should I start with?

[Cheetos]

I want to get into the series and I like the warhammer games so I wannna start with one of them. should I just get all 3 games or start with the first game?

[Zero]

Get game 2 as is currently the more complete.

Buy DLC and game 1 if you like the game and want more races/factions (you can use game 1 and game 1 DLCs in game 2, so consider game 1 like a "mega DLC" with 4 races).

Buy game 3 in a few months when Immortal Empires come out so you will be able to use all the contents of game 1, 2 and 3 together in the final campaign.

[AmesNFire]

I'd say get 2 if it's on sale, get 3 otherwise if you're wanting a game that's slightly more approachable to newcomers by design.

Don't buy any DLC's yet, just try out the base game and see if you like the campaign/battles. If you can see yourself playing it more often and want to try out some other factions, then you can consider getting DLC's and the like.

[SpeaksTooFast]

I would say that objectively 2 is the best game atm. That being said game 1 is still playable and a decent introduction if on sale and game 3's prologue is actually pretty well done if new to the series.

Game 3 should also be available on gamepass which is where I would recommend trying it until they discount it or patch it to being at least as good as game 2.

[Yellowdragon]

Wait for sale and buy all of them. Play combined map in game 3 and you get all contents of game 1+2. The combined map will be released in Aug.

Visit game 2 to play Vortex campaign. It's a stand alone campaign.

[burningmime]

1 and 2. Owning TWW1 unlocks a new map and 5 new playable races in TWW2; you don't even need to install TWW1, just owning it gives you a ton of content in 2. Don't bother with any of the DLCs until you know what you like.

Game 3 has the best tutorial if you've never played a Total War game before. But how much time are your really going to spend on the tutorial? OTOH, if you have games pass, then TWW3 is free there, so might as well give it a go.

[Antenna]

2 then 1 for Mortal Empires. 3 is straight up broken now with literally broken range deathstack (among other things), and will probably be on sale by the time Immortal Empires is ready.

[mlclmkekua]

buy 2, buy all on sale

[AmesNFire]

Originally posted by Antenna:

2 then 1 for Mortal Empires. 3 is straight up broken now with literally broken range deathstack (among other things), and will probably be on sale by the time Immortal Empires is ready.

Ranged has always been the meta, outside of end-game monster unit stacks or hero stacks.
It's nothing new to the Total Warhammer series.

[kkc495]

Originally posted by cheetos:

I want to get into the series and I like the warhammer games so I wannna start with one of them. should I just get all 3 games or start with the first game?

No doubts warhammer-2 is the best.

Or warhammer-1.

Do not go for warhammer-3 unless you want to get your frustration rise to the roof.

Warhammer-3 is only for experience players only.

Once you get good in warhammer-2 then go to warhammer-3.

Warhammer-1 & warhammer-2 is more player friendly.

In Warhammer-3 everything is a rush. Rush, rush, rush is important in the game.

You have to have good calculated move in warhammer-3 even in easy difficulty, otherwise you might end up game over very quickly.

Make sure you ge ready good in warhammer-2 first before playing warhammer-3.

Do not complain if warhammer-3 seem too hard to play, because you are not the only person complaining. Warhammer-3 is hard game without a doubt.

You ready need a good plan in place when playing in warhammer-3 otherwise you just end up coming back to steam forum and start screaming/crying at the developers.

[rubyismycat]

warhammer 1 is great IF you dont mind playing without mods Warhammer 2 is great if you use mods to get rid of some of the more stupid choices made by CA particularly their garbage diplomacy system and warhammer 3 is to be avoided unless you like Grind and repetion on an epic scale in your single player games

[Halkyon]

For tldr:
III - was released unfinished and needs some serious rework. Give it a year maybe.

II - is THE best (of the whole total war franchise - discuss ;P ) - Vortex & Mortal Empires. Though it had the time to get to this point and creative assembly made some good choices. The most stupid choice though is the Vortex- race- mechanic itself: since you get punished for progressing in it. That still baffles my mind; don't participate and suceed way more easy lol...

I - was a good start. only good memories. I played every race on legendary difficulty to victory. Looking back - they were all fun to play in their own different ways.

I suggest - give it a thought or two and then play what you like.