how do i enjoy this game?

[Guy Mcgee]

i bought it when it was on sale way back, and i just cant enjoy it. and i usually love RTS games. everything just seems so complicated and i dont want to buy dlc or warhammer 1 to get armies i might be interested in, so how do i enjoy it? vanilla i guess

[Dagy47]

Wait you cant enjoy it because everything is complicated? thats a first time i hear something like that about this game, if anything they rly just dumbed it down, so even casuals can enjoy it...

[dev]

buy warhammer 1 and play as Empire, orcs or dwarves. It is simple and enjoyable. Easy way to get into the game. The vortex campaign is probably not very noob friendly.

[Guy Mcgee]

Originally posted by RiPuLi:

buy warhammer 1 and play as Empire, orcs or dwarves. It is simple and enjoyable. Easy way to get into the game. The vortex campaign is probably not very noob friendly.

man i dont want to buy another game that i dont know if ill like

[yojimbo1111]

try a mod or two. I find playing with a "Stupid* OP" legendary lord mod is fun to change the pace

[Guy Mcgee]

Originally posted by yojimbo1111:

try a mod or two. I find playing with a "Super OP" legendary lord mod is fun to change the pace

i dont want to play with mods yet, i want to enjoy the vanilla game first

[Wh♂♂par]

Either play more, with simple factions like Tyrion to learn the game or drop it. There's no secret formula to liking it.

Edit: Except for one thing: Lower right corner, gear-icon. Deactivate ritual notifications and do them, when you want to.

[Chizzler]

Start a campaign with one of the faction leaders and you'll get a tutorial guiding you through that races opening moves. There's also a heap of tutorial videos over on the Total War Academy
https://academy.totalwar.com/warhammer2/

Similarly, there are countless tutorials on Youtube, and just about everything in the game has a tooltip explaining what it does.

You don't need an encyclopedic knowledge of every mechanic to have a good time, stick the game on an easier difficulty and you'll not be heavily punished for any mistakes. Just getting to grips with the basics (which are the same regardless of race) will be enough to get through a campaign. Over time you'll pick up a more advanced understanding and I'd encourage you to experiment.

Also, Don't worry about the Vortex Race initially, it'll seem the AI is racing ahead of you in the early game but that doesn't mean you're doing anything wrong, it's just programmed that way and you'll catch up in the mid-game.

Overall, the game may seem intimidating for a new player, but the turn based campaign is far simpler than other turn based grand strategy games and it's RTS battles are simpler than other RTS games. It's probably the most accessible Total War game too.. It's worth the time to learn the basics, it won't be the huge time investment it may appear to be at the moment

[spartanspud]

What specifically are you finding too complicated so that we can try to help you with the issues you're having?

[yojimbo1111]

I feel like the enjoyment comes from understanding the game. The game is sort of like a puzzle with many pieces and mechanics that the player needs to solve. If you don't know how to solve the puzzle then it won't be fun. You learn through trial and error and/or watching/reading tutorials. If you haven't played a Total War game before there is a lot to learn.

[RED /(Weber)\]

If you cant enjoy it dont force yourself to enjoy it.

[Humble]

Use cheat to make game easier then learn from there how gameplay work, sometime I done that way to get understand gameplay work while I doing I'm win button, but not this game, I don't need cheat, untill they patch and cause game unbalance due order tier, that is no fun for me, so I end up cheat to enjoy game little more.

[dev]

Originally posted by Chizzler:

It's probably the most accessible Total War game too..

No. The vortex campaign is probably the most inaccessible ways to get into Total War. It is like a scenario designed for veteran players who want something more challenging, harder, and with strange factions that play nothing like the simple humans.

[ZZZZZ]

I mean total war is the least complicated thing in the list of rts, even below c&c, you just need to play more or use the total war wiki

[kilen]

Compared to Paradox games I always found TW franchise lots more accessible tbh.
Compared to CK2, EU4, Stellaris or HoI3 that I played, playing TW engine is a peace of cake.

But sure, if u never played any TW, WH2 with all different factions and game mechanics independent from each other’s in comparison, it can take a moment to manage...

In this case, YouTube is your friend.
the WH encyclopaedia can be a bit rough to learn in comparison.
probably better to check guides and stuffs made by vets of the game on utube.

But trust me, there are far worse in here !
WH2 isn’t that hard, u just need some practice (50 to 100h maybe ? depending on each persons, some learn faster than others).
Usually strategy games are less noob-friendly than others types of games, but TW is definitely not the hardest to get in.

Concerning Vortex specially, nothing forced you to focus on missions proposed by the lore/script.
First u can just play to build an empire, try to expand, etc.
Without trying to add more pressures on u by completing scripted specific tasks wich aren’t made to make the game easier or to add some learning curve process to teach u the game.
At the contrary,
Vortex scripts are a difficulty more added to the game bases, where first mission is to survive and expand before anything else, but nothing forces you to care about scripted missions in first campaigns you start.
So, don’t care about it, at least for now.

[Guy Mcgee]

Originally posted by spartanspud:

What specifically are you finding too complicated so that we can try to help you with the issues you're having?

just everything really, i feel really overwhelmed, the tutorial didnt do too much to help