The teasers for Total War: WARHAMMER III are heating up, or in this case should I say they're getting put on ice? Check out a fresh teaser showing off The Realm of the Ice Queen - Kislev.
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We've known Kislev will be a Total War: Warhammer III race ever since that incredibly metal announcement trailer for the Total War game was dropped earlier in the year. We then got a glimpse of some units and capabilities via the recent survival battles reveal, which Richard enjoyed very much and I felt wasn't terrible.
But who are the Kislev? Why are they a fan favourite and why does Tzarina Katarin skate about on ice like she's some gothic warrior Olympian? All this and more is answered in Kislev's official 'race introduction' trailer which has just been dropped for the highly anticipated strategy game. It stars Tzarina Katarin herself, as well as showcasing some new units for the faction.
The trailer uses in-engine footage, so it's not technically gameplay but everything you see is how it should look in the final game. Various Kislev units are on display, from the Streltsi with their hilariously awesome gun axes to newcomers such as Sabre-toothed Ice Cats. We've also got bear-powered sleighs that have a bunch of absolute lads in them with rifles.
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One thing I had not known about the Kislev until I saw Total War: Warhammer 3's new trailer: their armies have sleighs full of riflemen pulled by bears. To be honest, it's exactly the sort of nonsense I should have expected from a Games Workshop faction of magical Notrussians. And yet, I am surprised and delighted. Here, come watch the trailer to see more of their forces, including polar bears, spectral snow leopards, and... some sort of Rasputin?
Recently we were given the opportunity to play one of Total War: Warhammer III's new 'survival' battles - a climatic set-piece engagement that sees us fighting through the stronghold of Khorne, one of the four Chaos gods. You can also read our resident Warhammer fan Rich's comprehensive impressions on the battle, but I'm here to offer a different perspective; one that starts with a confession.
I've never understood the appeal of the Total Warhammer series. I prefer the historical Total Wars and I've never played Warhammer Fantasy (I played 40k, because I wasn't a nerd.) But, as a dutiful fan of strategy games, I gave it a try, playing the first Total War: Warhammer a couple of years after it first came out. It didn't go well.
Nothing about how I thought Total War games should be played seemed to hold true. The time-to-kill felt off, tactics and formations counted for less... and what happened to sieges? What's all this magic nonsense? I didn't like it, but playing Total War: Warhammer III gave me a feeling of optimism I wasn't expecting.
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