The Chaos Warriors is Race Pack DLC for Total War: Warhammer, released alongside that game on May 23rd, 2016. Like all DLCs, it can now be purchased independently for Warhammer 3, even if you don't own either of the other 2 games.
- The Chaos Warriors Race Pack can be purchased on Steam, Fanatical, Humble Store or GreenManGaming.
Changes in Total War: Warhammer III[ | ]
In Immortal Empires for Total War: Warhammer III, the Warriors of Chaos were completely overhauled. The race received several new gameplay mechanics, they were no longer hordes, and Archaon, Sigvald and Kholek were all separated out into their own playable factions with separate starting locations. In addition, a large portion of their units received visual updates, improved textures and in a few cases, new animations.
In addition, the Champions of Chaos DLC was released, which added 4 new playable Warriors of Chaos factions, led by 4 new legendary lords, and many new units. Champions of Chaos and the Warriors of Chaos Race Pack are independent of each other, you don't need to buy one, to buy the other.
Additionally, a new Warriors of Chaos faction (Shadow Legion, led by Belakor) was created and released for free - that faction is playable without buying any DLC.
Development history and controversy[ | ]
The Chaos Warriors Race Pack was announced on October 22, 2015[1] - 7 months before the release of Total War: Warhammer. The pack would be included free of charge with any preorders of Total War: Warhammer, but would have to be purchased separately after release. The eventual price was not announced before launch.
The news angered some people who were looking forward to Total War: Warhammer. Many believed Creative Assembly had developed this content and then cut it from the upcoming game so it could be sold separately to generate extra revenue. Others claimed it was unacceptable to a cut a race which was core to the Warhammer Fantasy setting[2]. Yet others said that users were required to go out on a limb - purchasing the game before its quality was known.[citation needed]
Shortly after the announcement, popular YouTube reviewer AngryJoe published a video criticising CA, calling them "anti-consumer."[3] CA was also criticised by many Total War and Warhammer YouTubers, such as lionheartx10[4], ArchWarhammer[5], OakleyHiDef (Invicta) and IndyPride (milkandcookiestw).[6] The original video announcing the pack has over 50,000 dislikes to just 3,989 likes. (as of 2022, YouTube dislike numbers are now hidden).[7]
On November 4, Creative Assembly responded to the criticism and concern by publishing a blog post on the official game forums[8] which explained in detail their motivations and defended their business decision. According to the post, the Warriors of Chaos were always going to be in the game with a reduced roster of units as a non-playable end-game boss faction. The developers wanted to include them as a fully playable race, but lacked the funding. As a result, they used their separate DLC budget to finish the faction. However, this meant the pack would be sold as paid DLC.
By November 5, over 6,000 people had signed a change.org petition asking that the Warriors of Chaos be made available for free.[9]
In a December 2015 interview with Eurogamer, CA games designer Richard Aldridge revealed that the development team was "very disheartened" by the reaction to the DLC.[10]
On April 29, 2016, CA made the Chaos Warriors Race Pack free to all those who purchased Total War: Warhammer within the first week after release, in addition to those who preordered the game.[11]
In Total War: Warhammer III, the Warriors of Chaos received a total overhaul which also affects this DLC. Additionally the Champions of Chaos DLC was released, and Belakor/Shadow Legion were released as Free-LC.
Content[ | ]
Warhammer 3:
- One Warriors of Chaos faction (Shadow Legion, led by Belakor) is already playable for free. But buying this DLC grants access to Archaon, Sigvald and Kholek, each with their own separate factions and starting locations. See Warriors of Chaos (Total War: Warhammer III).
Warhammer 1 and Warhammer 2:
- This DLC pack makes the Warriors of Chaos race playable (they're not playable otherwise). They have only a single faction, which is led by either Archaon or Sigvald or Kholek (your choice who to start the campaign as). See Warriors of Chaos (TWW1 & TWW2).
Unit Roster[ | ]
- Main article: Warriors of Chaos unit roster
References[ | ]
- ↑ Officially announced by the appearance of the steam listing for the DLC, it was then reported on by media outlets, e.g. http://www.pcgamer.com/total-war-warhammer-release-date-set-first-dlc-adds-chaos-warriors/
- ↑ http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?701989-Chaos-Warriors-Race-IS-pre-order-DLC&s=312eca06a68a84b4999e9b4f25b910a9&p=14739338&viewfull=1#post14739338
- ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sIogQDIq4po
- ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HN2zHrqYLAY
- ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UZMy8vqCKfs
- ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NKJ_6LaD65g
- ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MC1Y2pFP2ls
- ↑ https://forums.totalwar.com/discussion/164869/total-war-warhammer-dev-blog-chaos-warriors-pre-orders-and-dlc/p1
- ↑ http://www.pcgamesn.com/total-war-warhammer/6000-sign-petition-asking-creative-assembly-to-make-total-war-warhammer-complete-on-release
- ↑ http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2015-12-03-total-war-developer-disheartened-by-pre-order-dlc-reaction
- ↑ http://au.ign.com/articles/2016/04/29/controversial-total-war-warhammer-dlc-now-available-free-for-first-week