Total War: WARHAMMER II will release for Linux on November 20th

Cool! Which Total War game will they work on next? :P

Cool! Which Total War game will they work on next? :P

THREE KINGDOMS, which was already announced ;)

To give away a copy on release or not...

This seems like a good time to release it too, considering CA have now finally finished the game, with what looks like their last major DLC. Also with Vulkan this should be a smoooth ride.

I really don't like people getting pissed off because of "another total war game". Guys, We're getting native AAA games on our platform, you should all be happy even if it's not a game you like or you're whiling to play. In fact, I remember that not too long ago that some users were worried because Linux gaming was losing momentum, being one the concerns that less and less AAA where released in our platform...

So, lets be happy for this new AAA and let's try to rethink before posting any negative comment for this type of news.

This is a nice birthday gift!
My wallet is ready for this game ^_^ .

I really don't like people getting pissed off because of "another total war game". Guys, We're getting native AAA games on our platform, you should all be happy even if it's not a game you like or you're whiling to play. In fact, I remember that not too long ago that some users were worried because Linux gaming was losing momentum, being one the concerns that less and less AAA where released in our platform...

So, lets be happy for this new AAA and let's try to rethink before posting any negative comment for this type of news.

That depends of your concept about what is an AAA game.
For me, games without Spanish voice overs are not AAA, and it doesn't matter how famous the franchise is.
This is an indie game for me... The same goes for The Witcher franchise.

Anyway! For tastes, the colours.

Apparently I got a 'valid until 11/21/2018' 50% off coupon too! Only played the first one once, though the other night was thinking I should play it some more.

That depends of your concept about what is an AAA game.
For me, games without Spanish voice overs are not AAA, and it doesn't matter how famous the franchise is.
This is an indie game for me... The same goes for The Witcher franchise.

Anyway! For tastes, the colours.

Really? Total War indie games? It's not about taste, the AAA category it's about how much you invest to make the game. Of course, that doesn't implies that it will be an excellent game, but still on this case means that a game that has a big player base is getting a native version in our system. And that my friend is one of the pillar base in order to make Linux a gaming platform.

That depends of your concept about what is an AAA game.
For me, games without Spanish voice overs are not AAA, and it doesn't matter how famous the franchise is.
This is an indie game for me... The same goes for The Witcher franchise.

Anyway! For tastes, the colours.

Really? Total War indie games? It's not about taste, the AAA category it's about how much you invest to make the game. Of course, that doesn't implies that it will be an excellent game, but still on this case means that a game that has a big player base is getting a native version in our system. And that my friend is one of the pillar base in order to make Linux a gaming platform.

Ha, AAA games as a definition has always been a moving target. Is it popularity? Call of Duty is considered very popular and AAA, but it's not something that I obsess with. Quality? Probably not. Large production? Yup, that's usually what it means. The Witcher definitely is.

But Indie? That's usually when it is a small studio developing and maybe publishing it. That is definitely not Sega/Creative Assembly. I'd even say inXile (before Microsoft bought them) would be considered borderline not-Indie, since I think they have a decent amount of people working for them, though they technically were and independent developer, now sucked into the grasp of MS.

That depends of your concept about what is an AAA game.
For me, games without Spanish voice overs are not AAA, and it doesn't matter how famous the franchise is.
This is an indie game for me... The same goes for The Witcher franchise.

I wouldn't call Total War Triple A either. Voice overs is an interesting line to draw. The biggest games have advertisments in the streets (Battlefield, Red Dead, GTA, ...).
But Total War isn't indie either. It's just an ordinary... "mid-sized" game.


Last edited by Eike on 17 November 2018 at 6:36 pm UTC

My favorite game of all times is by far Company of Heroes 2 with close to 1000 hours and counting, but I have also spent several hundred hours playing Total War Empire, Rome, Medival II, and Warhammer. So I fully expect Warhammer II to be a fun addition to this collection with many hours of entertainment and it is a certain buy for me. It was the fact that all these games (together with games from Paradox, Klei among others) were available on Linux that finally made me ditch Windows and only use Linux almost 2 years ago. It may be one of the best decisions I ever made. So I can only say - Thank You Feral Interactive!

It will have cross-play??

Probably not. None of the Total War games have, as far as I'm aware, so I wouldn't expect it here. A pity really, but not a whole lot Feral can do about it either.

Uhm.. Then i'll force my friends to install Linux if they want to play with me, i'm just sick of windows.

Please do this, win-win for everyone! ;)

Uhm.. Then i'll force my friends to install Linux if they want to play with me, i'm just sick of windows.

Please do this, win-win for everyone! ;)

Isn't it tux-tux in this case? :D

Uhm.. Then i'll force my friends to install Linux if they want to play with me, i'm just sick of windows.

Please do this, win-win for everyone! ;)

Isn't it tux-tux in this case? :D

Thank you, this made my evening :D


Last edited by jens on 17 November 2018 at 7:17 pm UTC

That depends of your concept about what is an AAA game.
For me, games without Spanish voice overs are not AAA, and it doesn't matter how famous the franchise is.
This is an indie game for me... The same goes for The Witcher franchise.

Anyway! For tastes, the colours.

Really? Total War indie games? It's not about taste, the AAA category it's about how much you invest to make the game. Of course, that doesn't implies that it will be an excellent game, but still on this case means that a game that has a big player base is getting a native version in our system. And that my friend is one of the pillar base in order to make Linux a gaming platform.

Ha, AAA games as a definition has always been a moving target. Is it popularity? Call of Duty is considered very popular and AAA, but it's not something that I obsess with. Quality? Probably not. Large production? Yup, that's usually what it means. The Witcher definitely is.

If TW Warhammer 2 is not a AAA then Fallout 76 is not a AAA, FIFA 19 is not AAA, Hitman 2 is not a AAA and even Shadow of the Tomb Raider should not be considered AAA... I mean, feels like you don't consider a game a large production if it's using the same engine as the previous version.

Either case, Total War franchise is one of the big franchise that are out there, with a big player base and a lot of work in production in the content of each release so it should be something to be proud to be able to have on Linux. Sorry, but no one can argue against this.

It will have cross-play??

Probably not. None of the Total War games have, as far as I'm aware, so I wouldn't expect it here. A pity really, but not a whole lot Feral can do about it either.

Uhm.. Then i'll force my friends to install Linux if they want to play with me, i'm just sick of windows.

Good Luck!

In my case I have no chance for thinks like that :-(

I hear answers like "Buy a Windows-Licence, it's just 8-10 €"!

So for me it is really shit, that there is no cross plattform multiplayer. I think i won't buy it.

That depends of your concept about what is an AAA game.
For me, games without Spanish voice overs are not AAA, and it doesn't matter how famous the franchise is.
This is an indie game for me... The same goes for The Witcher franchise.

Anyway! For tastes, the colours.

Really? Total War indie games? It's not about taste, the AAA category it's about how much you invest to make the game. Of course, that doesn't implies that it will be an excellent game, but still on this case means that a game that has a big player base is getting a native version in our system. And that my friend is one of the pillar base in order to make Linux a gaming platform.

Ha, AAA games as a definition has always been a moving target. Is it popularity? Call of Duty is considered very popular and AAA, but it's not something that I obsess with. Quality? Probably not. Large production? Yup, that's usually what it means. The Witcher definitely is.

If TW Warhammer 2 is not a AAA then Fallout 76 is not a AAA, FIFA 19 is not AAA, Hitman 2 is not a AAA and even Shadow of the Tomb Raider should not be considered AAA... I mean, feels like you don't consider a game a large production if it's using the same engine as the previous version.

Either case, Total War franchise is one of the big franchise that are out there, with a big player base and a lot of work in production in the content of each release so it should be something to be proud to be able to have on Linux. Sorry, but no one can argue against this.

Not sure why you quoted me on this, I certainly would never say any game is AAA anyhow, I don't believe it means anything useful.

Not sure why you quoted me on this, I certainly would never say any game is AAA anyhow, I don't believe it means anything useful.

Then it's no use to the discussion. You might reject the AAA classification, but most people understand it and use the word to refer to a specific type of game. Granted, there are some grey areas - such that we're discussing if TW: Warhammer 2 is one such game - but I don't think anyone would disagree that Battlefield V is an AAA game and that Undertale is not an AAA game. Grey areas are not necessarily a problem, even science has some very strictly defined concepts which have irreducible grey areas (like the concepts of species in biology).

Yeah, but Science doesn't just label something in an arbitrary way. They don't say that Einstein's theory of relativity is AAA just because it came from Einstein.

Regardless, the AAA should basically mean A for quality, A for popularity and A for Graphics/Sound? Like I say, it's not very well defined. Would you say anything that managed to get Sean Bean to do voice acting for be AAA, or only if they killed him off in it?

Most of the time AAA just means 'big budget' in which case I think Star Citizen can be ranked AAAA. Assuming it ever gets finished.

I'd say based on popularity, quality and graphics and sound Total War (especially the warhammer ones) ARE AAA. Especially in their category of strategy games, which unless they're RTS aren't usually all that popular these days among the younger crowd.

Counting the hours, hoping that my pc can run it.