Hopefully they've made a new engine.
I said it over and over, a Warhammer game in the current engine would feel just like a total war warhammer reskin, no different from Call of Warhammer. If they don't create a new engine the game will not be able to accoplish what the warhammer license allows them to do. Warhammer is so different that deserves more than just modified stats and new 3d models.
Anyways, I don't think they up so much, they sure have talented creative designers...
Jesus christ...
Dude, I'm 27, I've been playing TW since Shogun 1, since people had no clue of what TW was, and I'm excited about this (I won't say that I will buy it because CA doe snot deserve that kind of confidence after Rome 2, but I am definitelly intrigued).
Don't pretend to be in possesion of other's opinions just to amplify yours.
Like the universe of not (I personally kind of dig it, although I'm not a particularly big fan) this gives CA an excuse to be creative (no pun intended), gives them the chance to get TW out of the stagnant, repetitive, uninspired mess that it has been for a long time.
Some of you guys don't seem to understand that the fact that someone loves history (i believe 95% of people here do) does not mean he/she can't enjoy other stuff as well. And I'd dare say that here most of us are not only History fans, but strategy fans and gaming overall fans as well, and for gaming, this announcement is certainly good news).
I've myself been a much bigger Tolkine fan than a Warhammer fan, and I tell you that (in my opinion) Warhammer allows for a much more unique, creative, varied game. Not to mention way more fun. If they had got a LotR liscense i would not be hyped at all. The only reason that would work would be because of the movies, and the movies are already quite worn out.
I think this sentence pretty much sums up everything I have to say.