Actually, Total War: Warhammer 3 is among the best gameplay experiences available for the franchise on Steam. However, fans are currently very angry, and the reviews are in the basement. But what is the reason for this?
What is going on with Total War: Warhammer? The third part of the series is currently being heavily criticized on Steam. As of October 8th, 11:27 AM, the 3,226 recent reviews of the game are “mostly negative” (21%), and overall the reviews have dropped to “mixed” (69%).
Many fans are expressing their dissatisfaction with the current development of the game. Three factors are playing a role here:
- Currently, a severe AI bug is plaguing many players. It prevents their armies from recruiting new units on the campaign map. This also affects the newly improved Tomb Kings and Lizardmen in Patch 6.3.
- Recently, “LegendofTotalWar”, a well-known content creator in the Total War community, announced in a video on YouTube that he would be leaving the series and deleting his channel on January 1, 2026. Days earlier, he had complained about the AI bug in another YouTube video.
- The DLC Tides of Torment, which is supposed to deliver new content for the three factions Slaanesh, Norsca, and High Elves, has been delayed for a long time – the first info on the DLC was available 6 months ago; MeinMMO reported on it.
The bug and the (lack of) communication from Creative Assembly on this issue are receiving the harshest criticism.
There is still more than this teaser available for the new DLC Tides of Torment:
CA gives factions a “lobotomy”
What is this bug about? This bug only became apparent to many players with the release of Patch 6.3. According to a recent blog from the developers, the update is not supposed to be the reason for it (you can read the entire blog on community.creative-assembly.com).
- Originally, this bug only affected factions that have “Unit Caps”, meaning limits for units. This caused them not to be able to recruit new units correctly and thus remained inactive on the campaign map.
- Changes to resources (referred to by the developers as “pooled resources”) that the Lizardmen and Tomb Kings can use to recruit units may have caused this bug to extend to additional factions. Fans have claimed that several factions have been “lobotomized”.
This blog further states that the developers have been working on a solution since the release of Update 6.3.1. However, the community believes that the developers only addressed the problem after a prominent YouTuber (specifically LegendofTotalWar) pointed it out in his video. A statement from the developers on the official Discord server came only days later.
According to the developers, finding a fix for this bug was not easy: after all, there are currently around 200 resources of this kind that are used differently. However, the developers announce that by the week of October 6th, a hotfix should be released. This is still under review but initial tests have yielded positive results.
How to solve the problem – for now
Here is how you can minimize the problem right now: If you want, you can revert the game on Steam to an older patch. At least until the hotfix is here. You may lose improvements for Tomb Kings and Lizardmen, but you won’t face the enhanced bug either.
To do this, right-click on the game in your library, then left-click on “Properties”. Under the “Betas” tab, you can revert to Patch 6.2.2, for example. However, this may not fix the issues with the unit caps, only those with the pooled resources.
The newest DLC, Tides of Torment, was originally supposed to be released in the summer. Now fans are wondering if the developers will make it by the end of October. More about the reasons behind the delay can be found here: Total War: Warhammer 3 is planning a huge DLC for the summer, aims to boost 2 factions, now has to delay everything.
