Sargon of Akkad - Carl Benjamin - Total War： Warhammer Leaked
Aired: 2015-01-14
Duration: 02:36


=== Why Total War Matters (02:36) ===

[00:00:00]  So you might not remember that two years ago Creative Assembly partnered with Games Workshop so that they could use the license to create a Warhammer Total War game.
[00:00:08]  And given that this was announced two years ago, they say things like, this first Warhammer game joins the eagerly awaited Total War Rome 2.
[00:00:15]  And if you've been living under a rock for the past two years, Rome 2 was regarded as a complete fucking failure by every Total War fan I have ever met.
[00:00:25]  Why?
[00:00:26]  Well, simple.
[00:00:27]  They tried to quote unquote streamline the game to attract a wider audience.
[00:00:34]  And the debacle that was Rome 2 puts us in full context for Total War Warhammer.
[00:00:41]  I won't stress that this was an accidental leak, so we don't really have any further information as of yet.
[00:00:47]  And we've known this has been coming for a while.
[00:00:49]  But after Rome 2, I just really, really want Creative Assembly to sit back and think for a minute.
[00:00:58]  Do you need to try and attract a large audience?
[00:01:03]  Do you need to do anything other than produce a good total war game?
[00:01:11]  Don't listen to the corporate moneymen who are sitting there saying, well, if we do this, then we have a chance of attracting this demographic and that demographic.
[00:01:20]  This particular thing is hip with teenage boys between 12 and 18, and this appeals to teenage girls between 15 and 17.
[00:01:29]  None of that shit matters.
[00:01:31]  Please, Creative Assembly, I beg you.
[00:01:35]  Don't look at numbers, don't look at demographics, don't look at statistics.
[00:01:41]  Look at the gamers.
[00:01:43]  Look at what makes them play your games.
[00:01:46]  Give them what they want.
[00:01:48]  Make a good Total War Warhammer.
[00:01:51]  You don't know how many people who play Total War have been dreaming for a Warhammer Total War.
[00:01:58]  You just have no idea.
[00:02:00]  Don't worry about trying to be popular.
[00:02:02]  Worry about trying to be good.
[00:02:05]  The memory of Rome 2 is so fresh in people's minds and everyone is still so pissed off about it.
[00:02:12]  People play Total War games because of the scale, the depth, the complexity and the strategies.
[00:02:20]  They didn't play it because it was streamlined.
[00:02:22]  They didn't play it because it had mass appeal.
[00:02:25]  They played them because they were fucking good.
[00:02:28]  Go back to making them fucking good and don't worry about the sales.
[00:02:33]  You are making Total War Warhammer.