History VideoGame / TotalWarWarhammerII

* PrivateMilitaryContractors: Dogs of War finally appear in some capacity, after being absent in the first game. Mostly as Rogue Armies ( Such as Mengil's Manflayers, a famous Dark Elf Dog of War crossbow regiment, but the "Intervention Armies" are described as "mercenaries".

* PrivateMilitaryContractors: Dogs of War finally appear in some capacity, after being absent in the first game. So far Pirazzo's Lost Legion, a famous band of mercenaries, has been spotted on the campaign map as a "Rogue Army", but its unclear if any other Dogs of War factions can appear.

** The Lizardmen sport a few new units that don't appear in the tabletop. The player can create units of feral Cold Ones as CA thought not having any dinosaur-based units in the early game wouldn't be fun for the player. There is also now a Bastiladon that can have a magical crystal strapped to its back that will heal and buff units. They're also receiving several variants of "feral" dinosaurs as standalone units, instead of mounts.

The game is set for a September 28 2017 release for PC.

* BreathWeapon: Dragons will have the ability to use breath attacks, and the dragons from the first game will be updated to use similar abilities.

* PrivateMilitaryContractors: Dogs of War have been confirmed to appear in some capacity, after being absent in the first game. So far Pirazzo's Lost Legion, a famous band of mercenaries, was spotted on the campaign map as a "Rogue Army", but its unclear if any other Dogs of War factions are going to appear.

* CallForward: Interacting with a Skaven faction led by a grey seer will occasionally result in a reference to ''VideoGame/WarhammerTheEndTimesVermintide'', despite ''Warhammer II'' being nominally set before the End Times and the attack on Uberseik:

** [[GhostPirate Count Noctilus]] of ''Dreadfleet'' is once again featured in a random event, where one of your naval-bound armies stumbles upon his [[PirateBooty legendary treasure trove]] while exploring an island.

* AdaptationalExpansion: The Lizardmen sport a few new units that don't appear in the tabletop. The player can create units of feral Cold Ones as CA thought not having any dinosaur-based units in the early game wouldn't be fun for the player. There is also now a Bastiladon that can have a magical crystal strapped to its back that will heal and buff units. They're also receiving several variants of "feral" dinosaurs as standalone units, instead of mounts.

* BigBadDuumvirate: The Dark Elves and Skaven take center stage as the primary antagonistic forces this time round.
* BlueAndOrangeMorality: The Lizardmen care only for protecting their sacred sites and advancing the mysterious plans of the Old Ones, and will show no mercy to anyone who infringes on either of those things.

* TheCameo: Caledor the Dragontamer appears briefly in the cinematic trailer in Teclis' vision creating the Great Vortex.

* TheDogBitesBack: [[spoiler:The Skaven scribe turns on Vulscreek for attempting to sacrifice his clan to the Horned Rat, ripping his throat out...and completing the ritual ''himself.'']]

* SceneryPorn: The new world looks every bit as stunning as the old world, if not more so.

** The Dark Elves trailer has Malekith trapping a few high elves in a street just as they were about to escape, and slowly walks towards them and killing any attempting to strike him. Whether this is intentional or not due to their similarities, this could be a shout-out to Darth Vader and the iconic airlock scene from ''Film/RogueOne''.

** The High Elves too are mostly unaltered, though they, like the Dark Elves, have gained dragons as standalone unita and have received a new variety of chariot not present on the tabletop.

** The High Elves too are mostly unchanged, though they, like the Dark Elves, have gained dragons as standalone unit and have received a new variety of chariot not present on the tabletop.

* AscendedMeme: The [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DmwGUa1_Kbs Skaven Scribe Reacts]] trailer is choke full of it, with the titular Scribe referencing the jokes about how Creative Assembly's rendition of Teclis looks a lot like Creator/BenedictCumberbatch, the Skink that protruded its head at the camera at 1:59 became memetically popular, and ending it with a "Skaven confirmed!" that was pretty much everyone's actual reaction as well.

Meanwhile in The Under-Empire that spans across the world, The Skaven have sent forth [[GeneralRipper Queek Headtaker]] for a diabolical quest to gather warpstone, all in an attempt to gain control of the vortex in the name of The Horned Rat and the Council of Thirteen.

Meanwhile a fourth, secretive race stirs, their motives obscured by sinister plots and machinations. The time for revelation is nigh…

* ActionGirl: The High Elves can field [[BadAssPrincess Princesses]] as Lords. The Dark Elves also field female lords, and some of their units and heroes are female, such as the Witch Elves and Death Hags are female. The latter examples of course are all [[DarkActionGirl Dark Action Girls]].

* ActionGirl: The High Elves can field [[BadAssPrincess Princesses]] as Lords. The Dark Elves also field female lords, and some of their units and heroes are female, such as the Witch Elves and Death Hags are female. The latter examples of course are all DarkActionGirls.

* ActionGirl: The High Elves can field [[BadAssPrincess Princesses]] as Lords. The Dark Elves also field female lords, and their Blood Wyches are all women.

* ActionGirl: The High Elves can field [[BadAssPrincess Princesses]] as Lords.

* SavageSouth: The southern continent of Lustria, covered almost entirely by [[HungryJungle dense primordial jungle]] and inhabited by Lizardmen, dinosaurs and countless other hazards.