Line #8 Trivia/TotalWarWarhammerII


1	* AscendedFanon: The May Mortal Empires patch incorporates ''many'' features that modders implemented into the game first. Including, but not limited to;
2	** Ungrim Ironfist, after essentially two years, finally received his own sub faction, being moved from Karaz-a-Karak to his home city Karak Kadrin. This was originally done by [[https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1158985864 Crynsos' Faction Unlocker+]].
3	** The Dawi got their own crafting system based on the Tomb Kings one, showing off their skills as the UltimateBlacksmith of the setting. This had been done prior (albeit with immense technical difficulties) by [[https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1333020820 Runeforging]].
4	** After popular demand, the unforgiving and strict Skaven food system was overhauled and made easier with the addition of many other ways to get food for your horde, which [[https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1167206768 Adjusted Skaven Food]] did before it.
5	** The Vampire Coast update introduced Island and Black Ark Battles, which were implemented prior by the [[https://steamcommunity.com/workshop/filedetails/?id=1524091553 GCCM: Naval Battles]] mod.
6	* CelebrityVoiceActor:
7	** Gotrek is voiced by '''Creator/BrianBlessed''', an accomplished British character actor.
8	** Likewise, the voice actor for Rakarth is none other than Creator/IwanRheon, best known as Ramsay Bolton from ''Series/GameOfThrones''.
9	** Creator/DylanSprouse of ''Series/TheSuiteLifeOfZackAndCody'' fame, voices the Shadow King Alith Anar.
10	* DevelopmentHell: The reason for Norsca's long delay for Mortal Empires and the delay for both DLC and FLC was due to not only the team being spread thin as a result of CA having several projects going on at once (such as ''VideoGame/ThronesOfBritanniaATotalWarSaga'' and ''VideoGame/TotalWarThreeKingdoms''), but also because they overestimated their ability to get it done early, as regretfully explained [[https://www.totalwar.com/blog/warhammer-ii-development-update in the official blog post]].
11	** It also seems to have been a case of GoneHorriblyRight. They made a lot of changes for [=TWW2=] based on what they learned from the first game. But that made the second game so different that porting Norsca into it wasn't possible anymore forcing them to implement the entire faction nearly from scratch (with art assets being basically all they could use).
12	* DoingItForTheArt: The unique monster versus monster animations were initially not meant to be included due to there being no room in the budget for them. So the animators used their own free-time to make the animations so that they could be used in the final product.
13	* DummiedOut: An odd case for the Lizardmen who have two units that were previewed but still do not exist in the actual game: Temple Guards with Maces (appeared in the Prophet and the Warlock trailer) and [[https://forums.totalwar.com/discussion/194976/temple-guards-halberd-throw-animation/p2 Temple Guard Horned One Riders]] (in a gaming magazine preview).
14	* FandomNod:
15	** Empire players who conquer Pigbarter can get a special follower named Sir Man Delour, in tribute to the review of the game by WebVideo/MandaloreGaming, where he mentioned conquering the city as every faction.
16	** Oxyotl starts with a hero who has a unique trait that references one of the franchise's [=YouTube=] content creators, ''Loremaster of Sotek''. The hero has a Troglodon mount named C'hloe after his dog.
17	* LyingCreator: A positive example of this. Creative Assembly [[MemeAcknowledgement engaged in one of the most popular memes in Warhammer lore]] by denying all evidence that the Skaven would be in the game. A rat with glowing eyes in a trailer? Just a coincidence, there are lots of rats. Skaven clan symbols hidden in trailers? Meaningless, people are just seeing things that aren't there.
18	* PromotedFanboy:
19	** Creator/DylanSprouse is a big fan of ''Warhammer Fantasy'' and his favourite book series is ''Literature/GotrekAndFelix'' (even stating to wanting to play as Felix in a potential film adaptation). CA released a behind-the-scenes video showing Dylan as the voice of the Shadow King, Alith Anar, and it was later revealed he's been posting on the Total War sub reddit since before the first game came out.
20	** In 2019, aspiring voice actor Will "Voicesnacks" Handford [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8-A-WSiSt98 created his own unofficial demo on the voice of as-of-yet unintroduced character Throt the Unclean]]. That demo landed him the official role of Throt when he was added to the game in 2020.
21	* RoleReprise: Creator/BrianBlessed, who voices Gotrek Gurnisson in the Realmslayer Audio Dramas, returns to voice Gotrek Gurnisson in this game as an FLC Legendary Lord.

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