CA Apologizes
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 5 ก.พ. 2025
- Blake's Takes give his opinion on the most recent statement from Creative Assembly regarding their lacklustre launch of Pharaoh and their Shadows of change offering
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Link to apology
www.totalwar.c...
CA now admits fault and how the fans view them with this apology. The plan to improve Warhammer 3 and Pharaoh over the next year is a step in the right direction and hopefully this marks the beginning of a new era of both TW and CA as a whole.
Fingers crossed 🤞
The fact they replied to this issue at all really and especially with an apology is CA living up to what I would expect them to do. I was there for Shogun on the day of release, which was 25 years ago now, and I've bought nearly every single total war game since then, aside from Pharaoh and that Britannia thing that happened. So many companies like EA, and many others, would have paid some lip service and moved on with zero **cks given. I know CA is a large and very profitable company now, but I hope they make a strong effort to keep that mentality of the studio that release Shogun in 2000. And I think they're on the right path. I hope! The fans like myself have given them tons of loyalty and money over the last two and half decades.
This is great news, a huge step in the right direction. Channels like this make a huge difference. Fair and balanced reviews which actually offer CA something to work with. Keep up the good work mate!
Thank you sire! 😘
Your monotone matches their tone in the apology. They only care people caught them and called them out.
The apologies and the road map shown is reassuring so good on them. My cynical side is still not convinced that this isn't all just PR fluff so we will see what happens in the future.
Thank you Blake.
You'd be wise to trust your cynical side sir, they have led us down the garden path before.
Hope it's good, but I shan't be holding my breath.
This is a change from directors down through management. It’s a policy shift.
The do less and charge the same policy has been proven not to work.
They are now on a provide quality policy (stated) to regain trust. Because the previous one only works short term if there is trust.
Just make Medieval III already!!! Why do they not understand?
I know many wished for an apology by CA and I am glad they got what they wanted, for me personally, I will wait and see and there is nothing to be excited about. It is just words, we will have to wait and see whether they actually deliver upon them. I however hope they turn things around and it is not just empty words.
Agreed.
If it were up to me, that 'big free update' to Shadows of Change would be an overhaul to a game 1 or 2 race, preferably the dwarfs since they are badly lagging behind arguably the most due to the feature/power creep of the trilogy. I do appreciate the real apology this time. It comes across as genuine and thoughtful, although I'm still cautious about their follow through on their promises.
Dwarfs are getting updated in Thrones of Decay - so you won't have to wait long sir.
Fixing what happened with the Shadows of Change is probably best this way. I've always thought the idea of simply dropping the price after the fact will reflect poorly on those who bought it previously on the full price (unless they did what they did with Pharoh, but let's be honest, that's not likely to be common in almost any situation). Upgrading the DLC to better reflect the price tag is a welcome endeavor we'll have to wait and see how they execute it. Hope for the best and expect the worst I suppose.
Also as an idea for your Why You Suck at series, you could either revisit another faction or feature a new one while using the Old World Mod. It would double as a little showcase for the popular mod if you were so interested. I'd certainly understand if it was only a one time thing though.
That's a great idea. I have only played total war Vanilla (for my sins.) But I would love to showcase some of the excellent mods out there.
Hope the Shadows of Change quality update is good - but I won't be holding my breath for it.
Let's see what happens until this time next year. Apologies only mean as much as the changes that follow.
Correct attitude to have, hopefully we see better in the new year.
Does anyone take this apology seriously?
''we're sowy, it breaks our hearts that you distrust us.'' meanwhile they're gouging their fanbase with reskins of reskins of older games.
Just another corpo BS PR response almost 2 years too late coming from another snake vice president, because they're realizing that they're gonna be losing a lot of money next year as a result of their actions this year. They're just trying to save face and hope their fanbase buys this ''apology''.
Luckily for them gamers have a memory of a gold fish so it will probably work and they know this and this is why they're doing this.
It's all in the actions after this. I'll be keeping a close eye on it all.
instead of an unasked Pharao total war game ...why not stick to the Warhammer Franchise and get the 40k IP into this ? ...damn Total war with spacemarines, Necrons, Orks and all that Chaos would be a ride
NGL, I genuinely forgot Pharoah existed, I didn't realise it had released...
What I personally want for SoC update and ToD,
Bug fixes
Bug fixes
Bug fixes
High tier Kislev Ungol Horse Archers
Revamp of Kislev supporter system so it matters for Boris. And is more engaging in general. (I think the rewards are fine just the method of acquisition is dull).
Remake of how to fully kill off the Changeling or just remove it if you arent playing as it, either or.
Bug fixes.
I am so sick of bugs and devs not fixing them timely. I must be "spoiled" after working as a QA bug reporter for a Microsoft game studios game.
100% the bugs in the game are still chronic. There's so much work to do to put it to an acceptable level.
Glad they've apologised, it was the right move. But I'll believe it all when I see it. Hot fixes recently have been nice, but there's still so much to be done.
womp womp on the horse archers, but the new early game front line and late game beast seem interesting.
Great. Now if they can rehabilitate Legend back into the Partner program maybe I'll give them money again.
I don't think Legend is in any hurry to get back in.
Meh, his arrogance shouldn't be rewarded. No one's should.
this one I doubt is gonna happen
partner program isn't what content creators want it to be, it's just marketing. they're not there to provide feedback, they're there to showcase the games.
you know what, I'm gonna preorder even harder!!
😂😂
Nothing like this. If you throw out another unsuccessful title every time, the company will lose any remaining trust. And if you admit and correct mistakes, you can regain the respect of the public. The story of No Man's Sky is proof of this.
Nice of CA to address the hatetrolls.
Hahahahhahahahahaha pls dont leave us! 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
Actual big W from CA, provided they follow through. Good to see.
CA have realised that with both Hyenas and TW: Pharaoh bombing, they cant keep pissing of the Total Warhammer fans, or it''s lights out unfortunately,
That being said, I hope they learn from this whole situation and apologies alone can only get them so far, so I hope they stick to what they've said here and start to work on delivering a better product.
Also Blake you mentioned sieges, have you ever thought about making a video talking about you would go about improving them?
I have indeed thought about it. I'll probably have a stab at it in the new year. Good shout.
@@BlakesTakes420There’s been so much good siege content in other TW titles that I was (and remain) so disappointed by sieges. Whoever had the idea of the supplies building defences on the fly for that weird Kislev tower defence game mode and then lazily ported it into the main game has a lot to answer for.
If I could get whatever the people running the show for SoC and Pharaoh were smoking that'd be great, it's gotta be some strong stuff. Regarding the free update and delay of Thrones of Decay... I mean... I'm a Dwarf fan myself so frankly half-baked ideas like that in SoC would have been worth at least a few pages in the book. I'm glad they're giving it more time in the oven as it were. However I must admit I find the talk of transparency funny as we've been promised that like 3 times now.
As for Pharaoh frankly the only thing that's gonna make me want to play it is if they added the Hebrews somehow, it'd be really fun to play as the ancient kingdom of Israel despite the history problems of the time frame.
Hahahaha So true about the transparency. Hope after these disasters, they'll learn
@@BlakesTakes420 If I may, I wish to say as someone who has always been more... I guess you'd say optimistic regarding the goings on at CA despite the foolishness of such a stance, I found it so very funny reading some reddit comments yesterday filled with doomsayers saying the next update we got regarding Warhammer was to be "The Future of Warhammer 3" only to get this the very next day.
Itll be interesting to see if CA follows through, what i see here is promises and words. time will tell if they prove hollow
Exactly this. Can only hope that they're true to their word in the new year.
Hope you had a nice Christmas!
@BlakesTakes420 it was very nice actually yeah! I spent it with my girlfriend
@@simonbas6 🫶
Once bitten, twice shy. Too much of this sort of thing going on of late, especially at a time when everyone is struggling and choosing a game/DLC to buy is a harder choice than usual. Haven't purchased a single CA DLC or game since this happened, and I have every Warhammer DLC for series 1, 2 and 3 apart from this last one.
So now they're going full damage control and even managed to contact a spin doctor to show them how to reduce everyone's expectations for their newest game and the4 DLC's that are not coming. Trying to make believe this is a choice stemming from ethics instead of a failed marketing and dwindling finances.
So after almost 2 years they found their backbone to be ‘honest’
Yeah i will look for other games😂
How next: ,,Why you suck...''looking? any progress %?
Certainly is sir, I've been away in the UK for the past week for Christmas but I'm back now.
we got confirmation refunds did happen
Yay!
Maybe Mother Stanky Ass's starting position will make more sense when they make whatever changes they have in mind lol. Least of their concerns, I'm sure, but it was like they threw a dart at the map and were like "Sure, why not".
im a total war casual and dont really understand the problem with shadows of change (aside from the price point), what was bad about it in game? i was thinking of getting it anyways because i love me some cathay dragons but...
Price main point. It introduced a load of bugs, and a good portion of the new units didn't work. It was a very poor DLC for $25
also the fact it changed barely anything for kislev, which some people were hoping it would.
Imagine saying "tell us more". For how long have the fans been screaming at them? Jesus fuck
th-cam.com/video/7AUaXI4jU88/w-d-xo.htmlsi=T4ZbgwOyWDPsGgr7&t=6
its not rocket surgery.
ikkit disagrees yes yes
Greatest-best inventor of DLC
Medieval 3
OR AT LEAST REMASTER MED2
As long as the remaster doesn't have the UI "improvements" that Rome remastered received.
@@BlakesTakes420 Easily the worst part of it. The only UI improvement Med 2 needs is an exact "you're going to have this much money next turn" number and that's it. change nothing else.
another hot take
Thank you man!
this "appology" is nothing but emotional blackmail.
Just wanted to say I love your voice- I love your why you suck at series and I love my multiplayer skills getting insulted by the narrator from the Stanley parable
Thank you for your kind words sir. Have a lovely Christmas.
"don't preorder and wait for a trusted review" I stand by this 1000% honestly I love videos on this game...but I never wanted to buy it because I feel like the practices the devs use to bring you "dlc" is completely predatory and despicable .things that should be base game.and up untill recently had to be purchased through purchasing the previous 2 games just to play what I've seen is the scenario everyone wants to play. Then to add...the blood and gore dlc ..its Warhammer...shouldn't there be blood and gore just already in the game? Maybe I'm wrong..maybe I'm the only one with this opinion..I just expected better from developers. Anyhow...my rant is over..cheers for the video and thanks for all the great content .I've thoroughly enjoyed all of it.
Lovely rant, I enjoyed reading it. Thanks for your comment.
I honestly don't even know what they were thinking with Pharao. I just saw the title and realized it'd be egyptian era and there my went my thoughts of ever buying the game. Ancient egypt can be exciting in many ways, but never for a total war game. Factions you don't know or have little care for, obvious lack of units. I havn't even played it but I just assume thats the case because how many types of units can you really create from that era? As Blake said. Noone asked for this, because everyone knew it would be boring.
People were asking for ancient total wars since forever.
You saying you don't know the factions and think there would be a lack of units just shows you don't know much about history of that region. Which is fine. but the same complaint can be raised about any other TW. Person who isn't interested in history of Japan probably won't find much fun in Shogun, etc.
I for one feel somewhat somewhat optimistic about this.
Not that they won't need to deliver before I start to buy anything from them again. As they themselves said, they haven't exactly been showing us their best side, and they need to start taking action to do so.
But at this point, the community at large is too jaded and cynical to take this blog post and happily return just on its account. This blog post, and their delivery upon it, will in my view decide the future of Total War as a franchise. They've just shown that they can appear humble and willing to improve. If they deliver, and stay consisted in delivering good, fairly priced products, then they can turn this around, and we'll all be happier for it. If they don't... then they lose the little credibility they've managed to scrounge up with this blogpost, and they will lose the majority of their old potential playerbase.
By that point, they will have gone through significant losses through expenditure on Hyenas, lost revenue from us not purchasing Pharaoh or SoC, partial refunds of Pharaoh, and increased expenditure on upgrading SoC and ToD (Which they obviously intended to sell in the same state as SoC on release). That might end up a death knell for the franchise, and for CA.
And while I would be sad to watch Total War go with no further games in the foreseeable future unless someone else purchases the IP, better the franchise die then continue in the fashion its been going since the launch of W3.
Cheers Blake, for your sober take on this.
you're most welcome man - enjoyed reading your comment
If they want my trust back all dlc can't be more than 15 euros.
25 it's to much !
And they need to fix the path finding in siege batle ! ( WT 3 )
You get a sub, plz make more of "why you sucks" with any faction that you want.😇
Thank you for subscribing! 🫶
Sure, they can make smaller shit DLC for cheaper. But we the fans want good DLCs and don't mind paying a little more for it.
SoC was an amazing DLC well worth the price.
@@Nerazmus not 25 euros, not every one can spent so much for an DLC .
I have no idea how CA let their cashcow of the Warhammer series suffer so badly. Seriously you have both the TW fans and the recently burned WHFB fans as customers. I really dont understand.
100%, hopefully they can right the ship in the new year.
because they were both greedy and stupid enough to believe hyenas would make overwatch levels of money
While I haven't been able to afford the third one yet, from what i've seen I don't think this is sincere in the slightest, the total war warhammer franchise has become strictly a source of income for CA and not an outlet for passion, this was made very clear in the last few DLC's for the 2nd game, as well as the launch of the 3rd and nearly every dlc since. That being said I still can't wait until I have the money lol, these bastards got me good.
Since release Warhammer 3 is just a constant disappointment. The only good thing was the release of the chaos dwarves, but their DLCs is also overpriced. I cant get myself to buy this game for anything more than 60€ for the game and all DLCs. I might have to wait for a good sale and hope CA doesnt kill itself in the meantime
r/patientgamers
I don't blame you - honestly, I *love* Total War games and I get very frustrated by Warhammer 3, bugs and shitty sieges etc.
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I have seen a couple of content creators cover this announcement today and the thing that really sticks out most to me is, how negative the community in general has gotten. Not in a bad way. For the longest time it felt like only the purists, like arch Warhammer, we’re callingout. CA for their monetization methods. I personally always felt that criticism was overly aggressive, but it is nice to see the community really stand up and say “this isn’t OK anymore.“
100% the reason I started the channel was to basically hold CA to account for the games that I love.
I love CA for only one game: Alien Isolation.
I never played it - but I only heard glowing reviews. I might have to pick it up some time!
@@BlakesTakes420 its one hell of a game Blake! Go for it!
@@BlakesTakes420I’d watch that playthrough
Cool of them. Still not compelled to play the game, Warhammer or Pharaoh.
I can understand regarding Pharaoh, but why not Warhammer?
@@Zovereign got bored tbh. Hopped onto HoI for their dlc and been bouncing between Paradox games ever since.
Did you play warhammer 2?
@@BlakesTakes420 Yes it's great and more stable but lacks some factions and features
eh, who cares about the non 40k universe😂. what i want to know is total war warhammer 40k when?🤌