Creative Assembly apologizes for 'missteps' and says Total War: Warhammer 3 DLC will become better value and players will receive partial refunds for Total War: Pharaoh
The Total War: Warhammer series has a tradition of excellent DLC, whether it adds new armies like Curse of the Vampire Coast, expands existing ones like The Warden & The Paunch, or offers an entirely new campaign mode like the free Mortal Empires and Immortal Empires add-ons. The recent Shadows of Change DLC for Total War: Warhammer 3 was not so well-received, however, being sold for the same price as one of the full army-adding expansions while offering value closer to that of a faction-expanding one.
After a storm of negative user reviews, developer harassment, and the Total War subreddit becoming entirely unreadable due to the flood of complaints, Creative Assembly's vice president Roger Collum has issued an official apology on behalf of the Total War leadership team.
«We have listened to your feedback on Shadows of Change and we know that we failed to meet your expectations of what a DLC should be», he wrote. «To address that, we are enhancing our offer for everyone who purchased Shadows of Change with more content and a commitment to ensuring that we better meet your expectations going forward.»
The next DLC on the schedule, Thrones of Decay, will have more stuff jammed into it as well. Its release is being pushed back from winter of this year to April 2024 to make time for that, while the update to Shadows of Change is currently scheduled for February of next year. «We'll make sure that you know exactly what's coming in Thrones of Decay before pre-orders are available,» Collum wrote, «and make sure that you have full transparency around the content before you see 'Buy Now' buttons.»
Collum also promised the recently increased cadence of updates—which saw additions like a skill point reset option as well as bug
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