The more factions you discover, the more the game needs to show you what they're doing, the longer the end turn time will be. The simulation is pretty complex, and your PC has to essentially control every faction except yours. The size and scope of the campaign map and the amount of factions within it means that you're bound to run into performance problems the farther along in the campaign you are. There are technical difficulties where retaining a stable 60 on the campaign map was nigh on impossible (real-time battles were absolutely fine, however) and a weird lighting issue that made all the characters' 3D portholes look overexposed and bleak. The large campaign map, while impressive, isn't without its problems. All your DLC for the first game also works here, so you can play as the Wood Elves or the Norsca (although the latter race will not be present in Mortal Empires as a playable faction until another update coming soon) or as any of the DLC Lords you own. It's completely possible to send Karl Franz to conquer the High Elven realm of Ulthuan now or raid the Dark Elven lands with Grimgor Ironhide and his Black Orc hordes. The awesome thing about a map spanning both the Old World and the New World is that you can now wage wars with factions that previously were cut off from each other. The map itself is ludicrously large and detailed, with a wide variety of locales keeping the backdrops of your wars nice and varied and fans of the lore will recognize many places and factions from the tabletop's fluff. The Mortal Empires campaign also adds some of the new mechanics from 2 to the campaign, meaning that Old World races will now also have access to treasure hunts and the trait system that gives your Lords flat bonuses depending on their performance on the battlefield. Factionīased on the settlement list, it seems like some areas have been removed entirely or shifted to new areas, so there may be different starting points for several Total War: Warhammer factions in Mortal Empires.So what's the Mortal Empires campaign about? It's about doubling the size of the landmass available to explore and conquer by smashing together the Old World map (from Total War: Warhammer) and the New Word map (from Total War: Warhammer 2) to form one gigantic landmass with an alarming number of towns, cities, and factions. Note that the Skaven settlements appear as abandoned ruins to all other players and aren’t on a fixed location on the map.

Below is a list of every single settlement currently available in the game at launch, broken out by faction.

Warhammer 2 mortal empires map