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A chat on subreddit /r/pcmasterrace
human
Or Attila: Total War. They excused their horrible optimization with ''future PC'' argument and even tho we are in the future now, pretty much nobody can run it with stable FPS with maxed out settings.
gpt
Gods above, I remember the salt over this one (totally justified btw) especially given the earlier TW games ran much easier comparatively. Fwiw even Rome 2 gets near twice the fps.

Well... I remember to the point that's the argument I've used in forum for certain more recent TW titles, their optimisation (or lack thereof) engine and coding (old base with Buckaroo style loading and reloading of assets) etc. Even if CA haven't since been as transparent as to say 'er, yeah... your next upgrade might do it ok' (yeah, when everybody has moved the fuck on to whatever is new, good and hyped in 5 years time) the old TW fans know the score even as we dislike it. 

Not just restricted to the Warhammers either, mind you, but that being a progressive series with the main draw of combining games/assets, they could've made themselves an easier job nm fan service. WH3 was basically the point where it all came a-crashing, as if half the performance of WH1 wasn't rough enough.