r/ShouldIbuythisgame • u/LyL_PaToLin0 • 1d ago

[PC] Total war WH3 or Elden Ring

Hi everyone, can you help me please. I can't decide between buying one of these two or getting some cheapest games and wait for a better discount in these titles.

I'm finishing my first PC in January and already have cyberpunk and Death stranding in my backlog to play, together with other titles like ready or not. I'm thinking if it's better to pick up one big game or more varied cheapest ones (suggestions are welcome)

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u/alekszaets 1d ago

Elden ring will likely be the best option, because it is one of the best souls games and one of the best to discover this subgenre of role-playing games. If you have any of previous parts of total war warhammer series and dlc`s to them (some of them are free, but most of them quite expensive), then TW warhammer 3 has content for hundreds of hours, because it combines all of content from previous games.
Both games have great replayability, but in warhammer it is much higher and improves with how much DLC you buy or already have.
There are bunch of great games on steam with a very big discounts, give a try to Dishonored 2 it`s a nice role play game where your actions changes game world.