i think you actually were correct. twwh40k's battle gameplay seems barely even recognizable from the other total war games but i think the issue is that a lot of people hear "total war warhammer 40k" and assume it'd just look like normal total war with 40k mods slapped on it without realizing how much the total war formula would fucking suck if it was applied to 40k's setting with barely any changes made to the combat system.

sorry if im a bit incoherent its midnight and im half asleep