Total War: Warhammer 40,000 will have destructible terrain elements: ‘That forest, if you don’t like it, you don’t have to keep it’

One of the things on our wishlist for Total War: Warhammer 40,000 is a cover system, and the Total War: Show & Tell makes it clear that we’re going to get our wish. And also, if we don’t like that cover, we’ll be able to blow it up.

“You’ve got all of these tactical options and then strategic elements that can come out of it,” battle product owner Dave Petry says during a map flyover. “One of the really big and exciting things that we’re doing here is that destruction is going to come into play. That forest, if you don’t like it, you don’t have to keep it. If you find that pesky forest is getting in your way and you can’t see around it then you can get rid of that thing. Or you can use it to hide in.”