I will never understand these people who detest fantasy. I completely understand just not liking it, but I thought this pretentious jock attitude of, "It's just for dorky nerds who don't have lives" died out in the 80s.
TWW is great, this coming from a fantasy fan, but not a Warhammer fan. If you don't like fantasy, you might still like this game, but if you consider fantasy beneath your mature, vastly superior non-fiction mind, then you probably won't like it. It oozes with heart, it's a game made for fans of Warhammer, by fans of Warhammer. Its Warhammerness permeates all facets of the game.
It's a Total War game, yes, but if you had made a thread proclaiming how much you hate Japanese culture, then proceeded to mock Japanese culture and express a complete disinterest in even attempting to give it a try, then I wouldn't recommend Shogun II either, no matter how good a Total War game it is.