Battle Lions

[iuliuscaesar1396]

I was watching the Rome Total War Developer session the other day, and these pictures came up:


I was wondering wether anybody had any idea as to what lions would be doing in the game.

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[Sebastianus Somerus]

I cant see the pictures

[PROMETHEUS ts]

Links do not work.

[iuliuscaesar1396]

For some reasons the pictures won't show up?

[iuliuscaesar1396]

Here we go: Any ideas what role these might play in the game?

[RMSN NIKE]

Here we go: Any ideas what role these might play in the game?

Which video was this? And what the presenter, the guy with white shirt on the right, is saying? Post the video link instead of a freeze frame will help.

[kamikazee786]

hmmmm i beleive that there might be a link with the gladiator helmet and the lions, perhaps we will be able to see the units in battle together, using lions to attack your enemies ,

or perhaps we will actually get to see some games in the Colosseum where the loser gets eaten by lions


either way lions are the best

[karamazovmm]

gah! the horror!

[Spitjaw]

You cant link images directly from your computer. You can do this though:

Go here www.imgur.com
Upload images > Computer > Select images you want to show >Start Upload > Copy "BBCode (message boards & forums) code to your forum post"
Will work then.

Like this:


Btw you cant edit your original post, you need at least 25 posts in order to edit.

[PROMETHEUS ts]

Probably some cutscenes fm the Arenas.

[iuliuscaesar1396]

Probably some cutscenes fm the Arenas.

That's probably it. That would also explain the gladiator helmet. I sincerely hope that Rome II won't see the return of gladiator units.

[Manu La Canette]

Nah It might be cool if, as in Medieval II, your Eastern (or even Roman if he fought in the East) commander might get a lion as a 'new pet trait' and if it would be modelized in battle scenes. A fancy lion with a collar standing aside your favorite general and dismembering any attacker :3

[Grobar]

We need a unit of He-Men riding on lions and charging at enemies

[karamazovmm]

We need a unit of He-Men riding on lions and charging at enemies

that would be awesome! sooo much gay innuendo in one cartoon!

[ashbery76]

Front line Lion warriors is historic.

[|Sith|Galvanized Iron]

I guess fully armored war lions are there to satisfy the history buffs.

[Sun Jetzu]

what faction would use lions? maybe carthage or egypt?

[Mortarion]

I think it's for the arena, like a cutscenes.

[oppaiO_O]

i thought they were helmets for those dudes...what were they called...standard-bearer??.....

[Greve Af Göteborg]

They're probably just for gladiator shows. I recall that some nation once deployed lions in a battle, the lions immediately turned around and attacked their own troops instead of going for the enemy.