Rome II : Intro

[I2ain_2_Battle]

i thought i could casually check updates from time and time, and let the month of august fly by, but after this AMAZING intro trailer...OMG.. this next month will feel like a year..

i can already tell this game is gonna be my #1 game of all time... good job CA

[Hadro]

Only a month to go. Only a month to go. ​Only a month to go ...

[Pigboyneo]

Don't get me wrong here, I like the intro. But if this is the actual official intro video, why didn't CA make a thread about it and post the video themselves on there youtube channel? I mean they did with all the other trailers, so why not this one?

[Durendalv2]

Don't get me wrong here, I like the intro. But if this is the actual official intro video, why didn't CA make a thread about it and post the video themselves on there youtube channel? I mean they did with all the other trailers, so why not this one?

That's a good point, but the site that posted it (Gamestar) said it was the intro and it looks too well done (in addition to the new footage) to be doctored.

[Falco]

Nice intro.

I don't mean to be nitpicky but for the love of god I hope the fix the crest on the centurion's helmet.

[lszekg]

Well, I saw the Intro and I saw Egyptians looking Egyptian. And I hope that we were shown a ragtag garrison of weakest units. Those Greek style units just must be somewhere. I hope.

[Raikou]

So basically it's a trailer about the movie 300? I guess my 9 year old nephew will like this

[Huberto]

So basically it's a trailer about the movie 300? I guess my 9 year old nephew will like this

Well played.

[ptoss1]

So basically it's a trailer about the movie 300? I guess my 9 year old nephew will like this

Better than 300: Rise of an Empire, although what empire and what 300 the title is alluding to I have no idea.

[Raikou]

Better than 300: Rise of an Empire, although what empire and what 300 the title is alluding to I have no idea.

Oh I just hate the Spartan faction. the only reason it was added was flare for the people that think the 300 movie is 100% accurate and evidence of that is on the main total war page where 80% of the commenters on the post "Which faction will you play first?" is commented with "SPARTAA!!! (some famous line from the movie 300) "

and also the fact that one of Lionheartx10's first fan voted LP will be, you guessed it, SPARTA !!!!!!!! (pretty sure it's winning by a landslide of about 1000 more votes than any others)

I understand it's a genius way to draw in even more new comers to the series with the big bad Spartans but I would've preferred Dacians over a spartan faction in the Vanilla game or ANYTHING really besides them. I believe we will see the Dacians later on actually since Sparta and Dacia were hinted at on one of the official total war pages on facebook (Sparta obviously wins)

I'm sure Sparta has a rich history of warfare but it's more likely they are in because of the movie 300 rather than their actual history.

[S.W.A.T]

Better than 300: Rise of an Empire, although what empire and what 300 the title is alluding to I have no idea.

Notice how the trailer focuses a lot on naval combat? What Greek City State was famous for its navy? They also formed the Delian League which was a de facto empire.

As for you saying the Egyptians are historically accurate and they lost their clothes when they moved to Egypt, the soldier in this trailer looks like a Machimoi soldier or native Egyptian. Macedonians, Greeks, Thracians, and Galatians kept their native armor and arms and fought as they did in their native lands. So the Macedonians in Ptolemaic service would still look, act, and fight like Macedonians.

[ptoss1]

Notice how the trailer focuses a lot on naval combat? What Greek City State was famous for its navy? They also formed the Delian League which was a de facto empire.

As for you saying the Egyptians are historically accurate and they lost their clothes when they moved to Egypt, the soldier in this trailer looks like a Machimoi soldier or native Egyptian. Macedonians, Greeks, Thracians, and Galatians kept their native armor and arms and fought as they did in their native lands. So the Macedonians in Ptolemaic service would still look, act, and fight like Macedonians.

Is it Sparta? So it's 300 ships vs. 1 billion amiright? In a canal...
Maybe those soldiers are later units amiright?

[S.W.A.T]

Is it Sparta? So it's 300 ships vs. 1 billion amiright? In a canal...
Maybe those soldiers are later units amiright?

Yep, the Spartan ruled Delian League!

Nahh, don't think that's a later unit, chariots fell out of use by then, Mithridates was the last to use them I believe.

EDIT: They kept the "300" brand in the title so you know it's a sequel I'm sure.

[Markas]

So basically it's a trailer about the movie 300? I guess my 9 year old nephew will like this

Yet still more realistic than the original Rome:Total War trailer. I'm still unclear as to what game that was...

[General George S. Patton]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q1DB-...ature=youtu.be

Here is a youtube link (still processing atm)

[ML101]

I LOL'd at the Elephant death animation poor beast just fell flat on its ass

[Raikou]

I LOL'd at the Elephant death animation poor beast just fell flat on its ass

I once was an elephant til I took an arrow to da....EVERYTHING

[bengalg3]

Omg, so ready for this game.

[ptoss1]

I wonder if mass homo orgies will be a choice for the Spartan army.
To increase morale ofc.

[Cell7]

Great find! Cant wait!