The air was filled with smoke and blood. That's just for the Huns, the WRE, ERE, Sassanids, barbarians, also had "the air was filled with smoke and blood, the red horse, take peace from the world, preparing for war.
They were too lazy to bother. When you have units that looked like they were all clones, it's not like a minor character would draw anyone's attention. That being said, I don't think that anyone would mind that they did that as everybody likes the soldiers more anyways.
I thought he was christian in all of them. I thought the chieftain turned away from paganism (by looking away from the shrine) and then kneeled before the priest to convert. It made sense to me because the barbarian factions are able to convert and they eventually did in real life
+ever eady or maybe like evaporation, but idk about you but I've never seen a blood cloud before. Then again, I don't think I've experienced much wholesale slaughter or a sacking of a city.
PirrhusOfEpirus IsIlluminatti Sarcasm for the oringinal comment or the one you just made? And no rome 1 was not uniqe. They all began with a view of the landscape and an red tailed hawk flying by and screeching. We then get a view of a town/settlement as the leader talks about something. Then we just get randmom shoots of armies marching then the final (we will conquer the world or THERE CAN BE ONLY WAR)
Destroyer120296 Sarcasm for the original. Well, I dont remember very well about Rome 1's intros, but I guess youre right. At least the voices and speech was different
The Total War series was divided. From Shogun 1 to Warhammer, TW series sprawled. CA ripped itself to pieces, abandoning Total War, while fans looked on modders. The sun rose on Ancient Empires and Medieval Kingdoms. New mods where spirit of Total War prospered. Modders grew rich and powerful, paying TW gamers to test their mods. And behold the Blood DLC, and power was given developer to take modding capabilities from the game. Modders of the Total War games, those architects of a new game modes and fixers of old games to make them playable. They made ready for another unstable patch.
Cant wait to play as the Western Roman Empire, seems like the feeling of an apocalypse and past glory is strongest in that faction. Can't wait to defend the italian peninsula to the last man
Kind of like the prankster at the horse stable who liberates ever other customer's horse causing it to run away....but forgets to do his own... Guess which customer let out all the horses for the lulz?
The men of east forged their spears in the fire of truth, and purged the darkness. It was their duty .... Hint: The only faction that didn't kill enemy commander was sassanids and the last scene, the great commander looking at that sculpture shows the ancient legacy . They made this into great. Thank you invicta.
Remember what he was talking about with Emperor Valerian? The Sassanids pours liquid Gold down his throat....theres a reason why they couldn't show that in a cutscene and keep in teen rated.
they were though, this game has great intros. While some of the lines are repeated, I feel that it adds to the flavor. You get the same dark message but the reactions and situation surrounding the factions is very different. It also helps that the architecture and other parts are different for each nation/faction.
I really like the way the mood is set. If you read the books of Revelations and Joel, you find descriptions of the apocalypse that were accepted by the growing Christian population of the Roman Empire and Barbarian tribes. What you find is descriptions of horsemen, coming from afar to destroy the world. The four horsemen of war, famine, death and pestilence all apply to this period, and with the war brought by Attila the Hun, it’s easy to see why people though the end of the world had come. Indeed, the horse mentioned in the intro to the game is ‘Behold a white horse: and he that sat in him had a bow; and a crown was given unto him: and he went forth to conquer.’ It’s easy to see how people saw Attila and couldn’t help thinking he wasn’t God’s attempt to end the world. Unfortunately, biblical history and scripture has mostly fallen out of reference bar a few descriptions and phrases (Love thy neighbour, turn the other cheek, bite the dust etc.) the game itself sets up this biblical belief in the ending of the world, the terror it inspired, and the sense of joy that deliverance from evil brought. It doesn’t show us what we think of Attila, it shows us what those who lived at the time thought of him
Love how total war games make you really want to learn about history. It is just amazing. They bring it in such a cool way, that you just WANT to know. Many people in school complained that history was not important, foolish and arogant as they are, we can learn from it, so I find it very cool that total war makes it so exciting to want to know more about a subject like romes history, or any other history.
@@user-mw3uf3ku3k haha well he has a prominent position to influence people like me and other folks who like the games haha, but have to say, got a little tired of 'and a black horse, white horse, grey horse, puple or yellow horses' There where to many horses at one point haha !
If you are playing as the Eastern Roman Empire, that fits the existing 40K lore too. Afterall, the being that will eventually become known as The Emperor was born in Anatolia, the Eastern Roman Empire's heartlands, not to mention the use of the double headed Aquila as their symbol.
The air was filled with smoke and blood. Here are the time stamps. 0:00 Huns. 2:04 Western Roman Empire (fell in 476). 3:49 Eastern Roman Empire/Byzantine empire. (Fell in 1453). 5:58: Barbarians/Migratory Tribes (Ostrogoths, Visigoths, Alans, Franks, Saxons, and the Vandals). 7:52 Sassanids.
I really want to thank you Oakley for uploading the theme for Attila and now this, I won't be able to play games in a good while so I appriciate this kind footage of the game ^^
For those of you complaining about them "copying" part of their intro, maybe just really quickly consider that it may have been intentional? you know to show that many of these faction were warring out of desperation (obviously not the Huns) that all these factions were similar, human. (lets not forget as another example; Skyrim did this with their tavern songs)
Also, Rome 1 and SHogun 2 (fan favorites) both copy and pasted intros Hell, medieval 2 only changed the script, it kept the EXACT same animations (Med II)
My impressions: 1)Huns.Their perfectly portray their nature as nomadic raiders,and unreliable.BUT,to reach more historical accuracy,they should edit Caucasians or Iranians in their ranks,because the Hunnic army that ravaged Europe in the 5th century was multinational(Scythians,Samartians,Gepids,Goths,even Greeks and Romans according to Priscus).Also their equipmet should be more various,if not to say poor.They were primarily horse archers and wore usuallly light,or not at all,armor.Anything else could be special deliveries or spoils of war. 2)Roman West.A state of decay.Fighting endlessly the barbarian hordes,with internal conflict further weaking the realm.Very nicely done.The only errors are:a)Chainmail armor was far simpler in that period(these guys are wearing the much earlier type Lorica Hamata,whith the additional shoulder protection).b)The armies of Rome were consisted mostly of Germanic warriors from 4th century and onwards. 3)Roman East.Despite being frequently threatened by north and east alike,the Eastern realm still stands as a wealthy and powerfull state,and will guard Rome's legacy throughout the Middle Ages.Also,bribing foreign rulers was a policy favored by Eastern Romans.Errors:a)Scale armor used by both Western and Eastern Romans,as did chainmail.b)The purple was worn only by members of the imperial family.c)Look 2)-b) 4)Barbarians(Particular the Germanic).Their intro echoes the early Migrations Period(3rd-4th centuries),in which the barbarian agricultural society was disturbed from the Eurasian nomadic storm,letting them no choice but to abandon their lands and force themselves to the declining Roman world.What's confusing with that cutscene is that although they hadn't converted to Christianity yet,and most of their culture indicates pagan worshiping,they have a christian priest,the same one that appears in the Roman intros. 5)Sassanids.I was trully dissapointed in this one.The clips were marvellous,but the Sassanid's motivations was somehow idiotic.Especially in '''Red Horse'' trailer.''The desert does not forget'',It doesn't fit even as an allegory.While they should show that the Sassanids are trying to imitate the feats of Cyrus the Great's empire,they are portrayed just as Rome's enemies and not as an entire differrent and prosperous civilization.Also they're always related with the desert.They're PERSIANS,not ARABS or BERBERS. Apart from that,very good.IF a new Total war:Middle Earth comes out,the factions should have intros such as these.Imagine Gondor having an intro like Western Roman empire's.
@ADL Id think they are more closely related to scythians or the Xiongnu. But its up for debate what they were, since "Hun" is used to refer a tribal conferedation
Well, they were strong historically. Crushed the huns and didn't let them even touch their cities. Reclaimed and overcame Darius the Great's borders. Were very civilised while Rome decayed.
timfidotru The eastern Roman empire stood in the way of what you call "reclaimed and overcame Darius the greats borders". Also they were civilized but even if the *power* of the eastern empire temporarily decayed, they weren't as civilized as the "Byzantines" were. Not to mention that Persia fell to the Muslim expansion whilst Byzantium fought them back in the east and along with the Franks to the west saved Europe from Islam.
***** But what do you mean by civilized. You make it out to be as if the Iranians weren't as good as the Byzantines when they clearly had their fair share of rich cities.
That Roman (?) commander at the Hun part who offered the cart of gold looked really like he was fearing for his life, and when he looked around to see all his men were killed, that made me sadder than it should’ve. Especially when he got slashed In the throat. That really got me.
What can be sure of is that there was a Druid/Priest/Zoroastrian Teacher/Pagan Priest in those times. They also had lots of Smoke and blood in the air with plenty of Red Horses and Power given.
On Sunday morining the air might be filled with smoke and blood, the temperatures will rise just 4ºC, there is not expectation of rain. That's it for today.
the lines at the start and end of each faction intro are repeated on purpose. the game intro ends with a line that starts each faction intro. each faction intro ends with the same line, to be repeated at the start of movie 3 (the attila is born movie i believe) etc. its so all the movies are connected if you play through the entire campaign - from game intro, through the faction intro, through the later attila movies, until the win movie.
I love the narration all these years later. Like a scribe succumbing to nihilism, simply recording the end of days in the last glimmers of light, awaiting a dark age to cover the world.
jensibowable A businessman in Khwarezm Dynasty displeased Chinggis Khan greatly, attacking a Mongol caravan believing there was gold to be had. Chinggis Khan ordered the leader of Khwarezm to hand over the governor, but he refused and had the Mongol diplomats executed. When Chinggis Khan tore the place apart looking for the filthy Khwarezm businessman, he ordered molten gold to be poured into the eyes and ears.
My favorite strategy game series. I like how the little differences in the intro movies show what the factions are about - and must do to win. I was surprised to be the only one in my Roman Republic class who played these when the professor used them for an example. I could have given him some better screenshots and video examples to work with lolz
The game intro has the white horse... the faction intro is the red horse... Attila is born is the black horse.... I haven't played long enough yet to see the pale horse...
The vivid and bright colour scheme looks so beautiful, especially for the sassanid/eastern factions. I really wish there was less repetition, like same intro for five factionsn lol but I am loving the detail. Dont think i will be able to run it at 2.4 ghz tho
I felt that the Roman faction intros should have had more uniqueness, maybe explaining their current situation a little better as to what their motives were and the problems they faced. I do not mind the same animations being thrown in here and there, but the ideology behind each faction needs to get through. Especially so because this is an intro video that is shown just before the player starts the game, and not some random teaser that's put on the RUclips. Not trying to make a comparison war with previous Total War games here, just pointing out some of the better ideas of the past. If you see the Roman faction intros in Rome Total War, it clearly stated their threats and ambitions. And there was some sense of urgency there. I felt that it was not conveyed well in these intros. Despite the massive threat that loomed and the many issues of running such a vast empire with many enemies, I did not feel any of that from these intros. Not much can be done this time, but I hope that for the next Total War game/content, they make an intro that actually has more of an impact. You know something that reflects the high quality of the gameplay that follows. Anyways glad to see that CA has some intros out there this time. And the Sassanids intro was actually good.
The Huns Intro:The air was filled with smoke and blood (shows a seen of a officer dying) the beginning of The Western Roman Empire's intro: the air was filled with smoke and blood (shows a seen of an officer dying) the beginning of the Eastern Roman Empires intro: the air was filled with smoke and blood (shows a seen of an officer dying) the beginning of the Sassanid's intro:the air was filled with smoke and blood (shows a seen of an officer dying) do i see a pattern or am I just dumb?
Is anyone else a little but hurt that Rome was conquered by those savages? One can only imagine how far ahead we'd be if Rome never fell, and it kind of bothers me.
+monkeytrollu yh hence the fact that very little writing survived, since libraries were usually burning because of the invaders. hence there is such a lopsided (bais) view on the Persians, since what discription of them survived were from the Romans and Greeks the so called rivals of Persia....
The forums were filled with DLCs and fanboys. Creative Assembly was divided. From the pillars of Rome 1 to the far Medieval II total war the great franchises streched. Sacred games, where men of greatness developed. Those who followed neglected Total War, developing shit AI and DLCs tactics over the past glory of Rome 1. They would either cast aside their petty greediness or succumb to fanboy darkness. Behold Warhammer Total War and power was given to him that sat thereon to remove the fanboys once and for all. GAMERS OF THE GREAT ROME 1 , those noble sons of the Creative Assembly, the time had come to restore glory to Total War. They made ready for Warhammer Total War..
8:20 Why do they even bother with armour if it is penetrated by a sword? (The roman semi-dodging and reducing the force directly on the armour further reducing its usefulness.)
Sadly the only one with good "lines" are those of Persians and Huns, tho "they insulted the desert" does not fit Persians as they originate from Mesopotamia and Mesopotamia is not a desert-like place.
The air was filled with the same cinematic words
Teo ruckbelt and the air was filled with overly used words combined in an intro to save the narrator time from actually working
Classic total war
The air was filled with passages from the bible due to the theme of the game
Welcome to writing copy on short deadlines xD COPY AND PASTE THOSE KEY PHRASES ONE AND DONE AS THEY SAY
...And recycled animations.
Man that priest really has a lot of appointments to attend.
Sounds stressful.
Tommy Wiseau YOU ARE TEARING ME APART LISA!
YOU ARE TEARING ME APART ATTILA!
YOU NO GOOD YOU JUST A HUN! CHEEP CHEEP!
Oh hai characters from the late Roman/Dark Age Europe.
LOL
Red horse breeders seem to be thriving.
Lot's of smoke and blood in the air
hahahaha we should start a #smoke & blood in the air
THFE Productions Don't forget the red horses
I saw only smoke the blood will be dlc.
Blood soaked smoking horse?
Ge Green yeah same thing with the horse, it's only red with DLC.
This guy can't pick a side
LOL
Just like me. Starting new campaign every 20 turns, haven't finished any yet.
haha
I forget what the air was filled with...
Red horses, it was filled with red horses,
The air was filled with smoke and blood. That's just for the Huns, the WRE, ERE, Sassanids, barbarians, also had "the air was filled with smoke and blood, the red horse, take peace from the world, preparing for war.
Tom H laziness and lack of ideas for better intros
+Tom H darude sandst..oh wait wrong question
+Tom H Flying horses hahaha the next intro for warhammer; total war.
That Priest/Druid dude is everywhere. He knows something we don't.....I bet he orchestrated the whole damn thing himself!
+NERD IT UP he is actually the god emperor of mankind in disguise
+NERD IT UP The fact that this Is malak and Reven is pure awesome also a warhammer fan
He's Sathoreal's pawn, The Advisor. Duh.
is the Rome 2 Palpatine
he is walpole
That old guy who's the Pope, the Patriarch, and High Druid... it's all the same person.
Good god! He gets around.
Yeah, that guy, he has a lot of jobs.
They were too lazy to bother.
When you have units that looked like they were all clones, it's not like a minor character would draw anyone's attention.
That being said, I don't think that anyone would mind that they did that as everybody likes the soldiers more anyways.
I thought he was christian in all of them. I thought the chieftain turned away from paganism (by looking away from the shrine) and then kneeled before the priest to convert. It made sense to me because the barbarian factions are able to convert and they eventually did in real life
he's very flexible, I bet he's the one who engineered the whole shenanigans
The Pope was called back then an Arch-Bishop. Cuz AFTER Western Rome fell Byzantine took unto themselves as succesors of Rome.
Apparently, at 09:13 the sassanid guy couldn't find the priest all other factions found so he just walks away :(
The priest was late
"Bitch u late" - Mohammed Shallah 395a.c
Because he was the king of kings
@@chainsaw5302 there's so much smoke and blood in the air, he probably got lost
Nor a standing army
The air was filled with smoke and blood, The air was filled with smoke and blood, The air was filled with smoke and blood
and there was a red horse or something
They made ready for war...
weed and blunt 😀
+Joel Cox And peace taken from the Earth
+Joel Cox The day of reckoning has come, The day of reckoning has come, The day of reckoning has cum
how do ppl breather with so much smoke and blood in the air
how can there even be blood in the air?
Jon Snow lives it is a liquid so like when it rains there is water in the air kill enough ppl and swing the bodies around maybe
+ever eady or maybe like evaporation, but idk about you but I've never seen a blood cloud before. Then again, I don't think I've experienced much wholesale slaughter or a sacking of a city.
Jon Snow lives such mysteries of the ancients we never wish to know
with lungs
That priest sure gets around.
Cocalin yeah, he is the pope, the patriarch and high arian priest/druid?
+petargrad especially when those bills are roman taxes and the living expenses of a hovel.
Attila the Fun They had the pope bless the king/general back then?
The Romans were Christian at this point, so yes.
Deadchannel What? I was answering K3VIN's question
1:28 Award of the most caring commander of the year
solwen bit late to reply, but I never would've noticed that. Saved a common foot soldiers life
On my order, withdraw!!
@@kieran3473 you fucked up for that one 🤣🤣
I hate seeing him die in other intros because of that
Just shows that at that point, one good commander isn't enough to turn back the tide
I love how each one is unique and pretty different from one another
Dont be an ass. Rome 1 and medival 2 were basicly the same to.
Destroyer120296 Medieval 2 had SOME unique intros. But Rome 1 had almost all of htem unique, which was epic
Destroyer120296 also, sarcasm
PirrhusOfEpirus IsIlluminatti
Sarcasm for the oringinal comment or the one you just made?
And no rome 1 was not uniqe. They all began with a view of the landscape and an red tailed hawk flying by and screeching.
We then get a view of a town/settlement as the leader talks about something.
Then we just get randmom shoots of armies marching then the final (we will conquer the world or THERE CAN BE ONLY WAR)
Destroyer120296 Sarcasm for the original. Well, I dont remember very well about Rome 1's intros, but I guess youre right. At least the voices and speech was different
What was the air filled with again?
shit
DLCs from Creative Assembly.
Red horses.
boobs
The scent of butter.
I like the Sassanian one, truth vs lie and light vs darkness were common themes in Persian mythology and religion from early times.
Interesting coming from an antifa
The Total War series was divided. From Shogun 1 to Warhammer, TW series sprawled. CA ripped itself to pieces, abandoning Total War, while fans looked on modders.
The sun rose on Ancient Empires and Medieval Kingdoms. New mods where spirit of Total War prospered. Modders grew rich and powerful, paying TW gamers to test their mods. And behold the Blood DLC, and power was given developer to take modding capabilities from the game.
Modders of the Total War games, those architects of a new game modes and fixers of old games to make them playable. They made ready for another unstable patch.
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Cant wait to play as the Western Roman Empire, seems like the feeling of an apocalypse and past glory is strongest in that faction. Can't wait to defend the italian peninsula to the last man
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@@reidf8506 lol
Imperator Maximus Looks like the worlds gone to shit, huh?
Salticus Maximus but the real question is, is the air filled with smoke and blood?
The apocalyptic imagery, music and language in Attila Total War is perhaps my favorite part about this game.
Wish there was a show about apocalyptic fall of Rome
I always thought it was clever how the Western Empire "stretched" while the Eastern Empire "sprawled"
the power of connotations
Poor eastern roman Emporer who get's killed in all videos but the Western Roman one xD
Just like in game when you play as ere.
I felt bad for him
Kind of like the prankster at the horse stable who liberates ever other customer's horse causing it to run away....but forgets to do his own... Guess which customer let out all the horses for the lulz?
Probably meant to be Valens?
The men of east forged their spears in the fire of truth, and purged the darkness. It was their duty ....
Hint: The only faction that didn't kill enemy commander was sassanids and the last scene, the great commander looking at that sculpture shows the ancient legacy . They made this into great. Thank you invicta.
Remember what he was talking about with Emperor Valerian? The Sassanids pours liquid Gold down his throat....theres a reason why they couldn't show that in a cutscene and keep in teen rated.
@@marcus4046 nah you are talking about crassus , valerian lived an OK life for a prison of war (still in captivity)
The Air was filled with weed and blaze.
ยาจก เกมมิ่ง,Poorlyhatmann hahaha
shows how creative CREATIVE assembly is
they were though, this game has great intros. While some of the lines are repeated, I feel that it adds to the flavor. You get the same dark message but the reactions and situation surrounding the factions is very different.
It also helps that the architecture and other parts are different for each nation/faction.
Was. Now pay 30 € for DLC.
So many red horses
And LOTS of smoke and blood.
Wait I'm confused. With all this war and chaos what was the air filled with? It had to be smoke and blood right?
Don't forget about the red horse either.
CaptainRat42 and that f-ing priest!
And they made ready for war, or something like that.
nah, i think it was steam & sweat
I really like the narration on this game
I really like the way the mood is set. If you read the books of Revelations and Joel, you find descriptions of the apocalypse that were accepted by the growing Christian population of the Roman Empire and Barbarian tribes. What you find is descriptions of horsemen, coming from afar to destroy the world. The four horsemen of war, famine, death and pestilence all apply to this period, and with the war brought by Attila the Hun, it’s easy to see why people though the end of the world had come. Indeed, the horse mentioned in the intro to the game is ‘Behold a white horse: and he that sat in him had a bow; and a crown was given unto him: and he went forth to conquer.’ It’s easy to see how people saw Attila and couldn’t help thinking he wasn’t God’s attempt to end the world. Unfortunately, biblical history and scripture has mostly fallen out of reference bar a few descriptions and phrases (Love thy neighbour, turn the other cheek, bite the dust etc.) the game itself sets up this biblical belief in the ending of the world, the terror it inspired, and the sense of joy that deliverance from evil brought. It doesn’t show us what we think of Attila, it shows us what those who lived at the time thought of him
Did I just watched the same intro for ten minutes?
Yes you did. Now some random dude who’s trying to buy this game 5 years later is too.
@@damuvang1915 It is all coming together.
@@Progress_or_Barbarism It has come together. I just bought this game and all the dlcs lmao.
@@damuvang1915 Ancient Empires is a good mod. Also, 1212 and Rise of Mordor.
Love how total war games make you really want to learn about history. It is just amazing. They bring it in such a cool way, that you just WANT to know.
Many people in school complained that history was not important, foolish and arogant as they are, we can learn from it, so I find it very cool that total war makes it so exciting to want to know more about a subject like romes history, or any other history.
I see the I influence of the narrator can even be found in your choice of words.
@@user-mw3uf3ku3k haha well he has a prominent position to influence people like me and other folks who like the games haha, but have to say, got a little tired of 'and a black horse, white horse, grey horse, puple or yellow horses' There where to many horses at one point haha !
@@Darkboy2525 i think you'll like ck3. it doesnt have the battles of total war but its an amazing game. you should give it a shot
@@arashsa711 Hey thanks !! :) What is the full name of CK3 precisely ? It doesn't ring a bell at the moment (sits in the corner in shame)
@@Darkboy2525 ck3 is the 3rd installment in the crusader kings franchise, ck for short.
6:30, Riverwood anyone? I don't know that scene looks so much like something I would see in Skyrim.
Yes, was thinking that myself :D
skyrim is based off of norse germanic theme. theses are the proto norse germanic tribes.
Literally was thinking just that.
Oh Shit I think I saw Delphine getting raped
Yes! That's exactly what I thought.
That priest bow to him for he shall soon be known as the immortal god emperor of man.
wh40k ??
Yup
+Mikael Anton Kurki i love wh40k
Ave Imperator
If you are playing as the Eastern Roman Empire, that fits the existing 40K lore too. Afterall, the being that will eventually become known as The Emperor was born in Anatolia, the Eastern Roman Empire's heartlands, not to mention the use of the double headed Aquila as their symbol.
I love how this shows the same events but through different perspectives, really shows how everyone always thought they where the strongest.
The air was filled with what?
Walls, men of truth, and the numerous outfits worn by the exact same priest.
The air was filled with smoke and blood, but only if you shelled out the cash for it.
Declan C. The air was filled with Keksius Maximus, but only if you played a Roman faction. Otherwise, it was VIEL KEKS!
The air was filled with upvotes and dubs. Tumblr was weak.
Cheapness, laziness, and DLCs.
Sassanid intro was the coolest just like Parthian intro in total war rome
The air was filled with smoke and blood. Here are the time stamps.
0:00 Huns.
2:04 Western Roman Empire (fell in 476).
3:49 Eastern Roman Empire/Byzantine empire. (Fell in 1453).
5:58: Barbarians/Migratory Tribes (Ostrogoths, Visigoths, Alans, Franks, Saxons, and the Vandals).
7:52 Sassanids.
476**
I freaking love how they quote the book of revelation
And legend goes that the air is still filled with smoke and blood.
The priest: 'I'm playing all sides so I'll always win'
The *Air* is filled with *smoke* and *Blood*
I really want to thank you Oakley for uploading the theme for Attila and now this, I won't be able to play games in a good while so I appriciate this kind footage of the game ^^
For those of you complaining about them "copying" part of their intro, maybe just really quickly consider that it may have been intentional? you know to show that many of these faction were warring out of desperation (obviously not the Huns) that all these factions were similar, human.
(lets not forget as another example; Skyrim did this with their tavern songs)
Also, Rome 1 and SHogun 2 (fan favorites) both copy and pasted intros
Hell, medieval 2 only changed the script, it kept the EXACT same animations (Med II)
alekzander2010 never had the privilege of playing them but ill take your word for it
+IDidSawABear maybe they did such a bad job with the intros because they were working on the actual game rather than cinematics
***** ... I wasn't saying that they did a bad job at all...
+niggle_wiggle actually I like them I also liked the endings
"The air was filled with smoke and blood"...
The Sassanids looked the most interesting faction.
Also the most easy playable faction i guess.
Reddit moment.
all the leaders model look like they need some sleepy sleep sleep time for a week or two
All the thing in this video was INSIDE JOB!!!!
Hun arrow cant melt rome beam!!!!
The Priest did 9/11!!!!
dun dun dunnn... (dramatic song). Huns arrow can't melt Rome shield.
I like how nearly all of the intros are in the same format but just different skins and backgrounds
That poor Byzantine guy died more than twice
My impressions:
1)Huns.Their perfectly portray their nature as nomadic raiders,and unreliable.BUT,to reach more historical accuracy,they should edit Caucasians or Iranians in their ranks,because the Hunnic army that ravaged Europe in the 5th century was multinational(Scythians,Samartians,Gepids,Goths,even Greeks and Romans according to Priscus).Also their equipmet should be more various,if not to say poor.They were primarily horse archers and wore usuallly light,or not at all,armor.Anything else could be special deliveries or spoils of war.
2)Roman West.A state of decay.Fighting endlessly the barbarian hordes,with internal conflict further weaking the realm.Very nicely done.The only errors are:a)Chainmail armor was far simpler in that period(these guys are wearing the much earlier type Lorica Hamata,whith the additional shoulder protection).b)The armies of Rome were consisted mostly of Germanic warriors from 4th century and onwards.
3)Roman East.Despite being frequently threatened by north and east alike,the Eastern realm still stands as a wealthy and powerfull state,and will guard Rome's legacy throughout the Middle Ages.Also,bribing foreign rulers was a policy favored by Eastern Romans.Errors:a)Scale armor used by both Western and Eastern Romans,as did chainmail.b)The purple was worn only by members of the imperial family.c)Look 2)-b)
4)Barbarians(Particular the Germanic).Their intro echoes the early Migrations Period(3rd-4th centuries),in which the barbarian agricultural society was disturbed from the Eurasian nomadic storm,letting them no choice but to abandon their lands and force themselves to the declining Roman world.What's confusing with that cutscene is that although they hadn't converted to Christianity yet,and most of their culture indicates pagan worshiping,they have a christian priest,the same one that appears in the Roman intros.
5)Sassanids.I was trully dissapointed in this one.The clips were marvellous,but the Sassanid's motivations was somehow idiotic.Especially in '''Red Horse'' trailer.''The desert does not forget'',It doesn't fit even as an allegory.While they should show that the Sassanids are trying to imitate the feats of Cyrus the Great's empire,they are portrayed just as Rome's enemies and not as an entire differrent and prosperous civilization.Also they're always related with the desert.They're PERSIANS,not ARABS or BERBERS.
Apart from that,very good.IF a new Total war:Middle Earth comes out,the factions should have intros such as these.Imagine Gondor having an intro like Western Roman empire's.
Damn that's a lot of smoke and blood in the air
Pity that the new desert factions did not get their own intro.
+gronndar agreed
What intro do they use? or do they just not have one?
Took what they needed? Rather took what they wanted.
For turks everything you want is everything you need
Cool, but Huns aren't turks
Turkic,not turkish.
@@kenanerginci9755 I think your mixing two different ethnicities
@ADL Id think they are more closely related to scythians or the Xiongnu. But its up for debate what they were, since "Hun" is used to refer a tribal conferedation
The Sassanid intro was definitely the best. Despite all the eurocentrism and generalization they have a badass set-up.
Well, they were strong historically. Crushed the huns and didn't let them even touch their cities. Reclaimed and overcame Darius the Great's borders. Were very civilised while Rome decayed.
timfidotru The eastern Roman empire stood in the way of what you call "reclaimed and overcame Darius the greats borders". Also they were civilized but even if the *power* of the eastern empire temporarily decayed, they weren't as civilized as the "Byzantines" were.
Not to mention that Persia fell to the Muslim expansion whilst Byzantium fought them back in the east and along with the Franks to the west saved Europe from Islam.
***** What do you mean by "civilized"?
*****
www.google.gr/search?q=civilized&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8&gws_rd=cr&ei=njYDVZWpFKLW7AbtvIAI
***** But what do you mean by civilized. You make it out to be as if the Iranians weren't as good as the Byzantines when they clearly had their fair share of rich cities.
3:36
This bit always gives me goosebumps
Does it still?
That Roman (?) commander at the Hun part who offered the cart of gold looked really like he was fearing for his life, and when he looked around to see all his men were killed, that made me sadder than it should’ve. Especially when he got slashed In the throat. That really got me.
Thank you for the compilation, much appreciated :).
Jesus, I'm going to choke on all this smoke and blood in the air. Better find a red horse and get out of here.
Joshua Carpsworth you need to get peace on the earth from the red horse
That priest really gets around
Maybe he's the one with the red horse they keep yammering on about.
@@CaptainRat42 Well , the guy with Red Horse is Atilla. You get the continutation of the quote when u reach 400 AD when atilla is born
The air was filled with Vape and Ketchup. Kek
The air was filled with the same words .
TLDR: The air was filled with smoke and blood, red horses, taking peace from the earth and making ready for war.
And it seems with priests, too.
What can be sure of is that there was a Druid/Priest/Zoroastrian Teacher/Pagan Priest in those times. They also had lots of Smoke and blood in the air with plenty of Red Horses and Power given.
In the grim darkness the distant past there is only war.
On Sunday morining the air might be filled with smoke and blood, the temperatures will rise just 4ºC, there is not expectation of rain. That's it for today.
the lines at the start and end of each faction intro are repeated on purpose. the game intro ends with a line that starts each faction intro. each faction intro ends with the same line, to be repeated at the start of movie 3 (the attila is born movie i believe) etc. its so all the movies are connected if you play through the entire campaign - from game intro, through the faction intro, through the later attila movies, until the win movie.
TEH AIR WAS FLIIED WITH SHMOKHE AND BLAUD!!1!11
That priest got around
This is so major , this small thing I think is what made me enjoy Rome the most , got me in the mood
I love the narration all these years later. Like a scribe succumbing to nihilism, simply recording the end of days in the last glimmers of light, awaiting a dark age to cover the world.
The Huns always intimidate me even when I play as them
The emperor had his head in molten gold in the end? Lol now i know where r.r martin got it from
Multiple people in history have been killed by molten gold...there was a conquistador, he got it poured down his throat.
As a Dutchman I find that fucking awesome as fuck
jensibowable A businessman in Khwarezm Dynasty displeased Chinggis Khan greatly, attacking a Mongol caravan believing there was gold to be had. Chinggis Khan ordered the leader of Khwarezm to hand over the governor, but he refused and had the Mongol diplomats executed. When Chinggis Khan tore the place apart looking for the filthy Khwarezm businessman, he ordered molten gold to be poured into the eyes and ears.
too bad he didn't see what khan did there huehueheu
jensibowable So you've never read about Marcus Licinius Crassus' execution?
My favorite strategy game series. I like how the little differences in the intro movies show what the factions are about - and must do to win. I was surprised to be the only one in my Roman Republic class who played these when the professor used them for an example. I could have given him some better screenshots and video examples to work with lolz
I like that the priest is the same in every faction. This has a deep meaning
The game intro has the white horse... the faction intro is the red horse... Attila is born is the black horse.... I haven't played long enough yet to see the pale horse...
Oooh, dat old roman guy, he's always helpless, even roman intro.
I didn't see any of them, but I just can't wait to play the game knowing there's faction videos this time!! :D
The vivid and bright colour scheme looks so beautiful, especially for the sassanid/eastern factions. I really wish there was less repetition, like same intro for five factionsn lol but I am loving the detail. Dont think i will be able to run it at 2.4 ghz tho
'Great hunters. They tempered their blades in Roman blood.'
Still my favorite.
Tell me again how the air got full of blood.
Thechezbailey he smoked so much the air became blood
"The air is filled with smoked and blood" its already stuck in my head
God, everytime he cites the red horse bit from the Book of Revelation, I get shivers, so fucking epic.
I felt that the Roman faction intros should have had more uniqueness, maybe explaining their current situation a little better as to what their motives were and the problems they faced. I do not mind the same animations being thrown in here and there, but the ideology behind each faction needs to get through. Especially so because this is an intro video that is shown just before the player starts the game, and not some random teaser that's put on the RUclips.
Not trying to make a comparison war with previous Total War games here, just pointing out some of the better ideas of the past. If you see the Roman faction intros in Rome Total War, it clearly stated their threats and ambitions. And there was some sense of urgency there. I felt that it was not conveyed well in these intros. Despite the massive threat that loomed and the many issues of running such a vast empire with many enemies, I did not feel any of that from these intros. Not much can be done this time, but I hope that for the next Total War game/content, they make an intro that actually has more of an impact. You know something that reflects the high quality of the gameplay that follows. Anyways glad to see that CA has some intros out there this time. And the Sassanids intro was actually good.
The air was filled with what now?
Helped me choose my faction. Ty
It's awesome to see the intro's back, but I wish they made them all different, but oh well. The Sassanids one I like the most.
The Huns Intro:The air was filled with smoke and blood (shows a seen of a officer dying) the beginning of The Western Roman Empire's intro: the air was filled with smoke and blood (shows a seen of an officer dying) the beginning of the Eastern Roman Empires intro: the air was filled with smoke and blood (shows a seen of an officer dying) the beginning of the Sassanid's intro:the air was filled with smoke and blood (shows a seen of an officer dying) do i see a pattern or am I just dumb?
That was an emperor in sassanids one
Is anyone else a little but hurt that Rome was conquered by those savages? One can only imagine how far ahead we'd be if Rome never fell, and it kind of bothers me.
Jeremiah Brand Then Western Europe would be ruled by a corrupt inefficient government. East would do 'fine'.
hah imagine how much it bothers me when the Persian empire was burnt to ashs 3 times.
NINJADE Once by Macedon, once by the Arabs and when was the other time?
NINJADE right..the mongols..they conquered even Russia! Nobody conqueres Russia!
+monkeytrollu yh hence the fact that very little writing survived, since libraries were usually burning because of the invaders. hence there is such a lopsided (bais) view on the Persians, since what discription of them survived were from the Romans and Greeks the so called rivals of Persia....
I'm happy faction intros are back
Thanks for the sneakpeeks before we can play ourself :D
they reallllly want us to know what the air is filled with..reminder..its not just oxygen
The forums were filled with DLCs and fanboys. Creative Assembly was divided. From the pillars of Rome 1 to the far Medieval II total war the great franchises streched. Sacred games, where men of greatness developed. Those who followed neglected Total War, developing shit AI and DLCs tactics over the past glory of Rome 1. They would either cast aside their petty greediness or succumb to fanboy darkness. Behold Warhammer Total War and power was given to him that sat thereon to remove the fanboys once and for all. GAMERS OF THE GREAT ROME 1 , those noble sons of the Creative Assembly, the time had come to restore glory to Total War. They made ready for Warhammer Total War..
ioannis anagnostakis better story than Twilight
lmao this is great
8:20
Why do they even bother with armour if it is penetrated by a sword? (The roman semi-dodging and reducing the force directly on the armour further reducing its usefulness.)
Watched it it for a 3rd time in a row.Thanks Oakley.
No Viking Forefathers intro :(
I don't think it has been released yet. THFE Productions Did the viking forefathers faction pack come with the review copy you got?
hasábburgonya Nah it didnt come with the review pack. I'd have to buy it separately. If you guys want I can do that and share the intro videos
THFE Productions It's your money, so I really do not want to tell you what to do with it, but sure, I think many would appreciate it...
THFE Productions Would be nice. Especially because you can play as denmark which is my native country :-)
its the same as barbarian intro
Of course the Sassanid(persian)empire was a great and powerful empire
The air was filled with sunshine and happiness.
And behold the same narrative sentence and scenes for all the factions.
The priest is Trollicus, high priest of Kek!
How does one take peace from the Earth again? I forgot.
I dunno, something about smoke and blood in the air....
While riding a red horse
Sadly the only one with good "lines" are those of Persians and Huns, tho "they insulted the desert" does not fit Persians as they originate from Mesopotamia and Mesopotamia is not a desert-like place.
CA cant tell the difference between persians and arabs
No, the persians conquered Mesopotamia
Frodo Baggins They originate from Parthia then? Or are they a bit further down south?
***** They came from Persis or modern day Fars
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fars_Province
Thank you sir.
"The air was filled with smoke and blood."