0:16 the song is written by CaoCao himself!!! 关东有义士，兴兵讨群凶。 初期会盟津，乃心在咸阳。 军合力不齐，踌躇而雁行。 势利使人争，嗣还自相戕。 淮南弟称号，刻玺于北方。 铠甲生虮虱，万姓以死亡。 白骨露于野，千里无鸡鸣。 生民百遗一，念之断人肠。 East to the Hangu Pass some heroes had risen In rebellion against Dong Zhuo and his gang. They rallied at the outset, claiming To stand up for the ousted reign of Han. the men had come together, but not their minds. Troops were deployed, but the factions, Waiting and wavering like wild geese wandering, Vied with each other for safety. Internal strife soon killed the union - In the south one brother has assumed the throne, In the north the other has an imperial seal ready, While armour and surcoats lie bloody and wormy. Wars raging, people are dying, Ungathered bones strew the wilderness - for Thousands of miles, not a rooster to be heard - One huнdredth of the populace may have ever survived. What a heartbreaking disaster!
Cao Cao really is a master bamboozler in this game. He's bamboozled me twice already, as an AI-controlled faction no less. First he counter-ambushed my ambush. Then he signed a military access pact with me only to dissolve it as soon as my troops reach the middle part of his territory, leaving me stranded and at risk of having war declared upon me.
@@majstor313 i bet you don't have a copy of the art of war by sun zu do you to play cao cao who used sun zu's teaching to win his battle, sounds mastermind like, using a 5000 year old book to play a game with a character that used the same book 2000 years ago, mega mind.
2:06 This is a harsh way to mock your opponent when playing Go. Cao Cao places one stone next to another in the only empty corner of the board. Its him saying the stones placed early are more than enough to hold back Yuan Shao's designs. savage
honestly i paused the game there and came up with that move also it makes a lot of sense theres so much open space and the rest of the board is pretty settled. it would be pretty bad for black if all his territory got spoiled by an invasion in the corner, and it could also have brought some new weaknesses to take advantage of
I saw people asking about if Cao Cao really said "I would rather betray the world than let the world betray me". The thing is a little complicated, First you need to know three books: the first the "Records of the three kingdoms(三国志)“, second is "Annotations to Records of the Three Kingdoms(三国志注)", and the third one is "Romance of the three kingdoms(三国演义)". The first one, Records, is written by a man Chen Shou(陈寿) once served as a officer in kingdom Shu(蜀), and after Shu was conquered by Wei(魏) and after Wei being replaced by Jin(晋), he served as a officer for Jin too, and at last after decades Jin conquered Wu(吴) and united China, he started to write the Records, his work is considered as the most first hand records of the history of three kingdoms since he lived at that age, and by what most he said should be true Since Chen Shou was very cautious on his work, his book is concise and sometimes lack the details, after about a hundred years, the empire pointed another officer named Pei Songzhi(裴松之) to write an annotation to records of the three kingdoms, He collected other books and records about three kingdoms which were considered as not so trusty , and added those part he thought it is interesting or lacked or different from records from the Records. This book is also important since it records and preserved many records from other books which no longer exist today. And after about hundreds years, since the three kingdoms is a age about heroes, loyalty and betray, its not surprise that the stories and tales about three kingdoms became famous, people liked it, the storytellers told it and even made novels and operas about it. and after a thousand years, a man named Luo Guanzhong(罗贯中), based on the Records and other tales and novels, wrote his own novel called "Romance of the three kingdoms(三国演义)", the original name is 三国志通俗演义, which literally means romance of records of three kingdoms. This book received a great succeed and became the most famous book about the three kingdoms, and most people know the three kingdoms from the Romance, almost all the videos, games, movies are based on the Romance. So, back to the story, did Cao Cao literally said "I would rather betray the world than let the world betray me"? No, this words from this trailer is from the Romance and never mention in the Records. In the Romance, Cao tried to assassinate Dong Zhuo(董卓), which is the ultimate bad guy in this trailer, but failed, and ran away from the capital with a handful trusty servant to his home, on the road he came across a old friend Lu Boshe(吕伯奢)'s house, and Lu asked them to sit and later he go away, Cao heard a knife sharping sound and suspect Lu is going to betray him, so he rushed and killed all Lu's family, but find out it was a mistake, they were actually gonna to kill a pig for Cao. Cao ran away with his servant but meet Lu outside, and Lu said I bought some wines for us, why you leave so fast? and ask Cao to stay, but instead Cao killed Lu, his servant cant understanding that and ask, killing his family was a mistake, and know you killed him on purpose, why? And Cao says, if he get home and find out we killed his family, he must brings people to kill me, and said the famous words "I would rather betray the world than let the world betray me". If you think about the details of this story, cant be true since when killing a pig it will scream so loud and there is no way Cao cant hear that, and Lu, as the master of a big family he has no way to go out to buy some alcohol himself. BUT! There is a similar words mention in the Annotation. In the Annotation, story about after Cao disobey Dong Zhuo's appointment, on the way to home he meet and killed Lu Boshe's family when he pass through has three version according to three different books, and the details are not totally consist with each other, this three books are no longer exist today. The first one said when Caoarrived Lu wasn't home, but Lu's sons and others tried to kill Cao Cao for his money and horses, and Cao killed some of them. Second records said Lu wasn't home but all his 5 sons were, they prepare to entertain Cao but Cao suspected and think they are gonna to killed him for Dong Zhuo, so he killed 8 people and ran away at night. And the last one, it said Cao heard the sounds the noise of making foods, he thought they are going to kill him, so he killed them at night, and after find out the mistake, he sadly said "Rather I betray a man than a man betray me". So, this is the whole story about it, since Cao was a cunning and suspicious man according to the Romance, and this word suit the image of this Cao Cao well, so it became famous. But did Cao really said something like that, we will never know, probably, it's not record in the most trusted historical books, but some other resource mentioned the similar stories, and even the details are different, it may actually happened. What do you believe?
I believe in the last story, in which " it said Cao heard the sounds the noise of making foods, he thought they are going to kill him, so he killed them at night, and after find out the mistake, he sadly said "Rather I betray a man than a man betray me". " It really goes along with his poems. Cao Cao is a man of historical necessity, he did what need to be done, but deep in heart, he want a peaceful world. Cao Cao is truly the only one who carried out the Mandate of Heaven, while Zhuge Liang, despite knowing the Heaven, followed his heart instead...
Jin was not able to make a unified China, it remained a split kingdom until it was shattered into clusters of small kingdoms by the northern barbarians.
I love how the board game is an analogy for the actual struggle and relationship between Cao Cao and Yuan Shao, followed by the entrance of Liu Bei at the end of the trailer, foreshadowing Cao Cao's campaigns in the south. This trailer is truly beautiful in narrative, graphics, and theme. Definitely one of the best video game trailers that I have ever seen.
I wonder how similar it will be to Warhammer, in terms of the generals and heroes. What I mean is - will there be legendary immortal generals/heroes who can take on multiple units. EDIT. My question was answered in the replies, so I am reposting it here: "They are doing both and have linked an article in their twitter: there will be two modes - one classic TW with general bodyguard units, and one Romance of the Three Kingdoms style." Ian Chua and Aidan Mattys, thank you! Also, from GraceCA on the TotalWar Reddit: "Total War: THREE KINGDOMS will be based on the romanticised history by default, but there'll also be a Classic Mode option before you start a campaign that makes the experience closer in execution to past Total War historical titles." Thanks, Cody Bonds!
Ha! Not sure if you're right or wrong haha but I like it. Historical Chinese books states Wei by Cao Cao was stronger than everyone but the romance novel states Shu by Liu Bei was the strongest
01:12 Dialogue : 曹操来见袁绍曰：“今董贼西去，正可乘势追袭；本初按兵不动，何也？” Cao Cao went to see Yuan Shao and said, “Dong Zhuo has gone west. We ought to follow and attack his rear without loss of time. Why do you remain inactive？” 绍曰：“诸兵疲困，进恐无益。” “All our colleagues are worn out, and there is nothing to be gained by attack,” said Yuan Shao. 操曰：“董贼焚烧宫室，劫迁天子，海内震动，不知所归：此天亡之时也，一战而天下定矣。诸公何疑而不进？” Cao Cao said, “This moment was most propitious in the utter confusion that reigned--palaces burned, the Emperor abducted, the whole world upset, and no one knowing whither to turn. The villain will soon be ended, and a single blow could exterminate Dong Zhuo. Why not pursue？” 众诸侯皆言不可轻动。 But all the confederate lords seemed of one mind, and that mind was to postpone action. So they did nothing. 操大怒曰：“竖子不足与谋！” “Those unworthy people cannot discuss worthy thing！” cried Cao Cao.
i realized, they showed caocao and yuanshao fight in the end of this trailer, which is the last DLC of three kingdoms. I don't think its a coincidence.
@@yeeyee5057 it was when they announced they were abandoning three kingdoms to make a new one, even though they didn't even cover the dlc with the three kingdoms xD
I love the little detail where all the enraged officers, upon seeing Cao Cao walk through their ranks, immediately stop and bow to him. Even after he's been dragged through hell, he's still a natural leader.
there is a book called 世说新语 say when two of them were young, they sneaked in a wedding, and they were caught,then they kidnaped the bride to escape.Funny friendship.
Cao Cao is, for me, undoubtedly one of the greatest of the generals at the end of the Han dynasty. I cannot wait for this. Ready for some more intense action.
@@lubu3969 definitely not a traitor. The novel is fictional whereas the sanguozhi describes him far different. Chen Shou, author of the sanguozhi on Cao Cao: “At the end of Han the empire was in great disorder, heroes assembled and rose up, but Yuan Shao like a tiger had eyes for four provinces and there were none that could match his strength and vigor. The Great Ancestor devised a stratagem for castigating the empire and to take hold and demonstrate the laws and standards of Shang, and the breadth of Han and Bai’s exceptional plans. To officials he dispensed property to each according to his ability and with uprightness and kindly feeling he made appointments, forgetting old grievances. In the end he was able to govern and control the imperial bureaucracy, and of those capable of accomplishing grand enterprises, only his brilliant plans were of the highest excellence. At the least it may well be said that he was not a man of ordinary nature and that he was the most outstanding person of his time”.
An interesting story about the one-eyed general who appeared in 1:42 of the video, named Xiahou Dun. In a chase, when the enemy general counterattacks, Dun‘s left eye was shot by an arrow. He stretched his hand and pulled the arrow, but pulled the eyeball out together. He roaring: "the flesh given by parents cannot be discarded", and eat the eyeballs, continue to fight, and finally kill the enemy general. He is one of the ancient generals I like very much. (σ´∀`)σ
Wait, didn’t the Chinese text has some meaning like “I would rather betray men than have them betray me”? I guess this from a translation in my own language as well as the word 人 in there.
Best looking three kingdom adaptation ever. Coming from a guy who played nearly 10 Koei three kingdom games and countless other Three Kingdom adaptions. The more realistic look just works. The Weiqi theme, the song in background. So faithful to the raw historical material. You sir have my Chinese respect.
Mike Newman As a weiqi player, the end position looks like it's taken from a real game but some of the moves they make (not including the last one which is focused on) are kind of nonsensical. Still I appreciate that they at least tried, I've seen worse.
that last move might make sense if the game is done and caocao is counting the wins and losses. I havn't looked at the match properly to see if the game has played to the stage where you need to do that.
The purpose of the move at 2:08 is to prevent invasion of the lower left corner. After that, black is ahead. In contrast, the move at 1:46 is worse than worthless.
Bayofthe91st Love that series, must have watched it 3 times. I’ve started reading the ROTK books but I find them a little bit difficult to read due to all the names, sometimes it’s a bit hard to follow what’s going on.
Cao Cao of the Three Kingdoms TV series has been praised for being a complex character. He may deem himself as a hero but his unscrupulous actions have marked him as a villain
Since I'm sure at least a few people are curious: The game of Go being played throughout the trailer is accurate to how you might see an actual game develop. In fact, it's a recreation of a real match.
I've always been a little bewildered that the game became known by its Japanese name in the west. It originated in China as Wei-Chi and it's equally popular on both sides.
Nathaniel Dance Well, China was relatively blocked from the west and did not have an awareness of cultural communication on the past decades. It is really shameful that Japanese are more insightful to see and absorb the value of traditional Chinese culture than many Chinese.
Magni56 kind of, but in this case, that move actually serves a purpose as it prevents the 3-3 invasion in that corner, and it is the move that gave the game the name "Nailing Down the Guoshou Title" since that move is like him hammering down a nail to solidify his territory.
Personally. I love the rivalry between Cao Cao and Yuan Shao. It's a ageless tale of talented and hardworking middle class overcoming pompous highborn. One is born from a minor house from the North and adopted as a son by a court eunuch; he is talented and his father money, but because of his birth, he was shunned by aristocratic society and refuted any political appointment above something akin to a mayor even though he aced in the best university of Han Dynasty and full of potential. The other one was a spoiled firstborn son of a prominent feudal clan with his close relatives all occupying critical and prominent positions in the Han court plus the ownership of tens of thousands of acres of farmland and the ability to call upon feudal retainers in the hundreds of thousand. At the beginning, all Cao Cao can call upon to his aid was couple thousands of Cao and Xiahou clansmen that related to each other by blood. Yuan Shao, on the other hand, can always effortlessly summon a military force the size of a national army composed of hundreds of thousands of Yuan clan retainers and many minor noble houses willing to pledge loyalty to him for his family prestige and the desires to end up on the winning side. However, Yuan Shao comprehensively lost to his childhood friend Cao Cao who was a nobody comparatively speaking. P.S. I also love this short trailer for it managed to summarize all of Yuan Shao's critical character flaws in a few short scenes together totaled in less than 30 secs: the taking forever to make a move in the board game (indecisiveness), the waiting too long and refuse to commit in battlefields (extreme aversion to risk taking), the lack of charisma showed through his inability to calm down the angered soldiers after defeat (lack of leadership), and finally the easy to provoke big ego (aristocratic arrogance).
Cao Cao and Liu Bei is in fact a better example of the ageless tale you've mentioned. Eunuch was actually the most powerful class at the time and Cao Cao received tons of benefit from his grandfather. The eunuchs was later stripped off all their privilege after the rebellion, but Cao Cao was not, he still held a position equal to Provincial Minister by the time the Coalition was formed. Surely he didn't hold as much land or power as Yuan Sao, but to say he is "middle-class" was an understatement. And although the man earned every bit of his power and reputation by himself, his upbringing was far more favourable than say, Uncle Liu Bei.
Yuan Shao wasn't only the heir of the Yuan clan. He was a decent Han commander and he did not participated against the Yellow Turbans bc his father just died and he was forced to manage the entire Yuan clan affair while mourning his death. Yuan Shao's charisma does not come only from his family background, but also from his efforts to preserve the Han and his heroic deed when he directly confronted the 10 Regular Attendants, the 10 Eunuchs. Historically Cao Cao even wasn't there. So don't say Yuan Shao did things and summoned troops effortlessly bc he did many things by himself without delegating to others.
@@theworldclown That's why people cheer on Liu Bei side. His tale's like cinderella story. A son of shoe maker found his privilage in the age of chaos and become a hero of people. Liu Bei story is more 'commoner friendly' than Cao Cao. Which stories most people will prefer between a humble farmboy who found his destiny and become a hero of people or a educate governor's son who fight his way in the court and become something like chinese demon lord? My childhood choose first but my currentself chose latter.
The part where Cao Cao called for support during battle but was denied is based on an actual historical incident. Where the Guandong coalition refused to do anything and move against Dong Zhuo for several months. Each warlord only thinking about themselves fearing that if they lose too many troops they won't be able to reap the rewards if Dong Zhuo loses. Cao Cao being the absolute chad rode out alone with only 5,000 of his soldiers against 25,000 of Dong Zhuo's. He got absolutely mauled and nearly lost his life. Cao Hong gave up his own horse and acted as rear guard to help Cao Cao escape. Instead of praising Cao Cao, the warlords not only did nothing but felt vindicated in their inaction and made jest of Cao Cao. It is worth mentioning that clan annihilation was a thing during this time. So Cao Cao had no financial backing from his father only indirect help such as pointing Cao Cao to men that could help him. So Cao Cao could have lost everything but still did what he did to try to shake those cowards into attacking but failed. Cao Cao time and time again showed bravery, courage and decisive action compared to the other warlords of the era. Liu Bei is unfortunately always portrayed in a very meek mild way due to the novel but Liu Bei was the only really that ever made Cao Cao personally take control of the army in order to deal with him. Liu Bei was no fool.
1:20The meaning of this gesture in ancient China is similar to the current middle finger, but you don’t need to know it, because nowadays Chinese people also use the middle finger to express that meaning.
CA use references, it's good, they're using their brain, they're subtile. We can expect a good game. "I would rather betray the world, than let the world betray me."
I know this video is supposed to focus on Cao Cao and Yuan Shao, but I have to say, Xiahou Dun (officer in green w/ the eyepatch) is looking pretty badass
@@DccAnh I mean it’s a cool villainous quote I guess, and even I have grown to appreciate it since even if he’s inaccurately portrayed as a villain he’s a really damn good one in fiction, but I’ll always choose historical accuracy over fiction.
@@Chris_MarMar I mean yeah if you go with the Record and not the Romance, Cao Cao is a hero, or at least an anti hero, not a villain, still, I think the quote fit his personality regardless.
most likely in the campaign as also historicaly in cao cao's story,yuan shao will be an allie for a while but later on he will betray him. much like in shogun 2 where the mori clan had the ouchi clan as their allie but in some part they betraied them suprisingly but the mori clan still defeated them both in game and historicaly
Yuan Shao and Cao Cao were buddies when they were young. That is also why Cao Cao supported Yuan Shao to be the leader of the coalition (Yuan family was very powerful and there were many bureaucrats and politicians who were protégés/students of Yuan family). But later the tension grew between the two because you cannot really have two different ideals together to turn a country around.
i mean it's not a bad idea for them to work on this a little bit more to make sure it's good consider the hype. I mean britinia is pretty trash and rushed, I hope three kingdom isn't another rush one
Only now did I realized what the game of Go was about. Yuan Shao's indecisiveness is shown through him taking forever to make a move, and Cao Cao humiliated him by playing despite it's not his turn yet. Yuan Shao is enraged because Cao Cao didn't follow the rules, but there're no rule in warfare. Cao Cao prevailed over Yuan Shao because the former was able to make multiple steps before the latter even did a thing.
The background poem in this trailer is 蒿里行（Hao li xing）by Caocao himself. Here is the Chinese version and someone‘s english translation. I think it fits the trailer well. It shows how these warlords claimed to serve Han dynasty and fight Dongzhuo，but ended up fighting for their own ambition and bringing endless chaos to China. It also shows Caocao’s determination to rebuild order again. 关东有义士， 兴兵讨群凶。 初期会盟津， 乃心在咸阳。 军合力不齐， 踌躇而雁行。 势利使人争， 嗣还自相戕。 淮南弟称号， 刻玺于北方。 铠甲生虮虱， 万姓以死亡。 白骨露于野， 千里无鸡鸣。 生民百遗一， 念之断人肠。 East to the Hangu Pass some heroes had risen In rebellion against Dong Zhuo and his gang. They rallied at the outset, claiming To stand up for the ousted reign of Han. the men had come together, but not their minds. Troops were deployed, but the factions, Waiting and wavering like wild geese wandering, Vied with each other for safety. Internal strife soon killed the union - In the south one brother has assumed the throne, In the north the other has an imperial seal ready, While armour and surcoats lie bloody and wormy. Wars raging, people are dying, Ungathered bones strew the wilderness - for Thousands of miles, not a rooster to be heard - One tenth of the populace may have ever survived. What a heartbreaking disaster!
Arriba hay un comentario que menciona que se está realizando con ambos modos de tal manera que al inicio de una campaña se podrá decidir si se juega como un TW clasico o como el Warhammer. Ojalá sea verdad. Para ambos grupos de jugadores
Huine Vhar actually yuan shao never betray cao cao in history,maybe cao cao have negative relation with yuan shao brother but that not make conflict with yuan shao,the only true is when cao cao asks yuan shao and others to pursue dong zhuo,but yuan shao and others refused and make cao cao lead his army alone and defeated.
Yuan Shao had a defaming missive about Cao Cao circulated en masse to the public first, telling them of all of his 'misdeeds'. I think Cao Cao was within his right to bloody his face for that. It's also probably a big part as to why Cao Cao was viewed as such a villain by the public from then on.
1:53 - 2:00 min: Finally a Total War, where spears are as strong as they are realistic against short swords. The spear is an overpowered weapon against the most other mediavel weapons and it is a shame, that it was not as effectiv, as it be in the other parts from Total War.
Claystead the novel only mentioned a few women, and mostly as fair maidens. But they can easily put in female warrior characters like almost every three kingdoms games did.
Not sure its because of censorship, more no different than the fact all historical dramas in the uk are full of myth and inaccuracy. That said the Chinese gov do censor a lot, but never seen or read that it is used as an actual basis being taught as real, at least no more than the myths of Alfred the great are taught in the uk for example.
Basically there's this big history book that records the events of the three kingdoms was written in the 3rd century ad and is probably reasonably accurate (Chinese historians like alot of record keepers of the past had their own agendas). In the 15th century someone (we are not completely sure who but a guy called Luo Guanzhong is the most cited) wrote a fictional retelling of the period adding in a lot of his own ideas, myths and magic. His novel is considered a masterpiece of Chinese literature, and is very comparable to something like the Iliad (which is also semi-historical.....possibly). Looks like TW are going for a more 'fantastical' approach. Which is what They've always done, but to varying degrees.
Эмм..В самом начале ролика похоже показали, когда Цао один пошёл преследовать Дун Чжо, который оставил войскам коалиции, только горящую столицу Лоян. Но тут мы видим, что Юань Шао просто его "кинул" хотя по книге, он дал Цао небольшой отряд конницы. 1:56 Сяхоу Дунь. Ну и концовка. Легендарная победа армии Цао, над превосходящими силами Юань Шао. Битва при Гуаньду 200г. н.э. -"Кровь лилась ручьями, утонувших в реке было великое множество. Цао Цао одержал большую победу". роман «Троецарствие»
Warhammer sieges were set up like in the table top, I mean, CA constructed the entire city anyway in the background so all they had to do was set up the paths, but they decided to go for the tabletop authenticity and created the linear boundaries. If the period had sieges fought on 360 degrees, which they did, then it'll be in this game
Like Aidan said, the sieges in Wrahammer is based on the table top setup, thats why we only got a section of the hole city/castle. Look at Britannia which came out recently, siege map are Huge and well made so i dont think CA gona do Warhammer type of siege for their new games.
Samson we had bridge battles for the most part, but made into land crossings probably because designing bridge styles for all 10 races would have been quite a job
tiger cat yeah, nor is historical accuracy, diplomacy, agents and character interactions. I remember being so annoyed the death cinematic for Shogun couldn’t even stick the face of respective daimyo into it.
It's going to be like the past, the game will come out and then later on they will add the blood patch, well other countries don't really like games that show blood so they do this to be able to sell it over there
If people still pay for blood effects, they will never include that in the game. This 3 kingdoms thing and that game based on Britain, this is the chance to boycott CA and send them a message. But I know this will never happen, the fanbase is just too subservient.
R i may agree with the thrones one, but what's wrong with this one? It is a full-scale title, unlike thrones, and so far we don't know anything incriminating. If anything, historical fanboy whiner's greatest whines were solved when CA announced there will be a 'classic' mode. CA probably delayed the game to spring because of that on top of everything else, which shows they are willing to listen and appeal to all their fans
Xiahou Dun as distinctive as ever! Loving the details that allow me to recognise the characters without CA going Koei overboard with the colour and elaborate costumes i'm used to.
I know nothing of Chinese history, and the first trailer to this game did not hook me. But THIS trailer has managed to secure my interest. I love the personal story being told here. I hope this game screams as much personality as this trailer does.
Aye, I know nothing of Chinese history either, apart form watching maybe 4 episodes of Three Kingdoms, but this has really piqued my interest, and I am now relentlessly watching the show...which is actually really good.
There's a Chinese drama called (2010 version)with english subtitles on the youtube. It's very nice .If you want know some history and background stories before you play the game,absolutely It can help you.Shamed on myself ,As a chinese I don't understand the ancient chinese on the flags in this trailer. lol
Personally, I would very very like to suggest you to read the romantic version of the history. The stories are so rich and full of character, with quite acurate history except sometimes placing characters where they historically weren't for dramatic effect. The original history was rich with geo-political and proper war stories while the romantic history was written from organising stories from street bards and story tellers so it focuses more on the human side of things. Kinda like GoT book series but better.
杨俣骁 I dislike that show. Generally I don't think old artworks are better. But regarding the three kingdoms, that 1994 version was much better. Some of the dialogue on 2010 version were so childish that I felt embarrassed.
Fiend Matador Slayer of a Thousand Noobs History of Three Kingdoms: Angry religious dudes beat up Han. Han fights back, Han sucks. Han get other dudes to beat up Religious dudes, Han wins. Han gives other dudes land to beat up future religious dudes. Han get taken by Dong Zhou. Historically no one cares and Dong Zhou falls on his own, in game and book everyone teams up, fails miserably and Cao Cao's friend gets Dong Zhou killed by Lu Bu. Everyone simultaniously realizes that their effectively independant fuedal lords and try and unify China. Eventually Wei takes the North East led by Cao Cao then his son Cao Pei claiming defacto leader of China, the West by Shu Han by Lei Bei claiming continuation of Han, and South East by Wu led by Sun Quan declaring indepdent state. Eventually nothing happens for 60 years, then Wei gets overthrown by new dudes who easily conquer the rest.
OMG HE SAID IT!!! "I would rather betray the world, then have the world betray me" -Cao Cao The hype is strong, as a Koei fan for over 2 decades they have let us down big style over the past 5 years. Go for the Kill
Freerider Dave KOEI had the best franchise in gaming imo. I loved there games especially the older ones like dynasty tactics 1 and 2. Rottk is a let down these days.
Ross Graver agreed that and the shambles of DW9. As said I have been a Koei fan for over 20 years now but they have really let themselves and the fans down
I think you're overreacting a bit. DW8 and SW4, imo, were good games and DW9 is only one game in the franchise. Where they go with DW after DW9's disastrous release and how they handle WO4 is when I'll determine to be disappointed in them or not.
They made them look like the text descriptions. Liu Bei looks like a goofy dude with long ears! I'm excited for Xiahou Dun! Looks like we will have hero units, no?
The background chants are spot-on! The text is taken from a poem by Cao Cao about the Anti-Dong Zhuo Coalition and the full text is here with translation of rough meaning (too many classical Chinese references so I'll keep it simple): 《蒿里行》 "Song for the Dead" 关东有义士，兴兵讨群凶。 In the East, warriors of justice rose up against Dong Zhuo's murderous hordes. 初期会盟津，乃心在咸阳。 At first, we expected to defeat him as our ancestors defeated one tyrant after another. 军合力不齐，踌躇而雁行。 Our armies are together, but our strengths are divided. In petty quarrels we stumble like flocks of birds. 势利使人争，嗣还自相戕。 Power and control were the object. As conflicts brew, former allies began to fight and kill each other. (This is where the video ends. Cao Cao and Yuan Shao fell out and the two started fighting each other.) However, it's the latter half of the poem that made it an undying classic in Chinese history for its humanity and for revealing the brutality of war. 淮南弟称号，刻玺于北方。 Yuan Shao's little brother pretended emperor in the south, whereas Yuan himself prepared a puppet in the north. 铠甲生虮虱，万姓以死亡。 The soldiers have worn their armors for so long, that they are infested by fleas. In the raging wars, normal people died in droves. 白骨露于野，千里无鸡鸣。 White bones scatter across the fields. Not a crowing rooster in a thousand miles. 生民百遗一，念之断人肠。 One out of a hundred barely survives. It breaks one's heart just thinking about it. That's the chill that runs up my spine every time I chew up an entire enemy stack in Total War...
Joe Smith LoL, as if CA would ever make a truly historical three kingdoms, not if they want to sell this game in China..... The Communist Party is not really that "understanding" about historical accuracy if it in any way show the Chinese in a bad light :D...
Dear Total War, You know what would make this game even more awesome? Make a DLC where players can customize their own general and play it in campaign. Much love.
I like what the Total War teams are doing right now. The Warhammer titles which are just great and they keep adding good content. The Total War saga is very promising. Love the immersion and historical accuracy in Thrones of Britannia and I'm sure the rest of the sagas will be amazing. And now TW Three Kingdoms which looks really interesting with a balance between historical accuracy/fantasy. Those who want historic games are happy, those who want fantasy are happy, those who want both are happy. Great job CA. Love the path you've taken!
honestly i think Cao Cao can be easily considred when of the greatest in history along side Napoleon , Hannibal , Arthur of Wellington , Julius Ceaser , Alexander the great , Khalid Ibn walid , Von Manstein , Suvorov , Subutai...
Loses his eye to an arrow during a battle against lubu's forces. Eats the eye and continues fighting. Serves Cao Cao loyally and develops a rivalry with Guan yu.
Just talking about the action of eating his eyeball, i would say the reason he ate his eye ball is beause of the effect of confusianism. in Asia culture, all parts of our body, including hairs, are believed to be all from parents, so that we have to be cautious with our body. in Asia, we didn't have a right to commit any action on our body, including having our hair cut too. that is why all ancient eastern asian people(China, Korea, and Japan) didnt have hair cut. So, having his eyeball, is believed to be meant to this fact, not loyalty, ofc he was loyal.
Not real words from Cao. I was wondering this too and looked it up. Apparently he didn't. It's fictional and it was written in the romance of the three kingdoms. But the records have no mention of him ever saying that. So, it was made up after the fact
@@TheAlienpope according to the history academia, Caocao said similar line but meant differently. Literally, he expressed his regrets (sigh) as ' I would rather betraying you, than letting you betraying me.' The 'you' here refers to LüBoshe(the family he killed accidentally), but not all humanbeing(world). Probbaly within his mind: It's regretable that I killed you but a dead man can't rise from the dead.
Form many source about battle of guandu, Cao Cao force has around 70k to 100k mens against yuan army which range from 150k to 700k. The evidance of battle of guandu doesn't tell the exact number of troop draft to battlefeild. But, every source somehow point that Yuan force vastly outnumber CaoCao. However, in battle of guandu, Cao cao outsmart the yuan decisively. (sorry for my bad English)
For those of you who might get a kick out of this. A friend sent me this video time stamped at 2:30 to show how screwed up Liu Bei looks. For five minutes I kept watching towards the end and asking where was Liu Bei? Five minutes of utter confusion between us two. I thought it was just some random old soldier or assistant.
"(for) I would rather betray the world, than have the world betray me" one of the most iconic quote by cc, uttered when he slaughter his uncle's family in light of their hospitality bc he thought they were going to give him up (or have him killed)
0:16 the song is written by CaoCao himself!!!
关东有义士，兴兵讨群凶。
初期会盟津，乃心在咸阳。
军合力不齐，踌躇而雁行。
势利使人争，嗣还自相戕。
淮南弟称号，刻玺于北方。
铠甲生虮虱，万姓以死亡。
白骨露于野，千里无鸡鸣。
生民百遗一，念之断人肠。
East to the Hangu Pass some heroes had risen
In rebellion against Dong Zhuo and his gang.
They rallied at the outset, claiming
To stand up for the ousted reign of Han.
the men had come together, but not their minds.
Troops were deployed, but the factions,
Waiting and wavering like wild geese wandering,
Vied with each other for safety.
Internal strife soon killed the union -
In the south one brother has assumed the throne,
In the north the other has an imperial seal ready,
While armour and surcoats lie bloody and wormy.
Wars raging, people are dying,
Ungathered bones strew the wilderness - for
Thousands of miles, not a rooster to be heard -
One huнdredth of the populace may have ever survived.
What a heartbreaking disaster!
the name ?
蒿里行
thanks al ot
where can i find the full song?
You remained me of the time when creative Assembly used to write poems for shogun2 where they claimed it was a Japanese poems. Just saying. ...
1:19 Wrong finger.
hahahaha should be mid
omg hahahahahah i'm dying hahaha
nope... that's the authentic archaic up yours
TempestWolf1 Immersion Enhanced
you mean the wong finger
Cao Cao really is a master bamboozler in this game. He's bamboozled me twice already, as an AI-controlled faction no less. First he counter-ambushed my ambush. Then he signed a military access pact with me only to dissolve it as soon as my troops reach the middle part of his territory, leaving me stranded and at risk of having war declared upon me.
Wow that is a pro gamer move right there
i have why much better tactics
im so good in diplomacy
i'm diplomacy manipulator
but i made an empire
@@majstor313 i bet you don't have a copy of the art of war by sun zu do you to play cao cao who used sun zu's teaching to win his battle, sounds mastermind like, using a 5000 year old book to play a game with a character that used the same book 2000 years ago, mega mind.
He pulled a Yuan Shao over you
Bruh
2:06 This is a harsh way to mock your opponent when playing Go.
Cao Cao places one stone next to another in the only empty corner of the board. Its him saying the stones placed early are more than enough to hold back Yuan Shao's designs. savage
Steven Zhou
Well, he seems salty about it, so i dont think he liked the troll
Radix Malorum
Cao Cao knows da Wei to make men salty
did not know that thanks for letting me know
asdf asdf caocaolaugh.wav
Aka look up Cao Caos laugh from ROTK 2010
PMUCH him
honestly i paused the game there and came up with that move also it makes a lot of sense theres so much open space and the rest of the board is pretty settled. it would be pretty bad for black if all his territory got spoiled by an invasion in the corner, and it could also have brought some new weaknesses to take advantage of
I saw people asking about if Cao Cao really said "I would rather betray the world than let the world betray me". The thing is a little complicated, First you need to know three books: the first the "Records of the three kingdoms(三国志)“, second is "Annotations to Records of the Three Kingdoms(三国志注)", and the third one is "Romance of the three kingdoms(三国演义)".
The first one, Records, is written by a man Chen Shou(陈寿) once served as a officer in kingdom Shu(蜀), and after Shu was conquered by Wei(魏) and after Wei being replaced by Jin(晋), he served as a officer for Jin too, and at last after decades Jin conquered Wu(吴) and united China, he started to write the Records, his work is considered as the most first hand records of the history of three kingdoms since he lived at that age, and by what most he said should be true
Since Chen Shou was very cautious on his work, his book is concise and sometimes lack the details, after about a hundred years, the empire pointed another officer named Pei Songzhi(裴松之) to write an annotation to records of the three kingdoms, He collected other books and records about three kingdoms which were considered as not so trusty , and added those part he thought it is interesting or lacked or different from records from the Records. This book is also important since it records and preserved many records from other books which no longer exist today.
And after about hundreds years, since the three kingdoms is a age about heroes, loyalty and betray, its not surprise that the stories and tales about three kingdoms became famous, people liked it, the storytellers told it and even made novels and operas about it. and after a thousand years, a man named Luo Guanzhong(罗贯中), based on the Records and other tales and novels, wrote his own novel called "Romance of the three kingdoms(三国演义)", the original name is 三国志通俗演义, which literally means romance of records of three kingdoms. This book received a great succeed and became the most famous book about the three kingdoms, and most people know the three kingdoms from the Romance, almost all the videos, games, movies are based on the Romance.
So, back to the story, did Cao Cao literally said "I would rather betray the world than let the world betray me"? No, this words from this trailer is from the Romance and never mention in the Records. In the Romance, Cao tried to assassinate Dong Zhuo(董卓), which is the ultimate bad guy in this trailer, but failed, and ran away from the capital with a handful trusty servant to his home, on the road he came across a old friend Lu Boshe(吕伯奢)'s house, and Lu asked them to sit and later he go away, Cao heard a knife sharping sound and suspect Lu is going to betray him, so he rushed and killed all Lu's family, but find out it was a mistake, they were actually gonna to kill a pig for Cao. Cao ran away with his servant but meet Lu outside, and Lu said I bought some wines for us, why you leave so fast? and ask Cao to stay, but instead Cao killed Lu, his servant cant understanding that and ask, killing his family was a mistake, and know you killed him on purpose, why? And Cao says, if he get home and find out we killed his family, he must brings people to kill me, and said the famous words "I would rather betray the world than let the world betray me". If you think about the details of this story, cant be true since when killing a pig it will scream so loud and there is no way Cao cant hear that, and Lu, as the master of a big family he has no way to go out to buy some alcohol himself.
BUT! There is a similar words mention in the Annotation. In the Annotation, story about after Cao disobey Dong Zhuo's appointment, on the way to home he meet and killed Lu Boshe's family when he pass through has three version according to three different books, and the details are not totally consist with each other, this three books are no longer exist today. The first one said when Caoarrived Lu wasn't home, but Lu's sons and others tried to kill Cao Cao for his money and horses, and Cao killed some of them. Second records said Lu wasn't home but all his 5 sons were, they prepare to entertain Cao but Cao suspected and think they are gonna to killed him for Dong Zhuo, so he killed 8 people and ran away at night. And the last one, it said Cao heard the sounds the noise of making foods, he thought they are going to kill him, so he killed them at night, and after find out the mistake, he sadly said "Rather I betray a man than a man betray me".
So, this is the whole story about it, since Cao was a cunning and suspicious man according to the Romance, and this word suit the image of this Cao Cao well, so it became famous. But did Cao really said something like that, we will never know, probably, it's not record in the most trusted historical books, but some other resource mentioned the similar stories, and even the details are different, it may actually happened. What do you believe?
I like your comment (and analysis).
I believe in the last story, in which " it said Cao heard the sounds the noise of making foods, he thought they are going to kill him, so he killed them at night, and after find out the mistake, he sadly said "Rather I betray a man than a man betray me".
"
It really goes along with his poems. Cao Cao is a man of historical necessity, he did what need to be done, but deep in heart, he want a peaceful world. Cao Cao is truly the only one who carried out the Mandate of Heaven, while Zhuge Liang, despite knowing the Heaven, followed his heart instead...
That's a lot of work(d), cheers mate
Jin was not able to make a unified China, it remained a split kingdom until it was shattered into clusters of small kingdoms by the northern barbarians.
Jeez man long af
I love how the board game is an analogy for the actual struggle and relationship between Cao Cao and Yuan Shao, followed by the entrance of Liu Bei at the end of the trailer, foreshadowing Cao Cao's campaigns in the south. This trailer is truly beautiful in narrative, graphics, and theme. Definitely one of the best video game trailers that I have ever seen.
It's also a really good refefence to Age of empires 2's intro cutscene
Yuan Shao has an antenna on his head, that's HuaWei 5G right there
Ha
Lol
Lol
LOL
🙂Cao Cao have a wifi router by Space Telecom Elon Musk,may be this is reason Cao Cao defeat YuanShao in Guandu muontain
I wonder how similar it will be to Warhammer, in terms of the generals and heroes. What I mean is - will there be legendary immortal generals/heroes who can take on multiple units. EDIT. My question was answered in the replies, so I am reposting it here: "They are doing both and have linked an article in their twitter: there will be two modes - one classic TW with general bodyguard units, and one Romance of the Three Kingdoms style." Ian Chua and Aidan Mattys, thank you!
Also, from GraceCA on the TotalWar Reddit: "Total War: THREE KINGDOMS will be based on the romanticised history by default, but there'll also be a Classic Mode option before you start a campaign that makes the experience closer in execution to past Total War historical titles." Thanks, Cody Bonds!
damn son are you real?
Kings and Generals they are going with the Romance version, so I assume legendary heroes will be in the game.
people who think that it's going to be super heroes like in warhammer are autistic
I hope it won't be similar to Warhammer.
It probably will have carnosaur riding heroes if my historical understanding isn't completely off.
"Impressive cousin! You truly are the one that will conquer this land." - Xiahou Dun
Suprisingly cao cao has a better family than Liu bei and even rival Sun family
history book of USA: civil war; independence day.
history book of China: Game of Thrones on steroids !!!
If Three Kingdoms is GoT on steroids what does that make the warring states period?
@@hamzaferoz6162 GoT on battery acid mixed with coke.
Ha! Not sure if you're right or wrong haha but I like it. Historical Chinese books states Wei by Cao Cao was stronger than everyone but the romance novel states Shu by Liu Bei was the strongest
@@hamzaferoz6162 I feel that warring states should be GOT on Steroids since Qin did beat up everyone.
@@wesleyhsu6659 Those Novels like to Downplay Cao Cao because Liu Bei was quote ViRtOUs and LoYAl
You heard him say banish Chaos! Chaos warriors confirmed in 3k!
Great trailer! Looks amazing. Can't wait to get hands on.
we have Alarielle the everqueen to do that, Cao Cao you can rest, lol
Im sure that there will not be any Swordmasters of Hoeth... What a shame!
Haoda Zhang She'd be lucky to have cao cao's help. Unless he gets overconfident, then everyone not Chaos is doomed.
no shamefur disprays 0/10
hilarius:)
01:12
Dialogue :
曹操来见袁绍曰：“今董贼西去，正可乘势追袭；本初按兵不动，何也？”
Cao Cao went to see Yuan Shao and said, “Dong Zhuo has gone west. We ought to follow and attack his rear without loss of time. Why do you remain inactive？”
绍曰：“诸兵疲困，进恐无益。”
“All our colleagues are worn out, and there is nothing to be gained by attack,” said Yuan Shao.
操曰：“董贼焚烧宫室，劫迁天子，海内震动，不知所归：此天亡之时也，一战而天下定矣。诸公何疑而不进？”
Cao Cao said, “This moment was most propitious in the utter confusion that reigned--palaces burned, the Emperor abducted, the whole world upset, and no one knowing whither to turn. The villain will soon be ended, and a single blow could exterminate Dong Zhuo. Why not pursue？”
众诸侯皆言不可轻动。
But all the confederate lords seemed of one mind, and that mind was to postpone action. So they did nothing.
操大怒曰：“竖子不足与谋！”
“Those unworthy people cannot discuss worthy thing！” cried Cao Cao.
Cao Cao: All my teamates are TROLLING
i know that feeling Cao Cao...
林衛央 your comment made a day
文言文比英文简略很多....
其实英文更是缺少了铿锵有力的气势。
"I'd rather betray the fans, then have the fans betray me" - CA 2021
i realized, they showed caocao and yuanshao fight in the end of this trailer, which is the last DLC of three kingdoms. I don't think its a coincidence.
For I would rather betray my boss
Than have my boss betray me
lmao
When did CA betray their fans?
@@yeeyee5057 it was when they announced they were abandoning three kingdoms to make a new one, even though they didn't even cover the dlc with the three kingdoms xD
Probably the 50th time I've rewatched this trailer, anyone else?
Edit: 7 months later and I am now around 500
Yes
Yes
Like more than a hundred
I'm just here for Xiahou Dun!
Well, I stop only on 25
For I would rather betray the world, than have the world betray me.
宁教我负天下人，休教天下人负我！
感觉还是中文比较屌
@@hl1234561 我觉得这个英文翻译已经很不错了
Cao cao: May I borrow something from you?
The servant: what is it you wish my lord?”
Cao cao: May I borrow your head?
The servant: what??!!
@@hl1234561 Well... original is chinese LoL 😂
事实上无论是
宁教我负天下人，休教天下人负我
亦或是
宁我负人，毋人负我
都是后人编的，实际上他说了啥还是没说啥，除了他自己和陈宫谁也不知道
当然稍微懂些三国的老哥肯定比我懂。
而且事情的关键，他杀了吕伯奢一家老小也没啥好洗的。
Speak of Cao Cao and Cao Cao arrives!
stickerhppy
True Longinus
说曹操，曹操到
Fastest man alive
The hero of chaos
Lieutenant Mintz is that you
Love how you can easily identify Xiaohou Dun. He’s a great character.
Eye see.
And he actually used a spear (historically) and not a Dao like DW intepretation.
@@ryannguyen7466 He could use both?
Yah he ate his own eye
Man broke the enemy by taking an arrow to the eye only to pull the arrow out and snack on his still impaled eyeball. Lu Bu wishes he was as badass.
I love the little detail where all the enraged officers, upon seeing Cao Cao walk through their ranks, immediately stop and bow to him. Even after he's been dragged through hell, he's still a natural leader.
No wonder they couldn't stay friends if they kept on getting salty at each other during board game night
Board games ruin friendships, wine however does the opposite
wine ruins board games?
😂,no it strengthens friendships
there is a book called 世说新语 say when two of them were young, they sneaked in a wedding, and they were caught,then they kidnaped the bride to escape.Funny friendship.
Spoiled royal fuckbois lol
Cao Cao is, for me, undoubtedly one of the greatest of the generals at the end of the Han dynasty. I cannot wait for this. Ready for some more intense action.
He was undoubtedly the best of his time in China.
Prime traitor of the Han... ultimate villain, very deceitful. But powerful yes.
@@lubu3969 definitely not a traitor. The novel is fictional whereas the sanguozhi describes him far different.
Chen Shou, author of the sanguozhi on Cao Cao: “At the end of Han the empire was in great disorder, heroes assembled and rose up, but Yuan Shao like a tiger had eyes for four provinces and there were none that could match his strength and vigor. The Great Ancestor devised a stratagem for castigating the empire and to take hold and demonstrate the laws and standards of Shang, and the breadth of Han and Bai’s exceptional plans. To officials he dispensed property to each according to his ability and with uprightness and kindly feeling he made appointments, forgetting old grievances. In the end he was able to govern and control the imperial bureaucracy, and of those capable of accomplishing grand enterprises, only his brilliant plans were of the highest excellence. At the least it may well be said that he was not a man of ordinary nature and that he was the most outstanding person of his time”.
@@Chris_MarMar follow the lore. You clearly don't know the lore. Prime traitor of the Han.
@@lubu3969 You clearly don’t know the actual history.
An interesting story about the one-eyed general who appeared in 1:42 of the video, named Xiahou Dun. In a chase, when the enemy general counterattacks, Dun‘s left eye was shot by an arrow. He stretched his hand and pulled the arrow, but pulled the eyeball out together. He roaring: "the flesh given by parents cannot be discarded", and eat the eyeballs, continue to fight, and finally kill the enemy general. He is one of the ancient generals I like very much. (σ´∀`)σ
Thats the most random but badass thing ive heard in a while
@@ziggytheassassin5835 Eating your own eyeball in a heated battle? Calm down bro
For I would rather betray the world than have the world betray me. 宁教我负天下人,休教天下负我. Love that iconic line, been hyped for this for ages :)
Wait, didn’t the Chinese text has some meaning like “I would rather betray men than have them betray me”? I guess this from a translation in my own language as well as the word 人 in there.
The 人 actually means everyone in this case
that word means everyone in the world
Shame cao cao never said that
that should be “天下人”
meaning " everyone in the world"
Best looking three kingdom adaptation ever. Coming from a guy who played nearly 10 Koei three kingdom games and countless other Three Kingdom adaptions.
The more realistic look just works. The Weiqi theme, the song in background. So faithful to the raw historical material. You sir have my Chinese respect.
Mike Newman As a weiqi player, the end position looks like it's taken from a real game but some of the moves they make (not including the last one which is focused on) are kind of nonsensical. Still I appreciate that they at least tried, I've seen worse.
that last move might make sense if the game is done and caocao is counting the wins and losses. I havn't looked at the match properly to see if the game has played to the stage where you need to do that.
The purpose of the move at 2:08 is to prevent invasion of the lower left corner. After that, black is ahead. In contrast, the move at 1:46 is worse than worthless.
Go watch chinese drama called three kingdom while waiting this game. Has complete season in youtube with english subs. Highly recommended.
Bayofthe91st Love that series, must have watched it 3 times. I’ve started reading the ROTK books but I find them a little bit difficult to read due to all the names, sometimes it’s a bit hard to follow what’s going on.
I saw it man, saw it several times and loved it.
Cao Cao of the Three Kingdoms TV series has been praised for being a complex character. He may deem himself as a hero but his unscrupulous actions have marked him as a villain
@@michaelbandada9887 briliant and ruthless leader.
"Capable minister in peaceful times and an unscrupulous hero in chaotic times"
watched the whole 96~ episodes 3x now, and it's still good. the romance makes game of thrones like a story for babies.
Since I'm sure at least a few people are curious: The game of Go being played throughout the trailer is accurate to how you might see an actual game develop. In fact, it's a recreation of a real match.
I've always been a little bewildered that the game became known by its Japanese name in the west. It originated in China as Wei-Chi and it's equally popular on both sides.
Nathaniel Dance Like many other things: Ramen, Chakai, Zen...
I spent half my life growing up in the West and rolling my eyes when someone would peer over my shoulder and ask "Oh you're writing kanji"
Nathaniel Dance Well, China was relatively blocked from the west and did not have an awareness of cultural communication on the past decades. It is really shameful that Japanese are more insightful to see and absorb the value of traditional Chinese culture than many Chinese.
Magni56 kind of, but in this case, that move actually serves a purpose as it prevents the 3-3 invasion in that corner, and it is the move that gave the game the name "Nailing Down the Guoshou Title" since that move is like him hammering down a nail to solidify his territory.
As a Dynasty Warriors/Total War fan, this has been the best thing ever.
This music literally starts bringing a tear to my eye it's so epic.
Personally. I love the rivalry between Cao Cao and Yuan Shao. It's a ageless tale of talented and hardworking middle class overcoming pompous highborn.
One is born from a minor house from the North and adopted as a son by a court eunuch; he is talented and his father money, but because of his birth, he was shunned by aristocratic society and refuted any political appointment above something akin to a mayor even though he aced in the best university of Han Dynasty and full of potential. The other one was a spoiled firstborn son of a prominent feudal clan with his close relatives all occupying critical and prominent positions in the Han court plus the ownership of tens of thousands of acres of farmland and the ability to call upon feudal retainers in the hundreds of thousand.
At the beginning, all Cao Cao can call upon to his aid was couple thousands of Cao and Xiahou clansmen that related to each other by blood.
Yuan Shao, on the other hand, can always effortlessly summon a military force the size of a national army composed of hundreds of thousands of Yuan clan retainers and many minor noble houses willing to pledge loyalty to him for his family prestige and the desires to end up on the winning side.
However, Yuan Shao comprehensively lost to his childhood friend Cao Cao who was a nobody comparatively speaking.
P.S. I also love this short trailer for it managed to summarize all of Yuan Shao's critical character flaws in a few short scenes together totaled in less than 30 secs: the taking forever to make a move in the board game (indecisiveness), the waiting too long and refuse to commit in battlefields (extreme aversion to risk taking), the lack of charisma showed through his inability to calm down the angered soldiers after defeat (lack of leadership), and finally the easy to provoke big ego (aristocratic arrogance).
Ravenpy Both Cao Cao and Yuan Shao were born in south
may be I got them confused with Sima clan.
Cao Cao and Liu Bei is in fact a better example of the ageless tale you've mentioned. Eunuch was actually the most powerful class at the time and Cao Cao received tons of benefit from his grandfather. The eunuchs was later stripped off all their privilege after the rebellion, but Cao Cao was not, he still held a position equal to Provincial Minister by the time the Coalition was formed. Surely he didn't hold as much land or power as Yuan Sao, but to say he is "middle-class" was an understatement. And although the man earned every bit of his power and reputation by himself, his upbringing was far more favourable than say, Uncle Liu Bei.
Yuan Shao wasn't only the heir of the Yuan clan. He was a decent Han commander and he did not participated against the Yellow Turbans bc his father just died and he was forced to manage the entire Yuan clan affair while mourning his death. Yuan Shao's charisma does not come only from his family background, but also from his efforts to preserve the Han and his heroic deed when he directly confronted the 10 Regular Attendants, the 10 Eunuchs. Historically Cao Cao even wasn't there. So don't say Yuan Shao did things and summoned troops effortlessly bc he did many things by himself without delegating to others.
@@theworldclown That's why people cheer on Liu Bei side. His tale's like cinderella story. A son of shoe maker found his privilage in the age of chaos and become a hero of people. Liu Bei story is more 'commoner friendly' than Cao Cao.
Which stories most people will prefer between a humble farmboy who found his destiny and become a hero of people or a educate governor's son who fight his way in the court and become something like chinese demon lord?
My childhood choose first but my currentself chose latter.
1:56 mah man Xiahou Dun being boss as usual
0/10 Doens't have his giant scimitar
At least they got the eye patch 5/10
Seeing that, upped my hype by thousands
Has patch, gets thumbs up from me!
Y is he on foot??!!
Liu Bei looks so tired and old. This must be when he was 40 yet still achieved nothing.
Well, At this point he archived something that many fail to archived. TRUE FREINDS.
@@chaypha331 true friends won't win and end wars and bring peace and stability to the land
DO NOT PURSUE LU BU
What does it mean? I'm not that good in the history of the three kingdoms, but this lu bu guy keeps poping up everywhere :O
PU LU?
Ahhh okay, thank you very much Radix :)
Supposed to spell as “Lv Bu”
Or Lü Bu
The part where Cao Cao called for support during battle but was denied is based on an actual historical incident. Where the Guandong coalition refused to do anything and move against Dong Zhuo for several months. Each warlord only thinking about themselves fearing that if they lose too many troops they won't be able to reap the rewards if Dong Zhuo loses.
Cao Cao being the absolute chad rode out alone with only 5,000 of his soldiers against 25,000 of Dong Zhuo's. He got absolutely mauled and nearly lost his life. Cao Hong gave up his own horse and acted as rear guard to help Cao Cao escape.
Instead of praising Cao Cao, the warlords not only did nothing but felt vindicated in their inaction and made jest of Cao Cao. It is worth mentioning that clan annihilation was a thing during this time. So Cao Cao had no financial backing from his father only indirect help such as pointing Cao Cao to men that could help him.
So Cao Cao could have lost everything but still did what he did to try to shake those cowards into attacking but failed.
Cao Cao time and time again showed bravery, courage and decisive action compared to the other warlords of the era. Liu Bei is unfortunately always portrayed in a very meek mild way due to the novel but Liu Bei was the only really that ever made Cao Cao personally take control of the army in order to deal with him. Liu Bei was no fool.
1:20The meaning of this gesture in ancient China is similar to the current middle finger, but you don’t need to know it, because nowadays Chinese people also use the middle finger to express that meaning.
Lol
Do you know da Wei?
Dynamic Records Official Underrated Comment!!!
da Wei of da devil
Hey it's my Wei!
Damn you why? 😂
No I only know the Han
Age of empires 2 trailer (battle chess)
CA use references, it's good, they're using their brain, they're subtile. We can expect a good game.
"I would rather betray the world, than let the world betray me."
Haha! I thought of the same thing!!! XD
Total War: Three Kingdoms trailer (Battle Go)
you have keen eyes my friend
Yeah. Do you play? Didn't white still have a chance? I dunno, I'm still learning. It's a lot harder than chess.
I have fallen in love this game, it is very beautiful. Creative Assembly is Sega's workhorse.
I love the plain smile Liu Bei gave Cao Cao, totally nonthreatening and humble
and totally will give Cao Cao a migraine later on
Dragon's Armory and eventually Sun Quan as well
and that brain tumor and frequent seizures
Cao Cao's already Peter Baelish, though Baelish on Balish is a funny mental image
vaguely P0rny
Radix Malorum But Liu Bei is a distant descendants of Han dynasty,he has the right to the Han throne in which he created the Shu Han dynasty
I know this video is supposed to focus on Cao Cao and Yuan Shao, but I have to say, Xiahou Dun (officer in green w/ the eyepatch) is looking pretty badass
Agreed
Agree
why?
"I would rather betray the world, than have the world betray me." That's all I need to hear to know it's Cao Cao.
Fictional quote. He never actually said that.
@@Chris_MarMar regardless if he actually said the actual quote or not, it fit him perfectly.
@@DccAnh I mean it’s a cool villainous quote I guess, and even I have grown to appreciate it since even if he’s inaccurately portrayed as a villain he’s a really damn good one in fiction, but I’ll always choose historical accuracy over fiction.
@@Chris_MarMar I mean yeah if you go with the Record and not the Romance, Cao Cao is a hero, or at least an anti hero, not a villain, still, I think the quote fit his personality regardless.
"Yuan Shao, my friend" uhm... ye, lets see how long this works out XD
Not even to the end of the trailer
ye I noticed that :D just heard that line in the trailer and stopped to comment :P
most likely in the campaign as also historicaly in cao cao's story,yuan shao will be an allie for a while but later on he will betray him.
much like in shogun 2 where the mori clan had the ouchi clan as their allie but in some part they betraied them suprisingly but the mori clan still defeated them both in game and historicaly
Plus Yuan Shao was indecisive and arrogant.
Yuan Shao and Cao Cao were buddies when they were young. That is also why Cao Cao supported Yuan Shao to be the leader of the coalition (Yuan family was very powerful and there were many bureaucrats and politicians who were protégés/students of Yuan family). But later the tension grew between the two because you cannot really have two different ideals together to turn a country around.
My reaction:
cool,
cool,
that's pretty cool,
SPRING 2019 WTF?
Be thankful they're not gonna turn this into another Rome 2.
hahaha IKR
same haha
Best comment
i mean it's not a bad idea for them to work on this a little bit more to make sure it's good consider the hype. I mean britinia is pretty trash and rushed, I hope three kingdom isn't another rush one
Only now did I realized what the game of Go was about. Yuan Shao's indecisiveness is shown through him taking forever to make a move, and Cao Cao humiliated him by playing despite it's not his turn yet. Yuan Shao is enraged because Cao Cao didn't follow the rules, but there're no rule in warfare. Cao Cao prevailed over Yuan Shao because the former was able to make multiple steps before the latter even did a thing.
MY AMBITION CANNOT BE STOPPED
the battle of the red sea cliffs just did.
Brain Tumor just did
yes Moses stopped Cao's tyranny
andtioch liusvult you can't challange GOD will, just like satan
Vincent Celeste LOL Cao Cao fleet got decimated 😂
"You would be a capable minister in peaceful times and an unscrupulous hero in chaotic times."
Who's a longtime Dynasty Warrior Fan? Dynasty Warriors in game wiki was amazing and helped me learn a whole lot of China's History during this era.
The background poem in this trailer is 蒿里行（Hao li xing）by Caocao himself. Here is the Chinese version and someone‘s english translation. I think it fits the trailer well. It shows how these warlords claimed to serve Han dynasty and fight Dongzhuo，but ended up fighting for their own ambition and bringing endless chaos to China. It also shows Caocao’s determination to rebuild order again. 关东有义士，
兴兵讨群凶。
初期会盟津，
乃心在咸阳。
军合力不齐，
踌躇而雁行。
势利使人争，
嗣还自相戕。
淮南弟称号，
刻玺于北方。
铠甲生虮虱，
万姓以死亡。
白骨露于野，
千里无鸡鸣。
生民百遗一，
念之断人肠。 East to the Hangu Pass some heroes had risen
In rebellion against Dong Zhuo and his gang.
They rallied at the outset, claiming
To stand up for the ousted reign of Han.
the men had come together, but not their minds.
Troops were deployed, but the factions,
Waiting and wavering like wild geese wandering,
Vied with each other for safety.
Internal strife soon killed the union -
In the south one brother has assumed the throne,
In the north the other has an imperial seal ready,
While armour and surcoats lie bloody and wormy.
Wars raging, people are dying,
Ungathered bones strew the wilderness - for
Thousands of miles, not a rooster to be heard -
One tenth of the populace may have ever survived.
What a heartbreaking disaster!
Amazing, thanks for the reference and translation!
the poem actually mentioned Yuan Shao and Yuan Shu brother. Both of them is Cao Cao's rival. ^^
My hype is over 9000
hugothester crees que habrá algo como los generales del warhammer?
me too
Arriba hay un comentario que menciona que se está realizando con ambos modos de tal manera que al inicio de una campaña se podrá decidir si se juega como un TW clasico o como el Warhammer. Ojalá sea verdad. Para ambos grupos de jugadores
bored of 10000
The money CA transferred to your bank account is over 9000,right?
Cao cao justified his battle in Guandu. He is so pissed with Yuan Shao betrayal during the fight against Dong Zhuo.
Huine Vhar actually yuan shao never betray cao cao in history,maybe cao cao have negative relation with yuan shao brother but that not make conflict with yuan shao,the only true is when cao cao asks yuan shao and others to pursue dong zhuo,but yuan shao and others refused and make cao cao lead his army alone and defeated.
Yuan Shao had a defaming missive about Cao Cao circulated en masse to the public first, telling them of all of his 'misdeeds'. I think Cao Cao was within his right to bloody his face for that.
It's also probably a big part as to why Cao Cao was viewed as such a villain by the public from then on.
thats called betrayal for me
1:53 - 2:00 min:
Finally a Total War, where spears are as strong as they are realistic against short swords. The spear is an overpowered weapon against the most other mediavel weapons and it is a shame, that it was not as effectiv, as it be in the other parts from Total War.
so you haven't used the yari samurai in shougn 2? :D
but ofc I agree :P
That depends of the culture, but yes, usually Spears are powerful.
Jamaly - Log Horizon Yari Sam are not very good in S2. Naginata Sam on the other hand, were great.
Reee Monro this. Kiss katana samurai goodbye. With long yari ashigaru, kiss any melee unit goodbye
Mortus VanDerHell its a trailer will have to see how they perform in game
Can’t wait to dynasty warrior it up!
Or KESSEN ^^
Kessen 2>Kessen 1/3. Fite me
Provocateur Hahahahahhaa, how the new battlefield game will have a black soldier in the nazi army.
there's two campaign modes. One similar to Warhammer and another similar to older Total War games.
Claystead
the novel only mentioned a few women, and mostly as fair maidens. But they can easily put in female warrior characters like almost every three kingdoms games did.
2:25 I'm glad they changed the "Three Kingdoms" characters from Simplified Chinese in the first trailer to Traditional Chinese here!
nice observation!
Is that what he really say in history
I rather betrayed the world than let the world betrayed me?
Yes.
jinping xi why he said that?
Not sure its because of censorship, more no different than the fact all historical dramas in the uk are full of myth and inaccuracy.
That said the Chinese gov do censor a lot, but never seen or read that it is used as an actual basis being taught as real, at least no more than the myths of Alfred the great are taught in the uk for example.
So basically we really don't know the truth about han dynasty?
Basically there's this big history book that records the events of the three kingdoms was written in the 3rd century ad and is probably reasonably accurate (Chinese historians like alot of record keepers of the past had their own agendas).
In the 15th century someone (we are not completely sure who but a guy called Luo Guanzhong is the most cited) wrote a fictional retelling of the period adding in a lot of his own ideas, myths and magic. His novel is considered a masterpiece of Chinese literature, and is very comparable to something like the Iliad (which is also semi-historical.....possibly).
Looks like TW are going for a more 'fantastical' approach. Which is what They've always done, but to varying degrees.
Эмм..В самом начале ролика похоже показали, когда Цао один пошёл преследовать Дун Чжо, который оставил войскам коалиции, только горящую столицу Лоян. Но тут мы видим, что Юань Шао просто его "кинул" хотя по книге, он дал Цао небольшой отряд конницы. 1:56 Сяхоу Дунь. Ну и концовка. Легендарная победа армии Цао, над превосходящими силами Юань Шао. Битва при Гуаньду 200г. н.э.
-"Кровь лилась ручьями, утонувших в реке было великое множество. Цао Цао одержал большую победу". роман «Троецарствие»
Из Цао Цао на протяжении почти двух тысяч лет пытаются сделать злодея, но что что то не очень получается.
Cao playing Go? MAN! That’s like the Intro of Age of Empires II.
曹操下棋这个场景就像是帝国时代II的开场动画，还有人记得吗？
Classic.
确实，即视感满满的
Johnny Zhang 不完全像。
我第一次看也想到了这个
Johnny Zhang 确实有点像
I hope that the sieges are like tob and not like tww.
They showed something that looks like a seige. Pretty sure that after warhammer they want to take another risk title and make tw more interesting
keep hoping
Warhammer sieges were set up like in the table top, I mean, CA constructed the entire city anyway in the background so all they had to do was set up the paths, but they decided to go for the tabletop authenticity and created the linear boundaries. If the period had sieges fought on 360 degrees, which they did, then it'll be in this game
Like Aidan said, the sieges in Wrahammer is based on the table top setup, thats why we only got a section of the hole city/castle. Look at Britannia which came out recently, siege map are Huge and well made so i dont think CA gona do Warhammer type of siege for their new games.
Samson we had bridge battles for the most part, but made into land crossings probably because designing bridge styles for all 10 races would have been quite a job
Wtf? I love Total War even more now!
Adrian Ciprian the AI doesn't matter to you
pay for dlc then
tiger cat yeah, nor is historical accuracy, diplomacy, agents and character interactions. I remember being so annoyed the death cinematic for Shogun couldn’t even stick the face of respective daimyo into it.
I literally have all Total War games in my Steam account. I'm a shill of CA, but it's a whole lot better than buying a single game from EA/Ubisoft
"For I would rather betray the world, than have the world betray me" - Cao Cao
OMG, I just saw Xiahou Dun!!
Lukas Jian where ?
hellatze 1:42, a guy with a eye mask on his left eye
the eyepatch guy
He too handsome in this game, but I like it
We saw Xiahou Dun in combat so the game will most likely have heroes
Zhuge Liang reveal trailer please!
Buenomars is he a frontline general?
that is gonna be the last trailer because his death marked as the late Three kingdom period
indeed. but lets say reveal Sun Quan, Zhou Yu, or Guan Yu first.
or if they intended to make DLC of this. lets reveal Sima Yi
no Zhang Liao
By looking at your avatar I would rather ask for sima yi trailers.
But will he pursue Lu Bu?
*_DO NOT PURSUE LU BU_*
No he isn't stupid.
Cao Cao killed Lu Bu. LOL
he did purse Lu Bu after Hau lao gate, and guess what happened to him XD? its even featured in the trailer.
He actually did and it led to a disaster
Cao Wei is the only Way.
But no the Wu :D
The cubs of the Tiger of Jiangdong flee before the might of Zhang Liao.
Until the Sima arrive
Oooh, gud!
Originally qin are the mvps
"For I would rather betray the world, than have the world betray me". (“宁教我负天下人，休教天下人负我 ) Well said! His exact words in the novel.
Go Cao Cao! Definitely my favourite ROTK character, so excited for this game!
By far the best character in ROTK.
Cao Cao of Wei,Liu Bei of Shu,Sun Quan of Wu.Three kingdoms in China.
Liu Bei of Han(漢), I think it is the right name.
Liu Bei at the end!!! amazing! love the accurate story telling!!!
Add blood from release
Unlikely
It's going to be like the past, the game will come out and then later on they will add the blood patch, well other countries don't really like games that show blood so they do this to be able to sell it over there
If people still pay for blood effects, they will never include that in the game. This 3 kingdoms thing and that game based on Britain, this is the chance to boycott CA and send them a message. But I know this will never happen, the fanbase is just too subservient.
They can't
R i may agree with the thrones one, but what's wrong with this one? It is a full-scale title, unlike thrones, and so far we don't know anything incriminating. If anything, historical fanboy whiner's greatest whines were solved when CA announced there will be a 'classic' mode. CA probably delayed the game to spring because of that on top of everything else, which shows they are willing to listen and appeal to all their fans
Xiahou Dun as distinctive as ever! Loving the details that allow me to recognise the characters without CA going Koei overboard with the colour and elaborate costumes i'm used to.
I know nothing of Chinese history, and the first trailer to this game did not hook me. But THIS trailer has managed to secure my interest. I love the personal story being told here. I hope this game screams as much personality as this trailer does.
Aye, I know nothing of Chinese history either, apart form watching maybe 4 episodes of Three Kingdoms, but this has really piqued my interest, and I am now relentlessly watching the show...which is actually really good.
There's a Chinese drama called (2010 version)with english subtitles on the youtube. It's very nice .If you want know some history and background stories before you play the game,absolutely
It can help you.Shamed on myself ,As a chinese I don't understand the ancient chinese on the flags in this trailer. lol
Personally, I would very very like to suggest you to read the romantic version of the history. The stories are so rich and full of character, with quite acurate history except sometimes placing characters where they historically weren't for dramatic effect. The original history was rich with geo-political and proper war stories while the romantic history was written from organising stories from street bards and story tellers so it focuses more on the human side of things. Kinda like GoT book series but better.
杨俣骁
I dislike that show.
Generally I don't think old artworks are better. But regarding the three kingdoms, that 1994 version was much better.
Some of the dialogue on 2010 version were so childish that I felt embarrassed.
Fiend Matador Slayer of a Thousand Noobs History of Three Kingdoms:
Angry religious dudes beat up Han. Han fights back, Han sucks.
Han get other dudes to beat up Religious dudes, Han wins.
Han gives other dudes land to beat up future religious dudes. Han get taken by Dong Zhou.
Historically no one cares and Dong Zhou falls on his own, in game and book everyone teams up, fails miserably and Cao Cao's friend gets Dong Zhou killed by Lu Bu.
Everyone simultaniously realizes that their effectively independant fuedal lords and try and unify China. Eventually Wei takes the North East led by Cao Cao then his son Cao Pei claiming defacto leader of China, the West by Shu Han by Lei Bei claiming continuation of Han, and South East by Wu led by Sun Quan declaring indepdent state.
Eventually nothing happens for 60 years, then Wei gets overthrown by new dudes who easily conquer the rest.
OMG HE SAID IT!!!
"I would rather betray the world, then have the world betray me"
-Cao Cao
The hype is strong, as a Koei fan for over 2 decades they have let us down big style over the past 5 years. Go for the Kill
Freerider Dave KOEI had the best franchise in gaming imo. I loved there games especially the older ones like dynasty tactics 1 and 2. Rottk is a let down these days.
Ross Graver agreed that and the shambles of DW9. As said I have been a Koei fan for over 20 years now but they have really let themselves and the fans down
Prepare to be disappointed. The hype ain't real and this game won't be any different from attila
KOEI has a game for pussies, with too soft troop combat dynamics and unrealistic battles
I think you're overreacting a bit. DW8 and SW4, imo, were good games and DW9 is only one game in the franchise. Where they go with DW after DW9's disastrous release and how they handle WO4 is when I'll determine to be disappointed in them or not.
They made them look like the text descriptions. Liu Bei looks like a goofy dude with long ears! I'm excited for Xiahou Dun! Looks like we will have hero units, no?
The background chants are spot-on! The text is taken from a poem by Cao Cao about the Anti-Dong Zhuo Coalition and the full text is here with translation of rough meaning (too many classical Chinese references so I'll keep it simple):
《蒿里行》
"Song for the Dead"
关东有义士，兴兵讨群凶。
In the East, warriors of justice rose up against Dong Zhuo's murderous hordes.
初期会盟津，乃心在咸阳。
At first, we expected to defeat him as our ancestors defeated one tyrant after another.
军合力不齐，踌躇而雁行。
Our armies are together, but our strengths are divided. In petty quarrels we stumble like flocks of birds.
势利使人争，嗣还自相戕。
Power and control were the object. As conflicts brew, former allies began to fight and kill each other.
(This is where the video ends. Cao Cao and Yuan Shao fell out and the two started fighting each other.)
However, it's the latter half of the poem that made it an undying classic in Chinese history for its humanity and for revealing the brutality of war.
淮南弟称号，刻玺于北方。
Yuan Shao's little brother pretended emperor in the south, whereas Yuan himself prepared a puppet in the north.
铠甲生虮虱，万姓以死亡。
The soldiers have worn their armors for so long, that they are infested by fleas. In the raging wars, normal people died in droves.
白骨露于野，千里无鸡鸣。
White bones scatter across the fields. Not a crowing rooster in a thousand miles.
生民百遗一，念之断人肠。
One out of a hundred barely survives. It breaks one's heart just thinking about it.
That's the chill that runs up my spine every time I chew up an entire enemy stack in Total War...
I was so angry after first trailer but not anymore, can't wait !
why were u angry lol?
sandokan1610 lol but imagine how epic your cinematics will be when you have heroes surrounded by soldiers
I FUCKIGN EXCITED
Joe Smith
LoL, as if CA would ever make a truly historical three kingdoms, not if they want to sell this game in China..... The Communist Party is not really that "understanding" about historical accuracy if it in any way show the Chinese in a bad light :D...
If it is because of the op generals, I read that there will be a game mode where they fight like normal people
Cao Cao may be a crafty villian. But the 'Gentlemen' who called him a crafty villian are unable to get rid of Cao Cao!
2:10 first ragequit in history
Lol
FATUOUS!
还原古代围棋座子制，好评！围棋细节好评好评好评！
曹操最后那一手我怎么看以为是瞎摆的。。。是因为胜负已定吗
@@dungenwalkerr619 羞辱性的，大局已定了
@@cottonbomb8272 沒玩過圍棋，謝謝你的解說，我還以為他們亂下一通。
Chinese and Japanese, Korean Vietnam like this historic subject!
I agreed.
Here's a Vietnamese commenting for diversity
Dear Total War,
You know what would make this game even more awesome? Make a DLC where players can customize their own general and play it in campaign. Much love.
U mean like Mount & Blade？
@@yourmajesty5985 More like Avatar Conquest, in Total War: Shogun 2.
I like what the Total War teams are doing right now. The Warhammer titles which are just great and they keep adding good content. The Total War saga is very promising. Love the immersion and historical accuracy in Thrones of Britannia and I'm sure the rest of the sagas will be amazing. And now TW Three Kingdoms which looks really interesting with a balance between historical accuracy/fantasy. Those who want historic games are happy, those who want fantasy are happy, those who want both are happy. Great job CA. Love the path you've taken!
Xiahou Dun in the house!
honestly i think Cao Cao can be easily considred when of the greatest in history along side Napoleon , Hannibal , Arthur of Wellington , Julius Ceaser , Alexander the great , Khalid Ibn walid , Von Manstein , Suvorov , Subutai...
and Tywin Lannister
He like qin shin huang from qin dynasti
@@walfikriafrinaldi3663 Qin shin Huang was more of leader figure in his era i would go with the likes of Yue Yi or Bai qi or even Wang Jian
i see Xiahou Dun I press like
Loses his eye to an arrow during a battle against lubu's forces. Eats the eye and continues fighting. Serves Cao Cao loyally and develops a rivalry with Guan yu.
Just talking about the action of eating his eyeball, i would say the reason he ate his eye ball is beause of the effect of confusianism. in Asia culture, all parts of our body, including hairs, are believed to be all from parents, so that we have to be cautious with our body. in Asia, we didn't have a right to commit any action on our body, including having our hair cut too. that is why all ancient eastern asian people(China, Korea, and Japan) didnt have hair cut. So, having his eyeball, is believed to be meant to this fact, not loyalty, ofc he was loyal.
Shamefur display cleaned.
The enemy tremble before our might!
My lord! A grorious victory will soon be yours!
*shamefur dispray
God I miss shogun 2. lol
Chinese DON'T pronounce the R in place of the L like the Japanese do. They actually do the exact opposite.
I will betray the world rather let it betray me
宁教我负天下人，休教天下人负我
Not real words from Cao. I was wondering this too and looked it up. Apparently he didn't. It's fictional and it was written in the romance of the three kingdoms. But the records have no mention of him ever saying that. So, it was made up after the fact
我曹丞相果然非池中之物
@@TheAlienpope according to the history academia, Caocao said similar line but meant differently.
Literally, he expressed his regrets (sigh) as ' I would rather betraying you, than letting you betraying me.'
The 'you' here refers to LüBoshe(the family he killed accidentally), but not all humanbeing(world).
Probbaly within his mind:
It's regretable that I killed you but a dead man can't rise from the dead.
Can't wait. Give me Mengde. Everyone go watch Three Kingdoms 2010. it's the best series ever!
Sun Quan!
a b 1994 version is better
95 episodes 45min with english sup
Well, the older version of Three Kingdom is more classic
"call my name 3 times , and i will arrive at your city gate"
Oh i cant wait to say that in MY MULTIPLAYER CAMPAIGN FOR THIS ONE 😂🖒
This sounds like the traditional Dynasty warriors Cao Cao voice with an accent and that makes this even more amazing for me.
Who could truly stop his ambition? Glory to Wei!
the death of guo jiakong ming and zhou yuwell and his legacy by sima yi
dam is should be:the death of guo jia. kong ming and zhou yu stretegy , well and his legacy destroyed by sima yi
I don't know who could stop it but I definitely know who would try, that damn Zhuge Liang
Sima Yi? Heh.
Kardel My ambition cannot be stopped!
Eh wait, it's delayed to Spring 2019?
UltraRanger omg just saw that. Oh well. Means they need time to make it better and have a smooth release
And to avoid the onslaught of this holiday season...
No kidding. With Red Dead and a new Assassins Creed coming out they'll be better served with a clear landing pad.
It’s because of that damn Norsca!
i would launch at March 2019 to June 2019 .
that guy was playing chess with Cao Cao must be Yuan Shao, who got defeated by Cao Cao in the battle 70 thousand soldiers vs 20 thousand of Cao Cao.
Go. Not chess.
Go is the Japanese name. In China its called Wei Qi
700 thousand vs 200 thousand
@@damiester1 i wonder what was the entire population of the world or just china at the time.... because 200k or 700k is insane.
Form many source about battle of guandu, Cao Cao force has around 70k to 100k mens against yuan army which range from 150k to 700k. The evidance of battle of guandu doesn't tell the exact number of troop draft to battlefeild. But, every source somehow point that Yuan force vastly outnumber CaoCao. However, in battle of guandu, Cao cao outsmart the yuan decisively. (sorry for my bad English)
1:43 and 1:56 Xiahou Dun, omg hype
Cathay confirmed boys! Let the hype begins!
I was hoping for something like this and they have finally made it! So hyped.
Yes, YES! Thank you for this! Hopefully after this, we get some Monogol Empire stuff.
LoL the end really cracked me up. This trailer hit my every vibe for total war. Shut up and take my money....
For those of you who might get a kick out of this. A friend sent me this video time stamped at 2:30 to show how screwed up Liu Bei looks. For five minutes I kept watching towards the end and asking where was Liu Bei? Five minutes of utter confusion between us two. I thought it was just some random old soldier or assistant.
This already blows Britannia out of the water. So excited!
1:43 XiaHou Dun(Shaldon) appears
I'm loving the comments on here! So glad that you're enjoying the game!
@Michael G I'm not one of the developers, no. But they certainly did their research!
"(for) I would rather betray the world, than have the world betray me"
one of the most iconic quote by cc, uttered when he slaughter his uncle's family in light of their hospitality bc he thought they were going to give him up (or have him killed)