This is probably one of the very few games that can make a very simple intro using only gameplay shots and in-game musics, yet it's INSANELY epic

@hopelessent.1700

4 жыл бұрын

Battlefront 2 as well.

@floridaball4896

4 жыл бұрын

That's what I loved about the old total war intro's that they were entirely made in game

@aorusaki

3 жыл бұрын

@@floridaball4896 yeah. It shows you how epic and fun the game can be with NO QUESTIONS on whether you can actually do it in game or not!

@kakashihatake1869

2 жыл бұрын

and all games must do this using in game footage so as not to exceed player expectations. what you see is what you get. very simple yet effective

@krixxset2214

2 жыл бұрын

A wild screaming elephant!!!!

When I was child, I never skipped this intro scene. This was just too epic for me

@IceniTotalWar

2 жыл бұрын

Have to agree super atmospheric, no idea how many 100's certainly and possibly 1000's of times i've seen it.

@gr-8166

2 жыл бұрын

“FORWARD!”

@dusk6159

Жыл бұрын

The music was just so perfect for us after all

@fatnootz3466

10 ай бұрын

I still do when I play this game. Luckily this game might be the easiest to modify ever so the fun never really ends for me

@greg_4201

10 ай бұрын

I still can't skip it now

Someone: Oh man, I used to play Minecraft back in the day, it was awesome. So what was your childhood like? Me: *shows this intro*

@garrettjohnson343

4 жыл бұрын

Why not both?

@flaviusbelisariusthebasedl3116

4 жыл бұрын

Garrett Johnson yeah,why not?

@Dreadwaffle7

4 жыл бұрын

@@garrettjohnson343 I play minecraft these days :)

@budakbaongsiah

4 жыл бұрын

@@Dreadwaffle7 They're both great! :)

@mxeci2413

3 жыл бұрын

@@garrettjohnson343 because Minecraft is Easy Game And Every people can Play Than Total war

That Praetorian cavalry charge is so epic!

@makedoneca3578

5 жыл бұрын

Were those the horsemen in red ?

@jaysan2674

5 жыл бұрын

@@makedoneca3578 yes

@namffuakable

4 жыл бұрын

Then that counter charge with the elephants👌

@jerichamesclammay3107

3 жыл бұрын

@@makedoneca3578 shut up

@thecatfather857

3 жыл бұрын

@@jerichamesclammay3107 What’s your deal saying shut up to a year-old comment?

Even after almost 20 years, this opening still amazes me, it was a masterpiece and still hold up today, what a legendry game.

@dusk6159

Жыл бұрын

Iconic and masterfully crafted

@little-rat-tim

Жыл бұрын

it really doesnt

@Brandonhayhew

4 ай бұрын

its classic

Think the first time I saw this intro, I was literally salivating at the prospect of the game ahead :)

@Randomstuffs261

10 жыл бұрын

10 years later, i am still salivating...

@rebelfriend1818

5 жыл бұрын

15 years later, i am still salivating...

@weskerkings651

4 жыл бұрын

15 years and a month later im still salivating

@hopelessent.1700

4 жыл бұрын

Wesker Kings 15 years two months and 5hours later I’m playing the game and can’t get enough of the action.

@user-zv6xz1br7g

4 жыл бұрын

@@hopelessent.1700 15 years and 6 month

This music intro is so fucking epic !

@loris6104

8 жыл бұрын

wish I would Know the name

@TheMBmulti

8 жыл бұрын

+Adolf Hipster It's actually a mix of RTW soundtracks: Journey to Rome part 1, Journey to Rome part 2 and Melee Cafe :)

1:53 I like how catapult destroyed ally siege tower

@majdurakovic8431

4 жыл бұрын

Haha lol

@thecatfather857

4 жыл бұрын

Those are Onagers, you filthy casual.

@Old_Guard2

4 жыл бұрын

When it’s your first day on the job and you cheated on all of your exams-

@lyonvensa

3 жыл бұрын

Nah, I'm pretty sure those are the Roman Onagers, the one that fired before the elephants arrive.

@jorgeserna8411

3 жыл бұрын

Those shots are coming from the same direction as the Pretorian Cavalry. I think it's a reinforcement Roman army with onagres.

00:55 LMFAO, that gremlin laugh.

@user-is1eq9jm2t

5 ай бұрын

Always amazed me how few people notice this "mwehhehe, I'm here, girls" laugh

The best total war ever!

@dawdwsffdwad4078

2 жыл бұрын

medieval 2 better imo

@badasstimmy1675

2 жыл бұрын

In my opinion medieval 2 is better

@user-ni6zi6wh2z

Жыл бұрын

both, both is good

@Brandonhayhew

4 ай бұрын

no glitching

@Brandonhayhew

4 ай бұрын

@@badasstimmy1675more historical inaccuracies.

I remember I showed my dad this footage but when he saw the graphics, he derided the game and walked away. I later excommunicated him, but for other reasons.

@ethanmcfarland8240

4 жыл бұрын

lol what happened

@benjaminrogers8875

4 жыл бұрын

@@ethanmcfarland8240 Probably got dow'd by another Christian faction.

@thecatfather857

4 жыл бұрын

Benjamin Rogers Yeah, very funny. -_-

@aorusaki

3 жыл бұрын

Awww

@aorusaki

3 жыл бұрын

That sucks the graphics are great but not so gorey lol

You know EXACTLY why you are here.

@renimusmaximus

3 жыл бұрын

We are reborn.

@floopymoth-1880

3 жыл бұрын

i just got sent a link on discord idk what dis is

@Someone-nt8wz

2 жыл бұрын

Nostalgia

@alexanderhaakan8829

22 күн бұрын

To serve Rome!

Dat music though

One word: Elephants

@finalkid7992

5 жыл бұрын

Dee Emm four words: gaps between infantry lines

@Old_Guard2

5 жыл бұрын

Dee Emm Two words: Head hurlers

@kakashihatake1869

2 жыл бұрын

*Cersei agrees*

1:55 be like "whatever comes through those gates you are soldiers of rome, And you will stand your ground!"

@budakbaongsiah

5 жыл бұрын

1:56 *FLEE*

@BlakeFerret

4 жыл бұрын

Aaannnd..its armored elephants F this!

@johnnyb7628

3 жыл бұрын

Gandalf Voice LOL

@johnnyb7628

3 жыл бұрын

@@budakbaongsiah They forgot the Volley of arrows at the elephants.

@omari2306

2 жыл бұрын

They won't if enemy is fierce

when I first saw this intro way back in 2004, I knew I was in for a treat and honestly, this game changed me. I didn't really like history as a kid, Rome total war changed that for me.

I’ve always loved the way that it presents the carthaginians and the parthians as the actual Villains here, with the barbarians having to be bailed out repeatedly and the Carthaginians basically going ‘deploy elephant’ when trouble arises.

@IceniTotalWar

10 ай бұрын

I hate those Carthaginian elephant riders ! i'm also not a fan of pink pajama people. Luckily many mods tried for historical accuracy to varying degrees.

@oldboy117

8 ай бұрын

​@@IceniTotalWarare you saying the Parthians didn't dress exclusively in pink pajamas and the Gauls in striped pants???

When I first bought this game and saw this for the first time the chills were UNREAL Edit: the way at 1:46 the elephant roars match with the music makes this perfect

@wilderbogle459

2 жыл бұрын

I vividly remember when my mom randomly bought it for me in 2006. I couldn't believe what I was seeing when I first saw this opening video.

Marvel: "Infinity War is the most ambitious event in crossover history." Me: "Gaul, Briton & Carthage coalition against Rome."

@IceniTotalWar

2 жыл бұрын

Could have changed World history if they were successful 😁

@Brandonhayhew

4 ай бұрын

Mongol empire is the biggest empire of all time

A Rome total war Remastered with everything Rome 1 had that Rome 2 took away. A small list to just lay down what NEEEDS to be kept (that Rome 2 took away) -Unit Collision (big flipping Numero Uno) -General Speeches -Rome 1 campaign. Literally all of it back. Let me list it. •R1 Diplomacy •R1 Army mobility •R1 Campaign Ai. With good Strategy to decree War. Decree Peace, decree trade and plan and do actions made for the future (in essence be 100 turns ahead of the game) •Killing a faction leads to playing that faction. No DLC that is intended to lock out what we had years ago for free. ((Back to regular points) -R1 Battle AI . Needs to be efficient with using troops doing massive damage with little to no losses and planning Hammer & anvil tatics and reserves and cause routing and shock tatics etc. -BRING BACK THE MUSIC QUALITY ! heck even bring a female Jeff Van Dyck to do the music making it even more dramatic. Or simpler yet, touch Jeff Van Dyck's shoulder for advice. Bribe 1 million for him I don't care he's valuable. •We can always mention what Rome 1 did better. And I'll say that my mouthful of advice is it. But by golly if we get a R1 remastered, revamped, revised. If we get R1 with everything it had make NO changes ((listen, what I'll say next isn't difficult to do. But in practice it is.)), "don't do anything than what was done before", don't change anything. Just keep it going as it R1, was. End

@heyitsamy1771

5 жыл бұрын

Speeches are already in Rome 2 though

@renimusmaximus

5 жыл бұрын

@@heyitsamy1771 its just not the same. I had to really zoom in and listen close for it. The OG game made it cinematic and epic, and you watched your men get pumped for the battle ahead.

@alexanderthegreat1356

4 жыл бұрын

Also a slightly larger map extending further east

@budakbaongsiah

3 жыл бұрын

What's female Jeff Van Dyck?

@jaibonaparte

3 жыл бұрын

You're in luck

1:47 Lord of the Ring: Return of the King

@dixonj41

10 жыл бұрын

Elephants vs Cavalry! Too true!

@AdmiralCarsten

9 жыл бұрын

I thought the same thing. The entire battle is somehow based from the battle of Minas Tirith from the third LotR film!

@lowkeytehgoodfomicechef2885

6 жыл бұрын

Haradrim and Rohahirm vs Romans and Carthgeians

@emperorpalpatine5298

5 жыл бұрын

They forgot Gandalf....

@emperorpalpatine5298

5 жыл бұрын

1:31 was the ride of rohirrim lol.

Playing Total Warhammer 2 right now, and I'm struck by just how kickass Rome's music is compared to any that came after. It can make even an in-engine cutscene without dialogue and lousy models hype me up despite the almost 20 year gap between the two titles

@IceniTotalWar

2 жыл бұрын

Yeah CA could add so much atmosphere to newer games with a better soundtrack, as in more "emotional" than just their modern OST which feel designed to win technical awards.

@angbandsbane

Жыл бұрын

Agreed 100% on the music. A week ago I got the remastered version and the first time "Divinitas" started up I was grinning like an idiot because it felt like I was home.

Это пизд.ц! До сих пор мурашки от этой заставки)

if u have headphones on try closeing your eyes and just imaging yourself on a battlefield with the roman legionaries against all odds

@LordVarangian

8 жыл бұрын

+robosoldier11 lol. if i was in a battlefield with this music then rip elephants

@robosoldier11

8 жыл бұрын

cool vasilis get at it son ill be back here good luck.

@kakashihatake1869

2 жыл бұрын

yeah like the opening battle at Gladiator. ROMA VICTOOOOOOOR

this is my childhood in a nutshell, coming back to this as a 18 year old is so nostalgic

@IceniTotalWar

2 жыл бұрын

Nostalgia as an 18 year old 🤔 now you're really making me feel old hahaha.

@stratos8

Жыл бұрын

were u playing this game from your mohers belly wtf?

@CalloZxn

Жыл бұрын

@@stratos8 i only started playing it in 2010 cause my dad played it a lot

Carthage allied with Brits and Gauls? that's one hell of a alliance

@fatnootz3466

10 ай бұрын

"I hate rome" Club

@IceniTotalWar

10 ай бұрын

+1 sign me up... well right after i finish my Julii campaign that is 😁@@fatnootz3466

Been playing this game since I was 12 years old, I’m a grown man now 24 years of age and I still cry watching this. This is my entire childhood. And I have my father to thank for giving me a hell of a childhood and a hell of a game that I still play today. I love you dad. Thank you.🥹

*Girls visiting Italy for School trip:* Omg I can’t wait to go to Venice! *Boys visiting Italy on same trip:* 1:30

I play this back in my childhood really boost my interest to learn history

@budakbaongsiah

3 жыл бұрын

Age of Empires, Stronghold, Civilization, Total War, and to some extent Empire Earth were the games that heightened by interest in history. And the Crusader Kings 2 came with its DLCs, showing how fun alternate history can be and how the best kind of RPGs are the one where you can really play a role while the game provides the tool to build the narrative.

1:56 This intro made me OBSESSED with War elephants and cavalry as a kid/teen lol. Plus the music and sound effects were just so perfectly timed 🙌🏽

@IceniTotalWar

2 жыл бұрын

Still the best soundtrack but with Med 1 & 2 very close behind.

The amazing part is that History Channel used this masterpiece to show some of history in his program.

@IceniTotalWar

2 жыл бұрын

And Time Commanders but i think they had early access but was a great way to promote a mostly unknown UK studio.

.....Anyone else here after the Remaster trailer?

@ayatcha7928

3 жыл бұрын

FOR ROME!

I remember playing this game for the first time back in 2005. Back than I lived in Germany and a friend of mine who came from America owned this game. RTW was really amazing.

Why is this music sooooo good holy shit

This is the best game ever made, not even the modern ones can get close to the immersion this had. It's impressive.

@IceniTotalWar

2 жыл бұрын

The newer ones don't feel as fun from a player perspective and don't feel as loved by the creators, rather soulless and more focused on stat balancing.

wow Gauls Britons and Carthage against Rome.epic battle

@benjaminyitzsroelgoldman130

7 жыл бұрын

all of them

@BlakeFerret

4 жыл бұрын

And pontus fighting the house of brutii

@kevinhernandezretana2170

4 жыл бұрын

BlakeFerret it was the Parthians

@thecatfather857

4 жыл бұрын

BlakeFerret That was actually one of the game’s Historical Battles.

@kakashihatake1869

2 жыл бұрын

yeah all of Rome's greatest foes in one epic battle. this RTS got me hooked after C&C RA2 and C&C Generals

REMASTER BABEEEEEYYYY

dis badass elephant in the end

I just noticed. Thats the siege of Minas Tirith and Pelennor Field if you think about it. The barbarians/gauls are the Orcs. The roman cav charge are the Rohirrim saving the battle. The Carthaginians elephants the Mumakil. The battering ram shot is Grond. The elephants charging the gate are the Olog-Hai.

@boynextdoor1951

4 жыл бұрын

Nerd

@johanlassen6448

19 күн бұрын

Correct. They probably based it off that.

The intro for RTW 1 is way better than RTW 2. You really get excited by all the action.

@IceniTotalWar

10 ай бұрын

+1 have to agree, Rome 2 is still lacklustre in many ways, it's like a bleached version of Rome 1. Do you think CA will remake the Med 2 intro if we get a Remaster ?

Bear in mind this game released in the same year as Halo 2 and Half-Life 2 and it still stands today as a (yes dated) but landmark part of the strategy genre. The fact it's graphics are pretty decent for the time and yet also stretched to a game which can encompass 1000s of units per battle still impresses me to this day

When this game was released i had no computer to play but i still bought the cd and i started saving money to play this game on my own computer and meanwhile i brought cd with me wherever i go and i still have it. This game is everything about my childhood :)

The devs of this game are great, love that the intro is a roman version of Battle of the Pelennor Fields

1:30 my favorite part

Zoomers won’t get how epic this was

Co-worker in 2035: Fortnite was my childhood game what was yours? Me: Shows this intro.

@IceniTotalWar

2 жыл бұрын

Co-worker gets jealous 😁

Growing up my dad would play this game a lot and I would literally just sit right next to him and watch him play, and everytime this intro would come we never skipped it. Now I’m 25 and I got it for myself it’s so good.

I miss this game. :(

I like that instrument that starts from 0:26 - sounds like turkish saz

@Denterify2

4 жыл бұрын

Well it´s probably a lyra or sambuca, guess the persians (and later the turks) got those as the romans from the greek

Cav charge, elephants, destroyed gate, generaly a siege, Rome 1 release date 2004 Lotr: Return of the King, release date 2003 If true, i took me 17 years to realise this

Who else misses the ability to look around your cities?

@hopelessent.1700

4 жыл бұрын

Same

Rome 2's intro can't even compare to this

I spent about 3000 thousand hours in this game, the most of all total wars

@IceniTotalWar

10 ай бұрын

No idea how many hours i played with the disks but the Steam version of Rome 1, Alexander and the Remaster should be close to 3k i think.

After watching the remastered intro. I came back to this and remember why Rome was so great. The remaster absolutely failed in capturing the same Majesty in this instance.

@roteshere

3 жыл бұрын

Only intro from all video games that i've never skipped. Good nostalgia.

@robosoldier11

3 жыл бұрын

@@roteshere exactly seeing the remaster flub like this kinda gives off that lack of the same magic that made the original so compelling. Its a shame modern CA is in capable of doing what its predecessors did.

@roteshere

3 жыл бұрын

@@robosoldier11 I won't play the remastered version. It can only disappoint the great memories I have from back then.

i love how this video quality is bad. such a masterpiece game, so sad that we rarely see nice games these times.

@IceniTotalWar

2 жыл бұрын

Well now we have the Remaster but still hoping CA can remember/relearn how to make entertaining Historical games.

This intro was awesome in my eyes when I first saw this, also this part 1:31 was the first experience I’ve felt chills back then

The way they show the battle of Carrhae is great too

Still have goosebumps

Gives me chills every time Hands down one of the best intros in PC gaming history!

this is too epic

@IceniTotalWar

10 ай бұрын

Still gets me going after all these years .

@henryshepard6754

10 ай бұрын

@@IceniTotalWar me too

@IceniTotalWar

10 ай бұрын

Do you have the Remaster ? @@henryshepard6754

God I hope the remaster keeps this intro.

@Dominian1

3 жыл бұрын

They didn't and the new one fucking sucks.

Best intro of any TW by far

the first bit of music always gets me in the battling mood!

Best Total War game ever.

@IceniTotalWar

2 жыл бұрын

Without a doubt !

I can’t want to see the remaster intro

Watching this today, STILL gives me chills . I have seen this countless times, I NEVER skipped the Intro . Still gives me chills . If aynone wants to showcase to anyone what TW has lost over time, show them this intro . And make em compare it to the intros of newer Titles .

How nostalgic.. I remember opening this game again 3 years ago and my ears dying because of a sound bug

Over a decade old but this game is spectacular, there is a remastered version of it this year 😏 Of all games to come across this has got to be up there with the best game intros! The very sight of a seige, multiple battles an armoured war elephants alone makes it exciting to. Begin with!!

I just realised that the Siege of Rome in this is just a reskinned Siege of Minas Tirith, right down to a devastating charge from cavalry reinforcements being countered by elephants.

@IceniTotalWar

2 жыл бұрын

Imitation is the greatest form of flattery 🙂

Decades past and no one came up with a better game than Rome Total War

Me: 'Ahh, me and my friends have raided the fridge and there's nothing mum can do about it' The bedroom door: 1:56

I couldn't believe my eyes when I finally saw the opening. It was so beyond everything I could imagine at that time. How times have changed!

Why is it that strategy games always have amazing intro movies?

@IceniTotalWar

2 жыл бұрын

Clickbait 🤔 🤣🤣 but definitely not this game.

Well SOMEONE watched Lord of the Rings Return of the King before making this trailer.

@emperorpalpatine5298

5 жыл бұрын

Yup lmao.

I haven't played this game in a while but i still remember how epic this was

The Best game intro in history

Was there ever a intro that blew your mind more in 2005!?

2004 still a classic best games

@IceniTotalWar

2 жыл бұрын

Absolutely and so many current players got their start with that game.

The epicest intro ever in Total war!!!

God, this music always gives me goosebumps..

The SICKEST way to start a game

This game turns 19 this year, I'm 28 and I still love playing it Legend!

Rome Total War was awesome

The nostalgia bro

@IceniTotalWar

2 жыл бұрын

Nostalgia overload !!! 😮😮😮

El mejor juego de la historia...(?)

First time i played was 2007, a Demo version.

The music in the game really gets my adrenalin pumping!

Omg so much memories

I miss this

I always thought the city being sieged was Massalia, since it's the most likely to be reached by Carthage, Gauls and Britons during a game.

ONE OF THE BEST RTS I EVER PLAYED!

This and DOW1 trailers the best..

@IceniTotalWar

2 жыл бұрын

This definitely, is DOW1 = Dogs of War ?

@diego2817

2 жыл бұрын

@@IceniTotalWar Dawn of war

My God, this game is gonna be 20 years old.

CA... what the fuck happened man?

@Gorbendo

10 жыл бұрын

SEGA

@Canaris3

10 жыл бұрын

Casual market happened, SEGA and modern gaming business.

@Gorbendo

10 жыл бұрын

Canaris3 its true, this game with the graphics of the Rome 2 will be better than the actual game

@Canaris3

10 жыл бұрын

Gorbendo | Jodiendo con Humor Fuck RTW 2 graphics man .. i dont want my computer to clutter with useless shit like facial animations and other R2 shit ... Also Warscape sucks. So i will play free Europa Barbarorum 2 O!

@Gorbendo

10 жыл бұрын

Canaris3 I think thet this game is the empire 2, o no, sorry the empire was good ccomparing to this shit

Someone needs to make a remix of this I would be so greatful.

Dang this game is old, and this is literally one of the oldest videos I've seen on KZread, but hey still love the game.

o m g i miss so much this game!!!! in my opinion this one is the best of all the times!!!!!!!

Gauls. I hate Gauls.

This intro is the most epic thing i have seen in a video game ever

Que hermoso recuerdo fue uno de los primeros juegos conquiste las 101 provincias.