To be fair, the one thing this company does very well is trailers, that " I choose war..." gave me goosebumps

“Hannibal, you know how to gain a victory, but not how to use one.”

I love how Roman diplomats were always so arrogant. Its a trend in historic writing for them to be represented as such so we can assume they really were. Probably because they had Imperium just like a Consul or a Praetor and as such were in themselves an embodiement of the Roman State . Would Rome bow to anyone ?

Powerful words, "last time your fathers were buried in the fields of Sicily"

Awesome voicing and speech...I would definitely chose war after that "we buried your fathers" and "you should greet the dirt with open hands" and also the "fishing village"...really nice insults very nice

Ultimately, this scene is just pure fiction. Hannibal was not in Carthage at the time when the Roman delegation was sent there and official declaration of war was made at the hall of the elders. Hannibal was already thousands of miles away in Iberia preparing his army for the long march. So, very nice video, but it purely fictional.

Clearly 40% more funding went to marketing. Those guys are doing superb job comparing to their buddies in other departments like AI devs and such.

"That would be a great feat... even for the great, Hannibal Barca."

did anyone watched the new oversimplified video

hannibal was in spain when this happened, and Fabius the man in the council of elders threatened them all with peace or war, they said "let rome decide" and he picked war

So this is the politician I sent on a diplomatic mission to Carthage to improve relations....? No wonder they killed him.

Hannibal was chill but Fabius just kept talking shit.

"Over the alps? I suppose he will bring an army of elephants hahaha"

The Punic Wars is one of the greatest wars in human history and the fact that HBO hasn’t made a series on it is just sad. I’d have to start with black screen before we hear “Hannibal my son” and then cut to Hannibal looking over the slaughter at Cannae under a grey sky with the sun shining through, with erect posture and lion fur cape waving in the breeze while the oath continues, and when it ends it cuts to black where we get some 20 or 30 years earlier message pop up. The fact that it hasn’t been made is in and of itself a cardinal sin that if you look hard enough I can assure you is in the original bible itself.

Imagine if Carthage won this conflict , the world would be a very different place .

Elephants, getting hit in the face by arrows, makes me sad. :(

I love the way the character of hannibal is saying so much with just expressions. Kudos to the animators or actors if they used any

Just replayed total war 3 kingdoms again, and I decided to come back to what started it all for me... total war rome 2. This game will always have a special place in my heart and it will always be a game I will come back too for memories of the game that sparked my love for this franchise, and this is the trailer that made me want to buy the game. Amazing trailer, amazing game, amazing franchise

Let's be honest - "barbaric fishing villige" is one of the most epic roman flex I've ever heard :D

the Roman has some sick punchlines.