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.
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.
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.🥹
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
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.
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.
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 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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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 :)
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
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.
This video sold me to Total War games. Back then i was like 15. My aunt gave me this game as a birthday gift. I didnt know what to expect. I didnt even had youtube access all the time. But the screenshots looked nice. Is it like Age of Empires 2 but with bigger pop than just 200? Installed the game, then saw this 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 .
+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 ?
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 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.
I wonder how the ancient Romans would react seeing us 2000 years later playing games based on their conquests? Would they be proud to have left such a bloodthirsty legacy or would they have been disgusted by it?
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
1st (red flag): City section Arretium siege, Hannibal destroyed the city. 2nd (green flag) Purple section (partia): Persian campaign, Rome lost and the general was killed by pouring liquid gold. 3rd (blue flag) section: Scipio Carthage or Spanish campaign
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.
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!!
@DrJanketic Actually, it's two songs, and they're both from the RTW original soundtrack. The first one is "Journey to Rome", the second one is "Melee Cafe".
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
Battlefront 2 as well.
That's what I loved about the old total war intro's that they were entirely made in game
@@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!
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
A wild screaming elephant!!!!
When I was child, I never skipped this intro scene. This was just too epic for me
Have to agree super atmospheric, no idea how many 100's certainly and possibly 1000's of times i've seen it.
“FORWARD!”
The music was just so perfect for us after all
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
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*
Why not both?
Garrett Johnson yeah,why not?
@@garrettjohnson343 I play minecraft these days :)
@@Dreadwaffle7
They're both great! :)
@@garrettjohnson343 because Minecraft is Easy Game And Every people can Play Than Total war
Even after almost 20 years, this opening still amazes me, it was a masterpiece and still hold up today, what a legendry game.
Iconic and masterfully crafted
it really doesnt
its classic
That Praetorian cavalry charge is so epic!
Were those the horsemen in red ?
@@makedoneca3578 yes
Then that counter charge with the elephants👌
@@makedoneca3578 shut up
@@jerichamesclammay3107 What’s your deal saying shut up to a year-old comment?
Think the first time I saw this intro, I was literally salivating at the prospect of the game ahead :)
10 years later, i am still salivating...
15 years later, i am still salivating...
15 years and a month later im still salivating
Wesker Kings 15 years two months and 5hours later I’m playing the game and can’t get enough of the action.
@@hopelessent.1700 15 years and 6 month
This music intro is so fucking epic !
wish I would Know the name
+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
Haha lol
Those are Onagers, you filthy casual.
When it’s your first day on the job and you cheated on all of your exams-
Nah, I'm pretty sure those are the Roman Onagers, the one that fired before the elephants arrive.
Those shots are coming from the same direction as the Pretorian Cavalry. I think it's a reinforcement Roman army with onagres.
The best total war ever!
medieval 2 better imo
In my opinion medieval 2 is better
both, both is good
no glitching
@@badasstimmy1675more historical inaccuracies.
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.
You know EXACTLY why you are here.
We are reborn.
i just got sent a link on discord idk what dis is
Nostalgia
To serve Rome!
One word: Elephants
Dee Emm
four words: gaps between infantry lines
Dee Emm Two words: Head hurlers
*Cersei agrees*
Armored elephants!
Dat music though
00:55 LMFAO, that gremlin laugh.
Always amazed me how few people notice this "mwehhehe, I'm here, girls" laugh
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.
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.
@@IceniTotalWarare you saying the Parthians didn't dress exclusively in pink pajamas and the Gauls in striped pants???
1:55 be like "whatever comes through those gates you are soldiers of rome, And you will stand your ground!"
1:56 *FLEE*
Aaannnd..its armored elephants F this!
Gandalf Voice LOL
@@budakbaongsiah They forgot the Volley of arrows at the elephants.
They won't if enemy is fierce
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.🥹
1:47 Lord of the Ring: Return of the King
Elephants vs Cavalry! Too true!
I thought the same thing. The entire battle is somehow based from the battle of Minas Tirith from the third LotR film!
Haradrim and Rohahirm vs Romans and Carthgeians
They forgot Gandalf....
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
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.
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.
*Girls visiting Italy for School trip:* Omg I can’t wait to go to Venice!
*Boys visiting Italy on same trip:* 1:30
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
Speeches are already in Rome 2 though
@@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.
Also a slightly larger map extending further east
What's female Jeff Van Dyck?
You're in luck
this is my childhood in a nutshell, coming back to this as a 18 year old is so nostalgic
Nostalgia as an 18 year old 🤔 now you're really making me feel old hahaha.
were u playing this game from your mohers belly wtf?
@@stratos8 i only started playing it in 2010 cause my dad played it a lot
I play this back in my childhood really boost my interest to learn history
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.
The amazing part is that History Channel used this masterpiece to show some of history in his program.
And Time Commanders but i think they had early access but was a great way to promote a mostly unknown UK studio.
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.
Marvel: "Infinity War is the most ambitious event in crossover history."
Me: "Gaul, Briton & Carthage coalition against Rome."
Could have changed World history if they were successful 😁
Mongol empire is the biggest empire of all time
This is the best game ever made, not even the modern ones can get close to the immersion this had. It's impressive.
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.
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 🙌🏽
Still the best soundtrack but with Med 1 & 2 very close behind.
if u have headphones on try closeing your eyes and just imaging yourself on a battlefield with the roman legionaries against all odds
+robosoldier11 lol. if i was in a battlefield with this music then rip elephants
cool vasilis get at it son ill be back here good luck.
yeah like the opening battle at Gladiator. ROMA VICTOOOOOOOR
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.
Это пизд.ц! До сих пор мурашки от этой заставки)
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 :)
dis badass elephant in the end
My God, this game is gonna be 20 years old.
20 years have flown by like a blink of an eye. Nostalgia takes over me
Why is this music sooooo good holy shit
wow Gauls Britons and Carthage against Rome.epic battle
all of them
And pontus fighting the house of brutii
BlakeFerret it was the Parthians
BlakeFerret That was actually one of the game’s Historical Battles.
yeah all of Rome's greatest foes in one epic battle. this RTS got me hooked after C&C RA2 and C&C Generals
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
.....Anyone else here after the Remaster trailer?
FOR ROME!
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
Omg so much memories
Carthage allied with Brits and Gauls? that's one hell of a alliance
"I hate rome" Club
+1 sign me up... well right after i finish my Julii campaign that is 😁@@itsjustdewieman
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.
Nerd
Correct. They probably based it off that.
I like that instrument that starts from 0:26 - sounds like turkish saz
Well it´s probably a lyra or sambuca, guess the persians (and later the turks) got those as the romans from the greek
This video sold me to Total War games. Back then i was like 15. My aunt gave me this game as a birthday gift. I didnt know what to expect. I didnt even had youtube access all the time. But the screenshots looked nice. Is it like Age of Empires 2 but with bigger pop than just 200?
Installed the game, then saw this intro.
I miss this game. :(
is crazy how all faction united to fight rome
1:32 Charging the one of the heaviest cavalry with woad raiders. Great move Britannia.
REMASTER BABEEEEEYYYY
Co-worker in 2035: Fortnite was my childhood game what was yours?
Me: Shows this intro.
Co-worker gets jealous 😁
Rome 2's intro can't even compare to this
Zoomers won’t get how epic this was
Me: 'Ahh, me and my friends have raided the fridge and there's nothing mum can do about it'
The bedroom door: 1:56
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 .
Still have goosebumps
How nostalgic.. I remember opening this game again 3 years ago and my ears dying because of a sound bug
Well SOMEONE watched Lord of the Rings Return of the King before making this trailer.
Yup lmao.
The intro for RTW 1 is way better than RTW 2. You really get excited by all the action.
+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 ?
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 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.
Gives me chills every time
Hands down one of the best intros in PC gaming history!
The way they show the battle of Carrhae is great too
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
I wonder how the ancient Romans would react seeing us 2000 years later playing games based on their conquests? Would they be proud to have left such a bloodthirsty legacy or would they have been disgusted by it?
Romans when they see Germans, Russians and Ottomans, reclaiming to be the Roman real successor
Decades past and no one came up with a better game than Rome Total War
Best intro of any TW by far
Who else misses the ability to look around your cities?
Same
My phone has icons on it's screen with more pixels than this but it slaps harder than the entirety of the Marvel Cinematic Universe.
This game turns 19 this year, I'm 28 and I still love playing it Legend!
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
i love how this video quality is bad. such a masterpiece game, so sad that we rarely see nice games these times.
Well now we have the Remaster but still hoping CA can remember/relearn how to make entertaining Historical games.
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!
The SICKEST way to start a game
God I hope the remaster keeps this intro.
They didn't and the new one fucking sucks.
Was there ever a intro that blew your mind more in 2005!?
the first bit of music always gets me in the battling mood!
The Best game intro in history
I spent about 3000 thousand hours in this game, the most of all total wars
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.
The epicest intro ever in Total war!!!
Why is it that strategy games always have amazing intro movies?
Clickbait 🤔 🤣🤣 but definitely not this game.
1st (red flag): City section Arretium siege, Hannibal destroyed the city.
2nd (green flag) Purple section (partia): Persian campaign, Rome lost and the general was killed by pouring liquid gold.
3rd (blue flag) section: Scipio Carthage or Spanish campaign
I can’t want to see the remaster intro
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.
Imitation is the greatest form of flattery 🙂
2004 still a classic best games
Absolutely and so many current players got their start with that game.
The nostalgia bro
Nostalgia overload !!! 😮😮😮
ONE OF THE BEST RTS I EVER PLAYED!
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!!
Best Total War game ever.
Without a doubt !
I haven't played this game in a while but i still remember how epic this was
I miss this
God, this music always gives me goosebumps..
1:52: You are soldiers of Rome! No matter what comes through that gate, you will stand your ground!
Elephants come charging in
Unless it's an Elephant 🐘 Oh crap it is !!!! 😮
@@WitcherGerd Elephants come marching in 2x2
The music in the game really gets my adrenalin pumping!
o m g i miss so much this game!!!! in my opinion this one is the best of all the times!!!!!!!
Watched it fully everytime i played!
First time i played was 2007, a Demo version.
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.
Someone needs to make a remix of this I would be so greatful.
@DrJanketic Actually, it's two songs, and they're both from the RTW original soundtrack. The first one is "Journey to Rome", the second one is "Melee Cafe".
This intro is the most epic thing i have seen in a video game ever