Actually Cao Cao and both Xiahous are cousins as well. His father, Cao Song was born as Xiahou but was adopted by Cao Teng, thus taking over the surname of Cao instead of continuing with Xiahou.
It's actually historically contentious from what I've read. The SGZ and official records of Wei never stated that Cao Cao and Xiahou Dun and Xiahou Yuan are really cousins or not. Also the Xiahou's and Cao family also had a history of intermarriage, so them being cousins would be kinda weird.
@@2402Stevo bro of course cao cao, xiahou dun & yuan was all cousins. It wouldn't make sense otherwise. Cao cao spend most of his early life studying to be a minster to royal and nobles like Yuan Shao which is why they was so close. Dun & Yuan was training to be generals on damn near the other side of China. There's no logical reason for Dun or Yuan to sell all their belongings and provide 2 thirds of Cao Cao starting army not to mention have unwavering loyalty to him. Specially considering Dong Zhou wanted Cao Cao head and was located directly next to Dong Zhou. Who had control of the capital and emperor.
Major events in Cao Cao's life (wikipedia): 155 Born in Qiao 180s Led troops against Yellow Turban Rebellion in Yingchuan 190 Joined the coalition against Dong Zhuo 196 Received Emperor Xian in Xu City 200 Won the Battle of Guandu 208 Lost the Battle of Red Cliff 213 Created Duke of Wei and given ten commanderies as his dukedom 216 Received the title King of Wei 220 Died in Luoyang Enthroned posthumously as Emperor Wu.
@@Aizen2468 Yep. Cao Cao was a known sexual deviant. He gets off on cuckholding respectful noble man and violating respected noble women. This might be his only serious character flaw. He got one of his sons and almost himself killed on one of these home brew "porn" stunts where the cuckholded husband break the script and decided to man up and die honorably to redeem himself and his wife.
You completely missed the fact that his Rice paddy agricultural garrison provides a +10% replenishment faction wide. It's absolutely insane if you manage to take some territory in the south.
Keep up the good work. I've actually checked out alot of other peoples videos and you play at the perfect pace for myself to enjoy. And I really want these faction videos to continue. They seem really well done for me, someone that always has trouble starting a campaign due to not wanting to sink hours into a faction I'm not completely sure about. Thanks
Oh definitely, I was expecting these Faction Overviews to be more popular than the regular Let's Plays but so far that's proven to be wrong. That said they're still easily doing well enough for me to keep putting in the effort. I really enjoy making these videos even though they take a long time to make, and I imagine people will keep finding them helpful as they did with my Shogun 2 Clan Overviews as well. That's enough for me to keep doing them.
@@MrSmartDonkeyLP You know. I think everyone just wants to watch a lets play because they cant get their hands on it... therefore the lets play let them see the new systems, the battles and all the meat. But a few weeks after launch these faction overviews and in-depth videos like them will be what people seek out to find the deeper details of each faction or game system. I heard some reviewers complaining that the spy system is not well explained in-game... so perhaps we could even get an overview of systems like that in the future?
Was actually waiting for this to go on sale as it's 60 on steam, with your code and it currently being on sale on 2game I picked it up for 40 even, thanks for recommending them, and I'll gladly let you get paid for it
If I could offer some constructive criticism, I'd like to see more on how best to build the faction's army and expand within their mechanics. In the Shogun 2 videos, you talk about what to build, what to capture next (as you do here), but go on further, talking about what cities to take 10 turns or more in and how you can build your army to be most powerful in end game (ie, in Shogun 2 Otomi, you talked about demolishing the Nanban Trade Port and building it in the other city for the Portugese Tercos). I know that it's early days yet for that, but that's the one thing these videos are missing.
I personally like these faction overviews as no one else is doing them and I mainly want to see the stats of the unique faction units as well as the faction specialization. I'll be able to figure out how to play the campaign for myself. More about deciding which faction I'd like to play as.
I'd thought about doing the "Army Composition" category too but it'd be a lot more random in Three Kingdoms because of the different roles generals have. I would have to make several different armies for each combination and it would add a lot of time on the video, I think people appreciate the concise nature of these videos. Information is nice to have, but too much information becomes hard to follow. That, on top of the few unique units meant I decided against it for these, but I wouldn't exclude it from a different type of video in the future. As for how to expand, I don't go into too much depth and rather just give a few early tips because it's hard to say, in Shogun 2 I'd played every clan several times from start to finish and I could make good informed decisions on where to expand. In Three Kingdoms I've played most factions, but 90% of them only sparsely. I played Liu Bei, and Cao Cao a fair amount but even then, that's only 1 campaign, the next campaign could be completely different, so I'd rather not give the advice than give poor advice.
I know that it was most likely for balance reasons, but the fact that Cao Ren is not a legendary general is ridiculous considering he has crossed swords and wits with almost every famous general at one point or another; most notably multiple times against Guan Yu.
Can you do Sun Jian next? I'm interested to see how his mercenary mechanic works and how good the mercenaries are. Will be picking up the game with your code. Thanks!
@@MrSmartDonkeyLP I mean, it only makes sense. You've already done Cao Cao of Wei and Liu Bei of Shu, might as well cap off the trio with Sun Jian of Wu
I’d like to see Kong Rong done next, I want to play a strategist, plus nobody seems to be covering him (I also like being factions that aren’t super popular)
In your first turn in Cao Cao campaign send Cao Ren to an assignment supervising over the building to lower the upgrading cost and time needed, the 2nd turn you should make an inn instead to decrease any further upgrade on agriculture building, you don't need any further food resources and building inn always have a fast ROI.
Surely I'm not the only one, Cao Cao is the main one people joke about so I'd imagine many people can pronounce him properly. Either way, appreciate the compliment, hope you enjoyed the video.
Mr Donkey please do Dong Zhuo next. I am a huge fan of Heavy Cavalry and want to know how Xiliang Cavalry rate in your eyes. Also... Lu Bu. The one monster to end them all. Can you do a test, after launch to see who, between Guan Yu and Lu Bu is stronger, when both are at equal level?
@@quickpawmaud dude, did you even watch Donkey Liu Bei campaign? he in desperate need of strategist right now, and if something like that happen during the challenge run, then hes pretty much dead
TheLeaderX1 depending on the challenge you are doing you would have to research the unique generals you are guaranteed to get and units unique to the faction I would personally pick Sun Jian for cavalry only as all of his children are Calvary lords
@@quickpawmaud yeah and you wait for years till they old enough to lead while you pray to god in the mean time for a few more lords to bolster the army
Very well done, I like the style of your overview Videos, short but with all informations you could want Gongsun Zan, Ma Teng or Sun Jian would be great next
@MrSmartDonkeyLP: Responding to your reply. I don’t know what kind of people told you that your pronunciation is spot on? Your pronunciation is closer to the sound “ChowChow” and sometime sounded like “TowTow”. In cantonese it sound more like “ChoCho”. In mandarin you still can make out the sound “ChoCho”. You’re using Mandarin dialect. Also Mandarin from Twain and from Mainland China is different. You’re not either one. Perhaps hybrid if that make sense. I do appreciate your uploads. Very informative. Thank you. The movie Red Cliff in Mandarin is a good one to hear how they say CaoCao. Thanks for replying. :)
Not really a graphics bug, it's because of the camera command, you're basically inside of a unit so those arrows are sticking out of the guy's shield of whom we're inside.
The aesthetic of Xiahou Dun and Tiger cavs looked awfully like they are from the Asian Steppe pre 14th century. Basically, they look like they belong in Mongol or Hunnic horde. Is this a hint at some historical background?
We fought the nomads a lot, from Xiongnu (related to Hun) to Mongols. They are known to be exellent horsemen. Many close to or in our northern territory were drafted into the army, such as Ma Chao's Xi Liang cavs (西凉铁骑). Dressing like a nomad when on horse has been a thing since the warring state. 胡服骑射 was a policy incorporated by King Ling of Zhao during the warring state to make his cavalry adapt Hu (ancient Chinese name for the nomadic ethinic groups in the north) clothing to help them perform better at horse archery.
汉武帝, the wu (martial) emperor of Han driven the Xiongnu so far back into the nortern land that they cease to be a problem for some time. Xiongnu was once the most powerful group in the north. Some thereolised that the xiongnu was driven west and mixed with caucasian people and become the hun known to romens. The nomadic generals and warlords that decide to bow to the Chinese Emperor were sometimes given a new special Chinese name and given position in the imperial court, they will take their nomadic cavs with them of course.
Cao Cao famously defeated the nomadic Wuhuan people in the north and incorporated many of them into his ranks. It makes sense that his heavy cavalry would have a nomadic twist to it.
Playing as Cao Cao in three kingdoms was fun. As I've been pressing hard on my advances. It's funny how I broke the three kingdoms. I should've be enemies with Liu Bei but made allies and trades with him XD. I made allies and trades with Sun Jian but he died and now it's his son whose taken over whose my only major enemy enemy cuz they controlled most of the southern provinces across the river. Most of my elite troops have been kept in major provinces especially when I'm still cleaning up on the northern provinces. I've finished taking out Ma Teng and Gongsun zan. And with the help of the two bandits faction. I have Liu Xie kept alive cuz I was trying so hard to get allied with the Han empire faction but they failed to be my ally so I took them over. I'm clean sweeping the southern lands of the bottom left cuz there's the barbarians who I don't wanna deal with later.
I haven't seen what factions are available in this game, so can someone tell me if the following are options as of now?: Sun (Jian, Ce, or Quan) Dong Zhou Meng Hou He Jin Zhang Jiao Liu Zhang Ma Teng Liu Biao
Do any body know why caocao faction cannot use turtle formation i try different general arrangements and even built a bran new but still cannot get it to work
Turtle is an advanced formation, usually granted by an Item. When the General has the item (or ability) that allows Turtle, you need to make sure that your units do not have "cannot use advanced formations" such as Milita units. These formation abilities (like Wedge) seem to apply to the retinue of the general with the item / ability, not to the entire army.
Hmm was thinking bout starting with a Cao Cao campaign, but was never a Cavalry kinda guy, I use cavalry like how the Romans used cavalry early on, as an Auxiliary to support front line troops. But outta the 3 traditionally main kingdoms I align more with Wei after having read the Romance of the 3 Kingdoms novel. As a kid playing Dynasty Warriors, and partially because of how the games portrayed Cao Cao and Liu Bei, I liked Shu more but after actually reading the novel I found myself liking Shu a lot less than I would've thought. Gameplay wise I need to find either an Oda playstyle (which points towards Liu Bei but blahhhhh I don't wanna play Shu as my 1st campaign lol) or an emphasis on ranged warfare....
Cao Cao inhereted the han dynasty industrial areas. Historically his army was also specialized in heavy infantry due to the load of mills and factories in his industrialized cities. I'm guessing he would play with something like hammer and anvil. Use heavy infantry to hold position and use his deadly shock cavalry to deliver the blow.
What about the legendary strategist Sima Yi (for Cao Cao) or Zhuge Liang (for Liu Bei)? Do you have a quest line to recruit them, or just an event? Can Liu Bei recruit Sima Yi before Cao Cao, and vice versa? wonder if these two will ever be their own faction, as vassal to some big guy (like the Tokugawa in S2).
My heavy tiger and leopard got wrecked by medium halberd cav, which I find absolutely shocking for such an expensive all-round unit. I honestly don't think his starting unit is even worth keeping until you have plenty of cash.
Because it was a *polearm/spear* unit! Polearms & spears are *very deadly* to cavalry, regardless of whether it's a cavalry or infantry unit, so you never, *ever* want to charge cavalry into Spear, Ji, Glaive, or Halberd units if you can avoid it. Have them circle around the enemy formation and then charge at the rear of the enemy formation once your infantry has the enemy front line engaged and less able to reposition in time to stop the cavalry charge. Cavalry is usually best-suited to charging into Archers (archers usually will Rout or Shatter very quickly after they get hit with a cavalry charge, and cavalry can usually plow through axe or sword infantry with minimal difficulty).
Superb. And pronounced cao cao 85% correct. Fun fact cao cao in Chinese 曹操are two different characters but same pronunciation. the First cao is family name, does not have any meanings. The Second cao is his first name which you will never find modern Chinese use it. Because it means 'fuck' 'make love' 'operation' 'drilling'. Most of the time it means fuck. 😂 so he is a big man with a big name. No one dare use it today.. And if you use caocao to describe three kingdom is ok. Because everybody know him. But if you in other situations type cao without any other words. It is means 'fuck' and it is the most famous dirty word in China. Cao = fuck Cao ni ma = fuck your mother
@@thevoxdeus In addition to being a mostly American thing, General Tso's Chicken is actually named after Zuo (Tso) Zongtang, a Chinese general and statesman of the Qing dynasty--almost 1,700 years after the time of Cao Cao.
Awsome. vid keep them up. donno about you but here in Canada it's still cheaper to buy it off stem than the website and ur discount combined. our dollar sucks lol.
The battle traits are kind of generic though. He is basically France in Medieval 2: expensive but super tanky and hard hitting heavy cavs with generic decent enough infantry options. His campaign traits together with his troop choices sounded like easy mode to me...
for anyone actually interested in the real history, Liu Bei was the most evil, who actually betrayed Lu Bu first. Liu Bei has also fought his own allies and invaded neutral lands to achieve more territory. The truth is that he met very loyal friends and generals during his time as a student, and also gets the title of being a rags to riches kind of person, which is why peasants hailed him so godlike, 1000 years after the actual events. In reality, being poor does not guarantee a person will be morally good... all it takes is a taste of power to make someone completely change their own way of thinking. Cao Cao was actually the kindest who believed in equal rights and allowed the poor to rise up in class, but also was too kind to enemy generals, which may have lost him the war. Sun Quan teamed up against Liu Bei, but was also possibly going to team up with Liu Bei had Liu bei not invaded neutral lands and continued his campaign with Guan Yu against Cao Cao. Would it have mattered in the end? Probably not, the Jin would have won anyways as China's history is known for many civil wars and fragmented states.
You know, Liu Bei's case is similar to ours in slovakia: As long as you have strong and loyal friends who are your key people to stay in power, you will stay in power.
Nice Faction overviews MrSmartDonkey, 1 funny thing that happend in my Yuan Shao campaign is that in like turn 20 Xiahou Yuan deserted to my side, I was just able to buy him off. (I just dont know why he was there) Made Xiahou Yuan my Immediate Heir at that time cuz It seemed to me Yuan Shao is missing some Legendary Characters that can be Heir :)
This is the second one, I've done a Liu Bei Faction Overview too: th-cam.com/video/wVPDJuEyqSQ/w-d-xo.html That said, I've done a few overviews on Total War: Warhammer 1 + 2 as well, but I guess you guys missed those too :P
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"Essense of my father, blood of my mother, I cannot throw this away!"
- Xiahou Dun before eating his eye.
omnomnom (buuurrp!)
Actually he swallowed it not eat it
its fake tho
@@أمادو-ذ6ف well, it was a romanticized novel, which means there are always elements of fiction.
@@KyoushaPumpItUp yh .. he was one eyed .. but no evidence whatsoever he ate his eye .
Actually Cao Cao and both Xiahous are cousins as well. His father, Cao Song was born as Xiahou but was adopted by Cao Teng, thus taking over the surname of Cao instead of continuing with Xiahou.
It's actually historically contentious from what I've read. The SGZ and official records of Wei never stated that Cao Cao and Xiahou Dun and Xiahou Yuan are really cousins or not. Also the Xiahou's and Cao family also had a history of intermarriage, so them being cousins would be kinda weird.
@@2402Stevo bro of course cao cao, xiahou dun & yuan was all cousins. It wouldn't make sense otherwise. Cao cao spend most of his early life studying to be a minster to royal and nobles like Yuan Shao which is why they was so close. Dun & Yuan was training to be generals on damn near the other side of China. There's no logical reason for Dun or Yuan to sell all their belongings and provide 2 thirds of Cao Cao starting army not to mention have unwavering loyalty to him. Specially considering Dong Zhou wanted Cao Cao head and was located directly next to Dong Zhou. Who had control of the capital and emperor.
@@TrueXL If that was the case, you would think that there would be SOMETHING stated in the Records of the Three Kingdoms.
2402Stevo Didn't know this before cool.
@@2402Stevo It's ancient china, cousin marriage was common and nothing weird about it.
Major events in Cao Cao's life (wikipedia):
155 Born in Qiao
180s Led troops against Yellow Turban Rebellion in Yingchuan
190 Joined the coalition against Dong Zhuo
196 Received Emperor Xian in Xu City
200 Won the Battle of Guandu
208 Lost the Battle of Red Cliff
213 Created Duke of Wei and given ten commanderies as his dukedom
216 Received the title King of Wei
220 Died in Luoyang
Enthroned posthumously as Emperor Wu.
Sharnoy Cao Cao like robbing other man’s wife
Liu Bei like sleeping with his brother
Sun Quan like lolis.😂😂😂😂
@@liangshen6300 what?
@@Aizen2468 Yep. Cao Cao was a known sexual deviant. He gets off on cuckholding respectful noble man and violating respected noble women. This might be his only serious character flaw. He got one of his sons and almost himself killed on one of these home brew "porn" stunts where the cuckholded husband break the script and decided to man up and die honorably to redeem himself and his wife.
@@pypy1986820 no I knew that part, I meant the other two about Liu Bei and Sun Quan
And yet despite being dubbed King of Wei, the kingdom of Cao Wei didn't exist until his son and heir Cao Pi overthrew the emperor.
You completely missed the fact that his Rice paddy agricultural garrison provides a +10% replenishment faction wide. It's absolutely insane if you manage to take some territory in the south.
Xiahou Dun was my main back in Dynasty Warriors, right up until they took away his scimitar and gave him that stupid rockcrusher mace thing in 6.
I still haven't gotten over the trauma of them taking away Gan Ning's sword, and trading it for a ball and chain...
Dw 6 is when it all started going to shit. Dw 5 is a perfect dw game
They gave him back the scimitar and passed the mace on to Pang De
It's actually a Dao, but I see what you mean. Also, yeah, he's cooler as a Swordsman!
Bought Three Kingdoms just now with your code
Thanks for the 4 euros, much appreciated
Can't wait for the rest of the series
Thank you sir, appreciate it!
Very well done Sir, everything you want to know about a faction and easy to watch.
Thank you sir, glad you enjoyed.
Keep up the good work. I've actually checked out alot of other peoples videos and you play at the perfect pace for myself to enjoy. And I really want these faction videos to continue. They seem really well done for me, someone that always has trouble starting a campaign due to not wanting to sink hours into a faction I'm not completely sure about. Thanks
Thank you sir, mighty kind words, appreciate it.
Fact: the Cao family of Cao Cao actually came from the Xiahuo family
Hoping you continue this series after the game releases. Sun Jian needs some love to round out Wei Wu and Shu!
Oh definitely, I was expecting these Faction Overviews to be more popular than the regular Let's Plays but so far that's proven to be wrong. That said they're still easily doing well enough for me to keep putting in the effort. I really enjoy making these videos even though they take a long time to make, and I imagine people will keep finding them helpful as they did with my Shogun 2 Clan Overviews as well. That's enough for me to keep doing them.
@@MrSmartDonkeyLP You know. I think everyone just wants to watch a lets play because they cant get their hands on it... therefore the lets play let them see the new systems, the battles and all the meat. But a few weeks after launch these faction overviews and in-depth videos like them will be what people seek out to find the deeper details of each faction or game system. I heard some reviewers complaining that the spy system is not well explained in-game... so perhaps we could even get an overview of systems like that in the future?
@@MrSmartDonkeyLP I think these overviews may pick up some traction after the game releases and people will be deciding who to play.
@@MrSmartDonkeyLP Your faction overviews will attract new audience, while let's plays are just for your fans. Thanks.
Im looking forward to everything you will make with this Game!
This has been the most well done faction overview vid as of yet, well done sir. subscribed.
Thank you sir, glad you enjoyed.
Let's go Sun Jian I think, to round out the three Kingdoms themselves seems poetic :)
Actually it was historically more his sons who did it sun ce and sun quan
@@SalmanAli-hn2kt He's the head of the faction at the start of the game so he gets the introduction by default is all.
@@SalmanAli-hn2kt By that logic, Oda Nobunaga and Ieyasu Tokugawa should be starting their respective clans in Shogun 2
@@fireblast8972 ok you got me their
Was actually waiting for this to go on sale as it's 60 on steam, with your code and it currently being on sale on 2game I picked it up for 40 even, thanks for recommending them, and I'll gladly let you get paid for it
Appreciate it :D
If I could offer some constructive criticism, I'd like to see more on how best to build the faction's army and expand within their mechanics. In the Shogun 2 videos, you talk about what to build, what to capture next (as you do here), but go on further, talking about what cities to take 10 turns or more in and how you can build your army to be most powerful in end game (ie, in Shogun 2 Otomi, you talked about demolishing the Nanban Trade Port and building it in the other city for the Portugese Tercos).
I know that it's early days yet for that, but that's the one thing these videos are missing.
I personally like these faction overviews as no one else is doing them and I mainly want to see the stats of the unique faction units as well as the faction specialization. I'll be able to figure out how to play the campaign for myself. More about deciding which faction I'd like to play as.
I'd thought about doing the "Army Composition" category too but it'd be a lot more random in Three Kingdoms because of the different roles generals have. I would have to make several different armies for each combination and it would add a lot of time on the video, I think people appreciate the concise nature of these videos. Information is nice to have, but too much information becomes hard to follow. That, on top of the few unique units meant I decided against it for these, but I wouldn't exclude it from a different type of video in the future.
As for how to expand, I don't go into too much depth and rather just give a few early tips because it's hard to say, in Shogun 2 I'd played every clan several times from start to finish and I could make good informed decisions on where to expand. In Three Kingdoms I've played most factions, but 90% of them only sparsely. I played Liu Bei, and Cao Cao a fair amount but even then, that's only 1 campaign, the next campaign could be completely different, so I'd rather not give the advice than give poor advice.
It would be great if you could cover Gongsun Zan next.
I know that it was most likely for balance reasons, but the fact that Cao Ren is not a legendary general is ridiculous considering he has crossed swords and wits with almost every famous general at one point or another; most notably multiple times against Guan Yu.
Can you do Sun Jian next? I'm interested to see how his mercenary mechanic works and how good the mercenaries are. Will be picking up the game with your code. Thanks!
Looks like many people want Sun Jian, so he'll likely be next, thanks for the support sir!
@@MrSmartDonkeyLP I mean, it only makes sense. You've already done Cao Cao of Wei and Liu Bei of Shu, might as well cap off the trio with Sun Jian of Wu
Indeed, currently in the process of writing the script, hopefully I'll have the video done by Saturday.
I’d like to see Kong Rong done next, I want to play a strategist, plus nobody seems to be covering him (I also like being factions that aren’t super popular)
Well you cant go rong with kong rong!
His strength can match king kong!
Your videos are done very well. You deserve much higher views
You promised this one and you delivered! You absolute legend. Been looking forward to this one. Perfect timing for the game releasing tomorrow!
WILL THERE BE A GAME ABOUT SHOGUNS OF JAPAN VS WARLORDS OF CHINA
I love the traditional chinese afhaal music in your videos.
In your first turn in Cao Cao campaign send Cao Ren to an assignment supervising over the building to lower the upgrading cost and time needed, the 2nd turn you should make an inn instead to decrease any further upgrade on agriculture building, you don't need any further food resources and building inn always have a fast ROI.
Pls include the formable factions that each warlord becomes once reaching a certain prestige lvl
Example:
Cao Cao=Wei
Yuan Shu=Zhong
Yuan Shao=Song
Liu Bei=shu
Finally a guy who can pronounce cao cao properly. Thank you for your time.
Surely I'm not the only one, Cao Cao is the main one people joke about so I'd imagine many people can pronounce him properly. Either way, appreciate the compliment, hope you enjoyed the video.
Kao kao 😄
Cao n Dong n Kong most interesting factions
Mr Donkey please do Dong Zhuo next. I am a huge fan of Heavy Cavalry and want to know how Xiliang Cavalry rate in your eyes. Also... Lu Bu. The one monster to end them all. Can you do a test, after launch to see who, between Guan Yu and Lu Bu is stronger, when both are at equal level?
So when will you do a cao cao only cav campaing😂😂
can you even do the unit type only challenge in this game?
cause there is the recruitable units is tie to your generals and all that
Just use the right generals then also I am pretty sure any general can use the base units
@@quickpawmaud dude, did you even watch Donkey Liu Bei campaign?
he in desperate need of strategist right now, and if something like that happen during the challenge run, then hes pretty much dead
TheLeaderX1 depending on the challenge you are doing you would have to research the unique generals you are guaranteed to get and units unique to the faction I would personally pick Sun Jian for cavalry only as all of his children are Calvary lords
@@quickpawmaud yeah and you wait for years till they old enough to lead while you pray to god in the mean time for a few more lords to bolster the army
Game is about to go out in like 4 more hours, LETS GO
Very well done, I like the style of your overview Videos, short but with all informations you could want
Gongsun Zan, Ma Teng or Sun Jian would be great next
Thank you sir, glad you enjoyed, Sun Jian will likely be next as he's who most people want to see.
All-female general playthrough for Cao Cao, as befits his lecherous ways, when?
Why would he let them go get hurt in battle
T & L Cav feels like a cross between shock and melee cav. One of the best cavs in the game due to its flexibility
Great vid. I kinda want to start as Cao Cao now. His diplomacy manipulation sounds fun.
@MrSmartDonkeyLP: Responding to your reply.
I don’t know what kind of people told you that your pronunciation is spot on? Your pronunciation is closer to the sound “ChowChow” and sometime sounded like “TowTow”. In cantonese it sound more like “ChoCho”. In mandarin you still can make out the sound “ChoCho”. You’re using Mandarin dialect. Also Mandarin from Twain and from Mainland China is different. You’re not either one. Perhaps hybrid if that make sense.
I do appreciate your uploads. Very informative. Thank you.
The movie Red Cliff in Mandarin is a good one to hear how they say CaoCao.
Thanks for replying. :)
upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/bc/Cao_Cao.ogg To me that sounds exactly like what I'm saying. Don't be so nitpicky.
A bit redundant by this point, but would you be willing to do a faction overview on He Yi or Sima Jiong?
Can you talks about Sun Jian's fraction?
He has to be next right? I mean, his faction forms the last of the three kingdoms.
Sun Jian will likely be next indeed.
Welcome back Mr. Smart Donkey. We missed ya dearly.
Was I gone? :P
@@MrSmartDonkeyLP whoops wrong video, i meant to put this on your Lu Zhi vids. My bad.
Ah, no worries ;)
Nice video ! But the graphic bug with the arrows in the empty air at 8:12 is really bad, hopefully they'll fix it.
Not really a graphics bug, it's because of the camera command, you're basically inside of a unit so those arrows are sticking out of the guy's shield of whom we're inside.
I'm loving these comments guys! So glad that you love Total War: Three Kingdoms
The aesthetic of Xiahou Dun and Tiger cavs looked awfully like they are from the Asian Steppe pre 14th century. Basically, they look like they belong in Mongol or Hunnic horde. Is this a hint at some historical background?
We fought the nomads a lot, from Xiongnu (related to Hun) to Mongols. They are known to be exellent horsemen. Many close to or in our northern territory were drafted into the army, such as Ma Chao's Xi Liang cavs (西凉铁骑). Dressing like a nomad when on horse has been a thing since the warring state. 胡服骑射 was a policy incorporated by King Ling of Zhao during the warring state to make his cavalry adapt Hu (ancient Chinese name for the nomadic ethinic groups in the north) clothing to help them perform better at horse archery.
汉武帝, the wu (martial) emperor of Han driven the Xiongnu so far back into the nortern land that they cease to be a problem for some time. Xiongnu was once the most powerful group in the north. Some thereolised that the xiongnu was driven west and mixed with caucasian people and become the hun known to romens. The nomadic generals and warlords that decide to bow to the Chinese Emperor were sometimes given a new special Chinese name and given position in the imperial court, they will take their nomadic cavs with them of course.
Cao Cao famously defeated the nomadic Wuhuan people in the north and incorporated many of them into his ranks. It makes sense that his heavy cavalry would have a nomadic twist to it.
Sun Jian next please! #HearTheTigerROAR
Quick question if you managed to get cao's sword by killing/defeating him as liu bei is it worth to equip it to liu bei?
are the unique units available for recruitment faction wide or are they tied to specific generals only?
Faction-wide, so even generals who aren't specialized in that type of unit can still recruit them.
Playing as Cao Cao in three kingdoms was fun. As I've been pressing hard on my advances. It's funny how I broke the three kingdoms. I should've be enemies with Liu Bei but made allies and trades with him XD.
I made allies and trades with Sun Jian but he died and now it's his son whose taken over whose my only major enemy enemy cuz they controlled most of the southern provinces across the river.
Most of my elite troops have been kept in major provinces especially when I'm still cleaning up on the northern provinces. I've finished taking out Ma Teng and Gongsun zan. And with the help of the two bandits faction.
I have Liu Xie kept alive cuz I was trying so hard to get allied with the Han empire faction but they failed to be my ally so I took them over. I'm clean sweeping the southern lands of the bottom left cuz there's the barbarians who I don't wanna deal with later.
I haven't seen what factions are available in this game, so can someone tell me if the following are options as of now?:
Sun (Jian, Ce, or Quan)
Dong Zhou
Meng Hou
He Jin
Zhang Jiao
Liu Zhang
Ma Teng
Liu Biao
academy.totalwar.com/three-kingdoms-warlords/ + the three Yellow Turbans from the DLC.
@@MrSmartDonkeyLP Cool, thanks. Kind of disappointed that Meng Hou and the Southern Nanman tribes aren't playable, but maybe with DLC
Do any body know why caocao faction cannot use turtle formation i try different general arrangements and even built a bran new but still cannot get it to work
Turtle is an advanced formation, usually granted by an Item. When the General has the item (or ability) that allows Turtle, you need to make sure that your units do not have "cannot use advanced formations" such as Milita units. These formation abilities (like Wedge) seem to apply to the retinue of the general with the item / ability, not to the entire army.
What would be your advice if I want to built the tuntian conscription building in every single city for thematic reason?
I'm honestly surprised Xiahou Yuan isn't an archer, but I kinda like him as a Spearman, too!
So is it better to keep Cao and the xiahous together in one army? Or break yuan off to make a 2nd army when the time is right?
Heavy Tiger and Leopard Cavalry = slightly more base morale
. . .
It's almost twice the regular Tiger & Leopard Cavalry's morale, btw.
What is the ost used in this video?
Check the description.
Please do this for all the factions 👍
I certainly will sir, keep watching them! :D
Hmm was thinking bout starting with a Cao Cao campaign, but was never a Cavalry kinda guy, I use cavalry like how the Romans used cavalry early on, as an Auxiliary to support front line troops. But outta the 3 traditionally main kingdoms I align more with Wei after having read the Romance of the 3 Kingdoms novel. As a kid playing Dynasty Warriors, and partially because of how the games portrayed Cao Cao and Liu Bei, I liked Shu more but after actually reading the novel I found myself liking Shu a lot less than I would've thought.
Gameplay wise I need to find either an Oda playstyle (which points towards Liu Bei but blahhhhh I don't wanna play Shu as my 1st campaign lol) or an emphasis on ranged warfare....
Cao Cao inhereted the han dynasty industrial areas. Historically his army was also specialized in heavy infantry due to the load of mills and factories in his industrialized cities. I'm guessing he would play with something like hammer and anvil. Use heavy infantry to hold position and use his deadly shock cavalry to deliver the blow.
What about the legendary strategist Sima Yi (for Cao Cao) or Zhuge Liang (for Liu Bei)? Do you have a quest line to recruit them, or just an event? Can Liu Bei recruit Sima Yi before Cao Cao, and vice versa?
wonder if these two will ever be their own faction, as vassal to some big guy (like the Tokugawa in S2).
As far as I know they are events, I got Zhao Yun in my Liu Bei campaign after an event.
MrSmartDonkeyLP
Hi great Video~! Do you know what are the requirements to start the event for Sima Yi for Cao Cao?
if Vanguards are not very strong when fighting enemy generals, does this weakness also apply when they fight Duels?
Yes, that's where it applies first and foremost.
Cao Cao real smooth
My heavy tiger and leopard got wrecked by medium halberd cav, which I find absolutely shocking for such an expensive all-round unit. I honestly don't think his starting unit is even worth keeping until you have plenty of cash.
Because it was a *polearm/spear* unit! Polearms & spears are *very deadly* to cavalry, regardless of whether it's a cavalry or infantry unit, so you never, *ever* want to charge cavalry into Spear, Ji, Glaive, or Halberd units if you can avoid it. Have them circle around the enemy formation and then charge at the rear of the enemy formation once your infantry has the enemy front line engaged and less able to reposition in time to stop the cavalry charge. Cavalry is usually best-suited to charging into Archers (archers usually will Rout or Shatter very quickly after they get hit with a cavalry charge, and cavalry can usually plow through axe or sword infantry with minimal difficulty).
Dun still has both his eyes in battles and no i am not talking about the picture .... does he lose it later on in the game or wtf is going on ???
It's an event that happens later.
If I have a r900 amd card can I run this game ?
Cao Ren, Cao Hong and Cao Chun, they must have all 3!
What happen if a Warlord like Cao Cao or Liu bei dies? the faction bonuses still there or they change? anyone knows?
The faction bonuses and unique faction specific mechanics stay, but any bonuses that are directly linked to the single warlord will be lost
@@fizzypurple5495 I see. Ty for the info.
Cao Cao is my boy!
Yellow Turbans next please
COuld you make a video about spying? I dont even know how to send one of my officers to spy on another faction.
Honestly I haven't played around with it enough myself yet to make an informed video on it, but perhaps I will in the future once I have.
I'm going to play as the yellow turban and conquer China for myself. >:)
Not to mention their start campaign button has different text: "China must be purified"
Donkey u forgot his musou attack
Just realized i won the game a day ago as Cao Cao without even knowing what his credibility was
Cao Cao is the Wei and Bae.
I always thought it was pronounced cow cow
For so many Dynasty Warrior games they said it as Cow Cow. It threw me off when they changed it
Cao cao takeda of the middle Kingdom
Liu Bei is Oda Nobunaga of the Game
@@fawwazn.1244 Cao Cao would be more like Nobunaga, being the (almost) unifier.
Would you be willing to take a look at He Yi's faction?
I definitely will at some point, looks like Sun Jian is next though.
@@MrSmartDonkeyLP Understandable, I can't wait to see it then!
I appreciate the response.
I've used u recommendation how to play shogun 2 few years ago and steel watch u videos)
That’s good to hear!
Superb. And pronounced cao cao 85% correct.
Fun fact cao cao in Chinese 曹操are two different characters but same pronunciation.
the First cao is family name, does not have any meanings. The Second cao is his first name which you will never find modern Chinese use it. Because it means 'fuck' 'make love' 'operation' 'drilling'. Most of the time it means fuck. 😂 so he is a big man with a big name. No one dare use it today..
And if you use caocao to describe three kingdom is ok. Because everybody know him. But if you in other situations type cao without any other words. It is means 'fuck' and it is the most famous dirty word in China.
Cao = fuck
Cao ni ma = fuck your mother
You can Cao right off!
Thanks for the explanation sir, very interesting actually.
So when my local Chinese restaurant offers me General Tsao's Chicken as a menu item, they're secretly cursing?
@@thevoxdeus there is no such food in China.
@@thevoxdeus In addition to being a mostly American thing, General Tso's Chicken is actually named after Zuo (Tso) Zongtang, a Chinese general and statesman of the Qing dynasty--almost 1,700 years after the time of Cao Cao.
but does he get fire cav tho?
He will get the donderbuss
Good series pls next gongsun zan
is TWTK better than TW Shogun 2?
Impossible to say with a game that I've only played for a fraction of the time I played Shogun 2, but so far it's fantastic.
Can I download this video Pls...
You don’t need permission 💀
Dong Zhou faction pls.
Awsome. vid keep them up. donno about you but here in Canada it's still cheaper to buy it off stem than the website and ur discount combined. our dollar sucks lol.
Wow, that is a shame, I guess that's the trade off for everyone being nice in your country.
Cao Cao is number one
I think Cao Cao Xiahou Dun and Xiahou Yuan is cousin
Why would you play any other faction? Cao Cao sounds amazing
The battle traits are kind of generic though. He is basically France in Medieval 2: expensive but super tanky and hard hitting heavy cavs with generic decent enough infantry options. His campaign traits together with his troop choices sounded like easy mode to me...
@@pypy1986820 France was the best faction in MTW 2 tho...
@@thekillers1stfan And thus easy campaign with few challenges like I said
This is a good video
Got to 8:00, mute the video, then start playing this: th-cam.com/video/EOA1wBw_Jt4/w-d-xo.html
Please do Liu Bei faction next 👍
Try this on for size: th-cam.com/video/wVPDJuEyqSQ/w-d-xo.html
great video greetings From Hungary
Thank you sir!
Recs for running the game??
lmgtfy.com/?q=Total+War+Three+Kingdoms+system+requirements
Do Lu Bu next haha
for anyone actually interested in the real history, Liu Bei was the most evil, who actually betrayed Lu Bu first. Liu Bei has also fought his own allies and invaded neutral lands to achieve more territory. The truth is that he met very loyal friends and generals during his time as a student, and also gets the title of being a rags to riches kind of person, which is why peasants hailed him so godlike, 1000 years after the actual events.
In reality, being poor does not guarantee a person will be morally good... all it takes is a taste of power to make someone completely change their own way of thinking.
Cao Cao was actually the kindest who believed in equal rights and allowed the poor to rise up in class, but also was too kind to enemy generals, which may have lost him the war.
Sun Quan teamed up against Liu Bei, but was also possibly going to team up with Liu Bei had Liu bei not invaded neutral lands and continued his campaign with Guan Yu against Cao Cao.
Would it have mattered in the end? Probably not, the Jin would have won anyways as China's history is known for many civil wars and fragmented states.
You know, Liu Bei's case is similar to ours in slovakia: As long as you have strong and loyal friends who are your key people to stay in power, you will stay in power.
@@KingOskar4 like south Vietnam and ussr?
CAO CAO IS THE BEST
Is this the new dlc shogun 2 faction overview ?
Nice Faction overviews MrSmartDonkey,
1 funny thing that happend in my Yuan Shao campaign is that in like turn 20 Xiahou Yuan deserted to my side, I was just able to buy him off. (I just dont know why he was there) Made Xiahou Yuan my Immediate Heir at that time cuz It seemed to me Yuan Shao is missing some Legendary Characters that can be Heir :)
Could be a spy.
If you play Cao Cao can you still let Sima Yi take over? :p
Make him your heir I guess
Keep 5 eyes on him.
A non shogun 2 Tutorial? WHAT MADNESS IS THIS
I know right xD
This is the second one, I've done a Liu Bei Faction Overview too: th-cam.com/video/wVPDJuEyqSQ/w-d-xo.html
That said, I've done a few overviews on Total War: Warhammer 1 + 2 as well, but I guess you guys missed those too :P
Sun Jian next?
Looks like it, most people are voting for him.
Looking forward to it then good job on the videos 👍
Noooo! I just bought the game too. Right before I came to work.
Can always get a refund on Steam, although I imagine it's a bit late for you now.
Liu Bei's opposite
Yes
Dong Zhuo!