History VideoGame / TotalWarRomeII

So far, there have been several previews of the game, with most of the relevant information to be found on the game's official [[http://wiki.totalwar.com/w/Total_War_Rome_II wiki]]. Among these previews are overviews of the game's eight playable factions (with Pontus available as a free {{DLC}} at game launch, and the Greek States Culture Pack {{DLC}}, also included with preorders, adding Athens, Epirus and Sparta) and two historical battles, namely the Siege of Carthage and the Battle of Teutoburg Forest.

* BarbarianTribe: While numerous factions like the Iceni, Averni, and Suebi are technically barbarians (by Greco-Roman standards) and generally tribal in structure, they are a far cry from the unwashed, uneducated hordes with little culture beyond RapePillageAndBurn that they are often depicted as.

* RunOrDie: The Battle of Teutoburg Forest has the players soldiers heavily outnumbered by the Germans, and requires the player to get as many of their troops out of the forest as possible without being completely massacred.

So far, there have been several previews of the game, with most of the relevant information to be found on the game's official [[http://wiki.totalwar.com/w/Total_War_Rome_II wiki]]. Among these previews are overviews of the game's eight playable factions (with Pontus DLC available for free at game launch, and the Greek States Culture Pack DLC adding Athens, Epirus and Sparta) and two historical battles, namely the Siege of Carthage and the Battle of the Teutoburg Forest.

* BarbarianTribe: While numerous factions like the Iceni, Averni, and Suebi are technically both A) barbarians by Greco-Roman standards, and B) generally tribal in structure, they are a far cry from unwashed, uneducated hordes with little culture beyond RapePillageAndBurn.
* BladeOnAStick: Dory, sarissa, hasta, pilum, xyston, kontos, javelin... pointy sticks dominate the battlefield. TruthInTelevision, not for nothing did the Greeks have words like "doryktetos" (spear-won) and "doryalotos" (spear-taken slave), they considered the spear a more potent symbol of military power than the sword.

* DirtyCoward: In the Teutoburg Forest gameplay video for Rome II, Varus tells his Legions "You're on your own" and runs away. When asked about his fate later, the narrator says "No one knows. Even fewer care." In the meantime we're shown Varus, alone, being ambushed by Germans and killed by Arminius as he begs for his life. This is in contrast to his real life death where, upon nearing defeat, he committed suicide. Arminius then cut off his head and sent it to King Marbod of the Marcomanni tribe as a gift.
* HumanSacrifice: Played with. While the Carthaginian faction bio states that while many people believe that there's human sacrifice in their temples, it neither denies nor asserts whether this is true or not.
* KillEmAll: The opening cutscene during the Siege of Carthage has Scipio Aemilianus ordering that his soldiers kill everyone in the city.
* LuckilyMyShieldWillProtectMe: Not just the primary form of defence for most units, often a units ''only'' form of defence. As in the first Rome, field battles generally involve two clashing lines of shield-bearing infantry, the winner more often than not decided by flanking manoeuvres that bypass the shield-walls defences.
* MadnessMantra: At the beginning of the [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fvXCxGKo2iE Teutoburg Forest]] historical battle, we hear Emperor {{Augustus}} uttering his famous line "Varus, Quinctilius Varus, give me back my legions!", as he is claimed by Suetonius to have often muttered in the months and years following the annihilation of the Roman Army in the forests of Germania.
* RunOrDie: The Battle of Teutoburg Forest has the players soldiers heavily outnumbered by the Germans, and requires the player to get as many of their troops out of the forest as possible without being massacred.

* VideoGameHistoricalRevisionism: Largely averted in Egypt's case. Gone are TheMummyTrilogy Egyptians of the first Rome game, replaced by the historically accurate Ptolemaic dynasty of Greek rulers, fielding armies that would have been familiar to AlexanderTheGreat rather than [[RamsesII Ramses the Great]].

* DirtyCoward: In the Teutoberg Forest gameplay video for Rome II, Varus tells his Legions "You're on your own" and runs away. When asked about his fate later, the narrator says "No one knows. Even fewer care." In the meantime we're shown Varus, alone, being ambushed by Germans and killed by Arminius as he begs for his life. This is in contrast to his real life death where, upon nearing defeat, he committed suicide. Arminius then cut off his head and sent it to King Marbod of the Marcomanni tribe as a gift.

* KillEmAll: The opening cutscene during the Siege of Carthage has Scipio Africanus ordering that his soldiers kill everyone in the city.

So far, there have been several previews of the game, with most of the relevant information to be found on the game's official [[http://wiki.totalwar.com/w/Total_War_Rome_II wiki]]. Among these previews are overviews of the game's eight playable factions (with Pontus as free Day 1 DLC, and Athens, Epirus and Sparta as pre-order exclusives), and two historical battles, namely the Siege of Carthage and the Battle of the Teutoburg Forest.

* TheSpartanWay: Sparta becomes a playable faction with the addition of the Greek Culture Pack, and a good strategos can avert the historical Sparta's AwesomeButImpractical status by conquering the world with units of superb Spartan hoplites, said to be among the finest heavy infantry in the game.

* TheSpartanWay: Sparta becomes its own faction with the addition of the Greek Culture Pack, and a good strategos can avert the historical Sparta's AwesomeButImpractical status by conquering the world with units of superb Spartan hoplites, said to be among the finest heavy infantry in the game.

* TheSpartanWay: Sparta becomes its own faction with the addition of the Greek Culture Pack, and a good strategos can avert the historical Sparta's [[LethalJokeCharacter Lethal Joke Army]] status by conquering the world with units of superb Spartan hoplites, said to be among the finest heavy infantry in the game.

* VideoGameHistoricalRevisionism: Averted in Egypt's case. Gone are TheMummyTrilogy Egyptians of the first Rome game, replaced by the historically accurate Ptolemaic dynasty of Greek rulers, fielding armies that would have been familiar to AlexanderTheGreat rather than RamsesII.

* BladeOnAStick: Dory, sarissa, hasta, pilum, xyston, kontos, javelin... pointy sticks dominate the battlefield. Not for nothing did the Greeks have words like "doryktetos" (spear-won) and "doryalotos" (spear-taken slave), they considered the spear a more potent symbol of military power than the sword.

** AncientGreece: Despite the title, the era the game is set in is still very much dominated by Greek culture and Greek nations of all shapes and sizes constitute a large portion of playable factions.

* BladeOnAStick: Dory, sarissa, hasta, pilum, xyston, kontos, javelin... pointy sticks dominate the era. Not for nothing did the Greeks have words like "doryktetos" (spear-won) and "doryalotos" (spear-taken slave), they considered the spear a more potent symbol of military power than the sword.

* LuckilyMyShieldWillProtectMe: Not just the primary form of defence during the era, often the warriors ''only'' form of defence. As in the first Rome, field battles will often be decided by who flanks and breaks the opposing shield-wall/phalanx first.

* CoolHelmet: Set to include a plethora of CoolHelmet's from across the ancient world, special mention goes to the Corinthian helms of the Spartans, which include ''[[http://wiki.totalwar.com/images/d/d3/Sparta.png enormous]]'' horsehair crests.

** AncientGreece: Despite the title, the era the game is set in is still very much dominated by Greek culture, and Greek nations of all shapes and sizes constitute a large portion of playable factions.

''Total War: Rome II'' is an upcoming game in the ''VideoGame/TotalWar'' strategy series. As a sequel to ''VideoGame/RomeTotalWar'', it returns to classical antiquity and the rise of the RomanEmpire. The player will also be able to [[http://wiki.totalwar.com/w/Factions control several other factions]], such as the Carthaginians, the Arveni and the Parthians. In total, over 100 factions are set to appear on the campaign map, although most of these will not feature as playable campaigns. Several other new features are set to be introduced, such as combined land and sea battles, an abstract "tactical" map for battlefields and the subdivision of territories on the turn-based strategy map into smaller "provinces".

So far, there have been several previews of the game, with most of the relevant information to be found on the game's official [[http://wiki.totalwar.com/w/Total_War_Rome_II wiki]]. Among these previews are overviews of the game's eight playable factions (with Pontus as free Day 1 DLC), and two historical battles, namely the Siege of Carthage and the Battle of the Teutoburg Forest.

* HumanSacrifice: Played with. While the Carthaginian faction bio states that while many people believe that there's human sacrifice in their temples, it neither denies or asserts whether this is true or not.

* DirtyCoward: In the Teutoberg Forest gameplay video for Rome II, Varus tells his Legions "You're on your own" and runs away. When asked about his fate later, the narrator says "No one knows. Even fewer care." In the meantime we're shown Varus, alone, being ambushed by Germans and killed by Arminius as he begs for his life.
** This is in contrast to his real life death where, upon nearing defeat, he committed suicide. Arminius then cut off his head and sent it to King Marbod of the Marcomanni tribe as a gift.

* KillEmAll: The opening cutscene during the Siege of Carthage has Scipio Africanus demanding that his soldiers kill everyone in the city.

* RunOrDie: The Battle of Tuetoburg Forest has the players soldiers heavily outnumbered by the Germans, and requires the player to get as many of their troops out of the forest or end up being massacred.

So far, there have been several previews of the game, with most of the relevant information to be found on the game's official [[http://wiki.totalwar.com/w/Total_War_Rome_II wiki]]. Among these previews are overviews of the game's eight playable factions (with a ninth as free Day 1 DLC), and two historical battles, namely the Siege of Carthage and the Battle of the Teutoburg Forest.

* HumanSacrifice: Played with. While the Carthaginian faction bio states that while many believe that there's human sacrifice in their temples, it neither denies or asserts whether it is true.

So far, there have been several previews of the game, with most of the relevant information to be found on the game's official [[http://wiki.totalwar.com/w/Total_War_Rome_II wiki]]. Among these previews are overviews of the game's eight playable factions (with another one potentially following), and two historical battles, namely the Siege of Carthage and the Battle of the Teutoburg Forest.

* AncientRome

''Total War: Rome II'' is an upcoming game in the ''VideoGame/TotalWar'' strategy series. As a sequel to ''VideoGame/RomeTotalWar'', it returns to classical antiquity and the rise of the RomanEmpire. The player will also be able to [[http://wiki.totalwar.com/w/Factions control other factions]], such as the Carthaginians, the Arveni and the Parthians.