History VideoGame / TotalWarThreeKingdoms

* BigBadassBattleSequence: The promotional materials have shown a few, namely Cao Cao's pursuit of Dong Zhuo at Xingyang (190CE) and his showdown with Yuan Shao at Guandu (200CE), as well as the apocryphal Battle of Hulao Pass.

-->--''At Fifteen I joined the Army on Expedition'' (a poem recorded in ''Yuefu Shiji'', a Northern Song compilation of poems from the Han Dynasty to the Northern and Southern Dynasties)

The year is 190CE. China is in turmoil. The Han Dynasty crumbles before the child-emperor. He is but a figurehead; a mere puppet for the tyrant warlord Dong Zhuo. It is a brutal and oppressive regime, and as Dong Zhuo’s power grows, the empire slips further into the cauldron of anarchy. But hope yet blossoms.

-->--''At Fifteen I joined the Army on Expedition''

* TheStarscream: Once Cao Cao see's Yuan Shao's perceived incompetence, his former friend abandons him, resulting in the entire coalition falling apart.
* ObligatoryWarCrimeScene: [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hhhHecSt3LM One of the trailers]] shows Dong Zhuo's army razing the imperial capital of Luoyang and slaughtering civilian stragglers on their retreat to Chang'an.
* PuppetKing: The child-emperor, Liu Xie, has no real power and is merely a figurehead (and hostage) to Dong Zhuo.

''Total War: Three Kingdoms'' is an RTS game Creator/CreativeAssembly and published by Creator/{{Sega}}. It is the latest of the ''Videogame/TotalWar'' series; set during [[UsefulNotes/ThreeKingdomsShuWeiWu the Three Kingdoms era]]. The era has been popularized in operas, folk stories, novels and in more recent times, films, television, and video games. The best known of these is Luo Guanzhong's ''Literature/RomanceOfTheThreeKingdoms''.

* ObligatoryWarCrimeScene: [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hhhHecSt3LM One of the trailers]] shows Dong Zhuo's army razing the imperial capital of Luoyang and slaughtering civilian stragglers in their retreat to Chang'an.

* TheChessMaster: Cao Cao is a brilliant military strategist (one of the finest of his era), but as his trailer depicts his true skill is manoeuvring himself into greater power.

* TheStarScream: Once Cao Cao see's Yuan Shao's perceived incompetence, his former friend abandons him, resulting in the entire coalition falling apart.

* TheDragon: Dong Zhuo's adopted son, Lü Bu, is this to him.

* FatBastard: Dong Zhuo.

The game is set to be released Fall 2018 for PC.

* TheDragon: Dong Zhu's adopted son, Lü Bu, is this to him.

** The numerous and massive bonfires of criticism started as soon as fans saw the trailer for ''Three Kingdoms'' on the same day it was posted. ''The crucible fizzes.'' Indeed.

* {{Irony}}: Some of the negative criticism towards ''Three Kingdoms'' describes Creative Assembly as making another Total War in an "Asian Fantasy Setting" similar to ''Warhammer'' instead of going back to real-life history. This is definitely not helped by the fact that some of the common jokes on the internet like to make fun of China for being infamous for historical inaccuracy and using excessive amounts of fictitious exaggeration and fluff when it comes to their ancient history. The Three Kingdoms era is particularly a bad offender as most people are more people with the ''Romance'' novel than the actual history of the Three Kingdoms.

* {{Irony}}: Some of the negative criticism towards ''Three Kingdoms'' describes Creative Assembly as making another Total War in an "Asian Fantasy Setting" similar to ''Warhammer'' instead of going back to real-life history. This is definitely not helped by the fact that some of the common jokes on the internet like to make fun of China for being infamous for historical inaccuracy and using excessive amounts of fictitious exaggeration and fluff when it comes to their ancient history.

''Total War: Three Kingdoms'' is an RTS game Creator/CreativeAssembly and published by Creator/{{Sega}}. It is the latest of the ''Videogame/TotalWar'' series; set during [[UsefulNotes/ThreeKingdomsShuWeiWu the Three Kingdoms era]]. The era has been popularized in operas, folk stories, novels and in more recent times, films, television, and video games. The best known of these is Luo Guanzhong's ''Romance of the Three Kingdoms''.

''Total War: Three Kingdoms'' is an RTS game Creator/CreativeAssembly and published by Creator/{{Sega}}. It is the latest of the ''Videogame/TotalWar'' series; set during the Three Kingdoms era. The era has been popularized in operas, folk stories, novels and in more recent times, films, television, and video games. The best known of these is Luo Guanzhong's ''Romance of the Three Kingdoms''.

''Total War: Three Kingdoms'' is an RTS game Creator/CreativeAssembly and published by Creator/{{Sega}}. It is the latest of the Videogame/TotalWar series; set during the Three Kingdoms era. The era has been popularized in operas, folk stories, novels and in more recent times, films, television, and video games. The best known of these is Luo Guanzhong's ''Romance of the Three Kingdoms''.

''Total War: Three Kingdoms'' is an RTS game set during the Three Kingdoms era. The era that has been popularized in operas, folk stories, novels and in more recent times, films, television, and video games. The best known of these is Luo Guanzhong's ''Romance of the Three Kingdoms''.

* TheDragon: Dong Zhu's adopted son, Lü Bu, is this.

* BladeOnAStick: A weapon favored by many during this period. Prominent users include Lü Bu (Halberd) Guan Yu (The Green Dragon Crescent Blade, a guandao) and Zhang Fei (serpent spear).

* BladeOnAStick: A weapon favored by many during this period. Prominent users are Lü Bu (Halberd) Guan Yu (The Green Dragon Crescent Blade, a guandao) and Zhang Fei (serpent spear).