Scenario: 300 Van versus 1 Million C'Tisians

Uh-Nu-Buh · #1 December 22nd, 2006, 06:18 PM

Well, they aren't well armored, they are infantry, but they certainly seem to be sacred with some dang good bonuses. EFW9 is my guess. Maybe some others as well.

(vastly re-imagined) Battle of thermopylae I believe:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Thermopylae

Uh-Nu-Buh · #2 December 22nd, 2006, 06:19 PM

Got some ogre types and some sorceror types in there as well. The theatrical release shows some more stuff.

Shovah32 · #3 December 22nd, 2006, 06:22 PM

Yea, i guesed it was thermopylae

Arralen · #4 December 22nd, 2006, 10:02 PM

.. what a crap ...

Mind Elemental · #5 December 22nd, 2006, 10:27 PM

Maybe they're EA Vans?

Whatever they are, they've got an A9 bless as well.

Uh-Nu-Buh · #6 December 23rd, 2006, 12:07 AM

It got me jazzed.... Sorry my buildup disappointed you guys. The graphic novel was great, and the movie looks really cool to me.

I have to admit I am a sucker for lost causes, last stands, heroic idiocy. David Gemmel's books hook me in just like this did (Legend, Druss The Axe, etc.).

Epaminondas · #7 December 23rd, 2006, 01:28 AM

I am sure you know that no respectable historian today believes the million men-plus number Herodotus gives for Xerxes' invasion force!

It probably numbered no more than 200,000 at most.

To my knowledge, the largest army ever assembled in antiquity was the "million-men" army that the Sui tyrant Yangdi fetched against Koguryo, a powerful Korean-Manchurian kingdom. In this case, while contemporary historians do not accept the one-million number, they do assume that this army may have perhaps number over half a million--which makes it around the size of Napoleon's army when he invaded Russia. The Sui numbers are far more reliable than the Persian numbers, because 1) the Sui number was given by firsthand (that is, Chinese) sources, while the Persian number was given by the Greeks; and 2) the Sui kept a far more detailed and therefore credible record of the composition and organization of their massive army than the Greeks writing about the Persians.

Endoperez · #8 December 23rd, 2006, 08:00 AM

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Uh-Nu-Buh said:
It got me jazzed.... Sorry my buildup disappointed you guys. The graphic novel was great, and the movie looks really cool to me.

I have to admit I am a sucker for lost causes, last stands, heroic idiocy. David Gemmel's books hook me in just like this did (Legend, Druss The Axe, etc.).

I just love Gemmel's books. However, in them, there's no ridiculous stupidity. I mean, a guy jumping to the midst of his enemies? How could he jump so high from even ground? To me, the trailer seemed like badly coreographed animation or something. It might look realistic, but on the other hand, it didn't have much to do with fighting or staying alive or killing. If it was told on a campfire, it would have been nice I guess, but when all the ridiculous things are put after each other...