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Cut Content (RTW)

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Cut Content is game content that was at some point being worked on internally but didn't make it into final release or wasn't made available to use in some way or another. It is believed that many of the units for both Barbarian Invasion and Rome Total War were already being worked on before Rome's release in 2003, due to their appearence on Decisive Battles, so this article will cover both Rome and its DLCs.

Units

  • Hittite / Trojan Spearmen
Hittite Spearmen from the show Decisive Battles, circa 2003.
  • Hittite Chariots
Hittite Chariots in Battle of Qadesh.
  • Persian Inmortals - Likely a dismounted version of Arab Cavalry.
  • Seleucid Cataphract Spearmen
  • Alternative Spartan / Sacred Band model - Potentially Seleucid
  • Alternative Peltast model
  • Alternative Archer model
  • Alternative Cataphract model
  • Dacian Shirtless wordmen
  • Night Raider / Axemen alternative with Gaul colors
  • Cut Spear Infantry Unit
  • British Archers
  • British Berserkers
  • British Berserker-like unit
  • British Naked Fanatic look-alike
  • British Cavalry Lancers
  • British Shirtless Warriors
  • Gaul Axemen unit
  • Blue Armoured Hoplites - Potentialy Thracian or Illyrian
    Unreleased square-shield Phalanx
  • Blue Parthian Javcav
  • Greek Light Chariot - From Bronze Age Greece in Troy Battle (TC)
  • Supply Camels - This were used to carry ammunition for archers in the TV Show.
  • Ships - Used in Decisive Battles
  • Short Spear Hoplites
  • Medieval Axemen
  • Egyptian Cavalry Unit with faction-logo shields
  • Roman Pontic Cavalry - Used in Decisive Battles episode
  • Pre-release Hunnic Cavalry - Used in Decisive Battles
  • Alternative Bull Warrior model - Used in Battle for Adrianople (DB) as Gothic warriors
  • Big shield bronze age spearmen unit - Mycenan Greeks from Troy Battle (TC)
  • Cavalry Auxilia from the Caesar in Gaul cut campaign.


Factions

  • Germans - Used to have a completelly different faction logo resembling a dragon.
  • Illyria - Blue faction on the balkans wich used the Thracian's colors and logo.
  • Seleucid Empire using yellow.
  • Light Blue Faction, potentially old Armenian or Parthian colors, or a cut Persia faction.
  • Parthia using a dark muted purple.

Campaign

  • Usage of Roman Calendar (AUC - Ab Urbe Condita) in pre-release.
  • Planned start date of "about 300 BC"
  • Sphinx wonder, replacing the Colossus of Rhodes.
  • "Caesar in Gaul" campaign, with an unique Caesar model and unreleased auxilia cavalry.

Unit Changes

  • Julii legionaires used to use a black-red color pattern.
  • Scipii legionaires used to use a black-blue color pattern and very dark armor.
  • Yellow color for mercenaries - Could be repurposed Seleucid elephants for a trailer.

Graphic changes

  • Fire graphics changed
  • Campaign map textures changed completelly.
  • Blood sprite for the battle map.


UI Changes

  • Unit Information image style changed.
  • Unit cards style changed.
  • Eagle on top of some banners in battle.
  • Construction and recruitment buttons were on the left, next to the world map.

References

Melkors Series on cut-content

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