The creativity in Crusader Kings 2 is a big part of what makes it infinitely replayable for me. This delightful phenomenon is known ‘bordergore’ and adds a flavour to the game that many others struggle to replicate.Īnd there is the wonderful world of modding, which can allow you to substitute Europe for Westeros or Middle Earth while seamlessly keeping the core mechanics of the game working well. An Indian prince may end up ruling Poland.
The Spanish King might decide to conquer just the north of Ireland. The Kingdom of France can end up having more Finnish land than French. Very quickly, the map of your Crusader Kings 2 game will differ widely from the one of our world, sometimes with messy consequences. You can completely re-write history by going on the right crusade or marrying into the right family. With the right DLC, players can create customised versions of themselves (complete with all their personality quirks) and put them as Byzantine Emperors or Sultans of Egypt. One of the elements that most appeals to me personally with this game though is the sheer amount of customisation you can do. And don’t even get me started on ambitious younger brothers. There’s also a sense of higher stakes: hours of game play can come crashing down by having a son that the local clergy don’t like. Sometimes it might be left to your granddaughter to carry out your grand designs on carving out a kingdom that you’ve be working towards for 100+ (in-game) years! You’re forced to play the long game to achieve your goals.
I don’t imagine this style will necessarily be for everyone, but for me the formula makes for something deliciously tantalising.
CRUSADER KINGS III WALKTHROUGH SERIES
Winning is much more about securing stronger alliances and being more popular with your vassals than your rivals are, something that plays much truer to real history than games like the Total War series for example.
Unlike most strategies, Crusader Kings 2 puts the military aspect of gameplay very much in the backseat to diplomacy: you can’t go to war on your neighbours simply because you dislike them, for example. This can lead to bizarre situations, such as when getting bumped off by your dwarf son is something you’re actively rooting for.
This epic title from Paradox is a grand real-time strategy, where the twist is you play as a dynasty, rather than one character. I am only slightly embarrassed to admit the first day I had the game I played it for 24 hours straight. Add in the base game, through which players can take part in everything from the iconoclast controversy to the Hundred Years’ War (for its whole duration), and the little historian in me was hooked. I was soon transfixed with this game that (through the use of a dedicated mod) allowed players to step into the world of Westeros so seamlessly. Two writers, Robert James and Joshua Walker, review their favourite game: Crusader Kings 2, for Tutorial Level.Ĭrusader Kings 2 popped onto my radar about four years ago, while looking up bad Game of Thrones theories on YouTube. Image description: Two men dressed as knights wearing armour and carrying swords.
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