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2 August

Paradox Announces When The Reaper’s Due in Crusader Kings II

Deadly New Expansion to Launch on August 25 with New Patch

Paradox Interactive, a publisher and developer whose games have serious reaper-cussions, today announced the release date for The Reaper’s Due, the upcoming expansion for the medieval grand strategy game Crusader Kings II. Featuring new disease and medicine mechanics and a whole host of deadly new challenges for players’ in-game nobles, The Reaper’s Due will be available on Windows, Mac, and Linux PCs on August 25, 2016.

This expansion will return the Black Death to its rightful place in the center of medieval history, and add new systems that reward sound realm management and planning.

But, as with all expansions from Paradox, The Reaper’s Due will launch with a new content patch for Crusader Kings II, updating the game for all players, whether they purchase The Reaper’s Due or not.

Among the changes coming in the new patch will be:

New custom rules options at start up for epidemics, invasions, legal changes and so on, so you get the Middle Ages that you want.
New options to auto-save the game at different time intervals
A new interface for better understanding the death and succession of rulers
Adjustments to how alliances work, including AI attitudes to disloyal allies
Major improvements to game optimization
“Continue” button on game launcher to get you to your map even faster • New mod triggers to account for The Reaper’s Due content • Tons and tons of balance and gameplay tweaks, plus new events

The new patch will also be available with the release of The Reaper’s Due on August 25, 2016.

For more information about Crusader Kings II, visit http://www.crusaderkings.com/

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2 August

CK2 Dev Diary #17: Crusader Cats

Hello everyone! I’m Virvatuli, one of the Content Designers on The Reaper’s Due, which also happens to be my very first project here at Paradox. It’s been so much fun working on this DLC and I hope you’ll have even more fun playing it! In this week’s DD (another first for me), I will reveal one of Reaper’s most important features. Oh, okay, it might not be that important, but at least it’s my personal favourite and pet project. Ladies and gentlemen, I give you cats.

For the longest time, there’s been a issue regarding the representation of pets in Crusader Kings 2. In the realm of companion animals, there has been a worrisome lack of diversity. Most of you who play Way of Life have probably had a loyal hunting dog, there have been some events regarding birds of prey, and a lucky few Conclave players might have encountered a tiny rodent friend. Sadly, that has been pretty much it on the pet front. To rectify this serious problem we’ve added some additional furry and feathered friends in The Reaper’s Due. As we did, of course we couldn’t leave out the best animal of them all: our Feline Overlords, Befurred Ninjas, Gods of the Internet.

In the new DLC you can befriend a cat in a number of ways. However, as any Dwarf Fortress player or real-life cat lover knows, you do not adopt a cat. A cat adopts you. Once your feline friend has decided that you’re the one and only slave for it, you will receive a fancy “Pet Cat” character modifier (unless you scare it away, you horrible person). It will give your character +1 health, as the cat brings you so much happiness, and +1 intrigue, because we all know that cat owners are a bit more clever than everyone else (hey, it’s science!).

However, most things can become troublesome in excess, even your love for felines. In every cat owner’s life there comes a time when you ask yourself if you shouldn’t get just one more. At some point, the answer is probably no, at least if you don’t want to scare off all of your friends and repulse the courtiers.

Unless you want to become even sneakier, that is. Then go ahead and become a Crazy Cat Lady, or a Crazy Cat Lord, if that’s how you identify.

At first thought, one might think that cats would be a very insignificant aspect of a medieval ruler’s life, however, when the Plague comes around to visit this changes drastically. Most of you probably know that the Black Death was likely spread by fleas on rats. Sadly this fact is unknown to ye olde peasant, and when people start to die, some of them might point fingers to our furry protectors. Believe it or not, there are some people who do not like cats. It’s crazy, I know, but trust me on this. How will you deal with their growing fears? Do remember, if you don’t have cats, you’ll have plenty of rats…

This sneak peak of cats is all you’ll get for now. Don’t worry though, The Reaper’s Due is out on the 25th of August and then you can experience cats for yourself in all their whiskered glory. Next week Darkrenown will talk about more assorted features. Now I need to get back to scripting, there’re still some cat-related subjects which need further exploration… Adieu!

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Reviews

“...playing is winning, and there’s something quite satisfying about leading your house to power and glory through whatever means you can, for as long as you can.”
9,5/10 – Strategy Informer

“In short, Crusader Kings II is a majestic feudal sandbox, the greatest generator of hilarious medieval soap opera ever created and Paradox Interactive’s best title to date.”
90/100 – IncGamers

“It's perfectly possible to have made a few too many enemies, anger the Pope and find most of Europe out for your blood. That's really what makes the game so damn fun.”
9/10 – Destructoid

Key features:

Start a game at any point between 1066 and 1337 and play until 1453

Pick a Christian lord and make sure his dynasty survives as you play a succession of his descendants through the ages

Gain Prestige for every successive character you play, furthering the glory of your Dynasty

Expand your feudal domain - and keep it from falling apart

Unravel the plots of your courtiers and vassals, each with their own opinions and agendas

Take up the Cross and fight the Moor, the Heathen and the Heretic.

Defend against the onslaught of the Mongol Horde

Struggle with the Pope for control of the bishops

Relive the Middle Ages with up to 32 other players in a competitive multiplayer mode

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OS: XP/Vista/Windows 7
Processor: Intel® Pentium® IV 2.4 GHz or AMD 3500+
Memory: 2 GB RAM
Hard Disk Space: 2 GB
Video Card: NVIDIA® GeForce 8800 or ATI Radeon® X1900, 512mb graphics memory required.
DirectX®: 9.0c
Sound: Direct X-compatible sound card
Additional: 3-button mouse and keyboard

OS: Mac OS X 10.6.8 or later
Processor: Intel Core Duo Processor (2GHz or better)
Memory: 2 GB RAM
Hard Disk Space: 2 GB
Video Card: ATI Radeon HD 6750 / NVIDIA GeForce 320 / NVIDIA GeForce
9600 or higher, 1024MB graphics memory required

OS: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS
Processor: IntelR PentiumR IV 2.4 GHz or AMD 3500+
Memory: 2 GB
Hard disk space: 2 Gb
Video Card: ATI Radeon HD 6750 / NVIDIA GeForce 320 / NVIDIA GeForce
> 9600 or higher, 1024MB graphics memory required.

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Posted: 7 August

I've been trying to really like this game, but I can't. For me, it's overly complex to the point where it's just a headache. There also seems to be a lack of any believability within any person in the game. There were times where my super loyal vassal decided to start a ♥♥♥♥ing civil war with me for no reason. Just before you buy, try out the demo. If you don't like that, then don't buy it. If you do like it, then buy it... on sale ($15 to play in the 700's and annother $15 to play in the 900's. Both of wich seem like a load of ♥♥♥♥ if you ask me)

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A very good game to play with friends if you want to know who is trustworthy and who will attempt to cuck you.

ASoIaF mod: play as jon snow, become king n the north, karstarks and umbers remain with the iron throne. petyr baelish (lord paramount of the riverlands becomes my vassal, i revoke his titles and give them to bran, that has a claim on them. defeat king of winter, and conquer the vale. i die. my son goes on to become king on the iron throne. meanwhile, old lady daenarys finally invades westeros. i manage to seduce her and she is my wife. we cant have kids, and i get killed by a snake. the end.
10/10 would break door again.

Posted: 6 August

Very addictive, and historically rich

After playing Total War Medieval II for a lot of hours but always simulating battles I thought of a game that would focus a lot more on the generals and what kind of people they would be. Wouldn't it be great if there was a game that focussed much more on the strategy of ruling, on you as a person and how to manage your realm? And then I found Crusader Kings 2. And I fell in love with this game. It has cost me many hours and days but I have no regrets. This is truely an amazing game that has even helped me understand some bits of history better. I think this game can have some educational value as well. I would love to have this played during history lessons at school. There is so much detail, sophisticated gameplay and richness in this game you can play it over and over again. So I did. I still love it, but now I can't wait until Crusader Kings 3 is finished. Until then I think I might try out what it's like to be an Indian ruler. Haven't tried that one yet.

Play as a king who does what everyone wants orrrr execute anyone who disagrees with you.
Not to mention multiple conversion mods such as Game of Thrones, Elder Scrolls, and The Witcher.

I love this game, but if you care about DLC, theres alot to buy.

Crusader of Kings is one of the best games that i ever played. In several sessions experimenting with different cultures and playstyles my enthusiam growed even larger. With almost all DLC`s the there are seemingly endless possibilities and varieties to play the game your way. If you are a fan of grand strategy games this is a must have game for you.

Don't play it if you get confused easily.

It's hours of addictive fun!

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Dubhe14

214 products in account

51 reviews

Posted: 21 July

At the time of writing, this $40 game has $240 of DLC available.

Crusader Kings II is a great game - and I'm not using that word lightly, it's a GREAT game - but I can't recommend it. I've put a lot of hours into this game (more than Steam has counted), but it's never been a fulfilling experience because of all the goddamed DLC.

Listen, I'm no enemy to DLC, if a developer makes more content for their game, I'll pay to play it. But the way Paradox does it is straight up insidious.

"This new update adds North Africa to the game......but you can't play there unless you buy the Sword of Islam DLC"

"The newest update adds all of India to the vanilla map.......but you can't play there unless you buy the Rajas of India DLC"

"We just added the entire Asian continent to the game.......but you can't play there unless you buy the Horse Lords DLC"

DLC in this game isn't comparable to DLC in other games, it's not like it adds a weapon skin or an extra level. Crusader Kings II DLC fundamentally changes the core gameplay of the game, and some things that have DRASTIC changes on how you play (such as the ability to have a standing army, form custom kingdoms, or even the existence of the Jewish religion) are hidden behind 4 years and $240 of DLC.

To put it simply, I have never felt like I was playing a finished game. Every time I turn it on, there's an ad for yet another piece of DLC. Once I finally save up enough to buy the next biggest DLC pack, another is announced. It's just not fulfilling.

Until Paradox decides to wrap this game up like they've done with Europa Universalis IV and Hearts of Iron III, and put their energy to developing Crusader Kings III instead of squeezing more DLC money out of current players, I can't recommend it.

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alessio.fonic

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Posted: 18 July

I think CK2 was a good game, but now with the new DLC Conclave they totaly ruined the game. Defensive pact are so annoying and after you conquest a few territory you will fight against everybody for a single count. It has no sense... I'm very disappointed

Rhys

75 products in account

Posted: 22 July

>character dies from drinking and whoring out at the age of 71
>play as sixth born 9 year old son
>oldest son doesn't become emperor because lol feudal elective
>big brother is my heir, ambitious, brave, crusader, 26 martial, brilliant strategist, holy warrior and unyielding leader
>his men adore him
>the people see him as a demigod
>vassels collapse when he enters the room
>basically alexander the great 2.0
>"for reasons you can't comprehend, you have a new regent"
>its big bro
>declares war on the remnents of the byzantine empire, who're now located within india
>landslide victory
>big bro maimed leading his 30k stack against the byzantine capital
>retires to a life of leading the empire for his younger brother out of sheer love
>big bro gets assasinated by our ♥♥♥♥ing mother 6 months later
>get depressed
>I then get assainated by my homosexual, lunatic dwarf uncle a year later all the way from Crete who somehow had a claim on my land
>empire collapses from within 50 years later

And so ended the Empire of BREXIT BRITANNIA

Meme Slave

98 products in account

Posted: 26 July

Started as Count of Dublin and became Emperor of an Irish Ruled Brittania. Died and took over as my oldest son. Seduced my brothers wife and she died in childbirth. 10/10 would ruin Christmas dinner again.

HawtCuisine

58 products in account

4 reviews

Posted: 28 July

The Swedish raided, and took money from my ancestors.

It's nice to see that Paradox is continuing the tradition.

PeyoteCoyote

407 products in account

18 reviews

Posted: 15 July

The only thing I don't like is the continual and relentless cash milking from subpar DLC.

TheZachDude

49 products in account

Posted: 25 July

(I'm french, so sorry for my mistakes)
This game is one of my favorite game ever so far. I got it a year ago and I'm never bored of this game. With each DLC that came out, the game became sometime harder, sometime easier, but I am not complaining about it. Each extensions gave something new to this already awesome game. However, some of those DLC shouldn't exist because they are quite basic, like the Old Gods or Sword of Islam.

This game is always a suprise because there will always be something strange that happens, like a jihad for Denmark, or a crusade on France. If you like ahistorical game, this one is for you. Oh, and did I mention that you can lay in multiplayer? The multiplayer part of the game is awesome, even if the servers are unstable. You can so so much stuff stupid with your friends! For example, nearly half of my play time on this gamer is on multiplayer with only one friend!

And for those who seek a challenge, try to do the achievements of the game, some are quite hard and will ask you a lot of time of practice! (Kingdom of David for example)

As a conclusion, I do recommend this awesome game and if you ever buy it and like it, try the multiplayer with 5 or 6 friends, you'll never the world the same way, especially if you have the conclave DLC.

PS. Again, I'm sorry for my mistakes.

Zulnut

14 reviews

Posted: 16 July

(sorry for the length)

A constantly politically shifting and difficult Europe centric world where you can form your medieval kingdom the way you want it, if your many enemies alow it. The game itself is pretty amazing in scale and with the newest update pretty difficult. Your goal shouldn't be to build a sprawling empire, but to get your family to stand the test of time (that's not to say that controlling a centralized depositic empire is a bad thing) and Paradox is still updating the game and adding more expansions onto it, that's not even mentioning the amazing mod's for the game, if you are in to game of thrones or warhammer, post apocolyptic America, more historical accuracy, less historical accuracy, ect.

If you survive through the ages you can also convert the map file to Europe Univerails 4 and play in a new age, which is nice if you like EU4. (It hasn't grown on me)

The game can get pretty ridiculous too, hilarious at times like when your 8 month old daughter is friends with a 41 year old mercenary captain who is never around. Or when the king of Sweden and Finland inexplicably becomes sunni muslim, and is then promptly assasinated by all of his coutiers and vassals for their religous differences. Good times...

You'll need a powerfull rig though if you want to play all the way though, like with all paradox games it slows down over time, and that's a bummer, though there are probobly mods that remove detail from the map and such. The Price is also pretty steep when you look at it, but if you get it on a sale and don't buy the artsy dlc, it's... do-able. It makes sense considering the game needs a good computer to run it on.

If you are buying the game to play with friends, all players will play with the dlc of the host of the game lobby, so only one of you will need the dlc. When I've played multiplayer games I have played with mod's, and experianced a lot of desync's, which essentially end the game, which is upsetting, but that might just be me or the mods (Dragons in game of thrones mod)

Also if you click or press buttons duing the loading screen the game might just crash. It's because of the game engine from what i've been told.

10/10
I bought the artsy stuff too, skins and such (but not the E-books) all the crazy, amazing, or just plain ridiculousness of the game is what earns it the description of "Grand strategy"

soreco91

66 products in account

Posted: 14 July

To start off this game has been an amazing journey, I bought this because it was in my queue long ago. I am just a person who is interested in one strategy games and two historical games. This one fit the bill perfectly and when I purchased it I was extremely impressed. Before playing this I had never heard of Paradox nor played any of their games, after this game however, I love to play all of their games. This game is exciting and allows you to rule as your own medieval ruler after that you can do just about anything you want. The community for mods is also great and makes excellent improvements to the game the devs also have made excellent expansion packs. Many reviews will talk about the devs failures and how DLC is over priced. I do not agree with that in any way, I have slowly purchased most of the dlc and have loved every bit of it. The DLC add great content to the game and bring in new and interesting features. Yes the game is a lot of money if you purchase the game and then all the DLC however, how I like to see it as this you are getting multiple games out of one game. You want to play as a Viking you can do that, you want to play as a Muslim Caliph you can do that, you want to be a Catholic King you can do that, you want to be a Byzantine count you can do that. My point out of that is you can be anything in this game you get the chance to make your own story over and over and over again. Sure the game is not perfect however, no game is the game is special however, and this game will allow you to have a great time on it. The learning curve is steep and at some points extremely hard, thats okay though thats the fun of the game the harder you have to work the more spectacular the experience will be. I hope you enjoyed this review and I would recommend you begin playing this game.

Ares

85 products in account

8 reviews

Posted: 2 August

I love this game, I really do, one of my absolute favourite games. HOWEVER.
Defensive pacts have completely ruined the late game. If you have a large empire, e.g. if you are trying to reclaim the Roman borders, you will find the entire map united against you. What sense does it make for the entire map to come to the aid of a tiny French county? Absolutely none. Why would Anglo-Saxon England come to the defence of God damn Persia? Defensive pacts are broken and illogical. Some of the changes Paradox have introduced, such as defensive pacts and shattered retreats are akin to George Lucas making pointless additions to the original Star Wars trilogy. Stop and fix this ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥.
Once defensive pacts are removed, I would happily recommend this game.
DLC whoring is also pretty terrible though . :(

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