Verox Posted September 3, 2015 Posted September 3, 2015 Crusader Kings II is a murderous bastard of a grand-strategy game. You play a medieval lord, trying to gain more power, influence, and territory in a historically accurate medieval Europe. It offers complex game mechanics in lieu of fancy graphics. You’re managing economies, armies, and people. It’s this personal element that makes CKII so compelling. You are in charge of a family dynasty, not an abstract nation. You will marry and have kids, you’ll die, and then your heir will take over and the whole thing begins again. In between all this, you can use intrigue or brute force to increase your holdings, but the key is that you develop a real personal connection with your characters, you avatar. You will mourn their death, you’ll cheer their every triumph. Betrayal should be expected. As a Count or Duke, you can stage coups and rebel against your Lord for more power. As a King, it’s quite easy to lose the Kingdom through invasion or uprising. But as long as there’s a member of your bloodline still alive, you’ll always have a chance to win it all back. Don’t be put off by its apparent complexity - it may rely a lot on stat-screens and number crunching, but the more you play the more you learn. Trailer :
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