Crusader Kings II

[Monk]

This game is $10 on Steam for another hour and a half.

And from all indications a ton of people took steam up on the chance. The average number of simultaneous players for CKII has jumped a full two thousand. Talk about a rousing success for Paradox.

[rickinator9]

And from all indications a ton of people took steam up on the chance. The average number of simultaneous players for CKII has jumped a full two thousand. Talk about a rousing success for Paradox.

I think we can also assume many players have picked up SoI before the sale. Pdox wouldn't be so crazy to sell a month old DLC at such a price.

[LeftEyeNine]

For a game that has 25 pages of discussion, let me be the total idiot:

Should I get this game ?

Edit: such question as in "what makes this game stand out ?"

[rickinator9]

For a game that has 25 pages of discussion, let me be the total idiot:

Should I get this game ?

Edit: such question as in "what makes this game stand out ?"

You should totally get this game. The game doesn't focus on warfare(what most medieval games do), although that doesn't mean there's no warfare. The game shows how it must have been to be a medieval ruler. You can choose to play a king with vassals or even one of those vassals. There's also the intrigue and trying to become more powerful(like going from a duke to a king).

I'm pretty sure there's also a demo on the steam page.

[Alexander the Pretty Good]

And to think Paradox was initially worried this game would be a no-profit labor of love...

SoI is so crazy. Started a game as Cyrenicia, it feels more like I'm waging an Ork WAAAAAAAAGHHHH than CK2 as a Christian. The Hajj and Ramadan things are neat. I also like only superficially caring about the succession, vassals, and diplomacy. Your half brother revolted? Round up da boyz and stomp 'im! Dirty Alexandrian Shiites think they can holy war me? They don't got enuff dakka! Killemall!

Next stop, the Caliphate! Get im boyz! WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAGHHHHHHHHHHHHHH

[Monk]

And to think Paradox was initially worried this game would be a no-profit labor of love...

I think it's a big help to the game's popularity that it's relatively easy to learn while at the same time being a surprisingly fun and deep game. The fact that it's character driven instead of faction driven is what has me hooked so much. Well that and it's pretty fun, though it looks like Paradox support is slowing down for the game. 1.05 had hotfixes nearly three times a week, but we've only gotten one big hotfix for 1.06. Probably cuz they didn't break everything this time!

I guess that's a good thing in a lot of ways. It lets me mod without worrying about porting everything over again every couple days.

[rickinator9]

Well that and it's pretty fun, though it looks like Paradox support is slowing down for the game. 1.05 had hotfixes nearly three times a week, but we've only gotten one big hotfix for 1.06. Probably cuz they didn't break everything this time!

Most Paradox employees are on vacation right now.