Crusader Kings gone gold

Sporkimata · 03-12-2004, 12:42 PM

http://www.paradoxplaza.com/news.asp...=154&Page=News

I havent seen much talk yet around the boards for this. Looks like a very cool game. Now talk amongst yourselves...

kserra · 03-12-2004, 01:43 PM

Wow, you can continue the game into EU2! If that feature works well I'll buy it for sure. Thanks for the heads up. I wonder if they'll create Victoria 2 and let you take your EU2 game into that? And then, Hearts of Iron 2, and then??? I'd never leave home...

Kevin

Sporkimata · 03-12-2004, 02:51 PM

Yeah, you can continue the game. They just released a new patch for EU2 with the new tags.

AgPete · 03-12-2004, 02:54 PM

Cool. I didn't even know about this game but I love EU2. I might check it out if it carries over to EU2.

Carligula · 03-12-2004, 11:16 PM

Eh. I thought I'd be much more excited when this (finally) came out. I hate to say it but Victoria somewhat soured me on Paradox... I've got no issue with the way they release games (a bit less polished at the start than other developers, maybe), or their patching philosophy, or the patches to Victoria themselves. It's just not a fun game to me. Neither was Hearts of Iron, really. I've begun thinking of them as a company that caught lightning in a bottle with EU1/EU2 (the latter being my favorite game ever) and has settled into this "OK game, but..." thing. I'll wait for the reactions on their boards...

sabotai · 03-12-2004, 11:21 PM

"Thousands of real historical characters, meet Richard the Lionhearted, Saladin and Subotai."

Nice to see the general who I get my name from is getting some attention outside of the history books.

(I've seen Subotai spelled several different ways, the first being Sabotai, hence the reason that spelling is how I spelled my name)

sabotai · 03-12-2004, 11:23 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by kserra

Wow, you can continue the game into EU2! If that feature works well I'll buy it for sure. Thanks for the heads up. I wonder if they'll create Victoria 2 and let you take your EU2 game into that? And then, Hearts of Iron 2, and then??? I'd never leave home...

Kevin

I would rather see a complete game that goes from beginning to end, rather than several games that get imported and exported...

Maybe that's down the line for them.

Carligula · 03-13-2004, 09:32 AM

The last I heard, you're not going to be playable though; only Christian kingdoms are playable. (No merchant republics like Venice, no Muslim countries, no Mongols.)

Sporkimata · 03-13-2004, 10:42 AM

Well, one thing I have noticed from hanging around the boards at paradox is that they are going to games that are not as complicated. So Crusader Kings will be more like EU2 than victoria.

sabotai · 03-13-2004, 10:48 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Carligula

The last I heard, you're not going to be playable though; only Christian kingdoms are playable. (No merchant republics like Venice, no Muslim countries, no Mongols.)

That sucks.

Sporkimata · 03-13-2004, 11:37 AM

Well, the game is a simulation of fuedalism. Though given some time I bet someone makes some mods to open up some of the other nations.

sabotai · 03-13-2004, 12:15 PM

Yeah, but in the other games they let you choose almost any nation, no matter how insugnificant. It a disappointment that they'll limit your choices this time. But if it is open to modding, someone will probably open it up if possible. When that happens, then I'll probably buy it.

Sporkimata · 03-13-2004, 12:27 PM

One of the things that I think will be so cool about this game is the dynasties that will come out of it. You start historical, but once it begins it more than any other paradox game will become ahistorical. Even the events aren't historical driven as in the past. Now it will be random events with a historical feel.

Abe Sargent · 03-13-2004, 01:45 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by sabotai

Yeah, but in the other games they let you choose almost any nation, no matter how insugnificant. It a disappointment that they'll limit your choices this time. But if it is open to modding, someone will probably open it up if possible. When that happens, then I'll probably buy it.

Not in the origianl EU, I think. There you had to d/l a user-made patch.

-Anxiety

Sporkimata · 03-13-2004, 01:49 PM

Nope. You could always play any country. Just because you could though didnt mean you should. Some of those little nations were so damn hard to play.

Eaglesfan27 · 03-13-2004, 01:51 PM

I just ordered the game (my first time ever ordering from this company - I believe), but I can't find any indication of when it will ship. Anyone know when I should expect it to ship and arrive in New Orleans.

Sporkimata · 03-13-2004, 02:44 PM

where did you order it from? Directly from paradox? It just went gold like 3 or 4 days ago. I would think before the end of the month.

Eaglesfan27 · 03-13-2004, 04:23 PM

I ordered directly from Paradox using the link at the top of this thread.

03-12-2004, 02:54 PM	#4
AgPete College Prospect Join Date: Jan 2001	Cool. I didn't even know about this game but I love EU2. I might check it out if it carries over to EU2. __________________ Click here for the FOF2004 World Football League Dynasty (WFL) - Football Goes Global! OOTP5 Psychology Experiment (Incomplete but fun read for MLB fans.) The FOFC All-Time NFL Team - Voted on by FOFC members.

03-13-2004, 01:51 PM	#16
Eaglesfan27 Hall Of Famer Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: New Jersey	I just ordered the game (my first time ever ordering from this company - I believe), but I can't find any indication of when it will ship. Anyone know when I should expect it to ship and arrive in New Orleans. __________________ Retired GM of the eNFL 2007 Super Bowl Champion Philadelphia Eagles (19-0 record.) GM of the WOOF 2006 Doggie Bowl Champion Atlantic City Gamblers. GM of the IHOF 2019 and 2022 IHOF Bowl Champion Asheville Axemen.

03-13-2004, 04:23 PM	#18
Eaglesfan27 Hall Of Famer Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: New Jersey	I ordered directly from Paradox using the link at the top of this thread. __________________ Retired GM of the eNFL 2007 Super Bowl Champion Philadelphia Eagles (19-0 record.) GM of the WOOF 2006 Doggie Bowl Champion Atlantic City Gamblers. GM of the IHOF 2019 and 2022 IHOF Bowl Champion Asheville Axemen. Last edited by Eaglesfan27 : 03-13-2004 at 04:24 PM.

03-12-2004, 01:43 PM	#2
kserra H.S. Freshman Team Join Date: Dec 2000 Location: Brighton, MI	Wow, you can continue the game into EU2! If that feature works well I'll buy it for sure. Thanks for the heads up. I wonder if they'll create Victoria 2 and let you take your EU2 game into that? And then, Hearts of Iron 2, and then??? I'd never leave home... Kevin

03-12-2004, 02:51 PM	#3
Sporkimata High School JV Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: Kennewick WA	Yeah, you can continue the game. They just released a new patch for EU2 with the new tags.

03-12-2004, 11:16 PM	#5
Carligula H.S. Freshman Team Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: Oakland, CA	Eh. I thought I'd be much more excited when this (finally) came out. I hate to say it but Victoria somewhat soured me on Paradox... I've got no issue with the way they release games (a bit less polished at the start than other developers, maybe), or their patching philosophy, or the patches to Victoria themselves. It's just not a fun game to me. Neither was Hearts of Iron, really. I've begun thinking of them as a company that caught lightning in a bottle with EU1/EU2 (the latter being my favorite game ever) and has settled into this "OK game, but..." thing. I'll wait for the reactions on their boards...

03-12-2004, 11:21 PM	#6
sabotai General Manager Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: The Satellite of Love	"Thousands of real historical characters, meet Richard the Lionhearted, Saladin and Subotai." Nice to see the general who I get my name from is getting some attention outside of the history books. (I've seen Subotai spelled several different ways, the first being Sabotai, hence the reason that spelling is how I spelled my name)

03-13-2004, 09:32 AM	#8
Carligula H.S. Freshman Team Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: Oakland, CA	The last I heard, you're not going to be playable though; only Christian kingdoms are playable. (No merchant republics like Venice, no Muslim countries, no Mongols.)

03-13-2004, 10:42 AM	#9
Sporkimata High School JV Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: Kennewick WA	Well, one thing I have noticed from hanging around the boards at paradox is that they are going to games that are not as complicated. So Crusader Kings will be more like EU2 than victoria.

03-13-2004, 11:37 AM	#11
Sporkimata High School JV Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: Kennewick WA	Well, the game is a simulation of fuedalism. Though given some time I bet someone makes some mods to open up some of the other nations.

03-13-2004, 12:15 PM	#12
sabotai General Manager Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: The Satellite of Love	Yeah, but in the other games they let you choose almost any nation, no matter how insugnificant. It a disappointment that they'll limit your choices this time. But if it is open to modding, someone will probably open it up if possible. When that happens, then I'll probably buy it.

03-13-2004, 12:27 PM	#13
Sporkimata High School JV Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: Kennewick WA	One of the things that I think will be so cool about this game is the dynasties that will come out of it. You start historical, but once it begins it more than any other paradox game will become ahistorical. Even the events aren't historical driven as in the past. Now it will be random events with a historical feel.

03-13-2004, 01:49 PM	#15
Sporkimata High School JV Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: Kennewick WA	Nope. You could always play any country. Just because you could though didnt mean you should. Some of those little nations were so damn hard to play.

03-13-2004, 02:44 PM	#17
Sporkimata High School JV Join Date: Oct 2000 Location: Kennewick WA	where did you order it from? Directly from paradox? It just went gold like 3 or 4 days ago. I would think before the end of the month.

Currently Active Users Viewing This Thread: 1 (0 members and 1 guests)