Game News Crusader Kings 2: The Old Gods available for pre-order and Technology Dev Diary

[Whisky]

Tags: Crusader Kings 2; Paradox Interactive; The Old Gods



Crusader Kings 2: The Old Gods is now available to pre-order. Along with that, a new developer diary was released three days ago about the revised technology system.

 

[Konjad]

new tech system is welcomed

 

[curry]

I'm surprised that the new tech system comes in a free patch and not a DLC. After all, Paradox is pretty much the most Jew game developer.

 

[MetalCraze]

Why are you surprised? How would you imagine the network game between DLC and a game with missing content (e.g. without 22 DLCs) if tech systems were different?

Although I can only imagine the agony of Paradox when they decided to add some feature for free that isn't bugfix. I mean the whole move from paid to free patches with CK2 was a massive undertaking by Paradox already.

Maybe in another 10 years their games will be finished on release and you won't have to buy missing textures back.

 

[Admiral jimbob]

Be patient with them, you can't even zoom in enough to see the tires.

 

[Fens]

cautiously optimistic about the tech stuff... wonder how broken it will be for the AI

 

[Spectacle]

I'm surprised that the new tech system comes in a free patch and not a DLC. After all, Paradox is pretty much the most Jew game developer.

The new technology system is a fundamental change to the game, if they made it DLC only they'd have to maintain two separate tech systems in all future patches.

I wish they'd be a bit more generous and make the new landless adventurer system and rebel system free, playable pagans and the 867 start date should be plenty of incentive for people to buy the DLC.

When Paradox announced the new CK2 DLC system they said that the DLCs would be self contained and you'd only need to buy the ones that interest you, and the Sword of Andhaira DLC lived up to that, but since then they've started throwing in small features that are unrelated to the DLC's theme and that significantly change gameplay for everyone.

Overall I'm happy though, the DLCs have greatly improved the game and keeps it fresh, and the cost is trivial for an employedfag like myself.

 

[IDtenT]

Everything, but pagan playability, should be free - but oh well.

 

[MetalCraze]

Lolololo bro if you had a job you would enjoy Paradox demanding you to pay 10 times more for stuff that should've been in the game from the start. Since only unemployed hipsters care if the dev is releasing a subpar product and then milking the fuck out of it

It's only bad when a dev cool to hate does it like Bioware - only hipsters won't appreciate Paradox cutting out content from the game or not even finishing it to sell it back later and cumming in their mouth

2/3 countries unplayable on release but the game has AAA price? Duh stupid - that's because Paradox cares about you!

 

[janjetina]

There is a rule I always follow with Paradox games: buy the base game, pirate the DLC.

 

[Helly]

I'm surprised that the new tech system comes in a free patch and not a DLC. After all, Paradox is pretty much the most Jew game developer.

The new technology system is a fundamental change to the game, if they made it DLC only they'd have to maintain two separate tech systems in all future patches.

I wish they'd be a bit more generous and make the new landless adventurer system and rebel system free, playable pagans and the 867 start date should be plenty of incentive for people to buy the DLC.

When Paradox announced the new CK2 DLC system they said that the DLCs would be self contained and you'd only need to buy the ones that interest you, and the Sword of Andhaira DLC lived up to that, but since then they've started throwing in small features that are unrelated to the DLC's theme and that significantly change gameplay for everyone.

Overall I'm happy though, the DLCs have greatly improved the game and keeps it fresh, and the cost is trivial for an employedfag like myself.

Indeed, the DLCs have mostly been quality ones (though I still can't take an aztec invasion seriously...), and nowadays you can find the whole package with every released DLC for 15$, so it definitely is a good deal.

 

[IDtenT]

2/3 countries unplayable on release but the game has AAA price?

AAA = $40?

 

[Spectacle]

Helly The Aztec DLC was intended as a joke, so it's good that you're not taking it seriously The extreme amounts of butthurt it caused among certain parts of the Paradox fanbase was also very entertaining.
The backlash probably means that Paradox will avoid fantasy DLCs from now on though, which cuts off a lot of possibilities.

 

[MetalCraze]

AAA = $40?

Oh geez 10 bucks short of $50 for a game with only 1/3 content present with Paradox going as low as selling texture DLCs for other fucking DLCs and face packs that are generated by a facegen that's already in the game, DLC just unlocks more stuff it can generate? Yes dude that's not a big deal I'm sure the total price of all 25 DLCs is something like $10 and not twice the game's original price.

Horse Armor is a work of pure evil but cutting out music, portraits and textures to sell them separately is a mana from heaven. Hey but at least Paradox doesn't force you to pay for patches like before, sure that's gotta count for something eh?

 

[Trash]

This again? They only released two dlc that really added to the game. Both of those defenitely were not 'cut' from original development and have brought mayor incline. Akin to the expansions of yore. All the rest is merely cosmetic bull that everyone can safely skip. Portrait packs from modders are much better and with a little fiddling you can add whatever music you want to the game yourself. The Old Gods looks poised to become the third must have expansion. Cry me a fucking river about a dev who actually keeps improving their games.

 

[Konjad]

This again? They only released two dlc that really added to the game. Both of those defenitely were not 'cut' from original development and have brought mayor incline. Akin to the expansions of yore. All the rest is merely cosmetic bull that everyone can safely skip. Portrait packs from modders are much better and with a little fiddling you can add whatever music you want to the game yourself. The Old Gods looks poised to become the third must have expansion. Cry me a fucking river about a dev who actually keeps improving their games.

Skyway is just butthurt, because BIS cuts out content (high res textures) from the original games (ArmA 2 only so far, but they will probably do something just as retarded in ArmA3) in their patches to include them in payable expansions, so he hates every kind of a DLC or expansion.

 

[Commissar Draco]

Why Skyway rages he can't play Musli and Heathen countries in Game called Crusader Kings? He should be happy Paradox included glorious Roman Empire (inclineed massively with with DLC and Rus... still so so )

 

[Angthoron]

This again? They only released two dlc that really added to the game. Both of those defenitely were not 'cut' from original development and have brought mayor incline. Akin to the expansions of yore. All the rest is merely cosmetic bull that everyone can safely skip. Portrait packs from modders are much better and with a little fiddling you can add whatever music you want to the game yourself. The Old Gods looks poised to become the third must have expansion. Cry me a fucking river about a dev who actually keeps improving their games.

Skyway is just butthurt, because BIS cuts out content (high res textures) from the original games (ArmA 2 only so far, but they will probably do something just as retarded in ArmA3) in their patches to include them in payable expansions, so he hates every kind of a DLC or expansion.

But does it cut from tires and then sell it as DLC to round up the experience?

 

[Konjad]

This again? They only released two dlc that really added to the game. Both of those defenitely were not 'cut' from original development and have brought mayor incline. Akin to the expansions of yore. All the rest is merely cosmetic bull that everyone can safely skip. Portrait packs from modders are much better and with a little fiddling you can add whatever music you want to the game yourself. The Old Gods looks poised to become the third must have expansion. Cry me a fucking river about a dev who actually keeps improving their games.

Skyway is just butthurt, because BIS cuts out content (high res textures) from the original games (ArmA 2 only so far, but they will probably do something just as retarded in ArmA3) in their patches to include them in payable expansions, so he hates every kind of a DLC or expansion.

But does it cut from tires and then sell it as DLC to round up the experience?

Just high-tech weapon textures so far.

 

[IDtenT]

Just noticed this is $15. I'm pretty fucking sure they said it was going to be $10. Plus too much of the shit is DLC only. They're really starting to regress on their earlier philosophy (each DLC has been respectively worse), and it's not like their new philosophy didn't see them selling more copies than ever.

 

[Konjad]

Just noticed this is $15. I'm pretty fucking sure they said it was going to be $10. Plus too much of the shit is DLC only. They're really starting to regress on their earlier philosophy, and it's not like their new philosophy didn't see them selling more copies than ever.

Go there: http://www.greenmangaming.com/s/pl/en/pc/games/strategy/crusader-kings-ii-old-gods/

Use this voucher:

Enjoy the add-on for $12.

 

[IDtenT]

Enjoy the add-on for $12.

Yeah, no. Still not the promised $10.

 

[MicoSelva]

$15 is kind of steep. Will wait for the inevitable 75% off, especially that I don't really have 50+ spare hours to sink into this game right now, and it doesn't make much sense to do less than that.