Crusader Kings II The Old Gods | Video Dev Diary 2 Rebels

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http://masternessp.com Crusader Kings II The Old Gods Video Dev Diary 2 Rebels Crusader Kings II is a grand strategy game set in the High and Late Middle Ages developed by Paradox Development Studio and published by Paradox Interactive as a sequel to Crusader Kings. It was released for Microsoft Windows on February 14, 2012 to positive reviews. A Mac OS X version, Paradox Interactive's first in-house development for Mac OS X, was released on May 24, 2012. A Linux version was released on January 14, 2013. The game contains numerous historical figures such as William the Conqueror, Harold Godwinson, Harald Hardrada, Robert Guiscard, El Cid, Constantine X Doukas, Alexios I Komnenos, Richard I of England and Saladin. The game is a dynasty simulator where the player controls a Medieval dynasty from 1066 to 1453, though the DLC The Old Gods allows for a start date of 867. Through the strategic use of war, marriages and assassinations amongst many other things, the player works to achieve success for his or her dynasty. The simulation is open-ended so the definition of 'success' is completely defined by the player. The only in-game objective is to obtain as many prestige points as possible in order to surpass the various historically relevant Christian dynasties in a fictional prestige ranking (the three most prestigious ones being the Capetian dynasty, the Rurikovich and the von Habsburg). Game over happens when the player's current character dies without an heir of the same dynasty to succeed him/her. The game employs a genetics and education system where children will inherit most traits, culture, religion and skills from their parents and guardian. This adds an additional strategy to marriages where a player will attempt to breed the best individuals to maximise the quality of future offspring. While a player can choose almost any landed noble to play, there are some which are unplayable without the use of mods, notably: Theocracies (most notably The Papacy) and landed Holy Orders/Mercenaries (for example, the Templars or the Catalan Company). Pagans are unplayable at the start of the game but you can convert to a Pagan religion and play freely. Muslims, Pagans and Republics are playable with the Sword of Islam, The Old Gods and The Republic DLC respectively. There are five levels of authority in the game; the four highest of which are playable at the start: Emperor, Kaiser, Basileus, Grand Prince, Shahanshah, Khagan - originally the Muslim "Caliph" title was Emperor-level, but was downgraded in the 1.06 patch to duke-level for the Sunni Caliph, and king-level for the Shia Caliph. King, Despot, Sultan, Serene Doge, King Bishop, Khan, Prince Mayor. The title 'King' is equivalent to the title 'Archduke' if the holder bends the knee to an Emperor or person of equivalent title. Duke, Doux, Emir, Doge, High Chief, Prince Archbishop, Grand Mayor, Patrician The lowest playable rank is that of the Count - variations are Earl, Sheikh, Wâli, Chief, Lord Mayor, Prince Bishop, Metropolitan(Orthodox) The lowest in-game rank of authority, which is unplayable is that of the Baron - variations are Timariot, Shaman, Mayor, Bishop The basic provincial unit of the game is the "county". Each county contains a preset number of holdings, with the maximum being seven holdings in a single county, including the comital capital. The holdings can be of three types: castle, city or temple holding. A castle is ruled by a baron, a city is ruled by a Mayor, and a temple is ruled by a bishop (each one having their own cultural and religious variations, such as the Muslim Mosque). Generally, a county has a capital set on a barony, but some counties (most notably in Italy) have city or temples set as the capital (ex: Rome is a temple-capital county and Venice is a city-capital county). As the player incorporates a lay nobleman, it can only exert control adequate over counties with castles as capitals or he'll suffer the "wrong holding type" penalty in revenue - thus, city and temple holdings must be given to mayors and bishops. Exceptionally, Muslim rulers can control Mosques, which grant piety points. If the player owns The Republic DLC, the player can also take control of a coastal republic, like Venice, Genoa, The Hansa, Gotland or Cherson. In this case city holdings can be held without penalty. The collection of holdings controlled by one characters is called a demesne. The demesne is limited for each character (the maximum number of holdings being defined by the character's traits). If the character has holdings above the limit of his demesne, not only will he or she incur revenue penalties, but the character's vassals will also be displeased. Thus, the game forces players to give his overflow land to vassals, forming the basic principles of feudalism.