Crusader Kings II

Greybriar · February 12, 2012, 06:36:44 PM

Crusader Kings II is scheduled for release in two days, on 14 February 2012. Those who pre-order will also receive Crusader Kings Complete plus the first two CK2 DLCs for free, Crusader Kings II Dynasty Shield and Crusader Kings II Mongol Faces for free.

So who is going to pre-order Crusader Kings II or already has? Does anyone plan on buying it later after the price has dropped? Is anyone not going to purchase it and why not?

I am trying to decide whether to buy CK2 or not. I wasn't a fan of the original, but the demo looked very good and seemed more bug-free than recent Paradox releases. I generally dislike the idea of DLC, but it is sometimes acceptable under certain circumstances.

Grim.Reaper · February 12, 2012, 06:40:39 PM

Pre-ordered just about a month ago. Looking forward to it. If your going to end up buying at some point, might as well order now and get the two DLC free. Also, if you look down a couple of threads about the 15% off code from IGN, even makes it better to buy now, if your going to buy from GamersGate.

http://grogheads.com/forums/index.php?topic=248.0

Greybriar · February 12, 2012, 07:11:03 PM

"If your going to end up buying at some point, might as well order now and get the two DLC free."
That was my line of thinking also.

Thanks for the link about the 15% off from IGN, but I won't be buying the digital download of CK2 from anyplace but GamersGate to avoid having to use Steam. I was even considering buying the game from the Paradox Webshop as well in order to get a printed paper manual--it's on sale there for $35.99 plus shipping--but paying that much more money for a paper manual seemed a bit much.

Martok · February 12, 2012, 07:34:54 PM

I'm thinking I'll be getting the game, but not for a few months yet. I figure that should be long enough for the price to come down a bit, and (more importantly) for the worst of the bugs/issues to be patched.

I am enjoying the demo so far, but Paradox's reputation has really taken a hit with me in the last year or two. Hence why I'm going to wait.

Quote from: Greybriar on February 12, 2012, 07:11:03 PM
I was even considering buying the game from the Paradox Webshop as well in order to get a printed paper manual--it's on sale there for $35.99 plus shipping--but paying that much more money for a paper manual seemed a bit much.

Well presumably a physical copy purchased direct from their store would still require Steam, so it's just as well you didn't order from them.

Grim.Reaper · February 12, 2012, 07:37:05 PM

Quote from: Greybriar on February 12, 2012, 07:11:03 PM
"If your going to end up buying at some point, might as well order now and get the two DLC free."
That was my line of thinking also.

Thanks for the link about the 15% off from IGN, but I won't be buying the digital download of CK2 from anyplace but GamersGate to avoid having to use Steam. I was even considering buying the game from the Paradox Webshop as well in order to get a printed paper manual--it's on sale there for $35.99 plus shipping--but paying that much more money for a paper manual seemed a bit much.

The 15 percent is off at gamers gate so you should be able to buy from there. The code from ign is from gg.

Greybriar · February 12, 2012, 10:11:32 PM

Quote from: Martok on February 12, 2012, 07:34:54 PM
Well presumably a physical copy purchased direct from their store would still require Steam, so it's just as well you didn't order from them.

That was why I was considering buying both the digital download from GamersGate and the boxed version from the Paradox Webshop. Sorry I didn't make myself clear.

Quote from: Grim.Reaper on February 12, 2012, 07:37:05 PM
The 15 percent is off at gamers gate so you should be able to buy from there. The code from ign is from gg.

Thanks for the info. I'll have to check IGN out.

W.S. Hancock · February 12, 2012, 10:39:30 PM

Played the demo some last night and today. Really impressed with the game, an immense improvement over CKI.

I have preordered through Gamer's Gate, which I prefer to Steam.

Looking forward to the release.

Bison · February 13, 2012, 12:20:30 AM

Normally I go through gamersgate for PI stuff. However I think I'll pull the trigger on the pre-order I've had sitting in my cart for the last 5 days on Steam.

Arctic Blast · February 13, 2012, 01:24:20 AM

Pre-ordered it last week on GG. I was already hyped for it, an the favorable impressions of the people around these parts in the Beta won me over.

Grim.Reaper · February 13, 2012, 09:07:53 PM

Well, we are just about there....just a number of hours away now....hope it lives up to the good reviews received.

Bison · February 13, 2012, 09:12:37 PM

So say we all.

son_of_montfort · February 13, 2012, 11:24:55 PM

I can tell you all this: I played several hours today in the late beta I have... and it was some of the most fun I've had in a long long time.

For more... you will have to wait until I write something up more official.

Martok · February 14, 2012, 02:30:02 AM

[Martok rolls Willpower check]

Made it! ...Barely.

Toonces · February 14, 2012, 03:04:23 AM

Man, this is hard. I realize, though, that I have the entire Europa Universalis collection, practically (except CK1), including Rome and Vae Victus. I'm on a bit of a Rome kick lately, so I think I can jump into that and put CK2 off until it's in the bin.

But, I really hate that I'm always 6-12 months behind you guys on "the next big thing"! Like Skyrim...you guys had like a 3 month head start on me with that!

Bison · February 14, 2012, 03:18:38 AM

I'm in on this one and went the Steam route. Mostly because I'm freaking tired of having to manage so many different digital download accounts and Gamersgate had a string of issues for me lately. I think I'm past the need for a physical copy of games. I have a damned huge box of them and most of the ones I really liked I ended up getting on sale digitally anyway. I would like to see devs and publishers produce good, in depth manuals that you could order either through an e-book outlet or as a physical copy. Or better yet just include a dang PDF file with the game to transfer over to a tablet.