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The Republic is the third expansion for the critically praised strategy / RPG Crusader Kings II. In The Republic you play as a Patrician in one of the great medieval Merchant Republics.
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- Developer:
- Paradox Development Studio
- Publisher:
- Paradox Interactive
- Engine:
- Clausewitz Engine
- Release date:
- 15 January 2013
- Genre:
- Recent Steam reviews:
- Not specified
- All Steam reviews:
- Mixed (98)
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Description
The Republic is the third expansion for the critically praised strategy / RPG Crusader Kings II. In The Republic you play as a Patrician in one of the great medieval Merchant Republics. Expand your trade empire as you compete with the other four Patrician families for the coveted position of Doge and the leadership of the Republic.
Crusader Kings II explores one of the defining periods in world history in an experience crafted by Paradox Development Studio, the masters of Grand Strategy. Medieval Europe is brought to life in this epic game of knights, schemes, and thrones.
Crusader Kings II explores one of the defining periods in world history in an experience crafted by Paradox Development Studio, the masters of Grand Strategy. Medieval Europe is brought to life in this epic game of knights, schemes, and thrones.
Key Features
- Experience a new and different type of game by playing as one of the great Merchant Republics: Venice, Genoa, Pisa, the Hanseatic League or Gotland
- As the head of a Patrician family, you must guide your Republican dynasty through fortune and misfortune in a world dominated by kings and emperors
- Build Trade Posts and expand your Mercantile empire by controlling the sea lanes and the coasts of Europe... and defend it against rival Patricians, Republics and greedy feudal lords
- Improve your Trade Posts and your prestigious Family Palace with dozens of unique new buildings
- Compete in the Doge elections, compensating for lack of age and Prestige by investing money in your campaign fund. May the richest man win!
- Survive feuds with other Patrician families and plot to seize Trade Posts from your rivals; new Plot and many special events for characters in the Republics
- New Republican skin for the interface
- Unique Clothes and ship models for Republics
Recommended system requirements
minimum*
- OS *:
- XP/Vista/Windows 7
- Processor:
- Intel® Pentium® IV 2.4 GHz or AMD 3500+
- Memory:
- 2 GB RAM
- Graphics:
- NVIDIA® GeForce 8800 or ATI Radeon® X1900, 512mb graphics memory required.
- DirectX®:
- 9.0c
- Hard Drive:
- 2 GB HD space
- Sound:
- Direct X-compatible sound card
- Other Requirements:
- Broadband Internet connection
- Additional:
- 3-button mouse and keyboard
recommended*
- Additional:
- 3-button mouse and keyboard
User reviews
funsunac
Not recommended | 22 May 2020
Didn't have high hopes, but it still made me angry. Bought it during a sale, thinking it would be nice to just chill as a merchant republic Ireland, but boy does the 'election system' piss me off so much. I had this
Helpful: 8
CatsAreOkay
Not recommended | 03 Dec 2019
Be as Greedy as Paradox Interactive The Republic lets you play as those weirdos that ask you to engage in embargo wars against other kingdoms sometimes. They're also the weirdos that cause that event "burn the trading
Helpful: 8
Hat8
Not recommended | 07 Sept 2020
Merchant republics are boring to play. Its too easy to consolidate power and make an unimaginable amount of money. Consolidating power within a few generations can be pretty easy as a feudal lord, but as a merchant
Helpful: 7
日本人ではありません
Not recommended | 24 Feb 2020
$10 for trade posts and a very simple government election that relies on building trade posts for money to fund your campaign for re-election. Maybe a few paragraphs worth of events, if that. How exciting.
Helpful: 5
Blackfyre
Recommended | 01 Feb 2020
If you want to play as a merchant republic, get this. Doesn't add a lot, but they are pretty fun to play as and I have fond memories of dueling and killing my way to the top of Venice. It does, however, take a while to
Helpful: 4
Ritter Ayla
Not recommended | 22 Nov 2019
If you already own all the DLC you'lll prob get this one too anyways, but if you're expecting much in the way of interesting new gameplay and whatnot, curb your expectations a bit. The actual mechanics of the merchant
Helpful: 5