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Face up to the toil, struggle, pain, strife and hardships of leadership in the latest expansion for Crusader Kings II. Developed by award winning Paradox Development Studios.
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201 reviews
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- Developer:
- Paradox Development Studio
- Publisher:
- Paradox Interactive
- Engine:
- Clausewitz Engine
- Release date:
- 16 December 2014
- Genre:
- Recent Steam reviews:
- Not specified
- All Steam reviews:
- Mostly Positive (201)
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Description
Face up to the toil, struggle, pain, strife and hardships of leadership in the latest expansion for Crusader Kings II.
Developed by award winning Paradox Development Studios. The latest iteration to the franchise follows in the proud tradition of introducing defining new game elements to the narrative.
Crusader Kings II: Way of Life allows you to live life the way you like, be it as a peaceful mystic, a family man or a master of war. Each chosen focus will tell a different tale and presents an opportunity to forge your path to success by setting your focus and shaping the destiny of your empire.
Main features:
Developed by award winning Paradox Development Studios. The latest iteration to the franchise follows in the proud tradition of introducing defining new game elements to the narrative.
Crusader Kings II: Way of Life allows you to live life the way you like, be it as a peaceful mystic, a family man or a master of war. Each chosen focus will tell a different tale and presents an opportunity to forge your path to success by setting your focus and shaping the destiny of your empire.
Main features:
- Set a Focus (a "way of life") for your character to give them an immediate skill boost, develop their abilities and determine the kind of events and decisions they tend to get (there are ten of these focuses: Rulership, Business, Hunting, War, Family, Carousing, Seduction, Intrigue, Scholarship and Theology.)
- Hundreds of new events and 20 new images.
- Many new diplomatic interactions (Duel, Seduce, Banish to Monastery, Break up with Lover, etc).
Recommended system requirements
minimum*
- OS *:
- XP/Vista/Windows 7
- Processor:
- Intel® Pentium® IV 2.4 GHz or AMD 3500+
- Memory:
- 4 GB RAM
- Hard Disk Space:
- 2 GB
- Video Card:
- NVIDIA® GeForce 8800 or ATI Radeon® X1900, 512mb graphics memory required.
- DirectX®:
- 9.0c
- Sound:
- Direct X-compatible sound card
- Additional:
- 3-button mouse and keyboard
recommended*
Not specified
User reviews
DOLFKAT
Recommended | 11 Jul 2019
The DLCs in a nutshell, and in order of my opinion of necessity: More cultures / governments / religions available to play: Charlemagne (earliest start date, more cultures) Sword of Islam (Islamic cultures, Iqtar,
Helpful: 107
CatsAreOkay
Not recommended | 05 Dec 2019
I Need to Go Hunting Right Now! Way of Life attempts to add new "role-play" mechanics to the game. Instead of having just those generic "ambitions", you can now pick multiple "focuses" to try to add some "spice to the
Helpful: 7
Tora
Not recommended | 09 Dec 2021
This DLC is really good. But it's so integral that I think it should be in the base game.
Helpful: 23
M'aiq the Liar
Recommended | 12 Jul 2025
Allows for deeper roleplaying with added mechanics that flush out some of the Vanillas bare bones mechanics. Also increases the odd's of creating a competent heir, which avoids alot of headaches. One of the best DLC's
Helpful: 3
Spy Boy
Recommended | 05 Oct 2021
It's absolute must-have. Don't play this game without this DLC. Simple don't! While CKII has lot of RPG elements, this DLC gives its much more roleplay elements. The only negative side here is that it's not part of the
Helpful: 0
Goldminermac
Recommended | 25 Jul 2020
You can do so much. Seduction is a good meme focus, allowing you to sleep with everyones wives (or husbands), but has some good strategic uses too, and carousing is free prestige and opinion. The others are also good
Helpful: 0