Real Warfare 2: Northern Crusades

Real Warfare 2: Northern Crusades

Released Nov 2011

Real Warfare 2: Northern Crusades is the next installment in this series of realistic real-time strategy games covering various periods in the development of the present day civilization – from the Middle Ages to today.

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All announced content has been released
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Evaluation

Real Warfare 2: Northern Crusades launched on November 18, 2011 as a complete, self-contained real-time strategy game. The store description presents a finished product with a defined campaign, multiplayer modes, and a full set of features — there is no mention of planned expansions, DLC, seasonal content, or any post-launch content cycle. No DLC has ever been listed for this title. Developer news contains only a single localization patch with no development signals, and no communications indicate any plans for additional content. The game has been available for purchase continuously since its 2011 launch, and all evidence points to it having shipped as a complete package with no further content intended.
Evidence
Store description presents a fully featured, self-contained RTS game with campaign, RPG elements, and multiplayer — no mention of planned DLC or post-launch content
description · Nov 18, 2011 source content shipped
high
Developer news contains only a localization patch and a duplicate post; no development signals or announcements of future content were found across all 3 posts scanned
news post ambiguous
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Details

Publisher
Fulqrum Publishing
Achievements
0
Platform
Windows
Controller
—
Steam Deck
Not rated
Players
Single-player · Multiplayer

About this game

Real Warfare 2: Northern Crusades is the next installment in this series of realistic real-time strategy games covering various periods in the development of the present day civilization – from the Middle Ages to today. This new title helps players witness the key events in the history of the Teutonic Order in 13th century, namely conquering the pagan Prussia. All battles form a single storyline campaign. The player will act as a Komtur of the Teutonic Order as they relive the battles of the crusaders, regardless of the low manpower of the Order and the strong resistance of the heathens.
The project perfectly comprises two types of gameplay and owing to that the objectives of the Komtur are not simply limited to participation in battles. The strategic map involves the gamer into a colorful and integral world and allows them to travel around the map in the real time. The mode features full freedom of movement, dialogues with locals, RPG elements, quest system and much more. However, sooner or later, the players will have no other choice other than engage their faithful warriors into a battle. And this could be a combat with other armies, large-scale sieges of towns and castles, using various special assault weaponry and tools and fight right on top the walls and fortifications.

Key features:

  • RPG system. Troops gain experience throughout the campaign and carry it over from battle to battle.
  • Combat system. A unique combat system, dependent on up to 80 game factors. Moral component of the combat system evaluates the battlefield situation every second to bring the simulation of combat behavior for the “living” warriors as close to reality as possible.
  • Unprecedented scale. Real Warfare 2: Northern Crusades features not only really large-scale battles with more than 10,000 warriors engaged, but impressive and unprecedentedly vast actions during the siege and defense of towns and castles, using various special assault weaponry and tools and fight right on top the walls and fortifications.
  • Freedom of actions. Variable modifiers consider the environment a unit is battling in and make the game tactically versatile.
  • Two gameplay modes. The game now features a strategic map, where the player can travel around the world and interact with various characters; however the battles will be carried out in the well-known tactical mode.
  • Network game. Apart from the storyline campaign the game features several diverse multiplayer modes. From 2 up to 6 gamers can participate in a battle at a dedicated Internet server. The results are stored in online Hall of Fame.
  • State-of-the-art graphics. Graphics engine used in the game provide for the highest level of details. Historically correct armor and weaponry, realistic animation and battle scenes, which correspond to the specific period – Real Warfare 2: Northern Crusades depicts the 13th century in great details.
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