Crusader Kings 2 Review: Chaos is a Ladder 

You didnt mention how if you execute multiple people at once, all of the sounds play at the same time. Meaning if you execute lets say 200 people, you are rewarded with the sweet sound of victory.

Let me tell you, _CK2 makes you understand why Rome and other empires fell._

CK2 is legitimately the best paradox game, its extremely complicated and simple at the same time, all the characters function as actual people and try to get whats best for them, either by viewing it through the lenses of "more land=more win" or "loyalty=moreland=morewin" and a million different aspects. Its hard to understand, unique to every run, and i have over 3000 hours in it and i can easily win impossible wars and battles, but can just as easily die as a brand new player. Its one of those games where being good and meta doesn't guarantee success, and there is no true meta either. you could go a high intrigue build and join the assassins, but then die horribly because the king discovered one of your plots, or you killed the wrong person and a whole empire is coming for you ass now, you could go with high martial and have a billion troops then die because the economy collapsed, you could focus on money and be extremely rich but then get fucked because the money disappears when a random plague wipes out all the prosperity you have built up over generations. There isn't a single game i have played that comes even close to CK2, not even CK3, and I don't think i will ever stop playing it, and that's not even discussing the modding community which is both extremely diverse and extrodinarally unique, where there are mods that balance things and make it more fun to mods that automatically make every council member a horse, its truly beautiful.

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Can confirm after 2k+ hours, ck2 is a meme, combat is something you really only need to worry about learning for MP (otherwise just make retinues and larger ones with better commanders and you're fine)

I once tried to imprison my son who I had given a count title to so I could kill him but he and 90% of my empire revolted against me and to top it all off he gained 30,000 more troops out of nowhere.

I can't believe that Sseth liked CK2 so much that he made TWO whole reviews of it!

no clue how this channel is not more popular - your content is amazing. It's simple and not overly edited, yet still manages to keep my attention for multiple rewatches, keep it up! Reminds me a lot of SsethTzeentach's content, and yet still has a unique rewatchable spin on it

I honestly thought this was done by someone like The Spiffing Brit or a channel like that, the quality is insane and your jokes actually land (A lot of newer youtubers try force jokes). Definitely gonna be large channel soon enough.

Madea period is my favourite period of history month. Also, personally I go for North Korea route becoming an immortal god rulling all the provinces without any vassals cause only the supremem leader has the right to command others while battling his brothers and sisters in some cult of bear to get martial arts skills to the high from which it's literally impossible to get killed. And then you marry Chinese emperor daughter, transfer your game into EU4 and enjoy thу bordergore.

"Meh fuck it jihad time" Oh wow you were not kidding with the historical accuracy xD

Oh my, as a 800 hour lover of ck2, that review was amazing!

Man now I'm nostalgic for ck2's janky law system all over again. It's not the best thing ever, but 3's implementation feels kinda empty compared to my memories of moving council sliders so i can just barely hold on to the vassals of the growing Slavic empire, shuffling everything around every few years as the situation changes and the attitudes of the council shifts

Got this as a random recommendation and I am very impressed by the quality of your work. Keep it up, I’m excited to see where this channel goes.

This video is EXTREMELY underrated, keep up teh good work.

Style reminds me of ssethtzeentach, I can see this channel becoming huge. Keep up the good work!

just binged all your vids great stuff man keep it up, it's insane that you're not more popular

Stumbled across this channel and absolutely love the style and humor, off I go to binge all the videos on your channel after recommending it to everyone I know.

Randomly stumbled upon your channel dude, really liking your stuff. Keep up the good work

Got redirected to this vid through your 2nd channel sound design video. Great review

tbh I got so used to the death sounds I completely forgot they existed - but now I kinda wish they were as intense in CK3.

This was an incredibly well done video! Loved it!

God, every delivery of every line was so good and explained in such a clear and easy way to understand the game too lmao I wish I had watched this before I learned the game however many years ago, it would have actually been so helpful as well as fun

Very nice video, captures the feel of the game pretty well (or, at least, that’s about how I felt when I was first starting out)

great video. you deserve a lot more recognition

Bro, i'm so happy there are still videos being made about this game

Finally someone realized the potential of splicing videos up completely into shorts, which was the first thing anyone thought was going to happen

your inspiration is clear as day. And yet, your craft is still captivating. love the content my guy

I tried CK2 but couldn't figure the systems out! CK3 has a much lower barrier to entry so I played that a bunch. This vid definitely convinced me to try CK2 again, it seems to have a lot more depth than CK3.

this vid was great fun. Great job, brother !

This video was awesome I ran outa game review Channels that I like and here’s another one time to binge

why youre not famous? Good, funny and yet informative edits. This format of video is great.

this has sseths but more sane vibe. i like that vibe. get subd

This channel reminds me of a Sseth who posts more than two videos per year and I'm here for it. lol

I can tell your about to blow up if you continue making vids of this quality! Keep pushing it will come lol

Found this channel when your sound bit short of this one got linked by a discord server I was in. Very good. Reminds me of SSeth and Max0r.

Incredible video

Very well edited (I can tell you put a lot of time into it) and voiced video, definitely feeling the SsethTzeentach influence but it's a good formula and I like his videos. Suprised you don't have more subs/views but I'm sure you'll blow up soon.

Back at it again with another banger

Great video!

Interesting channel, good content. We will watch your career with great interest.

I would just like to say that the death sounds are not so disturbing in the moment, because executions are explicitly optional and the game does not pressure you into doing them whatsoever. In other words, if it gets to the point where you are willing to go out of your way to execute someone, that person is almost certainly someone whose agonized screams will bring you pleasure.

Totally underrated channel

The brick weed of sseth videos. i needed this

Sseth if he never were part of the merchant's guild:

Haha! A friend did send me this video, it made my day! I'm happy that you enjoyed the work I put into creating the various SFXs. :) If you want to hear more behind-the-scenes details, you can check out my talk I held a couple of years ago. There is a link with a time stamp to the part about CK II Death SFX ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-r28oa_FLifA.html

Subbed after 3:29 Got here trough the short clip This is quality content, no doubt

Bro no way you have so little subs, this is way above average content

thanks for the hard work you do!

Just discovered your channel after watching the warhammer one, amazing content man I am loving this shit.

Sseth made another channel. Nice.

Amazing video, i love it

Your videos got recommended to me because I watched your Project Zomboid video and I've got to say you're becoming a favourite, keep up the good work

The best CK2's review I've watched yet

Nice video, better than most pix game reviews/guides

So, maybe somene else mention this, but the sound for the garot seems to be the one for the garot where its not strangulation but rather the one where the victim is immobilised on a contraption where a screw is slowly turned inside the protruding bone at the back of the neck

Nice!

bro this is so good

This is a good explanation of why you can't just put a philosopher in charge and then it would all magically be better

This was fun!

hmmm reminds me alot of that Ssezth's voice and humor.....AND IM LOVIN IT, MOAAR

You had me at Crusader Kussy

Wow, what a great video. Stumbled upon this channel by accident and now hope more people would do the same.

7:20 depends if it is things u inherited

yes fam lets have it lad

nice!

Love this channel. Hoping you win the recommendation bingo soon

Video so good This is the third time I'm watching this :D

Here before the channel boom

10:52 well to have the most powerful vassals be the the loyal ones more accurately

this is some god damn good stuff

14:08 Ok, I don't know why this made me laugh more then I should have, maybe its the stock image or something.

Smiley Face! Very nice content!

each troop has an advantsge in different terrains. Steppes are better for Mounted Archers. Light infantry is better in deserts. Pikeman are good for mountain etc. so you gotta check the terrain for soldiers.

cool video

excellent

when i got the clip on the other channel i thought SsethTzeentach had posted a new video

: ) Thanks for this

Good video

goooood thing i skipped the sound design part while i ate and i will repeat myself oh my fucking god

this genre of games reminds me of school, but you succeeded make it interesting

Your description of this game made me get it. It sounds like it will either be great to play, or a complete nightmare.

The best part of CK2 is that at some point just before or after Jade Dragon update, the devs just gave up trying to balance the game and just let players have fun with overpowered mechanics, and how every modders misinterpreted the essence of warrior lodges

6:40 it depends

I AM ENGAGING WITH THE ALGORITHM TO BOOST THIS VIDEO, GOOD LUCK

5:14 depends when

Enjoyed this review despite how old this game is

It's sick that there was someone who recorded it all, just so that it could be used in the game. They at least still make an effort with their game

Love this game so much, shame they abandoned it for the sequel

I was so genuinely intrigued by the education of a feudal chain of command and how politics influence civil unrest that Crusader kussy hit me like a brick to the temple Good stuff :)

9:31 harem doesn't mainly reer to sex also concubines came before wives, hurrem sultan was the first to be made a wife

Had this chad Basileus Ioustinianos "the Hammer" the Third as a character once. The dude was of Nordic descent, wroth, yet kind, brave and ambitious. Genius and strong. Stood against the combined might of Shia Persia and Sunni Mongols both declaring Jihad on Jerusalem, outnumbered 3 to 1. He beat them all, gained the Hammer nickname. Died to a frickin' flu 2 years after his triumph. Thankfully the elective succession was implanted, with more than half of the Strategoi in my Philasteros dynasty (I got inspired from the observatory event chain, the name I believe means "Star-Lover"), so the throne passed on to his brother, who was a weak but learned man, named Andronikos. Now, he was actually a rival of Ioustinianos, and yet he got to finish the job his elder brother had started by conquering Mecca and Medina. Even got named the Saint when he re-established the Pentarchy, never joined a single fight, got cucked 4 times, slipped on a wet floor and lived for 40 FRICKIN YEARS as an incapable yet 30-something learning stat man. His niece, the daughter of Ioustinianos (named Anna, just like Anna Komnene) actually rescued him from his mothers' bullying. 3 times the Shia Caliph tried to assasinate him, and each time he failed, and then dropped dead for some reason. To say that this game is awesome is like saying the Sun rises from the east. It is technically true, yes, but it does not do it justice. Nowhere in this world is, or will be, a game with better representation of individualism and consequences than this game.

And there are mods that add way more stuff to the game like ck2 plus and hip.. You should check those out

in terms of combat, all u need to know is that pikemen are king. That's literally it, pikemen win against everything if u have enough of em to trigger special combat formations

you literally sound like sseth and as based u earned my sub hope u grow very big soon !!!

fucking cosmic. love the content M8, have fun with vanquish, or whatever fighting the ocean means I can only assume lovecraftian shenanigans

This is like SsethTzeentach without the insanity

"Wow, Toastoffire. Great moves. Keep it up. Proud of you." Where the hell did you come from dude? You've only been on RU-vid for a year and you have 4k subscribers. But damn, you have what it takes to enter the pantheon of game reviewers. You have a great voice, sense of humor and are good at editing. But for me, the most impressive thing is that you are not biased and freely express your thoughts and jokes. It reminds me of the golden age of RU-vid when everyone could say what they want. Few of them remain today, even among game reviewers. Good luck with your work and thanks to RU-vid Algorithm.

Ask and you shall receive: :)

Don't forget that mod exists for this game, pretty well crafted mods. Wanna lead a Chimer resurgence and make Resdayne great again while your best buddy retakes Atmora in the name of Ysgramor, in the same time period than TESO? Well buckle up, for Elder Kings is one of the best mods for CK2 to play in Tamriel, with talented modders that added a fuckton of new mechanics fitting the universe. No seriously, somehow, somewhere, somebody thought that the game had not enough replayability to make this and I'd pay a pint to this person any time as a thank.