Paradox Interactive - Weekend Steam Sale

Paradox Interactive is selling most of their games with a huge discount on Steam this weekend. So check out the deal for a few exceptional games this weekend.

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Victoria II is hella cheap. I'll have to take advantage of this tomorrow.

Crusader Kings 2 is also free to play during the weekend. If anyone is curious about the game, now is the time to give it a try. Feel free to ask any questions you have in this thread and I'll answer as able (522 hours played and counting!).

Consider me a CK2 fanboi. It's the game I keep going back to.

$40 on a Steam is expensive for the CK2 collection.

Has Paradox finally stopped developing add-ons for it?

Originally Posted by Humanity has risen!
$40 on a Steam is expensive for the CK2 collection.

Has Paradox finally stopped developing add-ons for it?

No. Next big DLC, called Charlemagne, is in the works. Pushes the start date back further and introduces more realm management options, among others.

And I hope they'll keep on developing that game for a while longer!

What, they're trying to kill Train Simulator's DLC record?

Originally Posted by Humanity has risen!
$40 on a Steam is expensive for the CK2 collection.

Has Paradox finally stopped developing add-ons for it?

You don't need the collection, it includes every single little bit made for the game to date. Instead, just buy the actual game. DLCs are not needed for the game at all. Now, after you've spent 100+ hours of the game and get bored with playing 'western european' countries, you can get other DLCs to play muslim countries, tribal kingdoms, indian countries and republics. Again, totally not needed at all whatsoever, specially the music ones (you can just put a medieval collection in youtube as background), the sprite packs, coat of arms, unit packs, all just cosmetic.

EDIT: Actually the best deal to get is the Paradox Grand Strategy Collection. For $9 you get Crusader Kings 2, Europa Universalis 4, Victoria 2 and Hearts of Iron 3. CK2 and EU4 are fine to play as they come (without DLCs), but Victoria 2 is 'older style Paradox' and for that you will want the two expansions (Heart of Darkness and A House Divided), so for like $13 you'll get 3 extremely awesome games (no comment on Hearts of Iron 3 as that's the only one I don't like).

Well for all those worried about the constant DLC's it seems Charlemagne will be the last one released for Crusader Kings 2. Their focus is now on EU4, and other new games.

Originally Posted by Couchpotato
Well for all those worried about the constant DLC's it seems Charlemagne will be the last one released for Crusader Kings 2. Their focus is now on EU4, and other new games.

Geez. It's about time! I love CKII as much as the next person, and I'm excited for Charlemagne, but I was beginning to wonder how many DLC's they'd release. I seem to remember hearing on the Paradox forums (maybe after the first or second DLC) that they'd be following some kind of "five DLC rule", and I thought Old Gods would be the last. My astonishment grew with every release after…

And I would (personally) recommend The Old Gods DLC if you're just buying vanilla CKII. It adds a lot of content, and it's, what, $3.75 or something right now? It's a good one.

And…bring on Hearts of Iron 4.

Originally Posted by Couchpotato
Well for all those worried about the constant DLC's it seems Charlemagne will be the last one released for Crusader Kings 2. Their focus is now on EU4, and other new games.

Wait, what? It's the last one? Do you have a quote on that?

Originally Posted by Aubrielle
I love CKII as much as the next person, and I'm excited for Charlemagne, but I was beginning to wonder how many DLC's they'd release. I seem to remember hearing on the Paradox forums (maybe after the first or second DLC) that they'd be following some kind of "five DLC rule", and I thought Old Gods would be the last. My astonishment grew with every release after…

I heard they'd keep on adding to the game as long as people kept buying the DLCs. Now, I remember reading somewhere they had planned two "rounds" of DLC, where the Old Gods was the end of round 1, and Sons of Abraham started the 2nd. So then, let's see… In round 1 we have 4 expansion-type DLC: Sword of Islam, Legacy of Rome, The Republic and the Old Gods (and that is not counting Sunset Invasion). So far in round 2 we have Sons of Abraham and Rajas of India, and soon also Charlemagne…
So I'm not without hope there'll be another one after that!

Also, say without you will, but with each DLC comes also a free patch that introduces new features as well!