I often see Knights of Honor 2: Sovereign brushed off as not worth it but in the 2 years since it's release the devs have done a ton of work to polish it off and though I do think the battles are really lacklustre and in many ways the game does feel like a remaster rather than a sequel I think there are some decent hours of replayable campaign gameplay here. What do you think? Is KOH2 worth playing in 2024? I'd love to hear your thoughts below! And subscribe to the channel for more videos just like this!

@murder13love

2 ай бұрын

To be honest, the downsides have completely put me off. 🤷‍♂️

@Barbarossa125

2 ай бұрын

I tried it and wanted to like it, but as you say: It felt much more like a remaster than a sequel. I started with the HRE, and it didn't took long and much conquest, until I won the game with all advantages. Maybe with Crusader Kings I'm nowadays accustomed to more complexity than a 'kind-of-remaster' of an 2004's game has to offer. 😟

@user-kg8id

2 ай бұрын

My Answer: NO 1. Stupid AI - (Why can't the game randomly select a country (counries) that will become your opponent(-s) and behave like another player?) 2. No battle like total war 3. Cant control AI army in battle vs Player

@user-kg8id

2 ай бұрын

The game map is better than total war. the building tree is better than total war. politics and diplomacy are better than total war. I ask the developers to add battles like in total war or better. then this game will be the best game.

@Fricsak

2 ай бұрын

This looks like a sponsored video to me.

I have actually been playing this game quite a bit lately, mainly as the Roman's and Levonian Order. And honestly I have had a lot of fun. If you just take it for what it is and dont expect any mind blowing mechanics, you can have a lot of fun with it. Definitely has some issues but what is there is a good bit of fun for dozens of hours

Also love that the game has workshop integration so u can play it the way u like it with mods.

@user-cu3jk6qx5w

2 ай бұрын

Yea that's cool but there are basically a total of three mods for this game. And they are simply just balance mods. There are no overhaul mods for this game. The modding scene for KoH2 is really lackluster and almost non existent.

And very importantly, it's half price a lot of the times, so at 20+ euros this is incredible value. Just did a new game earlier today with the island of Crete (called Candia by the venezian colonizers in 1300) and it's a lot of fun to start as the underdog and get the opportunity to start grabbing a couple of provinces around you to start growing into a real kingdom. Really love this game.

I haven’t played since launch not because it’s bad but because there are so many games I want to play but can’t play everything at once but I’ve noticed they’ve been doing updates lately so I’m eager to see what has changed since the launch

I like the game but my two biggest qualms which explain my low playing hours are: 1: replayability issues. The world feels less alive when factions feel generic the way they do in the vanilla game 2: lack of mods. This links with the previous issue as mods normally resolve this issue in games. Paradox vanilla games are also far less interesting without mods.

Like in when you are playing as Milan(M2TW) a mission is given"Should Take Settlement of Ajaccio..."[I will consider this offer...].

I know there are mods that add this to total war but, I have been wanting a more complex population systems. Finally the AI won't just make doom stacks of Praetorian Guard/*enter tier 4 troop here*.

I wish there would be a Mod which would do some Artwork Upgrade. Especially the symbols and pictures of the courtiers look very much like in 2000s game

Definitely have a love/hate relationship with this game. The whole battle limit can be very frustrating, and I still have issues on figuring out how to diplomatically create vassels (like EU4 or CK3). But still, every time I play this game, it turns into like 7 hour gaming sessions. Definitely loose track of time a lot while playing😅

@Mike-pd6np

20 күн бұрын

What's the battle limit?

Bro i have a problem in Twa when i downoald a mod The game never opens or the mode shuts down by itself

I have to say that I was shocked that they are talking about a historical game and so many mistakes in geography

@velvet3784

2 ай бұрын

It is apperently "not important" according to devs and fans of the game. Yeah. Borders and geography is "not important" in GRAND STRATEGY set in specific era. Devs said they had to do it for "gameplay purposes" and "balancing" and that it is "just a game". What exactly did Tuscany gain from being a trapezoid I don't know. Other than being an eyesore like the rest of the map.

I have spent hundreds of enjoyable hours playing KOH2, and I waited for YEARS for the sequel to KOH to release. I was disappointed with the manual battles, and I haven't played the game for months now. I will check out some of the mods to see if there have been improvements in that arena. Another problem that I encountered was NOT producing sons. It seems pretty hit or miss if the better half can produce a son or just cranks out a bunch of daughters. Pretty important in a dynasty-driven game.

@ferdeboergd256

2 ай бұрын

"Producing sons" is an hilariously accurate term XD

most underrated grand strategy game

Why is this game not more popular? It looks perfect….

@velvet3784

2 ай бұрын

Perfect? How?! The map makes no sense, borders are so wrong. Anyone who has seen Portugal more than once would be repulsed by its borders in the game.

@ggregor123

Ай бұрын

@@velvet3784 fair enough

@wilhelm7450

Ай бұрын

Walmart Crusader Kings

@ggregor123

Ай бұрын

@@wilhelm7450 🤣

Its global RTS. And the part which belong to the global map are worth indeed. If u wanna good looking battles like in KoH1 and functional ones..its not worth. And imo that was the special of KoH1: A global RTS game with battles similar to TW. But yeah..if you can arrange urself to solve the battles by A.I. so the game is nice to play and catch the feeling of KoH1. At least the battles arnt solved intermediatly so can "watch" them and even reinforce your army.

I love this game, found it incrdibly engaging. But I really think it needs a mod explosion like TW because after 150 hours I dont find a single reason to replay. I know battles arent the the main thing, but they really are awful after a while. I can buy simple, arcade battles, but if you are going that way make them spectacular and fun

When I played when this game release, i found out that the battle is horrible, so I just refund the game

@pedronabais1456

2 ай бұрын

i kinda like the game but never played out the battles is jsut a civ game to me

When I played, there was a very serious bug: when one nation declared war, all the others declared war too and sent troops simultaneously. It was impossible to circumvent this situation, either militarily or diplomatically.

@MrLuckymica

Ай бұрын

doubt it's a bug. if 1 nation declared war to you and it is in an alliance with others. other nations are automaticly in war with you aswell. offensive and defensive pacts are reason for this behavior

I've had a couple of playthroughs since release but I have not played enough and I have not played recently since a few major patches have been released. That said I have not manually played one single battle yet because they are so universally loathed :/

Loved the first Installation. The second title sadly never hooked me. Even it is just more of the same in many ways with some new ideas. A big minus is the new OST. The original one gives me chills over and over again when i play the first title.

I played this game a couple months ago and the problem i had then was This games like a vast but shallow pool. And i wohld love if its features were deeper rather then being so surface lvl and cuz of that i deleted it 😊

I played the game but after a while of playing all the factions declared war on me no matter what i do I could not understand that????

@TheTerminatorGaming

2 ай бұрын

Hmm strange! Much more balanced now I find

@abdraoufalti

2 ай бұрын

@@TheTerminatorGaming can you do a video to how to start and get stronger in the beginning of the game?? And the best mods for the game like you do to total war??

@user-cu3jk6qx5w

2 ай бұрын

That's strange. This kind of stuff mostly happens in the late game. The easiest way to avoid this is to have at least two diplomats and constantly send them to diplomatic missions to improve realtions with any faction that even slightly dislikes you. In the late game you can level up these diplomats to max level in lightning speed. So just send them to work and no one will ever decalre war on you unless you choose otherwise.

@basileusp5494

2 ай бұрын

What difficultly level are you playing on?

@abdraoufalti

2 ай бұрын

@@basileusp5494 normal

i played and loved the original game, i just dont trust when a game is getting a new instalation and so much time has past. next year it will be 20 years since the original

Play when it released. While the campaign and it machenic is good. The battle is horribly arcade. Like having a bunch of plastic soldiers smash together. They need to rework the battle if they want any chance to challenge TW or CK. But the real time movement is gold. I much refer this over turn in TW

I doubt it sold well which is a shame. That would have let to more DLCs.

Great game, the battles are a problem tho

the biggest problem with this game are every kingdom are pretty much play the same there's no unique units for certain factions, there's a crusader event but it's very barebone.

Only if the battles and combat was great like total war

Its an awesome game, but battles are a bit abstract. If they had something like Mount and Blade 2 battles, this game would be top-notch.

so battles still suck, thanks for the warning, as it will probably never get good, its leaving my wishlist for good. (Yes, I am simple minded, Empire management is just the necessity to fund my armies so I can crush my enemies in glorious battles 😜 )

I think the battles are awful. If they do a KoH3 it needs to have great battles.

UNFORTUNATELY there are not so many mods for this game

@velvet3784

2 ай бұрын

There is not much to mod, apperently map is not moddable so you can only mod things like effects, bonuses, buildings

@riccardocappelletti9652

2 ай бұрын

@@velvet3784Knights Of Honor 1 has an amazing World Scenario Mod. Sadly we won't see it with KoH2.

Not for $60something

First

Worth but not for 45 usd lul

The battles are horrible and especially a disappointment when you knew KoH 1

No thanks. I'll pass

bah! not as good as ck3, not as good as tw battles, not as detailed as hoi4.... why did they do this game?

Stupid game.