Crusader Kings II - Seven Deadly Sins: Wroth

The Seven Deadly Sins of kingship kick off with Wroth!
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Reviving a dark art that hasn't been seen since the 1990s, Paradox is pleased to release the first in a series of seven cheerily ramshackle live action trailers for medieval strategy / RPG Crusader Kings II.

Europe is in turmoil. The lands are fragmented into petty fiefs, and the Holy Father has declared war on the Holy Land. Now is the time for greatness, for cunning and for political intrigue. Assuming you're not the sort of king who thinks "Petty fief" was the name of his high school sweetheart.

"Crusader Kings is my favourite of our grand strategy games," said Fred Wester, CEO of Paradox. "It takes that addictive core of building something epic, but the building blocks of the world are real people with real lives and real emotions, so your kingdom is always this entertainingly wobbly, teetering construct. There's not enough teetering in strategy these days. Anyway, that same focus on personalities makes it perfect for a live action trailer.

"Why did the live-action trailer ever die out, anyway? Actors are classy. Especially British actors. They're the classiest and snottiest of all. We're hoping that, through exposure to British actors, our game will absorb some of that snot."

"It's a metaphor," explained Quintin Smith, ex-Rock Paper Shotgun writer and author of the trailers. "In an ironic play on our perceptions, the King is a manifestation of all of us, while his servants represent the ruling elite. That their positions are reversed is a reflection of these modern times. The trailers are actually themed around the seven deadly sins, for reasons too scholarly to go into here, but we start with wroth. That's the old English word for wrath. That's the kind of thing we know, here at Paradox. We're very high-functioning."

"Also, we've got some knob jokes in one of the later ones," added Quintin.

Crusader Kings II, is slated for a launch on February 7th 2012 for 39,99 USD.

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[TheOffkilter]

I think this was supposed to be a parody of novice strategy gamers striking out to conquer something without really understanding how the game is played.

[Schinshikss]

The awkward moment when seeing the king in the trailer acted exactly the same as how I was playing Paradox SLGs as a newbie....

[mackshayster]

"i fart in your general direction! your mother was a whore and your father smelled of elderberry!"

[Schinshikss]

Dude I King of England:

But this is exactly how you conquer Europe in Age of Empires II -- by swinging swords against castles that's not your own!

[VanishedDecoy]

I see that he wears contacts. :P

[RookieStalker]

That awkward moment when you realize that you've attempted and failed to besiege your own vassals. There's a bit of a steep learning curve on the game mechanics for each level of the feudal hierarchy, but well worth it.

Duude, a most excellent strategy game!

[TolHydra]

lmfao!

[SirRufert]

Dear god. The add that came up was actually for the game in the video. Youtube... You've targeted your adds. ;_;

[Shaewaros]

Attack in true Monty Python fashion. :)

[MrSierra125]

@TheOffkilter I think it might of been making fun of Age of empires, with you being able to destroy a castle with purely swordsmen :D

[stud20084977]

@TheOffkilter Most experienced paradox gamers would get that without someone pointing that out to us.

[cancer257]

i was expecting a flying cow at some point.