• (Important) The SSRT option is now set to “None” on all graphics presets. Setting it on “high” causes severe frame rate drops, especially on 4K monitors. We are still working on other known issues, mostly related to switching resolutions, especially on multiple monitors
• Loyal mercenary squads are now free to hire for their kingdom. (The cost for hiring the entire army remains unchanged) • Tweaked the AI behavior of army leaders in tactical battles to resolve an issue where they were being too aggressive and rushing into fights (particularly in battles when their side’s estimations are really high) • Added a cancel button when attempting to join a multiplayer game • Courthouse upgrade no longer requires Scribe Offices • Tweaked AI difficulty
Diplomacy
• Lowered chance of AI signing a trade agreement or non-aggression pact after signing a truce • War declaration against player now depends more on difficulty level. • Excommunicated players will get attacked more often, especially on higher difficulty levels and if they are commanding large empires or have many vassals. • Increased chance of AI honoring non-aggression pacts • Increased chance of AI helping the player on lower difficulties if they are either their vassal or sovereign • Decreased bonuses to vassal relationships for Germany if controlled by a player to even the odds in multiplayer campaigns • AI is less likely to grant independence without request or reason • AI is a bit more likely to accept players’ marriage offers • AI unwillingness to attack you in the first minutes of the game now lasts longer for “easy” and shorter for “hard” and “very hard” difficulties • Other minor diplomacy tweaks
Fixes
• Mouse cursor is now properly confined to the window’s bounds, when playing in exclusive full-screen mode. • Fixed some settlements on the map starting out with incorrect visual levels • Fixed an issue causing green tutorial highlights in places like the Royal Court to reset every time players exit a tactical battle • Fixes to invalid resolutions being loaded, leading to rare game crashes on start-up
Grand Strategy Game Knights of Honor II: Sovereign Out Now!
Claim Your Throne Now: Grand Strategy Game Knights of Honor II: Sovereign Out Now!
Sofia, Bulgaria / Vienna, Austria, December 6th, Anno Domini 2022: Long live the King: The day has come, sovereigns! Today, the new grand strategy game Knights of Honor II: Sovereign is launching on PC. Pick from one of 200+ realms in three different starting eras and lead your chosen people to glory! You can control every aspect of your aspiring kingdom. Lead the economy to greatness by developing your cities and provinces and negotiating profitable trade deals. Master diplomacy and surround your kingdom with allies and friendly neighbors. Use espionage to weaken your enemies significantly and maintain control of your own realm. Establish your royal court and create a family that turns into a powerful dynasty to rule over your lands for hundreds of years to come. What will your legacy be?
The Launch Trailer on YouTube: https://youtu.be/WyY3VEgnqkQ If you want to deep-dive into every aspect of the game, check out our Dev-Streams on YouTube: https://bit.ly/3Wvt5EO
Knights of Honor II: Sovereign is out now on PC at an SRP of € 44.99 / $ 44.99 / £ 37.99 - if you are quick, you'll profit from a 12% launch discount in the first week!
We are also excited to announce that Knights of Honor II: Sovereign will be ready to play on GeForce Now at launch — giving gamers instant access to GeForce PC performance, on nearly any device.
Enjoy & stay tuned!
Pre-release Stream
Release day is here and we are hosting a pre-release stream over on Twitch at 5PM CET
Join us
Praise the goat for the game is near
https://www.twitch.tv/thqnordic
Knights of Honor II: Sovereign Shows Detailed Gameplay Ahead of Launch!
Knights of Honor II: Sovereign Shows Detailed Gameplay Ahead of Launch
Sofia, Bulgaria / Vienna, Austria, December 5th, Anno Domini 2022: Tomorrow is your coronation day, Sovereigns! Knights of Honor II: Sovereign is launching, and today's video presents all aspects of the game in a play session from developers Black Sea Games. As rulers of the small Spanish kingdom of Aragon, they attempt to gain control over the whole of Spain - but must overcome many obstacles, including a tragic death. Check out how - and if - they can manage to regain their strength.
The Developer Play Session on YouTube: https://youtu.be/wWVKV402Jms Next episode is also available: https://youtu.be/nUY4grwSrMY
If you want to deep-dive into every aspect of the game, check out our Dev-Streams on YouTube: https://bit.ly/3Wvt5EO
Knights of Honor II: Sovereign is launching on PC on December 6th, 2022 at an SRP of € 44.99 / $ 44.99 / £ 37.99 - and if you are quick, you'll profit from a 12% launch discount in the first week!
We are also excited to announce that Knights of Honor II: Sovereign will be ready to play on GeForce Now at launch — giving gamers instant access to GeForce PC performance, on nearly any device.
Stay tuned!
Knights of Honor II Shows PvP and Co-Op Matches in New Trailer
Medieval Multiplayer Mayhem: Knights of Honor II Shows PvP and Co-Op Matches in New Trailer
Sofia, Bulgaria / Vienna, Austria, November 30th, Anno Domini 2022: One week to go, Sovereigns! Knights of Honor II: Sovereign is launching on December 6th 2022, and now it's time to shed light on the multiplayer part of the game. Lead your chosen medieval realm to honor and glory with up to 6 players - each one controlling its own kingdom, caliphate, duchy, or republic. It's up to you to either play against each other or cooperate, forming alliances or betraying your friends at just the right moment...
The Multiplayer Trailer on YouTube: https://youtu.be/if3W1mIv5yE
If you want to deep-dive into every aspect of the game, check out our Dev-Streams on YouTube: https://bit.ly/3Wvt5EO
Knights of Honor II: Sovereign allows you to play for dozens of hours in a single game in the sandbox mode - or, speed things up a little in multiplayer, choosing from one of five game modes:
First Blood: Eliminate another player by conquering all of their provinces.
Peasants Rush: A brutal battle for territorial control. The first team or player to expand their territories to a selected number of provinces and establish control over them wins.
Destroy Kingdom: You must defeat a randomly selected kingdom, as well as being the one to strike the final blow.
Greedy King: Become the wealthiest sovereign by filling your kingdom's treasury quickly – by any means necessary.
War for Goods: The most masterful mode, requiring conquest to gain rare resources from other empires, as well as economic development to construct buildings and forge upgrades. The goal of this mode is to provide a set number of unique goods for your kingdom.
Knights of Honor II: Sovereign is launching on PC on December 6th, 2022 at an SRP of € 44.99 / $ 44.99 / £ 37.99 - and if you are quick, you'll profit from a 12% launch discount in the first week!
We are also excited to announce that Knights of Honor II: Sovereign will be ready to play on GeForce Now at launch — giving gamers instant access to GeForce PC performance, on nearly any device.
Enjoy & stay tuned!
Official Knights of Honor II: Sovereign Gameplay is All About Aragon!
No Spain, no Gain: Official Knights of Honor II: Sovereign Gameplay is All About Aragon
Sofia, Bulgaria / Vienna, Austria, November 22nd, Anno Domini 2022: Welcome back, Sire! Today, THQ Nordic and developer Black Sea Games are inviting you on a trip to the Iberian peninsula, let's watch the first official Let's Play: The Adventures of Aragon, Part 1! As King of the small Kingdom of Aragon, your ultimate goal is to unite the countries that became Spain, starting from your two majestic cities Barcelona and Zaragoza.
Check out the first episode on YouTube: https://youtu.be/OeNe7jBmcRI If you want to deep-dive into every aspect of the game, check out our Dev-Streams on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLWovMvU-f8q23lae6CKS4Co9MbKd1ZJ2G
This is just one of many stories, you can experience in Knights of Honor II: Sovereign, THQ Nordic’s first step into the Grand Strategy genre.
The game is releasing on December 6th for PC and was created in cooperation with the veteran game developers at Black Sea Games. Knights of Honor II: Sovereign offers all the depth players expect from a medieval grand strategy game plus high approachability: You will not have to spend 10 hours just to learn how the game works. Choose one of over 200 medieval kingdoms, duchies, sultanates, margraviates, caliphates, tzardoms, or an early republic and lead it to glory or ruins. Manage the economy, develop your cities and towns, and guide your people’s religion. You can wage medieval total war or become a renowned crusader king or become a wise diplomat - it's up to you, to establish a legacy that will live across the generations!
Knights of Honor II: Sovereign is launching on PC on December 6th, 2022 at an SRP of € 44.99 / $ 44.99 / £ 37.99 - and if you are quick, you'll profit from a 12% launch discount in the first week!
Long May It Reign: Knights of Honor II To Launch December 6th 2022 AD
Long May It Reign: Grand Strategy Game Knights of Honor II To Launch December 6th 2022 AD
Sofia, Bulgaria / Vienna, Austria, November 15th, Anno Domini 2022: Well, well, well ... there you are. Just crowned as King of France. It could be such a nice life now, but your royal court demands your attention: England is amassing troops in Aquitane - again! First, you'll send out a spy to find out what they are up to, and maybe to talk to some important nobles with rebellious ideas. For this, however, money is needed. A new trade agreement with Flanders will help. And, as if the English weren't nerve-wracking enough, that fool of a Pope is calling for a new crusade. Denying the request will cool down our relations... we need to send a cleric to Rome to negotiate. And now, bring in my marshalls, it's time to muster our armies and strike at the English. They will soon learn that challenging the mighty kingdom of France has consequences!
This is just one of many stories, you can experience in Knights of Honor II: Sovereign, THQ Nordic’s first step into the Grand Strategy genre.
The game is releasing on December 6th for PC and was created in cooperation with the veteran game developers at Black Sea Games. Knights of Honor II: Sovereign offers all the depth players expect from a medieval grand strategy game plus high approachability: You will not have to spend 10 hours just to learn how the game works.
Check out the latest trailer for Knights of Honor II: Sovereign: https://youtu.be/KuFtHpR_-R8
If you want to deep-dive into every aspect of the game, check out our Dev-Streams on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLWovMvU-f8q23lae6CKS4Co9MbKd1ZJ2G
Choose one of over 200 medieval kingdoms, duchies, sultanates, margraviates, caliphates, tzardoms, or an early republic and lead it to glory or ruins. Manage the economy, develop your cities and towns, and guide your people’s religion. You can wage medieval total war or become a renowned crusader king or become a wise diplomat - it's up to you, to establish a legacy that will live across the generations!
Join us for a game play dev stream over on Twitch, where we will be playing a fresh start together.
https://www.twitch.tv/thqnordic
Upcoming DevStream - Which Kingdom/Save should we play?
For those who tuned into the DevStream last week, we played a game with Saxony that was quite a recovery from a bad situation. Jordan the Cleric did his job and earned the title "Good Boi," we recovered from a tough war with multiple enemies, fun was had by all!
Hello friends and welcome to the 30th DevDiary for “Knights of Honor II: Sovereign”! This time, we decided to delve a bit deeper into the world of AI and difficulty, explaining our thought process behind balancing pacing, making sure players are engaged in all stages of the game, and what sort of obstacles we met along the way. It must be said that much of the feedback we’ve seen from our closed beta testing has been invaluable on that front, for which we thank you all!
