Underplayed Gems

Real Warfare 2: Northern Crusades (2011)

Real Warfare 2: Northern Crusades cover
Developer
Unicorn Games Studio
Publisher
Fulqrum Publishing
Platforms
Windows
Genres
Strategy
Rating
2.4 of 5, 134 player ratings
Typical playtime
about 3.5 hours
Where to get it
Steam

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How it feels

A grounded medieval real-time strategy game that demands careful tactical planning and resource management while reliving historical crusader battles.

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What players say

Players describe unique gameplay that marries Total War-style battles with a Mount & Blade real-time campaign map. However, the game is widely reported to crash constantly, especially during sieges, and the studio that made it disappeared before patching the bugs.

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