While I cannot fault a game valued for its roleplaying too much for not implementing massive game mechanics changes, it is a bit disappointing. Instead, along with much of the newly added religious and cultural features, they act more as flavor or aesthetics. Some of the other new features ring a bit hollow – while caste systems are added and relevant for Hindu characters, they represent something of a missed opportunity for a useful game mechanic mapping the societal features of India. Some more interesting events involve tiger hunts, which amount to simple pallet swapping European events (grand hunt), or finding a guru, which typically gives the ruler a super powered genius with high learn skill useful for spreading the faith. In terms of flavor, there isn’t that much difference between each of the religions, with most of the new content focused primarily upon the cultural features of India. The game mechanics alter the ability for some to declare wars on one another, and some are able to designate heirs regardless of succession laws, but they are otherwise very similar. Jainism favors stability and defensive growth, Hinduism favors aggressive expansion, while Buddhism favors learning and a middle road between the other two. Other than this, the religions primarily serve to stoke inter-religious strife within the subcontinent, though some minor features may make them more attractive to different play styles. One welcome feature is the ability to freely choose certain aspects of your practice of the faith – for example, choosing different schools or patron deities. The three new religions Hinduism, Buddhism, and Jainism, are not that distinct from one another, and offer few new game mechanics that were not already present in other faiths. Yet, while a swath of new nations, culture, and religions were added, the new features do ring a bit hollow. A map of the new areas, with the new religions highlighted. This alone is a welcome feature, and those who enjoy Indian history, or simply wanted a new playground with some new religions and cultures, will thoroughly enjoy this new feature. Along with this newly expanded map are the historical political entities that rule them, as well as the cultures and religions that make up its inhabitants.

With the Rajas of India, the map has been extended to include Bangladesh, some of the Central Asian Republics, and a bit more of Central Russia.

This DLC focuses, unsurprisingly, upon India, expanding the CK2 map considerably to include the entire subcontinent and sizable bits of Central Asia.Ĭrusaders Kings 2 previously limited itself to the beginnings of Afghanistan, with the only real sign of Eastern influence coming in the periodic hordes which invade at set dates in the world. Paradox continues to release new content to its most popular franchise, Crusader Kings 2, this time producing the Rajas of India Downloadable Content.

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