Fit check
Is Real Warfare 2: Northern Crusades worth it for you?
We tell you who should skip it, too.
Play it if you…
Good fit- Strategy players who want a historical 13th-century campaign with linked battles
- Fans of real-time warfare who want both map exploration and tactical engagements
- Multiplayer groups of 2 to 6 seeking networked strategy battles
Skip it if you…
Saves you a refund- Players seeking turn-based combat rather than real-time battles
- Players wanting a battle-only structure without travel, dialogue, quests, or RPG elements
- Players looking for a modern-day military setting instead of a 13th-century crusade
Our take on Real Warfare 2: Northern Crusades
Its defining structure is the split between a freely navigable real-time map and tactical battles, with campaign progress connecting the two modes.
What is Real Warfare 2: Northern Crusades?
Play as a Komtur of the Teutonic Order during the 13th-century conquest of pagan Prussia.
A single campaign links the battles into a historical storyline. Outside combat, a real-time strategic map supports free movement, conversations with local characters, quests, and RPG elements. Battles use a tactical system shaped by up to 80 factors, including morale and battlefield conditions. Armies can fight in open engagements or attack and defend towns and castles with siege equipment. Troops retain experience between battles, while environmental modifiers affect tactics. Multiplayer modes support 2 to 6 participants on dedicated Internet servers, with results recorded in an online Hall of Fame. The game presents period armor, weapons, animations, and battle scenes.
How Real Warfare 2: Northern Crusades plays
- 01Persistent troop progression
- Units keep experience earned in one battle when entering later engagements in the campaign.
- 02Morale-based combat
- Battle behavior is calculated from up to 80 factors, with morale reassessed throughout each fight.
- 03Strategic travel map
- The non-battle mode allows real-time movement, conversations, quests, and encounters with characters.
- 04Castle siege warfare
- Engagements include assaults and defenses involving towns, fortifications, walls, and specialized siege tools.
- 05Six-player network battles
- Dedicated Internet servers support battles involving 2 to 6 participants, with results saved to an online Hall of Fame.
Real Warfare 2: Northern Crusades compared to similar games
Men of War: Assault Squad focuses on World War II, large-scale strategy, and direct control of units. Real Warfare 2: Northern Crusades instead follows a 13th-century campaign that adds strategic-map travel, dialogue, quests, RPG progression, and siege warfare.
Real Warfare 2: Northern Crusades: platforms & release
Is Real Warfare 2: Northern Crusades worth it?
It is worth it if: strategy players who want a historical 13th-century campaign with linked battles. Skip it if: players seeking turn-based combat rather than real-time battles.
Where can I download Real Warfare 2: Northern Crusades?
Use the Download Now button on this page: it opens Real Warfare 2: Northern Crusades's store page, where you can choose how to get it.
What platforms is Real Warfare 2: Northern Crusades on?
Windows only.
