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• gamedeal user

  Mar 17, 2021

  This DLC is not only very good if you like Vikings, it is also a very important and positive change from Paradox's DLC policy of old. Let me explain. This is a Viking DLC, there are new mechanics and events for people of Norse religion and/or culture, and there are also a lot of cosmetic features like the new Norse UI, music(absolute bangers by the way, but don't expect Viking metal, it's much more folk and atmospheric), clothing, 3D models, essentially anything a Viking lover would wish for. Now, this seems very standard for a DLC, but not for a Paradox DLC, since if this were an old Paradox DLC this would also have some features available not only to the Vikings, but to everyone, forcing people into buying the DLC even if they didn't care about Vikings. One example would be Jade Dragon. That is a DLC for CK2 that adds off-map China mechanics into the game. What, don't care about China? Too bad, the DLC also has rally points and new Casus Bellis available to everyone, so if you want them you must buy it. This sort of shady business practice was commonplace in the old DLC policy of Paradox and it's even present in Imperator: Rome, the most recent Paradox game after CK3, so I was positively surprised to see that this Flavour Pack doesn't have anything like that at all. I'd go as far as to say this is a prime example of how a DLC(flavour packs like this at least) should be made. Of course, we'll just have to see if they keep this up. Oh, and most of the negative reviews are from people salty about DLC for no particular reason. This did come out with a very good free patch which brought new [b] absolutely free [/b] features like winter, poetry and dueling. Even some things that Paradox could've rightfully made part of the Northern Lords (like new religious icons and Viking Coats of Arms and mottos) were also released for free, and since I already explained how this Flavour Pack is much more customer-friendly than what Paradox used to make I'm not sure what the haters are even mad about. Perhaps they'll explain their problem in the comment section, but most likely I'm just going to get called a shill ¯\_(ツ)_/¯. One criticism people expressed is that all people became bald in save games from before the current patch, but that's a problem with the free update, not the DLC and the problem goes away after a few generations or if you start a new game anyway. The real sad thing is that old DNA strings also feature bald characters, so now I have a txt file with lots of bald characters' DNA, which is a bit annoying but again: this has nothing to do with the DLC, if this mild annoyance somehow completely ruined your game then your review belongs under the main game, not here. Other than that I'm not sure why anyone wouldn't recommend this(haven't even encountered any bugs), since even the price is very reasonable. TL;DR in 3 points 1. Get this if you like Vikings, you'll love it. 2. Unlike old Paradox DLC there are no shady tactics used in order to sell this to as much people as possible. 3. Negative reviews are mostly people being salty about this DLC for no reason other than that it's a DLC. Don't worry about bald people.
• gamedeal user

  Feb 2, 2022

  You can make the pope a human sacrifice to Odin
• gamedeal user

  Mar 17, 2021

  Nice features, Nice price. My personal favourite feature is the Varangian War system. It basically means that you wage war on a foreign power (lets say West Frankia) to then conquer and settle a duchy (lets say Normandy) and thereby also abandoning all your home titles, since your are essentially moving your entire court to found and create another country. Just like the Normans did in real life. Although I would have personally wanted a larger expansion first, but this flavour pack is still enjoyable, and hopefully future flavour packs follow this one!
• gamedeal user

  Mar 17, 2021

  paradox set the bar high for the quality of their DLC in CK3 with Northern Lords. if this is just a "flavor pack," i for one am certainly looking forward to whatever a proper expansion will be
• gamedeal user

  May 19, 2021

  The vikings are the most fleshed out culture/religion right now, its 7 dollars and is a good sign of a more modern paradox dlc system, additions that are nice and cheaper focusing on one group that if you dont care about you dont have to buy. its nice, very well priced, and a given if you like vikings. the music is worth the 7 dollars alone
• gamedeal user

  Mar 30, 2023

  A year ago this dlc was 7$, now it's 13$. It adds almost nothing to the game. I wouldn't recommend it
• gamedeal user

  Aug 16, 2022

  Writing this ahead of time. This DLC was barely worth the original asking price of 6.99, and will under not circumstance be worth the new price of 12.99. Avoid, if at the very least to discourage the disgusting choice of doubling the price of something already released.
• gamedeal user

  Nov 6, 2022

  What is the deal with raising the price from $5 to $13? Nothing new was added. Maybe they realized this one just had more and better content than all the new DLC they released, but lower the price of the other ones instead of doubling the price of a product that you didn't change in the slightest.
• gamedeal user

  Mar 18, 2021

  So it begins...
• gamedeal user

  Mar 17, 2021

  This flavor pack is honestly pretty good. I was skeptical as i usually am with paradox's track record of throwing out broken dlc content or throwing out content that isn't worth the price. But i was one of the suckers who bought it any way. Fearing an iminent regret for spending the 7 dollars, I loaded up my game and picked some rag tag norse tribe. And its pretty cool actually. I've spent about 5 hours with the dlc so far. The new art and stuff for the norse people and the new pop ups are quite interesting and entertaining. Along with the new long boat models when you embark units. My two cents is, if you're not interested in playing as any of the norse. Or could care less about new events and new art and stuff, you could safely pass this one up and get it later. or not at all. The free stuff is honestly good enough of an addition to the game. But, if the new things i mentioned as well as some new religious actions you can do with the norse like sacrificing people to assert your dominance as a cheiftan or jarl. I think the 7 bucks is worth it, but at the end of the day if its simply not of interest skipping it for later is also worth it.