Publisher Firesquid Games and developer Resistance Games today unveiled Great Houses of Calderia as their upcoming Reinassance-inspired grand strategy game.
Described as “Crusader Kings III meets Game of Thrones”, Great Houses of Calderia puts you at the helm of your very own house. Instead of focusing on a single character, the game tasks you with managing your whole family comprised of “unique characters that can act of their own volition during your reign.”
Their skills are vital in spreading your influence across the land, as they are key to forming alliances with other powerful houses. At the same time, their behavior can sometimes lead to less than ideal consequences, spiraling into all-out war.
Here’s how the publisher describes the title’s key features in an emailed press release:
- Real-time tactical resources management system gives players strategic control in both battles and social conflicts
- Organize trade agreements and send delegations to your competing houses
- Define the traditions of your family over generations and gain unique advantages and weaknesses
- Appoint your family members to key tasks in your delegations to trade, spy, negotiate and lead your armies. Organize marriages and secure your succession
- Key characters have their own personality shaped by the events they will face impacting their willingness and ability to serve you right
- Hundreds of unique events with important decisions to take in order to tackle a wide range of situations from diplomacy to war to the personal journey of family members
- Assign key characters to oversee productions of a Fiefdom to specialize your economy to gain competitive advantage
- Discover the fantastic land of Calderia and solve its legends and myths
- Create your own unique stories with native mod support available at launch
Great Houses of Calderia will launch with mod support and aims for high replayability, as the characters under your rule can take your family’s story into unexpected directions.
It’s also described as a more accessible and focused grand strategy game by the developers, the genre being notorious for its steep learning curve.
Great Houses of Calderia is slated to enter Steam Early Access at some point in 2022. You can check out its announcement trailer below but also wishlist and follow it on Valve’s storefront.
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