Deus Vult adds a number of things, best of them being the increased ability to hold your empire together. Playing Crusader Kings without Deus Vult was fun for awhile, but Deus Vult just adds so much onto it that it makes it a more worthwhile game. The interface takes awhile to get used to with the changes but that's the only bad thing and it's not a long lasting problem. If you get Crusader Kings plan to get Deus Vult somewhere down the road. It'll really help your game.

When Deus Vult was first released, the game seemingly was in an 'early beta stage': tons of bugs, a broken economic map and more bugs (CTDs etc) which I felt were unacceptable, especially a game that I bought for 15 USD at the time. But now, since most of those mishaps have been fixed, I guess now I can forgive some of those previous shortcomings. Deus Vult (version 2.1beta patch) is an enhanced version of CK, making management a little better with a somewhat useful game ledger, improved courtier categorizations and slightly improved graphics. The game can now be played at a higher resolution than the standard 1024 x 768 of Crusader Kings. Various new gameplay improvements can be found as well. All in all, while not such a big leap from CK, Deus Vult is the definitive way to play Crusader Kings. I haven't touched Crusader Kings ever since I've started playing the now patched up Deus Vult.

Deus Vult delivers much needed eye-candy for the player. With a new interface and the general graphical overhaul the game looks better then ever before. The new stability aspect is also nice to have, but i don´t think it depict the state of your realm accurately.

Deus Vult adds many much-needed features and fixes to Crusader Kings. There is a better interface, more events, corrected crusades, more character traits, friends and rivals, and more province improvements. The game has been highly refined. It shows that the game can be more than what you think. I highly recommend buying this in addition to regular Crusader Kings.

As it has been said dozens of times before, you basically NEED Deus Vult if you have Crusader Kings. The improvements are all subtile but make a game that would otherwise be broken in vanilla. Perhaps the best reason to buy Deus Vult is that it is requited for most of the great mods that exist for CK.

I wouldn't play Crusader Kings without this patch. It made the game much more playable by solving many of the game killing bugs. In addition it increases fun in game play by adding more events that effect the grooming of your lineage. A must have: if you are an old CK player then play it again with DV and if you are a new CK player then don't play it without DV.

Bought it as soons as it was released and has enyoyed it ever since. The gameplay is awsome, and one can replay it forever. The only bad thing is that the game is still a little bugged for some players, causing some rare CTD's and savegame corruptions, and that the graphic is somewhat outdated.

If you own Crusader Kings, then you really have no reason to not buy this expansion. It improves the game hugely in everyway.

One could argue that the additions and fixes in this expansion should have been in Crusader Kings from the beginning, since it's only with Deus Vult that the potential of CK is fully realised. But with both the original game and the expansion costing €25 together, it doesn't feel like wasted money. If you want the most out of Crusader Kings, get this expansion as well. It adds way too much to the original game to be over-looked.

A must have expansion to Crusader Kings. This expansion has renewed my interest in the game and at a great value. Increased playability and better immersion come from this expansion. I would recommend giving it a try if you are a fan of medieval era politics and warfare.

A must-have addition for Crusader Kings. I experienced the same initial confusion about the interface that other reviewers have mentioned, but Deus Vult really cleans up the interface and enhances an already engrossing game.

If you are into Crusader Kings this expansion is a given purchase. An abundance of interface improvements and fixes gives you the ultimate Crusader King experience. If I were to mention one fix it would have to be the marriage-interface. No more need to search Europe for suitable brides!

This expansion is definitely needed if (like me) you tried Crusader Kings but were somehow disappointed by the tedious interface. The upgrade is necessary and now it is extremely easy to start breeding your own personal aristocratic lineage, generation after generation, to get princes well-fitted for their duty. Anyway, this is Middle-Ages politics at its best. The numerous counties, duchies and kingdoms are very credible (even if some simplification occured here and there).

This expansion is essential if you want to get the most out of Crusader Kings. I am not kidding you on this one, it improves the playability and ease-of-play, as well as the gameplay, by roughly 9000%

This add on adds some pretty fun stuff on top of the old crusader kings. The upgrade of the visuals of each even was also a pretty nice touch. If you enjoyed the first one you will most likely be happy with the add on as well.

What shall i say about this game? Even the basic game was one of my favourites all time. Spent hours and hours on this and still playing it today. As i said the original game was awesome, but this expansion even adds so much to it to take it to a whole new level. While at first glance it seems the new options are only minor , the game is much more polished and gaming is smoother. The basic qualities of this game remain, i might say forever: The unique dynasty system approach just makes it so much fun to lead your dynasty through the ages, most of the times you dont even care about the normal issues like wars , because it is so much fun to try and marry your oldest son to some stinking rich north Italian princess, that might give you acces to a title in the future...

This is absolutely the best Medieval Strategy game I've played next to Medieval Total War Origional. The best thing about this game is the dynasty building and all the things that can happen in your realm while you play a wargame of the ages. It is in real time, but, you can select the speed you want to play in. I always use Slow mode for the most part an occassionaly move up to normal when things are sort of slow or boring. You simply MUST get DEUS VULT along with Crusader Kings when you buy as DV adds so much more to the game and at the prices they are now it is a STEAL for any gamer who has interest in Medieval times. This game allows you to play so many different ways from just a mere count and try to work your way to owning your own kingdom to duke starting out in the middle and gaining vassals and more duke titles to finally a King of it all and passing out duke titles if you so desire working your way to being cannonized in your own glory or the greatest prestigious pious king of all times. One of my other favorite ways to play is start out as a count work my way to duke and then when I have 20-25 provinces under that realm I give it up to the computer ai and start over. Usually as a son of the character I gave it to just in case I might want to have a war with him someday in the future when I rebuild my own dukedom from scratch again. I liken this to like The Sims comes to Medieval times without all the bathroom visits. haha You really can't go wrong buying this group of games CK + DV and in this day and time it's hard to find a game that will give you so much entertainment and that just one more ingame month of play feeling.

This expansion pack adds a number of things to the game. Introducing new features and tweaking old ones, make Crusader Kings signifigantly better than it is out of the box. Still they removed a couple of things such as the breeding of characters (apparently the engine can't handle Paul of Duneesque supermen) and they did not add any new campaigns. If you did not enjoy the original Crusader Kings, this expansion pack is really not for you. If you did enjoy the original however, Deus Vult offers I nice amount of additional content for a adequate price, although it may leave you feeling like it was more of a super-patch than an actual expansion pack.

This is an exceptional expansion to the base base game. It is very much like the EU3: Napoleon's Ambition x-pack. Simply put if you own Crusader Kings you cant live without this x-pack. Crusader Kings has got to be the best pure strategy simulator ever conceived of for a game based in the middle ages. The entirety of Western civilization revolved around heraldry and Crusader Kings is the only game to ever completely revolve around it.

Crusader Kings was a fresh and innovative new game, but clunky and difficult to play at times. With Deus Vult, the clunk and difficulty practically disappear. Aside from the occasional fatal error, this 'expansion' is breath of fresh air for a game I had relegated to collecting dust.

Never again will I spend half an hour or more scouring Europe for a suitable bride for an heir... simply fantastic. One click over to the ledger and you can sort potential brides by any number of qualities. New events, new traits, friendships and rivalries, this isn't exactly an expansion but it feels like it. I definitely recommend this to anyone looking to give an old beauty another spin.

About a year ago, I bought Crusader Kings. It was clear to me that it was a well made game, but I didn't really enjoy it in the same way I had enjoyed Europa Universalis 2. I only played it for a short while, and thought that the game was annoying. I did enjoy the first hour, each time I started playing as a new dynasty. But many different aspects made playing the game a painful experience.

Now when Deus Vult came out, I decided to give the game a new chance. And it was a good decision Deus Vult makes Crusader Kings, much more playable and enjoyable, and I have played the game for many hours. No longer do I have to search for an eternity to find a suitable wife for the liege. Everything is just more polished. I can definitely recommend this expansion!