Field of Glory II: Medieval - Rise of the Swiss

Overview

Field of Glory II: Medieval - Rise of the Swiss is a Steam DLC connected to Field of Glory II: Medieval. It was prepared by Byzantine Games, published by Slitherine Ltd., and released on May 19, 2022. This page focuses on the store listing, screenshots, price, requirements, and its relationship to the main game rather than presenting it as a normal live-player game.

Store reviews and relationship

Field of Glory II: Medieval - Rise of the Swiss is a DLC, so player-count observations and tracked peak are not meaningful in the same way they are for a base game. The useful signals here are reviews, store recommendations, price, platform support, and the link back to Field of Glory II: Medieval.

Language and system requirements

Field of Glory II: Medieval - Rise of the Swiss is available in 4 languages including:

1 regional rating boards including dejus

Recommendations and store value

Field of Glory II: Medieval - Rise of the Swiss has recommendation data pending. Twitch streaming and unit-sales estimates usually belong on the parent game page, while this page is better for checking the DLC, price, media, and store details.

Field of Glory II: Medieval - Rise of the Swiss overview details

Field of Glory II: Medieval - Rise of the Swiss is tracked as Steam Store content with pricing, reviews, packages, media, requirements, and its relationship to the parent app.

Steam Store description

From the late 1300s some Swiss started to carry the long pike, at first as a minority weapon, the bulk of their soldiers still carrying the halberd. In 1422, a small Swiss army was beaten at Arbedo by a Milanese army containing a large number of men-at-arms, who dismounted after their initial mounted charge failed. It was noticed that the pikemen fared better in combat against dismounted men-at-arms than the halberdiers, due to the longer reach of their weapons. From that time onwards the proportion of pikemen in Swiss armies was steadily increased, so that by the end of the fifteenth century it had become the dominant weapon. The halberd was only retained by a small number of experienced soldiers to defend the banners, and to break up an enemy's formation if the pike advance was halted. The new Swiss system proved an astounding success on the battlefield: victorious in the Burgundian Wars , defeating the Holy Roman Empire in the Swabian War , and as mercenaries they were a key component of French King Charles VIII's armies in Italy. Soon pike formations were adopted in many western European countries, notably in Germany by the famous ' landsknechts '. In Bohemia , war had broken out between the followers of Jan Hus, a Proto-Protestant religious reformer, and the Catholic royalists. The Hussites were mainly common people, and they had few nobles to provide heavily armoured men-at-arms. To counter the royalists’ advantage in heavy cavalry, they adapted simple agricultural wagons into the 'Wagenburg', a mobile fortress, from within which the Hussite soldiers could fight. Thi…

SteamPulse editorial summary

Field of Glory II: Medieval - Rise of the Swiss is listed as a DLC with $14.99. It supports Windows, belongs to Single-player, Multi-player, PvP, Online PvP, Downloadable Content, and Family Sharing, and is associated with Simulation and Strategy. Because it is a DLC, SteamPulse focuses on its Store listing, relationship to the parent app, media, packages, and metadata rather than treating it like a standalone concurrency page.

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