Crusader Kings III Review

[Julio Franco]

Crusader Kings III is an immense game, but also an immense achievement. There's really nothing else quite like it. It's a strategy game, and a good one at that, and like I've said if you only want to raise armies and conquer the world, this will let you do that and you'll have a good time with it.

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https://www.techspot.com/review/2089-crusader-kings-3/

 

[darkzelda]

I've never tried this franchise, but I've played some strategy games like Total War. Actually, it was for the first medieval total war that I became a PC gamer. Crusader Kings 3 has received nothing but praises, I'll have to check it out.

 

[neeyik]

I've put over 600 hours into CK2. I greatly fear for my social life with this one

 

[kimo1]

I've put over 600 hours into CK2. I greatly fear for my social life with this one

As long as you got something valuable from the game, the fear is excess.

 

[gamerk2]

I've never tried this franchise, but I've played some strategy games like Total War. Actually, it was for the first medieval total war that I became a PC gamer. Crusader Kings 3 has received nothing but praises, I'll have to check it out.

Be warned: Paradox titles tend to be *very* complex, although it looks like Crusader Kings 3 cleaned up a lot of those systems. They also release a ton of paid DLC which admittedly is excellent, but does drive up the overall cost of their titles. Their work ranges from "very good" [Imperator: Rome, Stellaris] to excellent [Hearts of Iron 4, Europa Universalis 4, Crusader Kings 2] though, so the long-term costs are generally worth it.

I'm annoyed; this is the first time I've had to be at work since March, and Steam didn't have a pre-load option. I likely won't be ready to play until 8 PM EST at the earliest...

 

[Squid Surprise]

I couldn’t get into crusader kings... but I’ve put hundreds of hours into Civ 5, and I think I’ll need to give this a try.

 

[gamerk2]

I couldn’t get into crusader kings... but I’ve put hundreds of hours into Civ 5, and I think I’ll need to give this a try.

I'll be honest: I'm coming over from Stellaris since I couldn't deal with planet micro-management and the piss-poor AI any longer. Stellaris is in my opinion Paradox's biggest "what if"; there's some interesting stuff there but they flubbed the implementation of many of it's systems badly. Maybe in 5 years when they get to Stellaris 2 they'll have a more optimized game, but for now I'm moving on.