You begin by choosing a noble whose life you wish to take control of and follow their family and realm as the world moves into the medieval period. Boiled down to its basics, Crusader Kings 3 is a dynastic life simulation game set in the middle ages. For me, it's a fun little diversion, but not a serious strategy game. Red42 has proved that grand strategy can work on consoles. A bit more polish and this could have been the 10/10 many others have awarded it. The game autopauses when you have an important decisions to make, but doesn't autopause when your castle is being seiged (which is oddly easy to not notice). Armies often get obscured by the info window of other armies. Each councilor ends up bringing their own skills to the table, and having to shuffle around lineups to get the best combination around is a surprisingly engaging part of the game. A few notable issues: You can't move the map by left click grab and drag. The council is another part of Crusader Kings 3 that you need to focus on at all times. It's arguably no worse that the average PC Strategy game, but that isn't saying much. ![]() Creating your own religion will be like a walk in the park once Crusader Kings 3 launches. Crusader Kings III is the kind of game that you could quite easily lose days, weeks, or even months to once youve wrapped your head around its many, many systems. In a last hurrah, Pixelated Apollo will show you all you need to know about religion. But the main issue is the interface, which is antiquated and awkward. We arrive at the end of our introductory series. In a game that focuses so heavily on intrigue, it's odd that I can see exactly what every other character in the world thinks of me. But Crusader Kings is not meant to be Sims Medieval alone, it's supposed to be a Grand Strategy game, and it's mediocre as such, at best. It's great at weaving emergent narrative, and that's not easy, because I can't think of another game that does it as well. ![]() What Crusader Kings 3 does well, it does VERY well. I'm not writing this review to tell anyone that all the people who love this game are wrong, only that it isn't great at everything it tries I'm not writing this review to tell anyone that all the people who love this game are wrong, only that it isn't great at everything it tries to do.
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