Often, deep into the third, fourth, fifth hour of play, I'd realize I wasn't so much playing it as watching it develop. You can almost feel it pulsing when you play it. " Crusader Kings III is massively, powerfully alive. If there is one title that has the potential to absolutely trash your sleeping schedule, it’s Crusader Kings 3." - Giuseppe Nelva Vice - Unscored Ultimately, the only really large issue I can identify in Paradox’s latest game is that it’s the supreme emperor of the “one more turn” syndrome (even if it doesn’t really have turns). It’s basically the Sims without the gibberish and with swords, on a much, much grander scale. "Not only Crusader Kings 3 is one of the best RPGs I’ve ever played, but it’s also one of the best world simulators I can think of. And I’m very content with that indeed." - Nate Crowley Twinfinite - 5/5 All in all, and as boring as it is to say, I think Crusader Kings 3 is a lot like Crusader Kings 2, but newer and tidier. Tonally, it’s in just the same, marvellously dark spot. But this felt more like the result of smart design choices than oversimplification. It’s less overwrought than its predecessor, and certainly less mentally draining to play. But I also saw a much stronger starting point for growth than CK2 represented in 2012. I saw what might have resolved into the edges of CK3’s potential a little earlier than I wanted to, in a game of such colossal scope. I think there are some awkwardnesses still to be ironed out, but they’re offset by a strong suite of new ideas. It's an irrepressible story engine that spits out a constant stream of compelling alt-histories, delightfully infuriating characters and social puzzles that I've become obsessed with unravelling." - Fraser Brown Rock Paper Shotgun - Unscored Let me reassure you, then, that Crusader Kings 3 is incredible. I know, I know-'sensible' is not the most encouraging of words. The stuff that made Crusader Kings 2 so enduring has been pushed to the front even more, while some of the bloat that accumulated over the better part of a decade has been chipped away. Paradox hasn't taken it in a different direction or made changes that will elicit any gasps. But it also never ventures far out of its comfort zone. "Crusader Kings 3 is always in motion, always jumping to new stories, so it never lets you get too settled. It’s a strategy game with the lifeblood of an RPG coursing through its veins, and a character system that lets you truly live in the time rather than just look down on it from above." - Luke Plunkett PC Gamer - 94/100 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. There’s really nothing else quite like it. "Crusader Kings III is an immense game, but also an immense achievement. A new king of historical strategy has been crowned. In fact, if I had to pick only one game to play for the rest of my life, the decision wouldn’t be that difficult. All of the engrossingly flawed characters and stories of love, war, triumph, and loss that have already dynamically emerged from my playthroughs feel like just the beginning of something legendary. I have thousands of hours in the previous game, and I expect to spend at least that many in this third installment. ![]() "Crusader Kings 3 is a superb strategy game, a great RPG, and a master class in how to take the best parts of existing systems and make them deeper and better. Strategy games can tell interesting stories as their empires rise and fall, but their procedural narratives are rarely as affecting and poignant as they are here." - David Wildgoose IGN - 10/10 It doesn't always work perfectly, and at times it really makes you work for it, but there's something amazing in that any of it works at all. ![]() "In a sense, Crusader Kings 3 is all over the place.
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