Grand Strategy Crusader Kings III

[The Brazilian Slaughter]

Unlanded confirmed. Oddly description implies it doesn't have republics among new government types (one would expect them to be mentioned if included).

MASSIVE OVER-INCLINE

You DO realize that the "Unlanded Gameplay" will essentially be a glorified text spam simulator, right?
The landless gameplay is too big to fit well in just one DLC. If they wanted to focus on landless play, they should've made the main game about being a minor noble. Since they missed that, they should now work on improving things that can actually get better with DLC.

We shall see.

 

[Harthwain]

Yeah the numbers of soldiers the Romans used to throw around was something else. Dudes were legit throwing 50k, 100k armies around like candy. Even before the empire.

By the time Teutoburg Forest happened they lost 20k and that was 1/10 of Rome's total military strength, so it was a huge blow. Even when Romans had 300-450k troops at their peak, they didn't muster together more than 50k all that often as they had to cover a large area, so "throwing 50k, 100k armies around like candy" is a stretch. The largest armies ever assembled at that time were around 80k (Cannae), 120k (Arausio) and 200k (Philippi, 100k on each side), and that's including auxiliaries/allies and camp followers.

 

[Axioms]

Unlanded confirmed. Oddly description implies it doesn't have republics among new government types (one would expect them to be mentioned if included).

MASSIVE OVER-INCLINE

You DO realize that the "Unlanded Gameplay" will essentially be a glorified text spam simulator, right?
The landless gameplay is too big to fit well in just one DLC. If they wanted to focus on landless play, they should've made the main game about being a minor noble. Since they missed that, they should now work on improving things that can actually get better with DLC.

We shall see.

If you look at how things went with Legends, there's no frigging way unlanded gameplay doesn't suck donkey balls.

 

[Average Manatee]

It's probably going to have 4-6 different events chains that end up giving you a county and that's it

 

[Axioms]

It's probably going to have 4-6 different events chains that end up giving you a county and that's it

Yeah basically.

 

[Oberon]

games fun u just need 2 have an imagination 2 enjoy ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

 

[AwesomeButton]

In case you haven't noticed. Crusader Kings II is in the Strategy Games section of the steam store. Crusader Kings III is in what they are calling "RPG Games" section.

 

[La vie sexuelle]

In case you haven't noticed. Crusader Kings II is in the Strategy Games section of the steam store. Crusader Kings III is in what they are calling "RPG Games" section.

CKII - strategy game.

CKIII - silly pop-up RPG game.

Paradoxically, this gameplay pattern makes it better for fictional mods than for a historical game. In a fantasy mod, the characters can be designed to be interesting, as can the paths of life, which in a historical game suffer from the repetition of life itself.

 

[Axioms]

The limiting factor on the CK3 characters/social simulation is CPU time. Because you have a huge number of characters that need to make interesting decisions and have interesting interactions but also 200 years passes in 10 hours.

 

[Average Manatee]

Pretty sure paradox solves that by having most characters only 'think' a few times a year

 

[Axioms]

Pretty sure paradox solves that by having most characters only 'think' a few times a year

Correct. That's how they "solve" it. But even then they thinking is super shallow and meaningless.

 

[La vie sexuelle]

 

[Gostak]

If you have not: Get Star Dynasties with its one, single DLC.
Less costly and likely far better (I can only compare it to CK2 myself).
Do not believe the haters or Axiom when he says it's too easy.

 

[Axioms]

If you have not: Get Star Dynasties with its one, single DLC.
Less costly and likely far better (I can only compare it to CK2 myself).
Do not believe the haters or Axiom when he says it's too easy.

Perfectly fine game to buy on sale. Doesn't have the expansive systems and content that CK2 has, though.