Grand Strategy Crusader Kings III

[Tigranes]

Imperator map looks fine, but nobody ever plays on terrain mode so it's not like you ever get to look at it

 

[Theodora]

Imperator map looks fine, but nobody ever plays on terrain mode so it's not like you ever get to look at it

But the terrain is shown when you are close up like that on the default mode, and turns to a political map when you zoom out. You don't need to make that choice, and I can't see why CK3 would be any different.

 

[vonAchdorf]

But the terrain is shown when you are close up like that on the default mode, and turns to a political map when you zoom out. You don't need to make that choice, and I can't see why CK3 would be any different.

The "in heavens graphics overhaul" mod adds that for the CK2 map too.

 

[Life of the Party]

 

[Theodora]

At the very least it's cool to have some much more of the Eurasian steppes (beyond lazy maps). Though it makes me wonder if interactions with China are going to be part of the game by default, given we have the edge of Indochina present (whose historic name is based on those dual influences). It's hard not to find Burma's border from the rest Asia a bit contrived? I'm no expert, but apparently Hinduism (or whatever its Vedic predecessor was) reached as far as modern Indonesia by the 1st century, with Islam coming in the 13th.

While a gargantuan effort in research and appropriate mechanics, I can't help but hope that one day CK will cover as far as China and SEA. ;_;

 

[Life of the Party]

The Siberian came down like the wolf on the fold,
And his cohorts were gleaming in purple and gold;
And the sheen of their spears was like stars on the sea,
When the blue wave rolls nightly on deep Galilee.

 

[Theodora]

There's meant to be a 9th century ('old gods') start too, right?

 

[Life of the Party]

Maybe as a DLC.

Funny piece of trivia about that poem. 'The Assyrian' here refers to Sennacherib. But there was actually an Assyrian king with that nickname: Tiglath-Pileser III.

Imagine being so great of a ruler your nation's demonym becomes your nickname.

 

[IDtenT]

Coronation Day Announced for Crusader Kings III
Crusader Kings III will take its throne on September 1, 2020!

Now available for pre-order!

The herald rides forth to make the announcement all have awaited. Court and commoners hold their breath in anticipation. Jealous rivals, thwarted in their plots, sulk in the shadows, for the glorious day is coming. Crusader Kings III, the heir to the crown of grand strategy gaming, will take its throne on September 1, 2020.

Now available for pre-order, Crusader Kings III is a medieval grand strategy role-playing game from Paradox Development Studio. Guide a royal dynasty through the centuries. Claim new lands through diplomacy and marriage, or use your armies to conquer your neighbors or unite a divided realm. When swords and seduction fail, however, spies and poison may still be effective.

Crusader Kings III is the sequel to one of the world’s most beloved strategy games. Rich with new historical content and character options, it has never been easier to wrap yourself in the ermine cloaks of power, writing your own story of castles, knights, crusades, and murder.

Features of Crusader Kings III include:

• Character Focused Gameplay: Every character you play or interact with has their own unique personality. Events and options in the game are largely determined by the type of person you are.
  
• Infinite Possibilities: Play as any noble house from Iceland to India, Finland to Central Africa over five centuries. Interact with wandering guests, stubborn children, devious spymasters and saintly holy men in an elaborate tapestry of medieval life.
  
• Waging War: Rally your vassals and raise your men-at-arms to besiege enemy castles or put down rebellions. Personal prowess on the battlefield can win you great honor, but strategic planning is the path to victory.
  
• Royal Marriages: Spread your dynastic DNA throughout the world, stamping your royal seal on the crests of kingdoms and duchies far and wide. Marry for power and raise children to press claims on new lands.
  
• Saints and Sinners: Keep faith with your religious leaders or perform great crimes in the interest of the state. When the going gets tough, you can always embrace a heresy or craft a new religion more in line with your character’s priorities.
  
• Schemes and Skullduggery: Learn the secrets of your courtiers and vassals so you can blackmail them for their support. Seduce your way into a superior’s good books, or plot the untimely demise of an unfortunate relative.
  
• Events Inspired By History: Experience great holy wars, peasant revolts, cadet branches of dynasties, heretics, superstition, castles, knights and wars over inheritance.
  
• 3D Character Portraits: Characters age and change appearance as their traits take a toll on their body. The higher the rank, the fancier the clothing.
  
• And much more: Holy Orders, mercenaries, pagan and Viking raiders, easily customized rule sets and a beautiful new map to play on.

Crusader Kings III is available for preorder at a suggested retail price of $49.99/ £41.99/ €49.99 and will be available to desktop monarchs on September 1, 2020.

https://store.steampowered.com/newshub/app/203770/view/3810553694268649072

 

[Kem0sabe]

 

[IDtenT]

I already preordered because the local pricing is much better than I expected it to be, and I don't want to wait for them to spot their error(?).

https://steamdb.info/sub/452684/

 

[Commissar Draco]

At the very least it's cool to have some much more of the Eurasian steppes (beyond lazy maps). Though it makes me wonder if interactions with China are going to be part of the game by default, given we have the edge of Indochina present (whose historic name is based on those dual influences). It's hard not to find Burma's border from the rest Asia a bit contrived? I'm no expert, but apparently Hinduism (or whatever its Vedic predecessor was) reached as far as modern Indonesia by the 1st century, with Islam coming in the 13th.

While a gargantuan effort in research and appropriate mechanics, I can't help but hope that one day CK will cover as far as China and SEA. ;_;

In game called Crusaders Kings we don't need lands the medieval Europeans have no contact with like Burma or West Africa coast what next Iceland in Three Kingdoms? Of course not cause Chinese would stand up against such bullshit. We came to the moment when we have every mudd hut dwelling tribe modeled but still no playable Papacy or Chivalrous Order in game about European Crusades era released years ago and milked with payed DLCs.

 

[Kem0sabe]

 

[IDtenT]

From the amount of provinces, I'm going to wager that a united Africa will be OP. But I'm liking the addition of more flavour.

 

[Commissar Draco]

I already preordered because the local pricing is much better than I expected it to be, and I don't want to wait for them to spot their error(?).

https://steamdb.info/sub/452684/

I love how price in Banderistan is twice that of Russia despite Ukrainians earning much less than their Great Russians bros.

 

[LizardWizard]

'Deus Vult' is in

 

[Beowulf]

[...]

So he's charging on horseback to fight the castle wars with a sword.
Where have I seen that before ...

 

[Konjad]

Maybe his horse is good at climbing ladders.

 

[Infinitron]

You missed this:

 

[Ibn Sina]

Nudity toggle?wtf

(Crusader Kings 3 features a toggleable option for full frontal nudity for adult characters including all relevant anatomy, by the way)

https://www.ign.com/articles/crusader-kings-3-preview-get-medieval-with-it

 

[Theodora]

In game called Crusaders Kings we don't need lands the medieval Europeans have no contact with like Burma or West Africa coast what next Iceland in Three Kingdoms? Of course not cause Chinese would stand up against such bullshit. We came to the moment when we have every mudd hut dwelling tribe modeled but still no playable Papacy or Chivalrous Order in game about European Crusades era released years ago and milked with payed DLCs.

Lol, what is scope change. It is no secret that paradox games pivoted from historical strategy to sandboxes for alt. history, and having an arbitarry line in the sand is ahistorical anyway. Complaining about such based on the name is a pretty irrelevant.

 

[LizardWizard]

In game called Crusaders Kings we don't need lands the medieval Europeans have no contact with like Burma or West Africa coast what next Iceland in Three Kingdoms? Of course not cause Chinese would stand up against such bullshit. We came to the moment when we have every mudd hut dwelling tribe modeled but still no playable Papacy or Chivalrous Order in game about European Crusades era released years ago and milked with payed DLCs.

Lol, what is scope change. It is no secret that paradox games pivoted from historical strategy to sandboxes for alt. history, and having an arbitarry line in the sand is ahistorical anyway. Complaining about such based on the name is a pretty irrelevant.

Then go map paint EU4

China CK-esque spinoff as its own thing sure. Tacking it onto a game that is focused on mostly western Feudalism is a waste of resources.

 

[Life of the Party]

 

[fantadomat]

Poganstvo.......really?! LoL that is even new lows for paradox,very lazy shit lol. For those that don't know,the word just means paganism in slav.

 

[Life of the Party]

 

[LizardWizard]