The events are realistic as well, and sometimes will come as a direct consequence of your actions.
It’s almost like being at a Renaissance Fair, if you close your eyes you can actually picture that environment. If you weren’t immersed with just the experience of ruling a country and managing your bloodline against all odds, the music and sound effects will actually take you to that time. The ambience set on in the game is truly something else. Crusader Kings III is just so huge that the possibilities are hard to jot down in a list. Looking to build up a treasury and bribe out leaders? Suited more towards war? Feel the need to spread your religion to the ends of the earth? All this, and managing your claims to titles so the bloodline lives on. Even with just the variety in characters, the playstyles also vary immensely. You can start with different characters and in different time periods, a great amount of variety to begin with.
Naturally I had to start a new file after seeing that, because the experience is certainly not limited to just one country. Once I zoomed out, I really could do nothing but stare at the absolute scope of the world at large, and how small my efforts had been compared to the sizes of other countries. There was a point where after I had done a fair bit of conquering, I decided to set my eyes on more parts of the map. Little things like these interests and random events make the world really feel alive, and this is just the small scope of things. Knowing this is key to keeping your bonds up with them, and even building the bonds feels like a genuine experience. Every character feels real, and they all have their interests and desires. What really feels different about Crusader Kings III is that you get attached to not only your characters, but your council and guests as well. I was playing for hours with my efforts focused on Ireland after the tutorial. To touch on the massively immersive part, that is no understatement.
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Crusader Kings III does everything in its power to allow even newcomers to the Crusader Kings series to find an enjoyable experience in a massively immersive world. Sometimes there’ll be terms that you might be unfamiliar with, but even if you see the term in a tooltip you can hover over it and another one will pop up explaining it, and then they dismiss themselves rather cleanly. Being able to pause the game and read as much as you want to before making a massive power play is imperative. Speaking of the menus, the cascading tooltips are super well done. It was more like a guiding hand that allows you to make sense of all the numbers and menus that are constantly popping up. It sees you playing as the Kingdom of Ireland, and while it does leave you to your own devices after showing you the ropes, it was a tutorial that never felt too intrusive. The tutorial in Crusader Kings III is incredibly well done, and makes sure you can grasp even large-scale events in the game. Games like Crusader Kings III can seem daunting at the start, but this game doesn’t throw you in without any context. Now I know grand strategy isn’t for everyone.
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