Crusader Kings III Reviews
An excellent start for a beginner, and a great delve into the medieval period for history fanatics to boot.
Crusader Kings III is a massive step up in all regards featuring many QoL changes and improvements. While some features, such as the character designer, are sorely missed, the major improvements, refinements, and the like, ensure that fans of the series will almost certainly enjoy the new title. While it is more welcoming to newcomers than prior entries, it may still be too dense for those not interested in the heavy political focus of the franchise.
Crusader Kings III is one of those games that, even if you have to turn it off because you're going to work or school, will leave that compulsive feeling in your head to go play. You can't wait to get home and turn the game on again. During a lecture or a meeting, you plan in the back of your mind what you're going to do next, who you're going to murder, who you're going to marry your son to, or where you're going to take your army next. The gameplay is really top-notch, and that goes hand in hand with the clarity. Unfortunately, the lack of the ability to influence the battle or at least set the strategy in advance or use orders to react somehow during the battle to the current events on the battlefield detracts from that feeling.
Review in Czech | Read full review
Crusader Kings III is offers a full-fledged grand strategy experience with tons of content, and gamers will be telling the compelling stories of their dynasties for years to come.
Crusader Kings III is a relatively accessible title and well adapted to consoles. If you give it a chance, you'll see how evenings pass in the blink of an eye as you try to build your empire.
Review in Spanish | Read full review
Crusader Kings III travels on a road traced by its ancestors, paving it with care and adding decorations to its eyelashes. The updates to the general game system are evident, as well as the purity of the historical and social soul that has always distinguished the dynastic strategy of Paradox.
Review in Italian | Read full review
Crusader Kings 3 on Xbox Series X confirms itself as one of the best management games on consoles, since it has all the peculiar characteristics of the original edition, with the addition of some features and with a revised interface to be fully palatable to an audience with joypad in hand. Too bad for the artificial intelligence implemented, which is not a real ally for real players of this genre, but a good expedient for those who are not accustomed to baste in first person the offensive advance on the battlefield.
Review in Italian | Read full review
Crusader Kings III on consoles is, while cumbersome, a fun and dramatic journey through the world of medieval politics. Schemes and plots, wars, and diplomacy all coalesce to create a wonderful experience that is incomparable to other grand strategy games.
The console version is geared toward a new audience for the franchise and for them, there will be few games that offer just as much replayability as Crusader Kings 3, which is as true now as it will likely be when this console generation is long over.
Now armchair monarchs can enjoy one of the best games in years thanks to a great console port of Crusader Kings III.
Crusader Kings III is a phenomenal game that is not for most. If you have the patience, reading ability, and time this is one of the best, funniest, and most varied sim games on the market. Being a part of Game Pass makes it easy to recommend and if you always wanted to marry your cousin, stab your uncle king in the back, or tax the people into open revolt then this is the game for you.
Notwithstanding, after hours with Crusader Kings 3, despise everything wind up finding out increasingly more about its frameworks as time passes.
Paradox has done it again. Once again they have created a brilliant grand strategy game. From murdering a child for their empire to forging your own religion, Crusader Kings III offers nearly limitless possibilities to define your dynasty. Truly a masterpiece!
Review in Dutch | Read full review
My time with Crusader Kings III has been a blast. Sure, it’s had its challenges, but on the whole, this game had me hooked very quickly. “Just one more move!” I kept telling myself. It was never just one more move because before I knew it, I was embroiled in a new conflict, plot, or scheme. Crusader Kings III is endless. It comes with a steep learning curve, but never overstays its welcome. A terrific example of how a strategy game can transcend the tropes of the genre and become its own beast entirely.
It should be noted that if you are a fan of the Crusader Kings series, this game is a must for you. It has seen some good progress compared to the previous games. However, if you are new to this franchise or the strategic genre as a whole, you should know that you have to spend a tremendous amount of time learning it. Now if you do not have a problem with this issue, put on the royal costume, and enter the endless world of this game.
Review in Persian | Read full review
Crusader Kings III is one of those special games, which have the power to captivate the player's attention to the point that makes you lose track of the time. Its mix of great strategy with RPG elements makes this an unmissable title for fans of history or lovers of good plots. By highlighting interpersonal relationships as much as other subsystems, Paradox Interactive offers a range of possibilities and events as complex and varied as the human mind itself.
Review in Portuguese | Read full review
Crusader Kings 3 put a huge burden on your shoulders in a very different and enjoyable ways. If you like this genre, it is definitely one of the games you shouldn't miss.
Review in Turkish | Read full review
This may be Paradox’s best game and it’s about…family.
An all-consuming epic, Crusader Kings 3 marries its grand strategy with more involving RPG elements to create one of the best games of 2020.