NEED TO KNOW WHAT IS IT?
A grand strategy RPG driven by messy nobles and constant drama
EXPECT TO PAY £42
DEVELOPER Paradox Interactive
PUBLISHER In-house
REVIEWED ON GTX 1080Ti, Intel i7-8086K, 16GB RAM
MULTIPLAYER Yes
LINK crusaderkings.com
I’ve become completely tangled up in Crusader Kings III’s plots and family trees. It’s my jailer, keeping me far too busy orchestrating murders and becoming pen pals with the King of France to leave the flat. I should probably do something about that, but I’ve got this succession crisis to sort out. You know how it is.
There never feels like a good time to step away from Paradox’s grand strategy RPG. It’s One More Crisis Syndrome and I’ve got it bad. Anyone who’s played Crusader Kings II should be familiar with the ailment and well-prepared for the sequel. Once again, you’re the head of an early medieval dynasty, and you’ll try to keep it trucking for as long as you can by click, click, clicking on an elaborate map and a big stack of menus. Your tools are diplomacy, intrigue, warfare, and luck, and your goals are whatever whims your mind conjures up.
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