Is this fun as CKII

[Kuruk]

I love CKII but the only thing I hate about it is the character customization, it seems to plain, I like that this has 3d characters, but as far as events go is it similar or not as much? thanks in advance.

[[VI] Victrix]

yes

[Twelvefield]

CKII with all of the DLC has more depth, but CKIII is fun as well. It needs more DLC, but the base game is better than CKII base game.

[hurepoix]

CkIII is a CKII made for your kids. It is more beautifull, but also over-simplified and easier.
As consequence if you have play CK2 2000 hours, you will probably forget CK3 after 100 hours.

[david1806]

Originally posted by hurepoix:

CkIII is a CKII made for your kids. It is more beautifull, but also over-simplified and easier.
As consequence if you have play CK2 2000 hours, you will probably forget CK3 after 100 hours.

Hi mate....so if you had CK2 and CK3, which would you play? I have both, and with CK2 I have 2 DLCs. I bought them all really cheap, but haven't really played either yet.

[Mr.Fly (Go Play Nine Sols!)]

As someone that has 2k+ hours in CKII and 200+ hours into CK3, I can say that both are very much worth it, but like a few people above have stated before, CK2 by itself is pretty lackluster without its DLCs, and really shines when it has them, but CK3 while not as deep in its options as full DLC Ck2 is, its still a great grand strategy game on its own merits so far, and can only get better with Future DLC releases and an active modding community (I really can't wait to play Elder Kings 2 mod for CK3 on 11/11).

Regardless of which you choose, you're bound to enjoy your experience with either, but I will say the game of politics and political intrigue is a lot more fun in CK3 than in 2.

[Crusader993]

Originally posted by hurepoix:

CkIII is a CKII made for your kids. It is more beautifull, but also over-simplified and easier.

Yes, exactly.

Sad but unfortunately true.

[Chill°bucket]

"but as far as events go is it similar or not as much? thanks in advance."

this was the question. And the answer ist clearly: same as "CKII+DLC's? no, not now, maybe with mods."

[Doomjazzer]

Originally posted by hurepoix:

CkIII is a CKII made for your kids. It is more beautifull, but also over-simplified and easier.
As consequence if you have play CK2 2000 hours, you will probably forget CK3 after 100 hours.

I genuinely think CK3 was designed for people who don't really play the grand strategy genre and would never play any of the other games by PDX. They wanted to attract a demographic who want a laid back casual game that's pick up and play or fun to watch on Youtube.

This is why there's a stark juxtaposition, one side has long time PDX players feeling disgruntled with how barren and boring the game is, the other side is mostly new to PDX and loves the game, because they've never played anything like it before.

[Mastur Ch33f]

Originally posted by Kuruk:

I love CKII but the only thing I hate about it is the character customization, it seems to plain, I like that this has 3d characters, but as far as events go is it similar or not as much? thanks in advance.

CK2 with all of the DLC's is superior to CK3. CK3 looks pretty but thats it. Still CK3 is much better than Victoria 3. Paradox games are only going to get worse now sadly...

[Mastur Ch33f]

Originally posted by Doomjazzer:

Originally posted by hurepoix:

CkIII is a CKII made for your kids. It is more beautifull, but also over-simplified and easier.
As consequence if you have play CK2 2000 hours, you will probably forget CK3 after 100 hours.

I genuinely think CK3 was designed for people who don't really play the grand strategy genre and would never play any of the other games by PDX. They wanted to attract a demographic who want a laid back casual game that's pick up and play or fun to watch on Youtube.

This is why there's a stark juxtaposition, one side has long time PDX players feeling disgruntled with how barren and boring the game is, the other side is mostly new to PDX and loves the game, because they've never played anything like it before.

Paradox released a braindead game. It is called Victoria 3. It is such a shame they used that name for the game since Victoria 2 was so good, just a couple of bug fixes with the economy makes the game amazing. Instead Paradox made a game called Victoria 3 where you build Lumber Factoris to make more Tools to make more Lumber to make more Tools. Braindead game for braindead people...