How good is Crusader Kings III as Grand Strategy game?

[HistoryPlayer]

I like games set in historical periods and I am looking for a grand strategy game for begginers with not so difficult learning.

This would be my first grand strategy games. I have not much time to play but I usually play Total War games, Field of Glory 2, Ultimate Admiral, mainly rts/turn based strategy games.

Personally I like Ancient and Rome, Medieval, Pike and Shot/Renaissance, 18th century, 19th century periods. Do you know games like this for begginers?

[Supercow ツ]

I would say, CK3 is the most beginner friendly Grand Strategy from Paradox. The Tutorial teaches you the basics quite well and there are lots of help in tooltips to get comfortable with the game.

Nevertheless these are only the basics and there is a learning curve of course. A good amount of people still feel overwhelmed with the game at the start, but that's normal for these kind of games.

In my eyes, the community in the forum is very helpful with good advice, when players have difficulties with the game. And there are lots of good video guides on youtube to become a better player.

I personally had a quite rough start with the game, because I'm used to be a perfectionist and got frustrated quickly, when things went wrong. But if you overcome that and still stick with the game, you learn most of your own mistakes. Now it's definetely one of my most favourite games. After lots of hours, I even wish, it would be more difficult, but thats normal, when you get used to most of the things.

[VoiD]

Might be one of the, if not the absolute easiest/game with no challenge in the category, so keep that in mind.

Learning it can be a bit rough due to the unusual systems, the vassal system, the inheritance laws, etc.. But this one probably has the best ingame tutorials paradox ever made, so, as someone who plays those games, you'll probably get used to it fairly quickly.

It's also completely dead in terms of post-release content, but that doesn't really matter for a new player.

Also, if you're on the fence, CK2 is free on steam right now, gameplay is a bit restrictive without the DLC but the core gameplay is pretty much the same (and the game is a million times harder than CK3, not that CK2 can be called "hard", but still~)

[Agony_Aunt]

Ursprünglich geschrieben von Supercow ツ:

I would say, CK3 is the most beginner friendly Grand Strategy from Paradox.

Which is like saying being hit in the face by a gorilla is less painful than being hit in the face by a train. :P

[PDX-Trinexx]

CK3 specifically leans heavier towards RP elements than most of our other Grand Strategy games do. It's easier to get into than the rest of the PDS catalog (due to how well it presents information, not because it's "simpler"; we got a lot better at explaining what the hell is going on to the player between CK2 and CK3), but it also provides an experience quite different from the rest of the catalog as well.

I'd say it's a good entry point to see if you like the broader gameplay style offered over traditional 4X games, but if you're coming from a Total War or Field of Glory background then you may get more enjoyment from titles like Europa Universalis, Victoria, or Hearts of Iron.

[Kimlin]

Ursprünglich geschrieben von PDX-Trinexx:

CK3 specifically leans heavier towards RP elements than most of our other Grand Strategy games do. It's easier to get into than the rest of the PDS catalog (due to how well it presents information, not because it's "simpler"; we got a lot better at explaining what the hell is going on to the player between CK2 and CK3), but it also provides an experience quite different from the rest of the catalog as well.

I'd say it's a good entry point to see if you like the broader gameplay style offered over traditional 4X games, but if you're coming from a Total War or Field of Glory background then you may get more enjoyment from titles like Europa Universalis, Victoria, or Hearts of Iron.

I’m not sure if Victoria would fit the Total War or Field of Glory play style.

The games that fit a traditional strategy game style would be EU4 and CK2(with more RP).

[VoiD]

Don't forget Stellaris, it's a bit closer to the traditional strategy games out there than the usual paradox games, and it leans heavily on the military aspect too.

[Mo0on]

Strategy?

Do I has more troops? I attacks.

Only strategy is who's wife to sleep with next.