total war vs crusader kings

[bread]

which do you prefer and why?

[Super_]

Three Kingdoms for me. I just find it more fun. Crusader Kings 2 is okay and since it’s free you can try both.

[TrollaG]

CK is actually a rpg game. There is not any strategy of the war in CK, just bigger army wins. If you enjoy being a commander and winning the battle, ck is not for you.

[temperate06]

Why not both?,pick the one you like to play depend on your mood,trying to find which game are better and not actually play them for entertainment is kinda weird.

[Fenris]

Total war games. I enjoy seeing how the different units beat each other, and the battles can be a huge amount of fun to watch. Specifically three kingdoms TW was a blast for me to watch. The combination of watching your favorite heros from the show fight while the armies launch flaming projectiles at each other. Hands down the best graphics / animations to date in the TW franchise. Warhammer just doesn't even come close because it's so cartoony.

[TheOrangeBox]

For a change look into Field of Glory II + Field of Glory Empire

[ReoHays]

They are nothing alike. I have and like them both, but thats like apples and oranges.

[Goran]

My dream game. A combination of CK and Total War.

[kony]

Both. They are different kinds of games though, but I spend hundreds of hours in both and they are one of my favorite games.

Note that CK2 vanilla is quite barebones, but with DLCs it becomes great.

[The Phantom Raspberry Blower]

Both are DEEP and brilliant.

[Ogami]

Crusader Kings and its not even close. I much prefer the empire management strategic layer over tactical combat.
So Paradox games pretty much always win for me against Total War games.
But TW is fun too, its just not the same for me.

[Elfie]

Originally posted by TrollaG:

CK is actually a rpg game. There is not any strategy of the war in CK, just bigger army wins. If you enjoy being a commander and winning the battle, ck is not for you.

TW is a bit of RPG too, especially this part is strong in Three Kingdoms. TK is like the pinnacle of TW-RPG. Because later Warhammer games are over-simplified to safisfy broader audiences, and earlier just doesn't have this much character development.

Three Kingdoms is like the ultimate anime RPG of TW series (not as vanilla ofc)

[Elfie]

Originally posted by Ogami:

Crusader Kings and its not even close. I much prefer the empire management strategic layer over tactical combat.
So Paradox games pretty much always win for me against Total War games.
But TW is fun too, its just not the same for me.

Well, in TK empire management (economy,development etc) is actually far superior to CKII. What CK has better is characters and their interactions and that's pretty much it.

[Tom]

Originally posted by thanh:

Why not both?,pick the one you like to play depend on your mood,trying to find which game are better and not actually play them for entertainment is kinda weird.

Good thing he just asking what ones we like best. Who said people don't have both or don't have favourites?

[Musashi The Red Mist.]

CK3 can be hilarious. Two completely different games.

[F1aw1ess]

Originally posted by TrollaG:

CK is actually a rpg game. There is not any strategy of the war in CK, just bigger army wins. If you enjoy being a commander and winning the battle, ck is not for you.

This is false.