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I got first daughter dwarf second daughter giant third daughter hideous, then i was thinking maybe i shouldn't have kids with my sister. what to say 10/10 game
Yeah this confused the hell out of me. Paradox Development studios has at least 4 games still being actively developed: EU4, HoI4, Stellaris, Imperator: Rome, and now CK3. That’s not counting the many more that Paradox Interactive publish. I also didn’t think Paradox made Descent and was surprised by that too, turns out I was right... it was Parallax. Big gaff.
Played for 40 hours already, complete noob, lost all campaign's, decided to say fuck it and just play an easy Viking factions, practically took over Scandinavia and planted my seed in every Frankish family. Profit?
I still remember when I played CK2 for the first time. I loaded into the game and was greeted by a map view of Ireland, and then I realised i had literally no idea what to do or how to do things. I had to watch 3 hours of CZcams tutorial before I was comfortable to start playing again. It was well worth it.
I am doing that in the game I am playing now where I have created a dynasty of giant, albinos, the game now has literal dynasty perks that allow you to tailor your dynasty to eugenics levels
Saw this releasing and I was like "Hey nice, a challenging game, it cannot be that hard" so jumped right into it by downloading CK 2 to get a taste... Boy, if you thought Dark souls was hard to get into, you are in for a surprise with this series...
Yeah I found CK2 way too complex as well. EU4 on the other hand, I really put quite some hours into that. Although that could also be because I find the middle ages boring and the enlightenment/renaissance era interesting to learn about.
@Joseph Douek I have almost all major expansions the two i don't have will only cost $10 (on sale, which they often are) and there is a 3rd one I just don't want. It all cost me $100, which is expensive but worth it imo. I got them all on sale. Paradox has them on sale constantly.
Ive been a strategy fan since a kid in the 90s, imagine my surprise when I found a whole paradox strategy library, this dev truly is the master of all strategy gaming.
Tasenova maybe a lot of people are already doing so, no point in making it. But I love to see a series called “ underrated games you should try” which features games from older generations to current one..
Get ready for some inbred kingdom! also learn about inheritance, the game sucks at explain minor but important stuff. Careful you'll get less sleep once you understand the game.
I started playing this game last week. I can't believe how immersive and detailed it is. Actual experience as a feudal Lord would be helpful here, lol. I like the fact that you're learning something, while playing a game. I never realized how hard work it was being a Feudal Lord in the 9th Century. When did these Lords have time to eat or sleep?
@@Medic10Zulu That wasn't a leak, that was a massive glitch. Paradox confirmed it, though I do expect around £200 of DLC just like Ck2 but over maybe 5-6 years
The thing is there's so much going on sometimes you forget to actually build buildings in your cities and towns, and when you actually remember to you know, build shit, a viking for instance decides to pay you a visit and declares war 😂
I love the game thus far but I think that's one of the biggest negatives of the game. Building management is a choir in this game and it really becomes an afterthought after conquering lots of territory. I wish you could really exploit your spouse helping your empire in the council menu because building seems like something that should be taken care of on the local level.
@@chaost4544 if you go to the realm tab, there's a button in there that's shows you all your holdings and where you can build. Although I rarely use it, because I spend money so fast, and most times I end up giving away the county to a vassal.
The general gaming community will never understand how good crusader kings really is for the complex strategy aspects. Me and the mount and blade community were all hyped and waiting for this games release
Some of the additions you mentioned, like rally points, actually were in CK2 already, but I think that just goes to show how improved the UI is. It took me ages to work out that rally points were a thing in the last game lol.
Never played CKII much despite my desire to, kind of in love with CKIII because of the RPG aspects. The animated characters and events and choices you can make surrounding those are so much fun. And it being a paradox game I'm sure we'll be in for some good DLCs to expand upon all that even more.
Having historical context fro paradox games REALLY helps, if you know who people are and what they did in their lives it can really set you off in the right direction
This was exactly the game I was looking for (as per all your in-vid discussion). The irony was that when I started to play it 10 months ago; I felt totally overwhelmed. I knew I was going to have to spend more time understanding it, but just didn't have the time or emotional energy to give it what it deserved. So after a half-assed tutorial attempt I left it sitting in my virtual game box. Almost a year later, I'm now ready to have a proper crack.. it just looks too good to pass up. I'll have to put aside my 'perfectionism (need to know everything about mechanics)' aside and just roll with it.
I remember playing CK2 back when it was way new, like weeks old... after scouting the forums over at Paradox I encountered a fairly medium size group who got together on the following Saturday. We had about a 30 minute chat, got to know each other enough - at least as far as our goals both in game and out. I was the most successful in what turned out to be Round One = King of Sicily. Not bad, I thought. So, since everyone else was totally getting destroyed by NPCs (AI), we rerolled, this time as the entire Kingdom of Angle-land during the Norman Invasion. Long story short: We crushed the Normans to the point where William the Bastard was begging for one little county around York. And that was about it. 800 hours total. Best. Game. Ever.
I just started playing and so far I've really enjoyed it and can't wait to get back playing. They're so much to do and see and it's always interesting to see what might happen whenever you do something or fell to do something. It's a very complicated and challenging process and I'm not quite sure if I'm doing everything right or not but either way it's fun to see all the different ways the game can play out. I've been dividing my time between Wastelands 3 and this game and I've enjoyed both. So I guess that's all that really matters. Thank you for the review and for keeping us updated and informed, I appreciate it.
@@gabrielh9766 erm, as long as you're focused on the game and give it a few tries, then yeah, once you get into it tho the hours will pass like seconds
It's my first ck3 type game but if you're intrested in politics and empire building you will fall In love.. Do the tutorial, experiment with a country and watch other Content creators play and it will just click.
@@gabrielh9766 the game can be frustrating as hell but that's just half the fun of it. There is just so much to balance and understand the how/why of everything. I've got over a thousand hours in CK2 and thought I'd have no problem learning CK3 I was somewhat wrong, I'm now 9hrs into CK3 and understand the game quite well. I'd just recommend not picking Alfred the great in the 867 start date or the British Isles to begin with, unless you like endless wars against enemies much greater then your own. I made that mistake so you don't have to.
I'm 28, and when I heard about all the things you can do in the game, a huge unwipeable smile took over my face... it's been a while since a game managed to do that. I haven't watched the whole video so I do hope that it's fun to play. 🤞
For new players, don't worry is not that complex, i only learn 90% of the game for a passive two weeks of playing. Its grand strategy but don't let it hold you, once you got a hang of it about 30 to 50% you know you'll gonna spend most of your time more than you can imagine.
True it has a steep learning curve but once you get the hang of it you can have a wonderful experience of it, until you die from diarrhea and watch your kingdom fall into chaos ;(
This’ll be my first game from this series and I will buy it because of this video. Really. It simply looks freaking amazing. And I miss the good strategy games nowadays.
Pretty new to this genre, (tried to get into in the past and failed) but I'm really enjoying CK3 key for me has been not being afraid to scrap a game and restart while learning from what happened the previous game.
GrayStillPlays made a fun video messing around in this game and It made me really interested to see more. I like simulation games as I've been playing sims ever since I was a kid but I wasn't too big on war games or strategy. I started watching a gameplay of it and I've been hooked ever since! The guy who has been playing it (The Geek Cupboard) has done a really good job explaining and now I want to save up to buy it. Thanks for the review! But yeah, I knew nothing about this game yesterday and I now in depth understand the game functions and all that, that's saying something because I am not the brightest when understanding new games. It takes me awhile so the fact such a complicated game had someone like me easily understanding it says something! Give it a try.
Also for navies, at this time most "nations" didn't have standing navies per se as at the time as that would be very expensive for decentralized kingdoms,
What about island nations? How did Vikings maintain their fleet? I would imagine people always kept boats for fishing, transport and raids and chieftains would commandeer the boats the same way they raise levies.
@@Greamzih Naval warfare was at it's height during the Greek/Roman eras and then died out almost entirely before re-emerging just prior to the industrial revolution. CK3 takes place in the interim period, when naval warfare was basically just a toned-down version of what existed during the Greek/Roman eras... ships ramming each other and boarding each other to capture. The Byzantines had an edge thanks to their Greek Fire weapon, but that was about it. Basically a "warship" was just a transport vessel designed to occasionally ram your enemies. For simplicity's sake, Paradox opted not to bother simulating naval combat as it would require putting more work into the game for very little gain.
@@Greamzih Vikings mostly made long boats when they needed them. They never maintained fleets like Romans. William the Conqueror burned his boats after landing in England.
@Karan Sarkar @Eric Langlois Burning ships after landing is a story, even if it's true it's more of a show of extraordinary determination and confidence, not a normal thing. There were still some known battles (e.g. Battle of Svolder from a quick look at wiki) and who knows how many rumbles between small land owners in naval nations. Even if fleets did not exist, CK is mostly about roleplaying a small land owner trying to be a king, not an emperror with a big army on a payroll. I think, it would make sense to add naval levies or men-at-arms like units and naval combat to the game. Even if it's not historical, history is not learned from videogames.
I was not the type of person to get into a game like this, loved it. Playing with friends is definitely the best way to get into it and after about 2 weeks of owning the game I already have 40 hours in game. Can't put it down, highly recommend it.
I have enjoyed CK3 so far, but I also have played CK2 for years and have all the CK2 DLC, so I kinda already knew I would like this game =P The UI in this one is just SO MUCH BETTER, and I love it. there are some stuff I was used to in CK2 that CK3 doesn't have (yet) that I miss, but CK3 with no DLC still feels like CK2 after years of DLC packs from the get-go, so I'm having high hopes for this one's DLC down the line =)
Aside from how they simplified battles way too much imo, I like what they did with it. They might have to add something to prevent blobbing though, because the absence of defense pacts means as a big guy, you can very easily bully everyone around you. I have to add that currently ck2 is still more enjoyable for me personally, due to all the stuff that came with the expansions and especially the supernatural events currently absent in ck3, but I am pretty sure, that with 2 or 3 expansions ck3 will have an enormous amount of content.
I'm still thinking about getting this game although at present it is unavailable in Australia due to a mix up which lead to refused classification possibly due to an administrative error. Latest reports say that this may be fixed within the next couple of days. It is available on XBox but not available on Steam until this gets resolved (and yes, I am playing on PC). I was a big fan of Paradox's _"Knights of Honor"_ and wish this game had more of that game's character in controlling battles, using strategy and building armies including using mercenaries and besieging castles and defending castles from sieges. Still, it looks interesting and I am leaning towards getting this game when it is finally available on PC in my region.
I didn't dislike it, but I didn't find it useful. He mixed more Ck2 vs Ck3 stuff directly with "this is a grand strategy game" stuff together, instead of structuring it.
Stress really is a game changer, it makes you roleplay much more, while in ck2 you cold always just chose the best outcome and nkt care what your character would do.
All the crazy little narratives are just endlessly fascinating. The first time I successfully made my wife my "soulmate" I actually did a little audible, "YES!" It's a crazy game.
I just tried it out on pc game pass and oh boy, I didn't know what I'm missing out on all this time! Literally played it for 7 hours straight!!! Love it!
Dammit... For months, I had intended to either pre-order CK3 or get it on the very first day, but there was a bunch of good stuff on sale on Steam a few days ago and I blew all of my "recreational funds"... Now I have to wait until Monday. This looks awesome though. As a side note though, through Steam sales, I'm discovering a lot of game series that have been around for a while but I had not previously played that are so perfectly aligned with my interests, I'm stunned I hadn't noticed them before.. Crusader Kings is a great example - I've played these kinds of medieval war/grand strategy type games since the late 90's but missed CK until a few months ago. Xcom is another good example. I'm a big fan of both now.
So I am in Lockdown because of COVID in the UK and for christmas, my brother got me 6 months of XBOX Game Pass and CS3 is included on that. I have easily had 100s of hours of play on it. It is a brilliant game and I would recommend it to everyone.
I gotta give a shout out to Game Pass yet again. I wouldn't have touched it but I gave it a try and wow. Such an in-depth game I've never experienced before.
Dylan Land well at the very least I want to establish the British empire under Irish rule as it should have happened, the descendants of Brian Boru shall rule!!!! Ha ha ha
OMG! I've been looking for the game Descent forever! I remember loving it as a little kid but had no idea what it was called or what to search. Thank you for mentioning it!
Ah yes, I pre ordered this game so I should definitely watch this to make sure that I'm certain that I want to play it before I buy it in the past lol. Nice video loved it.
I tried so hard to enjoy CK2, but I just couldn’t get into it at all. Now with the new menus system and always having a tool tip to answer any question I have I’ve found CK3 to be a blast and have been playing near nonstop since release.
I'm one of the guys who has been playing ck2 for forever and been with it over its long evolution and I was pleased to find that for the most part I actually thoroughly enjoyed the release version of the game so far cant wait to see how this game evovles as well.
I gotta say Falcon is one of the best when it comes to reviews! I legit went and watched another video review and thought to myself "I wonder if he has made one of those before you buy videos" before I make a full decision. I legit typed it in and it said it was uploaded 58 minutes ago! Gotta say this guy is on top of his channel. Great content.
Although the army turns into boats, gotta keep in mind the gold cost of doing that... each time, it becomes extremely annoying, extremely fast when you're in africa sieging and boop a 1k army comes to your capital while 20k troops are fighting in africa, and you lose because u can't get there in time, and get captured. Also noticed the thingy that says my capital is under siege only shows when the siege is already haflway so that sucks.
1:50 Agreed that CKII was difficult to get into. It took me watching CZcams videos for five hours, then playing the game for five more, to even understand how I would go about things, and that was after the tutorial had taught me nothing at all I only have 35 hours in it right now, and while I understand everything within the game, I still don’t understand how to actually get good at it
Just play the game and don’t worry about “being good,” your first campaigns will be a shitshow (but your most fun) anyhow. It was exactly like that for me, I didn’t get actually good until about ~200 hours in.
Falcon you mentioned new comers being intimidated by it, I bought it on release on ps5, took me a week to sit down and actually play cause I was intimidated, but now I play it every day, I am in love with this game
I got first daughter dwarf second daughter giant third daughter hideous, then i was thinking maybe i shouldn't have kids with my sister.
what to say 10/10 game
😂 just bought it. Can't wait to see what shenanigans unfold.
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NapoleonBonaparte How did that last battle with the Duke of Wellington go?
Well done ! I sense a bit of GOT in that comment of yours lol.. ;P
@@skittles970 I'm broke and I am a huge ck2 fan. Sad af rn..
I remember when my friend was playing CK2 and he married a horse and had a child with it.
Wow.
hey hey people
I do miss those times
"Asking for a friend' ;)
Hail Gliterhoof
Played this today and it’s like managing having 20 girlfriends at once. Drama, backstabbing and marriage will probably be a failure.
At least you have one I’m lonely
@Džaи insular christians can also have 4 wives
@Džaи insular Christian are way better I f you want to have more legitimate children
Themooser FuZe you can’t be the Jarl of a kingdom
@@xCDF-pt8kj bruh I’m slow and I play this game high af it’s not that difficult just skim the text but I do need a break after a while for sure
Remember, as long as it’s not technically tyranny it’s ok
Modern politicians be like
I anger those morons and imprison and revoke their land
Did you see that Door Monster video?
Johnwestens Norris yes!
Of course key part is "Technically"
Descent was Parallax, not Paradox. Paradox has been SUPER active. Big miss.
IKR, thought I was the only one to catch that.
@John H Yeah, out of all the hosts on this channel, Falcon is the worst. Especially when it comes to PC games, dude is just clueless.
It's Falcon. The guy is garbage
Yeah this confused the hell out of me. Paradox Development studios has at least 4 games still being actively developed: EU4, HoI4, Stellaris, Imperator: Rome, and now CK3. That’s not counting the many more that Paradox Interactive publish. I also didn’t think Paradox made Descent and was surprised by that too, turns out I was right... it was Parallax. Big gaff.
So we now hate Falcon? Ok
Played for 40 hours already, complete noob, lost all campaign's, decided to say fuck it and just play an easy Viking factions, practically took over Scandinavia and planted my seed in every Frankish family. Profit?
Τhe normans agree
As long as there is a way to become emperor by inbreeding and scheming I'm sold.
So......You're saying you have a kink for inbreeding ? hmmm... nothing else to say here...
Never knew there was an owl whos from the hapsburg lineage
Inbreeding from way back in history isn't uncommon, so I say spot on wanting some historical angles.
Yup still the same. in fact is more easy with the Lifestyles trees
@@alphaomega4563 Have you seen GOT?
Wait, what? Paradox didn't make Descent. It's not even the same company name. You're thinking of Parallax Software.
LOL messed up the name
@@sohi7431 more than that, he completely mixed up the two companies.
Yeah I was very surprised that Descent was edited by Paradox as I didn't even knew Paradox was around back then.
I was also like "Huh?". That is some BAD fuckup.
Unless it was a joke that flew over our heads? No...it can't be...we're CZcams commenters, we are the apex of intelligence.
I still remember when I played CK2 for the first time. I loaded into the game and was greeted by a map view of Ireland, and then I realised i had literally no idea what to do or how to do things.
I had to watch 3 hours of CZcams tutorial before I was comfortable to start playing again.
It was well worth it.
CKIII allows you to pass inherited traits down?
Habsburg Chins: *INTERESTING...*
I am doing that in the game I am playing now where I have created a dynasty of giant, albinos, the game now has literal dynasty perks that allow you to tailor your dynasty to eugenics levels
is a habsburg chin a butt chin?
nevermind, its the jay leno chin
Mean lips not chin
Saw this releasing and I was like "Hey nice, a challenging game, it cannot be that hard" so jumped right into it by downloading CK 2 to get a taste... Boy, if you thought Dark souls was hard to get into, you are in for a surprise with this series...
Yeah I found CK2 way too complex as well. EU4 on the other hand, I really put quite some hours into that. Although that could also be because I find the middle ages boring and the enlightenment/renaissance era interesting to learn about.
*laughs in Victoria 2*
@Joseph Douek I have almost all major expansions the two i don't have will only cost $10 (on sale, which they often are) and there is a 3rd one I just don't want. It all cost me $100, which is expensive but worth it imo. I got them all on sale. Paradox has them on sale constantly.
Joseph Douek Yea I was just saying. To let anyone else that reads this know.
@Joseph Douek to be fair they do give ck2 DLCs for free constanlty and put their dlcs on sale very often
Ive been a strategy fan since a kid in the 90s, imagine my surprise when I found a whole paradox strategy library, this dev truly is the master of all strategy gaming.
hey Gameranx, why not do another series called: "games you should revisit"
cause its covid, games are delayed and Im curious whats your guys opinions
Tasenova maybe a lot of people are already doing so, no point in making it. But I love to see a series called “ underrated games you should try” which features games from older generations to current one..
@@dbrx758 "Underrated games you should try." no point in making it because alot of people allready do so. Words of a wise man 🤡.
Niet belangrijk - Compilaties & Meer yeah true, even Gamerax also made a video about it, but it was only for open world genre ..
@@dbrx758 There is a channel called Extra Credits that has many many videos called "Games you might not have tried". I highly recommend it.
@@BlueMoonStudios thanks for recommending dude..
You had me at "Dynasty of weird monsters".
Ireland has never gotten so much coverage😂
Deserved 🇮🇪
Except the time they almost blew up Margret Thatcher. So close.
Yaaas 🍜
Charlie Ni there’s always one 🙄
@@plate2plate160 yeah the one that got away. So close yet so far.
This is gonna be my first time playing Crusaders.
Welcome to the club
I tried ck2 but.......
@@sqoli5161 same, I didn't like it but this game is 👍
Prepare for lots of dlcs
Get ready for some inbred kingdom!
also learn about inheritance, the game sucks at explain minor but important stuff. Careful you'll get less sleep once you understand the game.
I started playing this game last week. I can't believe how immersive and detailed it is. Actual experience as a feudal Lord would be helpful here, lol.
I like the fact that you're learning something, while playing a game. I never realized how hard work it was being a Feudal Lord in the 9th Century. When did these Lords have time to eat or sleep?
I'm currently debating on buying it so I'm doing research to see if it's worth it
@@Silverleaf_Ranch idk if you have bought it or not. But microsoft's PC Game Pass has this game. They currently have a $1 for 3 months deal going on.
@@demon794 I did not, I was waiting for sales so thanks kind stranger! Ill definitely buy it!
That is also why some feudal lords historically are failures. The amount of work can sometimes be left for incompetent or ambitious people.
I can’t wait until they add three hundred plus DLCs that have a total cost of billions of dollars
LordHog Microsoft already leaked dlcs over 1k in cost total
I say buy the base game to have access to Paradox Plaza (mods) and then pirate the DLCs.
@@Medic10Zulu That wasn't a leak, that was a massive glitch. Paradox confirmed it, though I do expect around £200 of DLC just like Ck2 but over maybe 5-6 years
Arthur Culshaw ahh thanks for clearing that up
@@Medic10Zulu there would be massive backlash if that was the actual price
"If you want a dynasty of weird monsters you can do that"
I see you're familiar with the British Royal family
Amen
European nobility in general. Way too much inbreeding.
Probably elsewhere, too, but I simply don't know enough to do more than extrapolate.
@@p.s.shnabel3409 gotta keep the bloodline pure mate
@@sohi7431 that... That's not how genetics work.
The thing is there's so much going on sometimes you forget to actually build buildings in your cities and towns, and when you actually remember to you know, build shit, a viking for instance decides to pay you a visit and declares war 😂
I love the game thus far but I think that's one of the biggest negatives of the game. Building management is a choir in this game and it really becomes an afterthought after conquering lots of territory. I wish you could really exploit your spouse helping your empire in the council menu because building seems like something that should be taken care of on the local level.
@@chaost4544 Its not as bad as in ck2.
@@chaost4544 if you go to the realm tab, there's a button in there that's shows you all your holdings and where you can build. Although I rarely use it, because I spend money so fast, and most times I end up giving away the county to a vassal.
@@babyboijeremy I figured that out. I just wish it was like that for your vassals.
"Crusader Kings 3 - After You Buy" title. is. fixed.
I don't know does it support ps4 controller
@@hamndv Who plays a Strategy Game with a controller.
I mean I played Mount and Blade: Warband on a controller, but I suppose that Isn’t really a strategy based game
@@hamndv that's disgusting.. on top of using the inferior controller format makes it worse
The general gaming community will never understand how good crusader kings really is for the complex strategy aspects. Me and the mount and blade community were all hyped and waiting for this games release
I'm a simple man; I see Mount and Blade, I like
I don’t pay attention to mount and blade anymore. I only played Napoleonic wars online and there’s only ever 1 server with people.
Dennis Prager nothing wrong with that, it’s a small community
Daniel did you see the new nividia graphics card that gave bannerlord raytracing? The games going to be insane when mods start coming out
Think you got a bit confused aswell falcon paradox have been releasing games pretty consistently, nearly every year
JASSI ! 19 y.o I WANT SЕЕХ !!!! OPEN MY VIDEO !!!! I’m curious has anybody ever fallen for this?
@@imnobody1906 pretty sure no. I'm seeing these bots everywhere on youtube
@@HueyTheDoctor lmao
Some of the additions you mentioned, like rally points, actually were in CK2 already, but I think that just goes to show how improved the UI is. It took me ages to work out that rally points were a thing in the last game lol.
This is basically new SIMS game, as EA had botched their original version so the mantle was passed.
Man, I'm so glad this game turned out this well. I'm having a blast playing it.
Falcon is straight evil. Killing his two brothers and making a baby with his brothers wife right before leaving home to die in battle
Evil? Thats just an ordinary Tuesday in CK2/CK3.
Never played CKII much despite my desire to, kind of in love with CKIII because of the RPG aspects. The animated characters and events and choices you can make surrounding those are so much fun. And it being a paradox game I'm sure we'll be in for some good DLCs to expand upon all that even more.
Having historical context fro paradox games REALLY helps, if you know who people are and what they did in their lives it can really set you off in the right direction
This was exactly the game I was looking for (as per all your in-vid discussion). The irony was that when I started to play it 10 months ago; I felt totally overwhelmed. I knew I was going to have to spend more time understanding it, but just didn't have the time or emotional energy to give it what it deserved. So after a half-assed tutorial attempt I left it sitting in my virtual game box. Almost a year later, I'm now ready to have a proper crack.. it just looks too good to pass up. I'll have to put aside my 'perfectionism (need to know everything about mechanics)' aside and just roll with it.
I remember playing CK2 back when it was way new, like weeks old... after scouting the forums over at Paradox I encountered a fairly medium size group who got together on the following Saturday. We had about a 30 minute chat, got to know each other enough - at least as far as our goals both in game and out. I was the most successful in what turned out to be Round One = King of Sicily. Not bad, I thought. So, since everyone else was totally getting destroyed by NPCs (AI), we rerolled, this time as the entire Kingdom of Angle-land during the Norman Invasion. Long story short: We crushed the Normans to the point where William the Bastard was begging for one little county around York. And that was about it. 800 hours total. Best. Game. Ever.
Why am I watching this? I already bought the game xD
Same! XD Been juggling several dynasties of anime characters since I got it for Christmas
I just want to confirm if it's a good buy or i just got scammed.
I just started playing and so far I've really enjoyed it and can't wait to get back playing. They're so much to do and see and it's always interesting to see what might happen whenever you do something or fell to do something. It's a very complicated and challenging process and I'm not quite sure if I'm doing everything right or not but either way it's fun to see all the different ways the game can play out. I've been dividing my time between Wastelands 3 and this game and I've enjoyed both. So I guess that's all that really matters. Thank you for the review and for keeping us updated and informed, I appreciate it.
Would it be easy to get into if I've never played a ck game
@@gabrielh9766 erm, as long as you're focused on the game and give it a few tries, then yeah, once you get into it tho the hours will pass like seconds
It's my first ck3 type game but if you're intrested in politics and empire building you will fall In love.. Do the tutorial, experiment with a country and watch other Content creators play and it will just click.
@@gabrielh9766 the game can be frustrating as hell but that's just half the fun of it. There is just so much to balance and understand the how/why of everything. I've got over a thousand hours in CK2 and thought I'd have no problem learning CK3 I was somewhat wrong, I'm now 9hrs into CK3 and understand the game quite well. I'd just recommend not picking Alfred the great in the 867 start date or the British Isles to begin with, unless you like endless wars against enemies much greater then your own.
I made that mistake so you don't have to.
@@redned7771 how's (if you know)Croatia go in ck3?
They also did the impossible, it runs SO MUCH SMOOTHER now
I'm 28, and when I heard about all the things you can do in the game, a huge unwipeable smile took over my face... it's been a while since a game managed to do that. I haven't watched the whole video so I do hope that it's fun to play. 🤞
Howd it come about
@@mamoon7049 I haven't gotten the game yet :/
@@anthonydewar934 what about now
Love every video you guys push out, thanks for what you do, seriously. I get excited every time🤩🤩🤩
Anyone else going to tell him that descent was parallax?
For new players, don't worry is not that complex, i only learn 90% of the game for a passive two weeks of playing. Its grand strategy but don't let it hold you, once you got a hang of it about 30 to 50% you know you'll gonna spend most of your time more than you can imagine.
True it has a steep learning curve but once you get the hang of it you can have a wonderful experience of it, until you die from diarrhea and watch your kingdom fall into chaos ;(
This’ll be my first game from this series and I will buy it because of this video. Really. It simply looks freaking amazing. And I miss the good strategy games nowadays.
Guessing Jake is working on the Wastelands 3 BYB. Looking forward to that
Same here. I actually searched a second ago to see if it had been made yet, haha.
Jake only plays console games. He doesn't touch PC games like this.
Pretty new to this genre, (tried to get into in the past and failed) but I'm really enjoying CK3
key for me has been not being afraid to scrap a game and restart while learning from what happened the previous game.
Wait its all incest
Always has been
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Always will be
GrayStillPlays made a fun video messing around in this game and It made me really interested to see more. I like simulation games as I've been playing sims ever since I was a kid but I wasn't too big on war games or strategy. I started watching a gameplay of it and I've been hooked ever since! The guy who has been playing it (The Geek Cupboard) has done a really good job explaining and now I want to save up to buy it. Thanks for the review! But yeah, I knew nothing about this game yesterday and I now in depth understand the game functions and all that, that's saying something because I am not the brightest when understanding new games. It takes me awhile so the fact such a complicated game had someone like me easily understanding it says something! Give it a try.
This channel is basically a game asmr with Falcon’s voice
Agreed
That's a good copy
Samas R Counts if I copied someone else’s comment I am sorry
Samas R Counts I didn’t see their’s 🥺
Their’s 💀
Is it the typical paradox formula of releasing an half empty shell of a game, then releasing $200 of dlc?
it has almost all of the mechanics from 7 years of CK2 DLCs
Yeah true, but mods always fixed their games and added the content.
@@SufficientDaikon it hasn't
@@goldensp3038 hasen't what?
But DLC is free on PC so yeah
Also for navies, at this time most "nations" didn't have standing navies per se as at the time as that would be very expensive for decentralized kingdoms,
Good point
What about island nations? How did Vikings maintain their fleet? I would imagine people always kept boats for fishing, transport and raids and chieftains would commandeer the boats the same way they raise levies.
@@Greamzih Naval warfare was at it's height during the Greek/Roman eras and then died out almost entirely before re-emerging just prior to the industrial revolution. CK3 takes place in the interim period, when naval warfare was basically just a toned-down version of what existed during the Greek/Roman eras... ships ramming each other and boarding each other to capture. The Byzantines had an edge thanks to their Greek Fire weapon, but that was about it. Basically a "warship" was just a transport vessel designed to occasionally ram your enemies. For simplicity's sake, Paradox opted not to bother simulating naval combat as it would require putting more work into the game for very little gain.
@@Greamzih Vikings mostly made long boats when they needed them. They never maintained fleets like Romans. William the Conqueror burned his boats after landing in England.
@Karan Sarkar @Eric Langlois Burning ships after landing is a story, even if it's true it's more of a show of extraordinary determination and confidence, not a normal thing. There were still some known battles (e.g. Battle of Svolder from a quick look at wiki) and who knows how many rumbles between small land owners in naval nations. Even if fleets did not exist, CK is mostly about roleplaying a small land owner trying to be a king, not an emperror with a big army on a payroll. I think, it would make sense to add naval levies or men-at-arms like units and naval combat to the game. Even if it's not historical, history is not learned from videogames.
Beautiful review! Thanks for putting this up on CZcams
I wish that it had something like Bannor Lords to resolve combat option. The two together would be great.
I was not the type of person to get into a game like this, loved it. Playing with friends is definitely the best way to get into it and after about 2 weeks of owning the game I already have 40 hours in game. Can't put it down, highly recommend it.
I have enjoyed CK3 so far, but I also have played CK2 for years and have all the CK2 DLC, so I kinda already knew I would like this game =P The UI in this one is just SO MUCH BETTER, and I love it. there are some stuff I was used to in CK2 that CK3 doesn't have (yet) that I miss, but CK3 with no DLC still feels like CK2 after years of DLC packs from the get-go, so I'm having high hopes for this one's DLC down the line =)
Aside from how they simplified battles way too much imo, I like what they did with it. They might have to add something to prevent blobbing though, because the absence of defense pacts means as a big guy, you can very easily bully everyone around you.
I have to add that currently ck2 is still more enjoyable for me personally, due to all the stuff that came with the expansions and especially the supernatural events currently absent in ck3, but I am pretty sure, that with 2 or 3 expansions ck3 will have an enormous amount of content.
I've been playing crusader kings II for a while and I just recently got Crusader kings III it is honestly one of the best I've ever played
Oohh man I caught that Johnny Cochran reference.
Thanks Falcon. Making me feel old.
Just want to let everyone know that this is on gamepass for pc
I'm still thinking about getting this game although at present it is unavailable in Australia due to a mix up which lead to refused classification possibly due to an administrative error. Latest reports say that this may be fixed within the next couple of days. It is available on XBox but not available on Steam until this gets resolved (and yes, I am playing on PC). I was a big fan of Paradox's _"Knights of Honor"_ and wish this game had more of that game's character in controlling battles, using strategy and building armies including using mercenaries and besieging castles and defending castles from sieges. Still, it looks interesting and I am leaning towards getting this game when it is finally available on PC in my region.
one of my favorite games this year and i got it for 5 bucks on xbox game pass for pc
wait what? its on game pass wdf
@@GideonCyn yes it is or you can buy it for 40 on steam lol
I would love to get into these kinds of games but it looks so overwhelming.
Can't wait for the game of thrones mod
Gonna play as Eustace the Monk in this game, especially when 30$ DLC are added
im just wondering.
how's your library?
is it digital or physical?
The people who disliked probably had their device upside down
Edit:thanks for the likes
@@SecondPolishRepublic You mean Austria :D
the people who dislike found out their child is not theirs, but from the guy who have seduction focus
I didn't dislike it, but I didn't find it useful. He mixed more Ck2 vs Ck3 stuff directly with "this is a grand strategy game" stuff together, instead of structuring it.
Stress really is a game changer, it makes you roleplay much more, while in ck2 you cold always just chose the best outcome and nkt care what your character would do.
The army to fleet conversion to cross water does costs money. I feel its important to mention it.
thinking of buying it (winter sales :D), but do I have to play CK 1 and 2, or is 3 unlinked to the previous games?
They're all unlinked I assume you've never bought a paradox game the reason why they make sequels is for the mula $
All the crazy little narratives are just endlessly fascinating. The first time I successfully made my wife my "soulmate" I actually did a little audible, "YES!" It's a crazy game.
Can't wait for a compilation of "Crusader Kings 3 taken out of context" XD
too bad simo take out the ck2 vids
I just tried it out on pc game pass and oh boy, I didn't know what I'm missing out on all this time! Literally played it for 7 hours straight!!! Love it!
I like that you changed the before u buy text to fit the video better, art 11/10
Dammit... For months, I had intended to either pre-order CK3 or get it on the very first day, but there was a bunch of good stuff on sale on Steam a few days ago and I blew all of my "recreational funds"... Now I have to wait until Monday. This looks awesome though. As a side note though, through Steam sales, I'm discovering a lot of game series that have been around for a while but I had not previously played that are so perfectly aligned with my interests, I'm stunned I hadn't noticed them before.. Crusader Kings is a great example - I've played these kinds of medieval war/grand strategy type games since the late 90's but missed CK until a few months ago. Xcom is another good example. I'm a big fan of both now.
Do you have game pass? It’s on Xbox game pass for PC
I love when I watch "Before you buy" and I'm like "too late"
So I am in Lockdown because of COVID in the UK and for christmas, my brother got me 6 months of XBOX Game Pass and CS3 is included on that. I have easily had 100s of hours of play on it. It is a brilliant game and I would recommend it to everyone.
you're in lockdown because of your government*
@@lilsleepy1469 you probably have smallpox
In my current run with my buddy, he created a family line in his dynasty of albinos
Crusader King. I think I will buy
I gotta give a shout out to Game Pass yet again. I wouldn't have touched it but I gave it a try and wow. Such an in-depth game I've never experienced before.
I took one look at the interface and said nope, I have like an hour to spare... this ain't gonna work. War Thunder it is.
He did the sublime pun after he says he won't do it. Couldn't resist
Would love to buy it but it isn't available in australia yet
I was so excited playing the tutorial last night as it occurred to me I was playing as one of my own real life ancestors.
Yeah, that's the main reason I'm going to get this game too lol
Now u gotta take over the world as you're ancestor
Dylan Land well at the very least I want to establish the British empire under Irish rule as it should have happened, the descendants of Brian Boru shall rule!!!! Ha ha ha
Lion Heart my dude was Norman 🤗
Lol who's your ancestor. This game takes place a thousand years ago.
First time ever considering getting this kinda game looks incredible
@101 010 I have ~1100 hours in CK2; CK3 is not trash. It has the potential to be a far better game than its predecessor.
i spent 300+ on ck2 and this is starting out really really fun! I can't wait to sink more hours in it
OMG! I've been looking for the game Descent forever! I remember loving it as a little kid but had no idea what it was called or what to search. Thank you for mentioning it!
Yeah I remember in middle school our computer lab teacher let us plan it on the LAN along with DooM. Good times !!!
Ah yes, I pre ordered this game so I should definitely watch this to make sure that I'm certain that I want to play it before I buy it in the past lol.
Nice video loved it.
“Crusader Kings 2 [...] can be really confusing”
Me: Laughs in starting Dwarf Fortress 2 without ever seeing a tutorial on how to play
"Dwarf Fortress TWO"
What do you know that I don't
I tried so hard to enjoy CK2, but I just couldn’t get into it at all. Now with the new menus system and always having a tool tip to answer any question I have I’ve found CK3 to be a blast and have been playing near nonstop since release.
Do a before you buy for factorio pls. It just released in 1. 0 a couple of weeks ago
Some games should not have "before you buy", but "after you buy" segments
I've played Stellaris and Imperator Rome extensively, I'm very ready to jump into this game
Can I recommend hearts if iron 4 ( the mods are incredible and diverse )
Hearts of Iron 4 and Europa Universalis are great titles as well
@@sampaper7718 you mean the My little Pony one?
@@randomblacktemplar738 The fallout one is great too.
@@afrovarangian and the road to 56 one
I'm one of the guys who has been playing ck2 for forever and been with it over its long evolution and I was pleased to find that for the most part I actually thoroughly enjoyed the release version of the game so far cant wait to see how this game evovles as well.
First of all they will port all DLC from 2 game (except for Aztec invasion I hope)
3:17 Galicia is where I am living 😊
It sucks that this game series hasn’t been accommodated to consoles yet. I see a new market awaiting it when that day (if ever) comes…
It is coming to consol now
@@kamufi1245 No, it's not. It's coming to Xbox Series X/S and PS5. Meaning it's coming to some 10% of the console community.
it will be very hard to play on console
i did not realise anyone could make a game sound so boring i wanted to purchase it until i saw this
I tried the ps5 trial and I was totally confused, I didn’t know what I was meant to to be doing or how.
The one big weakness of this game: minimal combat strategy
They need to team up with Total War
That's why totalwar is 10 times better
Gameranx: uploads before you buy video
me: a little late for that buddy
I gotta say Falcon is one of the best when it comes to reviews! I legit went and watched another video review and thought to myself "I wonder if he has made one of those before you buy videos" before I make a full decision. I legit typed it in and it said it was uploaded 58 minutes ago! Gotta say this guy is on top of his channel. Great content.
I think part is that he's so transparent about his rating criteria and possible bias.
I honestly believe Jake is better at the Before You Buy videos than Falcon.
my first crusader kings game and i have 8 hours of play within 2 days. its great
Although the army turns into boats, gotta keep in mind the gold cost of doing that... each time, it becomes extremely annoying, extremely fast when you're in africa sieging and boop a 1k army comes to your capital while 20k troops are fighting in africa, and you lose because u can't get there in time, and get captured. Also noticed the thingy that says my capital is under siege only shows when the siege is already haflway so that sucks.
This is one of those games that makes me want too buy a PC, shame I have a smaller bank account than a rat
400€ Laptop + Stadia and you're ready to go
well bro you know that torrent exist right?
I actually bought a new PC just to play CK3, had so much fun with CK2 and didnt want to miss out on this one, no regrets
@@zabeliiulet1 a torrent for a new pc? please show me this torrent :D
@@FlxKomp i meant the game :p , and don't worry my laptop is crap but the game runs perfect
this makes me excited for an updated Hearts of Iron 4... maybe in ten years
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Agreed that CKII was difficult to get into. It took me watching CZcams videos for five hours, then playing the game for five more, to even understand how I would go about things, and that was after the tutorial had taught me nothing at all
I only have 35 hours in it right now, and while I understand everything within the game, I still don’t understand how to actually get good at it
Just play the game and don’t worry about “being good,” your first campaigns will be a shitshow (but your most fun) anyhow. It was exactly like that for me, I didn’t get actually good until about ~200 hours in.
Falcon you mentioned new comers being intimidated by it, I bought it on release on ps5, took me a week to sit down and actually play cause I was intimidated, but now I play it every day, I am in love with this game