Immersive travel and tours- Description
- The new travel system and grand tours allow rulers to physically traverse their realms, impacting vassals, collecting taxes, and engaging in diplomatic missions. This adds a crucial layer of immersion and strategic decision-making, making the kingdom feel more tangible.
- Importance
- 96%
| The new travel system and grand tours allow rulers to physically traverse their realms, impacting vassals, collecting taxes, and engaging in diplomatic missions. This adds a crucial layer of immersion and strategic decision-making, making the kingdom feel more tangible. | 96% |
Enriched peacetime gameplay- Description
- The DLC significantly enriches peacetime gameplay by providing numerous new activities, events, and interactions. This addresses the previous lack of content during truces or periods without warfare, making the game more engaging and varied throughout its duration.
- Importance
- 88%
| The DLC significantly enriches peacetime gameplay by providing numerous new activities, events, and interactions. This addresses the previous lack of content during truces or periods without warfare, making the game more engaging and varied throughout its duration. | 88% |
Best DLC, core expansion- Description
- The DLC is widely considered the best expansion for Crusader Kings III, significantly enhancing the core gameplay and setting a new standard for future content. It adds substantial depth and replayability, particularly in role-playing and peacetime activities.
- Importance
- 85%
| The DLC is widely considered the best expansion for Crusader Kings III, significantly enhancing the core gameplay and setting a new standard for future content. It adds substantial depth and replayability, particularly in role-playing and peacetime activities. | 85% |
Strong emergent storytelling- Description
- The expansion greatly enhances the game's ability to generate emergent, character-driven stories. Player choices during activities and travel lead to meaningful consequences, fostering deeper emotional connections and unique narrative experiences.
- Importance
- 79%
| The expansion greatly enhances the game's ability to generate emergent, character-driven stories. Player choices during activities and travel lead to meaningful consequences, fostering deeper emotional connections and unique narrative experiences. | 79% |
Strategic grand weddings- Description
- Grand Weddings are a valuable addition, serving as a strategic tool for securing powerful alliances, gaining legitimacy, and even manipulating or eliminating rival dynasties. They offer a non-military solution to various in-game challenges.
- Importance
- 78%
| Grand Weddings are a valuable addition, serving as a strategic tool for securing powerful alliances, gaining legitimacy, and even manipulating or eliminating rival dynasties. They offer a non-military solution to various in-game challenges. | 78% |
Deeper knight and entourage mechanics- Description
- The mechanics for knights and entourages have been deepened, allowing players to bring specific characters to activities and witness their development through event chains, fostering rivalries, friendships, and unique personal stories.
- Importance
- 76%
| The mechanics for knights and entourages have been deepened, allowing players to bring specific characters to activities and witness their development through event chains, fostering rivalries, friendships, and unique personal stories. | 76% |
Spectacular new visuals- Description
- The DLC introduces spectacular new clothing and armor designs, enhancing the visual appeal and historical authenticity of characters and events, particularly within the tournament system.
- Importance
- 74%
| The DLC introduces spectacular new clothing and armor designs, enhancing the visual appeal and historical authenticity of characters and events, particularly within the tournament system. | 74% |
Substantial free update- Description
- A substantial portion of the new mechanics and improvements, including the fundamental travel system, were delivered as a free update alongside the paid DLC, providing significant value to all players.
- Importance
- 73%
| A substantial portion of the new mechanics and improvements, including the fundamental travel system, were delivered as a free update alongside the paid DLC, providing significant value to all players. | 73% |
Engaging tournaments and knights- Description
- Tournaments are a major highlight, offering diverse competitions, valuable rewards (artifacts, prestige), and opportunities for character development and social interaction. Knight accolades further personalize knights, making them more memorable and impactful.
- Importance
- 24%
| Tournaments are a major highlight, offering diverse competitions, valuable rewards (artifacts, prestige), and opportunities for character development and social interaction. Knight accolades further personalize knights, making them more memorable and impactful. | 24% |