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Crusader Kings 3 will soon let you resolve grudges, disagreements, feuds, and other miscellaneous disputes in a more up-close-and-personal capacity, when elaborate one-to-one duels are introduced as part of the medieval grand strategy game's next free update.

Currently, Crusader Kings 3 is already available on PC. You can play it on Xbox Games Pass for PC, as well as Steam. Crusader Kings 3 was released on Xbox Games Pass for PC on September 1. What about Xbox One, PS4, or Switch? Unfortunately, it seems there are no further plans for the game to head to additional consoles at the moment. Crusader Kings III Paradox Development Studio brings you the sequel to one of the most popular strategy games ever made. Crusader Kings III is the heir to a long legacy of historical grand strategy experiences and arrives with a host of new ways to ensure the success of your royal house. Crusader Kings III's end date comes upon reaching the year 1453. Depending on how many plans you want to put in motion, this can either feel like forever or too short a while. Mar 16, 2021 Crusader Kings III: Northern Lords – Best known as fierce raiders from a land of snow and legend, the Norse were a complex society where loyalty was based on more than a noble Game Overview Best known as fierce raiders from a land of snow and legend, the Norse were a complex society where loyalty was based on more than a noble bloodline.

Building on Crusader Kings 2's Duel system, Crusader Kings 3's next update, known as version 1.3, will let players challenge rivals to fully interactive one-to-one combat scenarios, enabling them to select from a range of attacks and special moves until an agreed victory condition - from landing a light scratch to a mortal blow - has been met.

Developer Paradox explains the new system in extensive detail over on its blog. The gist, however, is that duels - which can be unlocked via the Chivalry lifestyle tree's Stalwart Leader perk - will play out over two to four rounds, with each new round presenting players with a choice of three distinct combat moves from an expansive pool.

These options might, for instance, permit you to headbutt your opponent, rush into an all-out attack, or play defensively, and characters will draw better moves from the pool the higher their character's Prowess is. Sometimes, however, a regular combat move will be replaced with a special move, and these are determined by the likes of traits, location, and any special relationships you might have with your current opponent.

Regular moves will contribute to a Likelihood of Success tally when played, and the victor will be the first character to cross a certain threshold. Special moves, meanwhile, either tend to be more powerful or will provide secondary effects outside of the combat scenario, perhaps granting dread gain or stress loss. Crucially, attacks also carry a Risk of Injury modifier, meaning the ultimate goal is to maximise your Likelihood of Success without causing too much damage to yourself - which might bring a round to a premature end.

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Mixing things up a little further are Duel Edge Bonuses and Maluses, which can boost or reduce your Prowess stat for the duration of a bout, meaning characters with the higher value aren't always guaranteed to walk out as victor.

'Over time, we hope to improve the combat system with general QoL tweaks, dedicated UI, and, last but not least, more combat moves,' writes Paradox. 'We also intend to pepper it throughout future content, as well as rework certain elements of old content on an on-going basis to use these more elaborate duels as appropriate.'

Duels will arrive in Crusader Kings 3's upcoming 1.3 patch alongside winter as a gameplay mechanic, randomised poetry generation, and more.

The update will be accompanied by Crusader Kings 3's first significant DLC drop, which is set to be revealed as part of this month's Paradox Insider livestream event. It'll be airing on Twitch this Saturday, 13th March, at 7pm UK time/11am PT.

Crusader Kings III is a role-playing game and grand strategy game set in the Middle Ages, developed by Paradox Development Studio and published by Paradox Interactive as a sequel to Crusader Kings (2004) and Crusader Kings II (2012). The game was released on 1 September 2020.

Gameplay[edit]

The game, like its predecessors Crusader Kings and Crusader Kings II, is a grand strategy game and dynastysimulator set in the Middle Ages, players can start in either 867 or 1066 and play until 1453.^[2][3][4] Dynasties can form cadet branches that have their own heads and act mostly independently from their parent dynasty. The heads of dynasties are able to use a new resource known as Renown to assert their control over their house. For example, the heads of dynasties are responsible for legitimizing bastards.^[5]

Characters have full-body, 3D-rendered character models instead of 2D portraits.^[6] As in Crusader Kings II, they have traits that affect their stats and behavior. Taking choices that go against a character's traits will increase that character's stress.^[7] The game's genetics system allows characters to pass on some of their characteristics to their descendants.^[8] Characters are able to frighten their vassals into staying loyal by increasing their Dread, which increases when the character performs malevolent actions, such as executing or torturing other characters.^[9] Characters are able to select one of five lifestyles to follow. Each lifestyle has three skill trees that allow characters to enhance skills related to that lifestyle.^[10]

All religions and almost all government types are playable, though merchant republics and theocracies were not playable at launch.^[11] Most leaders in the game adhere to the feudal, tribal, or clan government types. Nomads are portrayed as tribal instead of having their own government type.^[7] Religions have Tenets, which are bonuses given to all practitioners of that faith, and Doctrines, which deal with the church's stances towards issues like homosexuality and female clergy.^[7] Players will be able to develop their own heresies, with the Tenets and Doctrines being chosen by the player. The more a heresy deviates from its original faith, the more Piety it will cost to create it.^[6]

The map is about four times more detailed than the previous one and slightly larger.^[12] Holdings are depicted directly on the map, meaning armies will need to move around the map to besiege each sub-holding within a county, which is a change from previous renditions. The average number of holdings per county is about three. Some of these holdings will start out undeveloped (though they will still have an 'owner') and can be built in later.^[7]

Levies are represented primarily by low-quality peasant infantry. Characters will need to hire men-at-arms in order to field higher-quality soldiers, such as crossbowmen and cavalry. Characters can make other characters from their court or realm with significant combat skills into knights, which are extremely powerful; 20 knights are roughly equal to 200 peasant levies.^[7]

Development[edit]

Game director Henrik Fåhraeus commented that the development of the game commenced 'about 1 year before Imperator', indicating a starting time of 2015.^[11] Describing the current game engine of Crusader Kings II as cobbled and 'held together with tape', he also told that the new game features an updated engine (i.e. Clausewitz Engine + Jomini toolset) with more power to run new features.^[11]

As is the case with many of Paradox's unreleased and currently supported works, the developers publish a weekly developer diary. Each post focuses on a single aspect of the game, such as government types, user interface, governments, war, etc. and how this aspect of the game will be handled in Crusader Kings III, and how it is different to Crusader Kings II. A monthly update video is also published on the Paradox Interactive YouTube channel, summarising all of the changes which have been made in that month's Dev Diaries.

The game is available in two editions: the Base Game Edition, which includes the base game and a pre-order bonus, and the Royal Edition, which includes the base game and an expansion pass. The expansion pass contains a collection of flavour packs and the first content pack, which is not yet revealed.^[13] The game was released on 1 September 2020 and is available through Steam and Xbox Game Pass for PC.^[11][14]Crusader Kings III was initially rejected by the Australian Classification Board, reportedly over complications regarding the game's classification. The game was eventually cleared and released within Australia six days after its initial release, on 7 September. Because of its delayed release, the pre-order bonus window was exclusively extended to 21 September for Australian Steam users.^[15][16]

Downloadable content[edit]

The first flavor pack, Northern Lords, was released on 16 March 2021. It includes various additional content mainly pertaining to the Norse region, including the ability to form adventurer realms, access to holy warriors and shieldmaidens, unique dynastic legacies, and culture-specific events and decisions.^[17]

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Reception[edit]

Upon release, the game was met with universal acclaim according to review aggregator Metacritic.^[22]

The game sold more than 1 million copies within 1 month of release^[23] and was nominated for Best Simulation/Strategy Game at The Game Awards in 2020.^[24]

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References[edit]

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24. ^Tassi, Paul (11 December 2020). 'Here's The Game Awards 2020 Winners List With A Near-Total 'Last Of Us' Sweep'. Forbes.

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