Description
- Crusader Kings III is a strategy game for console that takes place in the Middle Ages
- You play as a medieval noble and must guide your dynasty through the centuries
- There are five different lifestyles you can choose from and each has its own skills
- You can recruit men-at-arms units and powerful knights to supplement your royal levies, research new technologies to increase the wealth and military might of your realm, hire mercenaries and Holy Orders for your major wars, and supplement your income with ransomed prisoners or raiding parties on neighboring realms
- You can also use your spymaster to discover plots against your dynasty and your rule, recruit agents to assist your schemes to undermine or murder anyone who stands between you and power, seduce other characters for love or political power, and gather information for blackmailing purposes or call in favors whenever your plans need an extra bit of influence
Crusader Kings III
Finally on console, you can live the life of a medieval ruler in
Paradox Development Studio's award winning strategy role-playing game,
Crusader Kings III! Assume the leadership of a medieval noble family,
increasing its power and reputation through the generations. As one
ruler dies, they are replaced by an heir who may have very different
abilities or interests, forcing you to adjust your long term plans.
Play a master of the battlefield, conquering your enemies, or play a
subtle seeker of secrets, using plots and poison to advance your agenda
- all in the same game. Arrange marriages, champion the faith and
establish new empires in this modern classic - unlike any other
strategy game you've ever played on console.
HISTORY
Choose a royal or noble house from a number of realms on a map that
stretches from Iceland to India, from the Arctic Circle to Central
Africa.
Guide a dynasty through the centuries, ensuring the security and power
of each new generation. Gather new lands and titles to cement your
legacy.
Be a pious king to bring the religious powers to your side, or strike
out on your own, designing your own splinter religion and earning
everlasting fame or eternal damnation.
Knights, peasant revolts, pilgrimages, Viking raiders... experience the
drama and pageantry of the Middle Ages!
CHARACTER
Adopt one of five different lifestyles, perfecting your skills in
military strategy or kingdom management.
Acquire character traits that will guide your actions, but beware if
you act against your nature! The stress from denying your truest self
could bring a new host of troubles!
Choose appropriate guardians for your heirs, or train them yourself.
But what do you do if the legal heir is not quite up to the job?
Violent characters may develop a fearsome reputation, cowering your
timid subjects into obedience with the dread you inspire.
WARFARE
Recruit men-at-arms units and powerful knights to supplement your royal
levies.
Research new technologies to increase the wealth and military might of
your realm.
Hire mercenaries and Holy Orders for your major wars.
Supplement your income with ransomed prisoners or raiding parties on
neighboring realms.
INTRIGUE
Use your spymaster to discover plots against your dynasty and your rule.
Recruit agents to assist your schemes to undermine or murder anyone who
stands between you and power.
Seduce other characters for love or political power.
Gather information for blackmailing purposes or call in favors whenever
your plans need an extra bit of influence.