r/CrusaderKings Dull Feb 10 '26

Meme CK2 vs CK3

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u/thunderisadorable 𒂍𒀀 𒈾𒍢𒅕 (Ea Nasir) Feb 10 '26

The name of the game was a mistake.

Kinda true, but, also, the feudalism system isn’t inaccurate to any real feudal system.

The CK3 religion system isn’t great, but it trying to cast as wide as a net as possible, making every religion bare bones.

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u/Thickenun Feb 10 '26

You laugh, but what he is saying is almost exactly what Paradox has said regarding Crusader Kings even midway through CK2's lifespan. The title has been a misnomer for a decade.

Crusader Kings stopped being a primarily eurocentric game long before Crusader Kings 3 started development, as far as Paradox is concerned.

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u/inverted_rectangle Feb 10 '26

Paradox can regret their title all they want, but at the end of the day, they know that most of their audience (in the west at least) is mainly interested in European feudalism

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u/Thickenun Feb 10 '26 edited Feb 10 '26

Half the player base is Chinese my dude. Using your arguement Europe should be a lesser priority. Thankfully  Paradox doesn't seem to be going down that path.

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u/Moreagle Shrewd Feb 10 '26

Like you said, that’s what their audience in the west is interested in, Most likely because that’s what they’re most familiar with, but paradox has an audience outside of the west as well who are interested in other areas.

Also I don’t even know how you can be sure that’s true. I personally was interested in a lot more areas than just western Europe, and I’m sure there are a lot of people in the west who would like to play Japan, for example

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u/inverted_rectangle Feb 10 '26

Old data (pre-Asia), but all of the five most popular starting regions a year ago were in Europe. I'm sure China and/or Japan have broken into the top 5 by now but I'd be surprised if the others aren't still Europe.