Crusader Kings III Review (Havoc03)
I am going to recommend not buying this game after putting hundreds of hours into it and buying all the DLC. The main game loop is empty, the AI is brain-dead whether it comes to the combat AI or the character AI. Characters have personality but there is no link to character actions. The game has an excess reliance on RNG and events. There is a shallow shell of a emergent story that you might think the game is feeding to you but the characters are not rooted in any persistent relationship.
You might go on a pilgrimage to a holy site and meet different characters. Rather than meet fellow lords who might be zealous however, you will meet disposable one-time-only characters.
This is what I mean by CK3 being overly reliant on RNG, the game has interesting mechanics but does not integrate any of them in a deep or meaningful way. The surface of the game looks interesting but the inside is completely hollow.
The only reason you might want to play the game is the excellent mods. After years of playing this game, I still can't recommend this game because all of the mods are built on a game that is half-baked.
And oh god, the bugs refuse to get patched out.