In a new video, Paradox dives deep into Tours & Tournaments and shows how many new features are really in the DLC.
Hear, hear! Crusader Kings 3 is about to blow the trumpet! And as it seems, a spectacle of a special kind awaits us! As the noble ladies and gentlemen at Paradox announced in a detailed picture article, the eagerly awaited big game content expansion, christened Tours & Tournaments, will have a considerable scope and offer some almost sinfully entertaining mechanics.
Let’s take a look at the news brought to the light of day together! The common reader can best start with a view of the latest visual spectacle:
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These new features are in Tours & Tournaments
Let’s leave the fancy texting aside for the sake of clarity and work through the new information that Paradox has presented about Tours & Tournaments. There is actually a lot in this DLC.
Big Tournaments
You are now allowed to host decidedly large tournaments or participate in tournaments yourself. You invest your gold in accommodation and prizes, but also in which disciplines take place. The tournament itself takes place on its own game screen, where you decide which locations to visit. For example, the temple, the tournament site or the craftsmen. In each place there are different activities. For example, you can also manipulate the games and poison rivals or change their equipment.
Great weddings
Large weddings are huge and very expensive celebrations that you can opt for. Such weddings are suitable for convincing candidates who are unwilling to get married of this option after all and thus make it easier to make better lots. The only thing is that you will have to spend a lot of money to host these weddings. You can make different decisions during the wedding to impress the guests. Or you can plan a bloody wedding, during which all the guests or a certain target will die.
Grand Tours
Travels are simulated in much more detail with the DLC and let you as a ruler visit your vassals or go on pilgrimage, for example. The routes are now actively displayed on the map and you can decide how your ruler behaves on the way. Depending on the route, you may encounter various dangers, but you can also avoid them with the help of guides who know the wilderness. While you’re on tour, someone will have to manage your kingdom. Here you should choose wisely, because some administrators use the situation to their own advantage and have themselves proclaimed ruler.
Revised activities
Existing activities have also been extensively revised. For example, you now always specify which goal your ruler pursues with which activity. There are also new options for hunting, pilgrimages and feasts. For example, you can choose between a normal hunt, a falcon hunt, or a legendary hunt for hunting.
Armor
To ensure that all characters and knights appear appropriately at the tournaments and weddings, numerous new clothing and armor types have been added. The latter should even continue to change and modernize as the centuries pass.
The DLC will be released on May 11, 2023 and will cost a hefty 30 euros. Do you already know whether the new content justifies this price for you or would you rather wait for the first tests? In your opinion, is the strategy game going in the right direction or would you have preferred a DLC with a different theme? Write it in the comments!
