In this way, players who are not history buffs can get into ruling through their own character on the throne. This is not the same as dressing up a character, it allows full customization of backstory, religion, personality, etc. I'd just like to have a barber shop style. I'm not thinking the full on Ruler Designer - traits and all that. After your first ruler is dead, you lose all control of the visuals of your future rulers. While there are some limitations, like not being able to design their spouse and kids, there are still a huge dearth of options. I was thinking that the Ruler Designer feature is very much a one trick (and one time) pony thing.

RELATED: Crusader Kings 3 Patch Fixes Witchcraft BugĪlready a feature in Crusader Kings 2, patch 1.2 of Crusader Kings 3 lets players design their own starting monarch. This opens the possibility of really ridiculous rulers, and now Paradox has expanded that possibility with the addition of the custom ruler creator.

The rulers and their foibles are tied directly into the running of a country, creating a grand strategy dynamic with more layers than other games. The game has as many tricks for ruling super effectively as it has tricks for making games as ridiculous as possible.Ī big reason for this is that Crusader Kings 3 is simultaneously a game on a small and large scale. Few games are right at the intersection of silly and enormous like Crusader Kings 3.