Crusader Kings III, Age of Empires IV or F1® Manager 2022 which one should i get?

Submitted by ardayg t3_ygeanr in gaming

First of all, hi guys, I've only been playing two games for a while. Besides these, I am looking for the third game that I can play for hours.

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As I mentioned in the title, I was undecided between these three games. What are your comments?

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I am aware that they are all different types and their mechanics are quite different, such a comparison should not be made under normal conditions :D

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DrFisto t1_iu8705m wrote

Ck3 is a game I put 1k hours into. I love it

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mf_jamie t1_iu87fgw wrote

CK3 is really good to get into if you enjoy role playing and potential chaos playthroughs.

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ardayg OP t1_iu87kh5 wrote

Something like HOI4 is this CK3? If so, I'm already doing exactly what you described in Victoria 3. I like war with economy more than normal war in grand strategy.

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unumumunu t1_iu9o51f wrote

HoI and CK are very similar but differ in purpose. While both are strategy games, the purpose of CK isn't just to conquer as much territory as possible, but create the strongest dynasty. In that purpose, the game makes you role play as the head of your house. This can be interesting or unique when your character dies and your hier takes over.

In medieval times, if a landed noble dies, their assets are divided up and given to the next in line to inherit. That land may not even be the same country that you were controlling, meaning that the focus of the game is less about making a strong country, but creating a political situation where the members of your house are secure, which often means making a strong country but could also mean marrying into your neighbor's family and making their heir's baby a part of your house, effectively taking over their territory.

There is also a stronger focus one roleplaying as an individual -- the current head of the house. You don't control your territory, you control the head of the house, and there are many events that occur during the game that are specific to your dude or dudette.

So that's what makes CK a bit of an outlier to the other Paradox grand strategy games. That and CK3 doesn't have $500 of DLC yet.

Wow that was really long. Managed to write it all during my restroom break tho 👍.

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mf_jamie t1_iu9u5fd wrote

Thank you for explaining that better than I could hahaha.

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NineIntsNails t1_iu8agea wrote

f1 manager has some problems and they dropped the support for the game to make a new one

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johndoe73684168 t1_iu86klh wrote

If you want single and multiplayer and many hours of fun, you should get aoe4. I think it's a great rts game and new civs were recently added for free, no dlc to pay for. Multiplayer rounds 3x3 or 4x4 typically lasts 30 min - 1 hour, rushes not included (there is also 1v1, 2v2, ranked and coop but I rarely play those). A round can be even longer, in the longest round I played neither side could hold the sites nor build a wonder, it lasted awhile.

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ardayg OP t1_iu86qa9 wrote

First of all, thank you, victoria 3 and crusader kings 3 seem very similar to each other except for the period. Instead of playing the same two games, I'd say get one grand strategy, one real time strategy and the other mmorpg. :D

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SaltDog6 t1_iu86o0h wrote

I found CK3 a bit disappointing after quad-digit hours on CK2 (good foundation but lack of depth and got boring quickly), and it's still gonna get a million DLC so it might be good to wait on that one.

Don't know F1 manager but it sounds like it might be fairly shallow/narrow compared to Football managing style games, so I'd say AoE4 although I haven't played it yet either.

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ardayg OP t1_iu86vbn wrote

quad-digit hours!? Wow tyvm for your comment, it is incredibly valuable.

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unumumunu t1_iu89i4k wrote

I have over a thousand hours in CK3. It's really good. Plus, mod support. It's good.

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Mahou_Game t1_iu8af7a wrote

I’ve played a lot of CK3 and AoE4 but I’ll say CK3 because you have way more mods to play longer. Even if the base game may be sometimes a bit boring when you’re playing for 200 years.

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