It´s nice how you´re trying to claim Paradox to be worse than TW. That´s what good White Knights do!
I bought CK3 (have 1000+ on CK2) on release, with all it´s AI/bugs issues, most of them were that AI armies behaved stupid. Most of them were fixed until today.
Still they have never shown ANY feature in trailers that isn´t the game right now. The game was totally playable since day one with a lot of options! You don´t have to play like 2-3 kingdoms with the same outcome each game. And it has improved a lot. Both game cost like the same.
Just saying...this isn´t all. But yes, they have a lot of DLC (looking at you CK2!). And CK2 still is the best medieval game with complex mechanics if you don´t look for real time mass battles. That´s the only point were Bannerlord is unique until you have to deal with this broken siege AI.
Í can play islamic Ireland as a noob (not recommend) if I want to, not from the start. I have to do a lot of stuff if I want to become Ireland a islamic state and this will have important effects on my ingame enviroment.
If I defeat some kingdom with my armies or with diplomatics or with intrigue it will be weakend for DECADES. There won´t be any "issue" anytime soon, not like this whack whole game as Bannerlord is where I can beat up the same army/lord every 2 minutes on the real time world map.
I can gain titles if I marry "smart" or "kill smart" or "attack smart with my armies". I can become a king if I marry smart or just a douche, but it´s still a title that´s worth it.
Í can grow an "incest" kingdom which will pay me out 100+ years later. I can play "realistic" and try to satisfy my vassals (which I can command with the right laws).
If I start as a tribal "country" like Ireland it will be a different game than starting as a "count" with county X.
The options CK2/3 offers are like unlimited....do I need to go deeper?
My decisions matter....what decision do I take in Bannerlord?
CK3 will be a better game than CK2 soon, and this soon is not like maybe in 1+ year but really soon. And CK2 isn´t a mediocre game, it´s the best this genre has to offer.
I´ve played also a lot of Bannerlord (close to 300hours, maybe not enough to see it´s depth LOL), every playthrough is like the same!
Does it matter if you start your culture as Empire/Khuzait or whatever? Does anything in this game matter at all? Does it matter if you marry a empire lady as Khuzait or a Sturgian lord as Aserai (After you´ve passed the random ingame check)? If you don´t just want to take their armor because you can´t buy it ingame in settlements without mods? Does money matter in Bannerlord if you can just abuse the smithing "system" or become rich if you just fight enough battles which are the same over and over again, versus the same lords over and over again?
F1>F3 if you have a lot of horse archers...hold position on any hill close to your starting position with mostly archer. With mostly infanty, who plays like this? Lol!
Does it matter if your hero has 1 int or 5 int and 3 strenght or 1 strenght?
Does it matter in CK2/3 if you´re "hero" is smart or strong? If you´ve played the game you know the difference.
Good that Bannerlords AI armies are so smart.
But yes, Paradox is bad....
Shall we talk about graphical bugs which make the game to play like impossible and were fixed for 5 times and come back again after the next update? Shall we talk about Paradox listening to their community even if it´s not an EA game?
YES, CK2/3 aren´t the perfect medieval strategy games but they also aren´t a Call of Duty medieval game. Tell me one better medieval strategic game than CK2/3?
IF it´s just about mass medieval OPEN FIELD battles than Bannerlord is the best because there is no competition. If you see the "whole thing" LOL! Shall we talk about Bannerlord sieges?
Not even talking about games like Stellaris/any other Paradox game....that´s WHY paradox isn´t as ****ty as TW.
And you know what...I´ve paid the same money for CK3 as for Bannerlord.
And you wanna tell me that CK (Paradox) is a "bad" game and that Bannerlord (TW) is good? If you just want CoD Medieval I agree, CK (Paradox) can´t compete with it
