Crusader Kings 3 just received a new mini-DLC, Coronations, and players are immediately unhappy with the expansion's offerings, resulting in a 'Mostly Negative' review score for the DLC.

Coronations was always intended as padding for the game's ongoing season pass Crusader Kings 3: Chapter 4, bridging the gap between the more substantial expansions Khans of the Steppe, which released in April, and All Under Heaven, set to release in December.

Coronations is priced at $4.29, but the perceived lack of content in the pack has led to reviewers accusing Paradox of "nickel and diming" the player base.

Post-Release Squeeze

The DLC's sole purpose is to add some regal flair to the act of ascending to a throne, adding a royal coronation party and an oath the would-be monarch must fulfill in the first year of their reign. Players think this probably should have been added to the base game, rather than charging players for such a small update.

There's also player frustration with the oath system, which is reportedly broken. Oaths are marked as unfulfilled even when complete, hurting your character's renown and prestige. There's also claims among reviewers that AI characters are unable to interact with this system, meaning they aren't punished as harshly for not fulfilling coronation oaths.

"It's a welcome addition — but it really should have been free for the amount of content added and how core it appears to be. I feel like this was selected as an easy stop gap to placate people between the Mongol expansion and the upcoming Asia expansion," writes reviewer Tiny. "Paradox, just make this one free, and re-evaluate what sort of content is worth being paid for in the future. You are just nickel and diming people at this point."

Paradox is famous for long-tailing its games with a lot of expansions and downloadable content — which is certainly appreciated by many players, as long as the expansions are worth the price of entry. It's become a common trend for the community to be unhappy with the quality of some smaller releases, which are seen as a way of squeezing small amounts of money out of players.

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Crusader Kings 3

RPG Grand Strategy Systems 5.0/5 Released September 1, 2020 ESRB T for Teens: Drug Reference, Language, Mild Violence, Suggestive Themes Developer(s) Paradox Interactive Publisher(s) Paradox Interactive
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