The following Crusader Kings 3 patch is a giant one: not solely does it replace the grand technique recreation for the arrival of The Destiny of Iberia flavour pack, it additionally makes some fairly important modifications that can affect gamers no matter whether or not they personal the brand new DLC. One in every of these modifications is the whole removing of the Visigothic tradition.

Within the newest dev diary, recreation director Maxence Voleau explains that the choice to take away Visigothic was made to carry Crusader Kings III again in keeping with precise historical past. “Visigothic was all the time a little bit of a wonky tradition, a holdover from CK2’s Charlemagne DLC that made mapping ninth century Iberia very inexact however which added some enjoyable flavour to the area,” he explains.

Initially, he says, Crusader Kings II’s cultures have been “principally beauty,” and since they didn’t do something to affect gameplay, there was room to “fudge” historical past a bit and hold the Visigothic tradition round effectively previous its historic dates, primarily as a result of they “added some enjoyable flavour to the area.”

That received’t work with the arrival of The Destiny of Iberia, nevertheless. Whereas the Visigothic kingdoms lined all of Hispania for lots of of years, they have been largely worn out throughout the Umayyad conquest of Iberia in 711-718. By the point Crusader Kings III’s first begin date, 867, Visigothic simply wasn’t a significant factor within the area.

Moreover, Voleau explains, the presence of Visigothic in Iberia made for “a really bizarre circulate” as soon as Crusader Kings III’s Royal Courtroom DLC arrived. “You begin, you’ve gotten one set of traditions, then inside a number of a long time an occasion shifts your tradition and also you nearly definitely find yourself with a radically completely different set of traditions with no possible solution to do a lot about it.”

The following patch, which is free to all Crusader Kings III gamers, additionally makes some updates to the Iberian peninsula’s geography, introduces a brand new dissolution faction sort, provides new choices for clan contracts, and permits offshoot religions to maintain their previous heads of religion.

The Destiny of Iberia launches Could 31.