{"id":1618998,"date":"2026-06-28T13:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-06-28T13:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/oBMKkZf3YhySvogtNowbVE"},"modified":"2026-06-28T13:00:00","modified_gmt":"2026-06-28T13:00:00","slug":"creative-assembly-wants-to-know-which-factions-you-wish-to-play-as-in-total-war-medieval-3-but-whatever-you-do-dont-ask-to-play-as-the-pope","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/creative-assembly-wants-to-know-which-factions-you-wish-to-play-as-in-total-war-medieval-3-but-whatever-you-do-dont-ask-to-play-as-the-pope\/","title":{"rendered":"Creative Assembly wants to know which factions you wish to play as in Total War: Medieval 3, but whatever you do, don’t ask to play as the Pope"},"content":{"rendered":"
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All eyes may currently be fixed upon Total War: Warhammer 40,000<\/a>, Creative Assembly’s ferociously ambitious foray into the 40k universe. But it’s worth remembering that the more traditional side of Total War is looking pretty exciting too, as CA is returning to one of Total War’s best settings in Medieval 3<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Medieval 3 is much earlier in development than ol’ Total Warty K, but the CA has been surprisingly open with the community about its development thus far, regularly showing the game off in preproduction livestreams<\/a>. Now, it’s also fielding opinion on which factions should be playable in Medieval 3, asking fans to complete a survey<\/a> about which nations, dynasties, and city-states they want to control the destinies of.<\/p>\n

This comes courtesy of Creative Assembly’s most Medieval 3 blog<\/a>, which delves into the developer’s faction-based decision-making process. According to creative director Leif Walter, three factors go into deciding whether a faction should be in the game. These are how well known the faction is, how unique its starting situation is and how distinctive its “potential mechanics” could be.<\/p>\n

Naturally, there are some factions which Creative Assembly considers “locked in” by default. These are England, France, the Holy Roman Empire, the Byzantine Empire, the Kingdom of Jerusalem, and the Sultanate of Rum. Where CA wants player input is on the smaller factions of the Middle Ages. How keen are you to play as Italian city states like Venice or Milan, for example? Or Kingdoms of Scandinavia Or Muslim nations like the Almohad Caliphate or the Fatimid Empire?<\/p>\n

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