I would say CK3 have much better new player introduction (I also bounced of CK2), but if you bounced off Stellaris, which is the easiest of Paradox titles to ge

I would say CK3 have much better new player introduction (I also bounced of CK2), but if you bounced off Stellaris, which is the easiest of Paradox titles to get into, you'd probably have same problem. But you can always wait for free week I guess