Current Events > Victoria 3 CONFIRMED!!!!111

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OMGomgOMG HYPE!!!!!!!!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=siZXs4d5Gqg

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Everybody pretend to be shocked!
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=siZXs4d5Gqg

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Oh shit. The paradox subreddit is gonna flip.

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If you listen carefully enough, you can already hear the churning out of dlc.

Makes sense. This was the oldest without a new sequel of their main franchises I think

I was beginning to think they had abandoned the property. Glad to see them returning to it, and cant wait to see a New Paradox take on perhaps their most unique series.

Finally. I regularly get upset when I wanna play vicky 2 and my computer can no longer run it.

https://www.reddit.com/r/victoria3/comments/nhzt1w/victoria_3_everything_we_know_so_far/

Damn this looks good. So glad Wiz is the one in charge of this.
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CKIII -> EUIV -> Vicky 3 -> HoI4 -> Stellaris mega campaigns incoming.

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StarDestroyer posted...

If you listen carefully enough, you can already hear the churning out of dlc.

Ill be buying them all

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Does the period of Victoria include the French Revolution? It would be interesting to play as Monarchy France and attempt to prevent the Revolution. That's probably what I woukd try if it's in the time period of the game

Zikten posted...

Does the period of Victoria include the French Revolution? It would be interesting to play as Monarchy France and attempt to prevent the Revolution. That's probably what I woukd try if it's in the time period of the game

I think they said it starts in the 1830s and lasts 100 years

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Oh. well I guess it starts after the French Revolution then. Oh well

Zikten posted...

Oh. well I guess it starts after the French Revolution then. Oh well

:(.
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They start in the 1830s because they wanted an independent Texas to be playable at the start of the games.

Allegedly.

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Knowing Paradox I'm sure that there will be a way to bring back a Bonaparte to the throne. It just won't be possible right at the beginning.

I hope Japan and China won't have to be dlc oreintated to be interesting at the start but.... who am I kidding, of course Japan and China will need dlc.

StarDestroyer posted...

Knowing Paradox I'm sure that there will be a way to bring back a Bonaparte to the throne. It just won't be possible right at the beginning.

A Bonaparte did come back to the throne.
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UnholyMudcrab posted...

A Bonaparte did come back to the throne.

I know and im sure there will be events related to it but I doubt you can do it right away at 1830 though but I'm sure you can pull it off quicker than it happened irl as well.

So who are you all going to pick in your first play through?

I'm thinking Brazil might be interesting in learning the basics, or little Belgium might be fun if there's a lot of do for a small nation, Prussia will no doubt be good for beginners eager to get into European wars.

Tbh, I've been playing with HPM/HFM so long that I don't remember how vanilla Vic2 modeled the Second Empire.

I will probably start with France, though.

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I don't know what that is

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Yeah, Victoria 2 runs from 1836-1936, and the exact start date was picked to justify having an independent Texas on-map. It also happens to fit well for other areas: the United States of Central America and Peru-Bolivia are in the process of disintegrating, but not yet dead, for example. And theres still time and space for non-European, non-Japan powers like Persia or the Sikhs to break out and assert themselves.
And you have the Oriental Crisis happening right at the start, with Egypt trying to break away from the Ottomans, Greece and Serbia are independent, etc. etc.

In any case, Im glad this is Wizs baby. From following his LPs and his modding work, I can say with confidence that he loves Victoria for what it is, and well get something that carries it forward without losing its janky charm. And, of course, he was instrumental in getting Stellaris to the point of being fun(at least for a while).

Considering how EU4 development has gone in the past couple of years Vicky 3 will probably end in tears and disappointment.

Dreepapult posted...

I don't know what that is

It's a game set from 1836-1936(thus the name: Queen Victoria ruled during most of the time-frame, as the British Empire reached its apex), and it's primarily a game about industrialization, revolutions, colonialism(either seeking to carve up Asia and/or Africa, or avoiding getting carved up by hungry European powers). It uses a POP system, but even Victoria 2's is more complex than what you see in Stellaris or Imperator. POPs work jobs, POPs migrate in search of better lives, they fight your wars(and die), they rebel(and die). It's a game that's quite a bit less about map-painting than Europa Universalis, and more about building a sphere of influence, acquiring strategic alliances, and acquiring colonies to supercharge your industrialization so you can field the truly massive armies and navies you'll need to fight other Great Powers.

Ill probably play Brazil first, but who knows how I will feel when this finally launches, might be more than a year away

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