Victoria II
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Description
"Thanks to a friendlier interface and tutorials, Victoria II is a lot more playable and enjoyable than its predecessor." - Gamespot.com
Rule by Iron, Conquer through Blood...
Carefully guide your nation from the era of absolute monarchies in the early 19th century, through expansion and colonization, to finally become a truly great power by the dawn of the 20th century. Victoria 2 is a grand strategy game played during the colonial era of the 19th century, where the player takes control of a country, guiding it through industrialisation, political reforms, military conquest and colonisation. Experience an in-depth political simulation where every action you take will have various consequences over all the world. The population will react to your decisions based on their political awareness, social class, as well as their willingness to accept or revolt against their government.
Features
- Eight types of governments.
- Detailed economy with over fifty different types of goods and various production factories.
- Historical gameplay on a large map, covering the entire world.
- Over 200 different countries can be played, from the era stretching from 1835 to the onset of WWII.
- Advanced Technological system with hundereds of inventions to be discovered.
Customer reviews
95
Extremely fun
D3ATH | Sept. 13, 2011 | See all D3ATH's reviews »Victoria 2 is a strategy game from paradox which features the entire Victorian era. You can play as nearly any nation which existed around that time. The way how you play this game entirely depends upon you; whether you want to be world-dominating mastermind or a tiny city-nation, the choice is yours. If you are big enough, you can also colonize uncolonized areas, but for that you have to research technologies. Technologies give you many bonuses, better army units, better ships, railroads and so on. You also have to keep an eye on your population and issues in your nation. Keep your people happy or they will most likely start rebellions, although even happy people may sometimes start rebellions. This game is being actively developed even further and even modded by fans. I recommend this game to any strategy game fan out there.
79
Pachet properly is a good game
Arthan | Aug. 5, 2011 | See all Arthan's reviews »Victoria II was a mess when it was originally released, but the latest patches have fixed most issues. The game is focused on the social and economic changes that occured in the 19th and 20th century, and you job is to guide your nation through them. Victoria II does not focus so much on combat as other Paradox titles, but there is enough depth in the rest of the game for it to still be really entertaining. If you are a fan of other Paradox Interactive Titles, Victoria 2 is a must have!
70
slightly dissappointing
pazmacats | April 11, 2011 | See all pazmacats's reviews »Vicci 2 is a mixed bag.
1.0 wasn't working very well and was nowhere near as fun as Vicci 1. Several fixes improved the game but somehow it's not as fun as the first part.
Why is that? Vicci 1 was all about merging, splitting and assigning population groups. It was also about setting up the right industry in the right circumstances. Vicci 2 took much of this away. Population changes/evolves independently of the player's control and industry is mainly build by the capitalists now.
The world market has some funny mechanics that will lead to coal-producing countries running out of coal for example.
There is a general lack of things to do in this game. The fact that this game only uses one core of the processor does not help as well, because mid-game to end-game gameplay slows down to a crawl.
Vicci 1 was extremeley good, maybe that's why Vicci 2 fails to impress.