Victoria II: Civil War Edition includes the Victoria II base game along with A House Divided DLC. This version does not support Multi Player.
Carefully guide your nation from the era of absolute monarchies in the early 19th century, through expansion and colonization, to finally become a truly grea...
Victoria II: Civil War Edition includes the Victoria II base game along with A House Divided DLC. This version does not support Multi Player.
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 II 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 colonization.
Experience an in-depth political simulation where every action you take will have various consequences all over 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.
Key features:
Deep engrossing political simulation with dozens of different governments.
Detailed economy with over fifty different types of goods and various production factories.
Over 200 different countries can be played, during the era stretching from 1835 to the onset of WWII.
Advanced Technological system with thousands of inventions to discover.
Improved graphics and interface.
A streamlined interface makes the game easily accessible.
Automation of various tasks including, trade and population promotion.
Advanced spheres of influences system, where the great powers battle over the control of the world.
Cottage production simulating pre-industrial economies.
Gunboat Diplomacy, no need for negotiating as a fleet outside a port may be a more persuasive argument.
Historical and Dynamic missions guiding your country through the history.
Goodies
Victoria II: A House Divided Manual
Victoria II Concept Art
Victoria II Wallpapers
Poster
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Imho the best paradox has to offer, from all series provided. If you haven't taken a look until now, do it here.
Did you ever want to unite germany under the flag of austria? Now you have the chance!
Did you ever want to build the great capitalistic china, which is an industrial superstate till 1874? Yes, possible.
You have to manage your chosen Country through the post-napoleonic-times. With a view for technology, armies and the world market. If you want, you can also grab a piece of the african or alaskan cake as territory.
Victoria II is a real-time grand strategy game in which you take control of a nation in the "Long Nineteenth Century", guiding it to glory from the ascension of Queen Victoria through to the beginning of the Great Depression. You can control of almost any nation that existed during that time period, including established powers like Britain, "young guns" like the United States, and tottering has-beens like the Ottoman Empire, and guide them through industrialization, trade, diplomacy, war, colonialism, and political strife.
The game has much to reccomend it. Gameplay is subtly addictive, a lot like what happens with the Civilization series. You keep playing way longer than you should because you're always thinking "just let me finish building this cloth factory/colonizing this state/negotiating this alliance etc." The extensive historical research that went in to developing the game is another plus; history buffs (like me) can geek-out on playing through events like the Scramble for Africa and the American Civil War, and novices can learn quite a bit without even realizing it. Art and sound are also great, with loading screens that look like oil paintings and the soundtrack a combination of gentle waltzes and rousing military marches.
Unfortunately, this game does have a few downsides that keep me from being able to give it a perfect score. The learning curve is steep and the in-game tutorial is not that helpful, so you'll probably need to consult online wikis and YouTube guides to really get to grips with the game. The AI, while competent, is not always great, and will sometimes make strange or stupid decisions, like suicidally charging its entire army into a forified mountain province or building factories that instantly go bankrupt.
Overall, Victoria II stands out as a cult classic in the strategy genre, a detailed and fun portrayl or a historical epoch that tends to get passed over by gaming as a whole.
Victoria 2 is one of the best games, and i would easily buy it again, full price without complaints, as for why:
1. the price is fine, as GoG takes a cut, paradox takes a cut. frankly. they could probably charge it higher and id still buy it. anyone whining about the price clearly does not understand that the game is endlessly replayable, and you easily, very easily, get your moneys worth out of the game.
2. the game not having multiplayer is fine, even desirable, as, in my opinion, paradox games are far too complex for any sort of multiplayer. they could axe that entirely in favor of a better single player experience.
3. this version does not use steam. that alone makes it the only viable version for me and other players who cant or wont use steam. frankly, i have been waiting for years to get a nice, legal, non steam version.
One of my most favourite Paradox games; it has it's flaws which always annoyed me, but the overall atmosphere of the setting, going through different nations and their flavours, was always a huge joy.
And yes, I like managing factories, capitalists are so bad at it.
I'd personally recommend the "Concert of Europe" mod
I really love this game! It may be a lot old, but you can still have some fun with base game and mods like GFM and CWE... At least while Victoria 3 is still in development for the next 10 years...
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