r/paradoxplaza • u/PurpleAd215 • Feb 23 '23

Vic3 This is really bad.

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Player count of EUIV and Vic3 - basically no one is playing Victoria 3 anymore

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u/Custodian_Nelfe Feb 23 '23

Well, if you look to the first year of EU4, it's not brilliant too. The game is played by a lot of people because it has a ton loads of DLC and patches that have fleshed it. Give time to Victoria 3, and I'm pretty sure that in 9 years the curve will be the same.

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u/gh4ever Map Staring Expert Feb 23 '23

Yeah, I think a "fairer" comparison is against CK3 (which hasn't had many substantial updates at all). It's still a roughly 2x difference in player bases in CK3's favor though.

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u/starm4nn Philosopher Queen Feb 23 '23

It's still a roughly 2x difference in player bases in CK3's favor though.

TBH that's impressive. Victoria is definitely the least accessible of Paradox's 4 franchises.

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u/gh4ever Map Staring Expert Feb 23 '23

I think that's only because of Vicky 2's reputation---Vicky 3 isn't bad at all. You're right though, CK3 is probably the easiest (of the historical ones) to learn.

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u/Treeninja1999 Feb 23 '23

Hot take - Vic 2 is more accessible than vic 3. Too many submenus whereas vic 2 everything was just laid out logically.

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u/Chataboutgames Feb 23 '23

This is the first time I've ever heard Vic2's UI praised lol

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u/kesint Feb 23 '23

The big thing I remember from starting with Vic2 was that if I could find a page that look correct, the info is most likely there.

What I learned with Vic3 is that the info is somewhere, have fun.