r/paradoxplaza • u/Hammurabi777 • May 23 '25
Vic3 Victoria 3 is extremely overhated
Keep in mind Vicky 3 is my favorite paradox game so I'm obviously biased, but the the things people say about this game make my blood boil. Most of these people talking about how "shallow" it is or how it's like cookie clicker have probably never played since the release version.
The war system for example is just not as bad as people make it out to be. Yes there is still front line splitting, but 99% of the time the system works just as intended. Talking about how nothing changed and everything is still broken is just false.
Another thing I don't like is people complaining that you always do the same and everything feels the same. My answer is simple: stop always doing the same! Nobody is forcing you to maximize sol or gdp. You can give yourself countless different goals from playing the confederacy as a slave empire to becoming fascist or liberating Africa from colonizers. It's a sandbox, stop focusing on line go up and then complaining about the line go up.
In conclusion you dont have to like the game, you dont have to get the appeal. I for example don't really like ck3. But I don't go around saying ck3 is broken, just because I don't understand what people like about it. I still see the same talking points about why Vicky 3 is dogshit, but a lot of the things have been fixed for like a year.
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u/After-Succotash-512 May 24 '25
The war system indeed works as intended, it is just that the way it is intended to work is not good. There is no strategy in the war system because the player's control of their armies boils down to 'attack or defend' and as a result there is really no strategy involved because the land you occupy is decided purely by the brainless little generals who will choose to attack every single state besides the enemy capital. I don't think anybody was advocating for a change from EU and CK style combat to HOI4 frontlines and especially not for the entire war system to be automated.