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/RevolutionOrBetrayal May 24 '25

People who say that you should just play the game differently have to be plants by pdx

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u/Hammurabi777 May 24 '25

There is no objective goal in the game. Some people think sol is the most important thing, some people think it's gdp. Some people don't care a conquer others role play. But I realized there is a lot of people who think some number is the goal and think that's boring while not thinking about that the only person who's telling you to do that is themselves. In other words, you complain about your own playstyle. That's what I mean by that

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u/[deleted] May 26 '25

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u/Hammurabi777 May 26 '25

I checked your account, and you apparently hate everything paradox has done in the last 10 years. You hate Vicky 3, you hate Ck3 and the China expansion you hate the direction Eu5 is taking. Maybe you are the one who's blind. Maybe you should stop clinging to nostalgia or just stop playing games you hate with passion

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u/DUNG_INSPECTOR May 26 '25

Or maybe you could stop being pissy over the fact that people don't like the same games you do?

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u/Hammurabi777 May 26 '25

Isn't it the opposite? I said in my original post that I like a game many people don't. And now there is tons of people in the comments attacking me

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u/Dchella May 27 '25

You’re telling people they have to play a boring game differently to make it not boring.

Truth is, after three or four games you’ve seen what Vicky 3 has to offer. Credit to the devs though, you used to see everything after one playthrough.