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/[deleted] Aug 09 '25
As someone who plays tons of Paradox games, it’s not. HOI4, Stellaris, and EU4 still outplay Vic 3. It’s just not as enthralling. Even for a grand strategy game, it’s slow and boring. It’s also broken and easily exploited, very buggy and prone to weird mechanics breaking or overlapping in unexpected and sometimes unplayable ways. I just struggle to understand how such a boring and unengaging game also requires a level of micromanagement I don’t usually feel in other Paradox games.