Victoria 3 Reviews
Victoria 3 is a niche game that at its core is about enacting social and political change through close internal management of your nation, and nothing on the market comes close to replicating it.
A hallmark of excellence. There may be flaws, but they are negligible and won't cause massive damage.
Victoria 3 is an incredibly detailed strategy game that's as laborious as it is rewarding. You'll need to put in the work and be prepared to spend a lot of time busying yourself while waiting for things to complete.
And for me, that is high praise. As someone for who it takes quite a bit to really hook me, Victoria 3 certainly has in a big way. In fact, I think I’ll start my next campaign right now.
The wait for Victoria III has been worth it. The new mechanics need some time to correct certain problems, but the content offered by Victoria III is very high level and will eat us hundreds of hours of gameplay.
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Victoria 3 is an excellent addition to the Grand Strategy genre that I think will very much live up to expectations. There are a few issues but it does many more things right than it does wrong. Victoria 3 is a highlight amongst strategy games released this year, and I’m extremely impressed by the developers making peace just as fun and engaging as war. This is a must play for anyone who likes grand strategy titles, but wants to play something a little different compared to its competitors.
Victoria 3 is a winner across the board. The title confidently takes up the baton of one of the Paradox sagas most mythologised by users, carefully avoids grafting arduous or uninspiring superstructures, and inserts the winning elements of the latest domestic strategy games to deliver a complete, complex but (virtually) for all experience.
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I think the real appeal of Victoria 3 and the series overall is it’s very self-directed. Picking one game can result in a completely different experience. Managing the diplomacy and economy of the British Empire at its peak is absolutely insane, then during the next run, you are trying to do things like “figure out how to even have diplomatic relations” and “wtf how do i economy???” in some backwater nation you are gracing with your benevolent rulership.
Victoria 3 finally arrives after years of incessant requests from the Paradox community and grand strategy, and it does it in style.
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This game should be used as a training tool for politicians worldwide. A harsh, uncompromising simulation of global socioeconomic power struggle.
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Victoria 3 is a complex grand strategy game, however Paradox Development Studio went above and beyond to make it accessible to anyone with enough patience to learn the basics of how it works.
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If you'd like a chance to lead millions and create a nation to rival all others, then this is the game for you. Just be careful what you wish for. The role of a leader can be fickle and overwhelming at times.
Victoria 3 isn't Crusader Kings in the sense that we won't have any Game of Thrones-esque in-house goings-on. Nor does it have the feeling of discovery of Europa Universalis. But if we want a deep political-social simulation in which we can choose any country in the entire world, it is undoubtedly your game. If you are not a veteran of the saga, your head may explode at first, but rest assured, Paradox has thought of you with an excellent tutorial.
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Victoria 3's attractive historical sandbox is filled with potential, but it's on you to unlock it.
If you're a fan of strategy games, the big society simulation Victoria 3 offers very high quality dynamics that will take you to other lands.
Review in Turkish | Read full review
Victoria 3 is a well-done, amazing, deep and potentially infinite grande strategy, exactly what we expected from Paradox.
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Victoria 3 is a remarkable, if a bit janky, nation-builder with ocean-deep political and economic systems that suck you in and don't let go.
Victoria 3 is a grand strategy game with perhaps too much depth and complexity for genre newbies, and genre veterans might find the simplified warfare a turn-off. That said, I am wholly invested. It’s the most sandboxy of the Paradox lineup so far and I’ve been enjoying my time with it immensely. It is gorgeous, impressive, and absolutely worth the time it takes to learn. Now onto my fourth playthrough. The World Welsh Order will rise, mark my words.
Victoria 3 is a complex and deep global strategy game that can pull you in for hundreds of hours. But attempt to make it accessible to beginners isn't successful.
Review in Russian | Read full review
Does that mean Victoria 3 is bad? By no means. If you are a grand strategy fan, and you are one of those people who avoids war whenever possible (I know you’re out there), Victoria 3 is the game for you. What it lacks in breadth it makes up for in depth. There isn’t a more sophisticated nation simulator around, and the game will only grow in time. Much like The Sims before, Paradox games tend to have dozens of expansion packs. I will probably leave Victoria 3 installed in anticipation of those. This is a gigantic, excellent strategy game and for some people (nerds), it’s going to be a fave.