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Victoria II |  | From: Paradox
Category: Video Games
List Price: $39.99
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Rating:  1 reviews
Sales Rank: 2130
Format: CD-ROM
Platforms: Windows Vista, Windows 7, Windows XP
Genre: adventure_games
ESRB: Rating Pending
Media: CD-ROM
Edition: Standard
Operating System: Windows 7
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.4
Dimensions (in): 7.5 x 5.5 x 1.5
MPN: 00211
Model: PDX57
UPC: 894785002119
EAN: 0894785002119
ASIN: B003FHAVLI
Release Date: September 21, 2010 (In 15 Days)
Availability: Not yet released
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| Features:
| • | Dozens of types of governments. | | • | Detailed economy with over fifty different types of goods and various production factories. | | • | Historical gameplay on a large map, covering the entire world. | | • | Over 200 different countries can be played, from the era stretching from 1835 to the onset of WWII. | | • | Advanced Technological system with thousands of inventions to be discovered. |
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Product Description
Peace is rare. Tension and war are old friends. The 18th and early 19th centuries were not great for sovereign monarchs. Britain lost USA and France lost the monarchs. Strategically, the monarchs began a quest to dominate within a global economy (sound familiar?). Victoria II is about monarchic tensions and battles for expansion and colonizing those beyond their borders.
Carefully guide your nation from the era of absolute monarchies in the early 19th century, through expansion and colonization, to finally become a truly great power by the dawn of the 20th century. Victoria 2 is a grand strategy game played during the colonial era of the 19th century, where the player takes control of a country, guiding it through industrialization, political reforms, military conquest and colonization. Experience an in-depth political simulation where every action you take will have various consequences over all the world. The population will react to your decisions based on their political awareness, social class, as well as their willingness to accept or revolt against their government.
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| Customer Reviews:
Great Fun! August 27, 2010
Griswel (Rochester, NY)
12 out of 12 found this review helpful
I played "Vicky 1", and while it was very interesting, some aspects of it kept it from being fun for many people (manually changing groups of people from worker to soldier, for example). Vicky 2, while not for everyone, is tremendous fun for anyone who is looking for a strategic game of great power economics, politics and war.
Victoria 2 is a Grand Strategy game in which you take over any country in existence at the start of 1836. You control the armies, research and some of the politics of your nation, making treaties with other nations, competing for influence, economic power, or just conquering them. It's complex at times, but if you pick the right country (I recommend Belgium), it's easy to learn. The tutorials are also very enlightening, and a strategy guide is available free at the Paradox forums for registered owners of the game.
Vicky 2 offers an amazing variety. Texas and Tripoli start the game in wars of independence which are tough to survive. Japan has not yet westernized, but once she does, she's a powerhouse. As you improve in the game you can take on more challenging countries, can Krackow free Poland? Can you form Italy as Sardinia-Piedmont? Germany as Hannover? Most players will start as Great Powers early on, France, Russia, Britain, the USA. As I play any game I see a dozen other countries I'd like to try.
You can delve into the details of your people, your "Pops", are their taxes too high? Are imports too expensive? Or you can recruit soldiers and conquer your neighbors. If you become one of the top 8 powers, you can also exert influence diplomatically, adding countries to your Sphere of Influence, which can be a huge boost to your economy, since nations in your SoI buy from you before anyone else.
Victoria 2 is not for everyone. If you want a game where you mine two things and build 100 units and zerg-rush the other players, this isn't it. Also, at release there are a few troubles which will probably be patched before you read this (in the late game rebels get to be a problem). But I have to say Victoria 2 is a must-buy for anyone who wants a real strategy game. Fun, playable, and infinitely replayable.
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