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- Paradox Interactive
- Paradox Interactive
- Paradox Interactive
- Paradox Interactive
Victoria II: Heart of Darkness
Released On: Apr 16, 2013
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8.7
All Platforms
Metascore
Generally Favorable
Based on 7 Critic Reviews
81
100% Positive
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0% Mixed
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Metascore
Generally Favorable
Based on 7 Critic Reviews
81
100% Positive
7 Reviews
7 Reviews
0% Mixed
0 Reviews
0 Reviews
0% Negative
0 Reviews
0 Reviews
After some patching and a couple of expansions, Victoria 2 is rounding into shape. It is still deep with a killer learning curve, but it is starting to feel like a fun game rather than a buggy spreadsheet.
For the more casual gamer they may feel over whelmed with the depth of control to be had, the game does a fair enough job automating some of the tasks for you. So if your bold enough jump into Victoria II and its latest add on Heart of Darkness.
User Score
Generally Favorable
Based on 83 User Ratings
8.7
88% Positive
73 Ratings
73 Ratings
5% Mixed
4 Ratings
4 Ratings
7% Negative
6 Ratings
6 Ratings
User Score
Generally Favorable
Based on 83 User Ratings
8.7
88% Positive
73 Ratings
73 Ratings
5% Mixed
4 Ratings
4 Ratings
7% Negative
6 Ratings
6 Ratings
It's still huge and uncompromising, but there's no better way to experience Victoria II. The improved combat and naval mechanics were oft-requested, and Paradox followed through, while the new features make the studio's vision of Victorian war, politics, and economics all the more believable and grand.
Just like Victoria 2: A House Divided, Heart of Darkness is a well-done expansion pack. Its improvements are focused on some very specific gameplay aspects, but they’re really deep.
The revised naval combat turns battles into more than just bags of hitpoints slamming into each other at sea. At a time when naval power was so important, the added detail is welcome. And that’s pretty much what Heart of Darkness does for Victoria II: a new level of detail to encourage you to get out and see a bit more of the world.
Heart of Darkness takes Victoria II to the colonialism age, giving a deeper strategy vision and more engaging gameplay; the crisis system is a very good implementation and the feelings of grand strategy were never so good.
Once the dominion diarrhea is sorted out, an essential purchase for owners of Victoria II: A House Divided. [July 2013, p.96]
Eu amei esse jogo, para qualquer fã de história que tenha paciência vai ser uma experiência e tanto, enquanto para quem não gosta de história ou é somente impaciente, saiba que está perdendo um dos melhores games da história, batendo de frente com Ocarina of Time e até mesmo superando outros gigantes da Paradox, como EU IV.
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Immersive grand strategy game, improving on the earlier versions. It is awesome especially with POP Demand Mod. Give it a try to see how it polishes an already good game
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The latest expansion to Paradox's Victoria series brings more to the table than before. With a newly introduced Crisis system to push forward with diplomatic missions without war.
A nice feature I was waiting for was a larger African and colonial factor. Now you can have competing colonization on a larger scale, navies are much more important, and African states can be released into actual puppet states. This completely changes the dichotomy of game play.
While I don't feel like it was worth the $20, it is very fun.
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Five reasons this game is absolute **** e !
1. I needed community support to even start the game.
2. Game-mechanics are somewhat booring. Rather limited options for doing anything.
3. Once you become a Great Power you must spend the rest of the game watching the influence interface, trying to jocky your sphere of influence into the AIs. About as fun as watching an intrument-panel on a random factory-machine.
4. Every 5-20 seconds the game throws a splash-screen in your face, demanding you press "confirm" or make a choice that have a miniscule impact on your game. Until you do, it will either lock the game in pause or block your view while the game is still running.
5. You have to go online to learn how to play the game.
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Summary Victoria II: Heart of Darkness, the second expansion for the grand strategy/ political simulator focuses on the Scramble for Africa as you compete with other colonial powers and experience international crises which require Great Power mediation if the world is to avoid war. Become a truly great power by the dawn of the 20th century in...
Platforms:
- PC
Initial Release Date: Apr 16, 2013
Developer:
- Paradox Development Studio
Publisher: Paradox Interactive
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