Victoria II PC
User Score
7.9 out of 10

Generally favorable reviews- based on 67 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 56 out of 67
  2. Mixed: 4 out of 67
  3. Negative: 7 out of 67

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  1. pazmacats
    Mar 15, 2011
    2
    Very disappointing game. Economy system is buggy and broken, several AI issues, obscure (and overly complicated) POP mechanics, a lack of control and SLOW code make this game a major waste of your time. Vicci 1 was so much better in every respect, which is sadly true for so many Paradox titles.
    I spent 100s of hours in Vicci 1, gave up on this game after 10-20 hours.
  2. Hudson
    Dec 6, 2010
    4
    Paradox has a habit of releasing buggy games. They have such a habit of releasing games in such a poor state I just cannot abide by getting any of their titles until a 5-6 month cooldown period has passed.

    Case in point Hearts of Iron 3. What a mess this game was at launch. I wanted many many months and just got it for 8 dollars on Amazon. Now I feel that I will get my value out of the ti    tle. Europa Universalis complete is also 7 dollars on Amazon for the holidays so I will probably snatch that one up also.

    Victoria 2 was a notoriously bad game. My suggestion? Wait and go for the AGEOD title Pride of Nations. A tried and true engine and I am sure that they will release a fairly stable product. In fact the only one I can think of that did not work out well for them was World War One. At least at first. Since its release it has been fixed.

    Link here to Pride of Nations: http://www.ageod-forum.com/forumdisplay.php?f=250    … Expand
  3. Hubert
    Sep 13, 2011
    0
    Paradox games is one of my most disliked game companies. Victoria 2 is a pile of jetsam, the game just don`t got what it takes. I keep asking myself why did I buy this game, I will never get another Paradox game again.
  4. Orctownorc
    Oct 4, 2012
    4
    Rather than act like an uber-reviewer, master game critic, and one who knows the ins and out of every design facet, let me streamline this review to say I flat out just hate this game. I hate the graphics. The maps are so ugly that I don't even want to play half the factions. If you play France, for example you are stuck for 40 hours in a horrible murky greyed-out ultramarine colour. Hey guys! Its the 21st century! Why do you imagine it adds 'historic mood' to your games by making them look like ugly versions of 19th century printed maps? The other thing about V2 is the total pretentious and sham 'histrionics' of it all. Its the same Paradox game as the rest of them, with a new skin. Its all moving parts, the same old sausage machine, and a false promise of control. There are no choices in this game and there is no strategic thought required. I suggest if you are new save yourself a LOT of discovery time. Just find the cheat codes on the internet. Hit your tilda key and gift yourself whatever you need. Conquer the whole world from North pole to South, instant build level 5 train lines everwhere and watch while the sausage machine takes you down the inevitable path to a Swedish social Nirvana with free health insurance and a 12 hour working week for everyone. Its not that the game doesn't have entertaining dimensions. Its historic and intellectual pretentions are hilarious. Be sure to take the effort to study Phenomenolgy and Gesalt psychology in the research tree before you research barbed wire and machine guns! Paradox are old hands at pretending that they know about these things, and that they will IMPACT your gaming experience. They won't. I wish they has spent more time instead thinking up more than the same damned 'dynamic events' that keep opening up little windows every two seconds giving false 'choices' that actually mean nothing at all as the sausage machine whirs away PRETENDING to create variants of history. To play this game as it was 'designed' is nothing but masochism. Cheat liberally and constantly to get it over with as quickly as possible. I assure anyone on the fence that this game has no bugs. Its simply as ugly as sin, and your standard Paradox micromanagement nightmare. This game is NOT nerdy. This game is NOT deep. This game IS a sausage machine. If you genuinely like it stay a country mile away from me. I don't want to know you. The main secret to this game is simply that its so player unfriendly and opaque, that everyone who finally starts to 'achieve' something with their faction begins to feel like Einstein. You are not Einstein. You are a sucker who has been taken in by a micro-management sausage machine.… Expand
  5. Budget_Security
    Apr 18, 2012
    4
    I had great hopes for this after playing Victoria 1. Vic2 is a disappointment. 2 steps forward, 2 steps back. The interface is much worse, nicer looking but less functional, and no one buys this kind of game for its looks. Tech progression and late game battles are very unbalanced, more or less breaking gameplay. Vic1 had similar problems but no where near as severe. This is such a pity because the game has so much potential. Some of the big mods like PDM fix a lot of the problems, but there is only so much they can do.… Expand

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Metascore
75 out of 100

Generally favorable reviews - based on 17 Critics

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 10 out of 17
  2. Mixed: 7 out of 17
  3. Negative: 0 out of 17
  1. PC PowerPlay
    Oct 27, 2010
    70
    Addictive, nerdy and totally epic strategy. [Dec 2010, p.56]
  2. GamingXP
    Oct 25, 2010
    85
    Victoria 2 is a very complex strategy-game, which offers you a very complex and exciting gameplay.
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  3. CPUGamer
    95
    Saying that it stands head-and-shoulders above all of the scant competition for grand-strategy kingship almost goes without saying.
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