Is Victoria II easier than Europa Universalis IV

[Boo Seta]

I found Europa Universalis too much full of details and stuff, too complicated to enjoy. Is Victoria II simpler and easier?

[whatamidoing]

Common consensus is no. Vic 2 does have a lot more detail, but in my opinion it's really not that bad once you figure out what's important to focus on and what's not. I'd recommend watching a bit of some let's plays on youtube, can skip around to get a general idea of what the game involves.

[ShinyCarman]

yeah Victoria 2 is a bit more harder

[Jimmy]

Stick to Civ

[ShinyCarman]

Bruh

[Vman]

Vic 2 is easier to learn than eu4 but its still a hard game

[a.k.a DMDonahue]

much easier to learn, harder to master

[Nats]

I find Vic 2 easier than EU4 just because UE4 does have so many options. Vic 2 doesnt have half as many. But then it doesnt have as many things to do either. All these games seem to revolve around taking land and waiting till you can take some more land. EU4 has other things to do like religion, CK2 has all the intrigue. I find Vic 2 has the least to do. Its factories, pops, land, newspapers, research thats pretty much it.

But the main advantage is it has direction - you are trying to climb the developed nation board. So you arent just trying to survive like the other games. I think that is the thing that makes it more fun than the rest.

[a.k.a DMDonahue]

Originally posted by Nats:

I find Vic 2 easier than EU4 just because UE4 does have so many options. Vic 2 doesnt have half as many. But then it doesnt have as many things to do either. All these games seem to revolve around taking land and waiting till you can take some more land. EU4 has other things to do like religion, CK2 has all the intrigue. I find Vic 2 has the least to do. Its factories, pops, land, newspapers, research thats pretty much it.

But the main advantage is it has direction - you are trying to climb the developed nation board. So you arent just trying to survive like the other games. I think that is the thing that makes it more fun than the rest.

I find that victoria 2 single player can feel rather lackluster but the mp is one of the most fun iterations, especially when everyone actually goes along with it, i.e actual diplomacy or what not, it definitely needs improvements but that's why vicky 3 is such a long awaited meme

[Nats]

Originally posted by a.k.a DMDonahue:

Originally posted by Nats:

I find Vic 2 easier than EU4 just because UE4 does have so many options. Vic 2 doesnt have half as many. But then it doesnt have as many things to do either. All these games seem to revolve around taking land and waiting till you can take some more land. EU4 has other things to do like religion, CK2 has all the intrigue. I find Vic 2 has the least to do. Its factories, pops, land, newspapers, research thats pretty much it.

But the main advantage is it has direction - you are trying to climb the developed nation board. So you arent just trying to survive like the other games. I think that is the thing that makes it more fun than the rest.

I find that victoria 2 single player can feel rather lackluster but the mp is one of the most fun iterations, especially when everyone actually goes along with it, i.e actual diplomacy or what not, it definitely needs improvements but that's why vicky 3 is such a long awaited meme

I find they all feel repetitive after a 80+ hours. After that sort of time you've pretty much seen everything and its a matter of expanding just for the desire to keep the game interesting. I don't think any of Paradox's games have gripped me past 100 hrs. I like racing games more where there is always a challenge. Although I have found the Making History games are great fun, I like those more than Paradox games especially their first world war one.

[a.k.a DMDonahue]

play minors to gps, or get mods thatll enhance your play, dod really reinvigorated my sp enjoyment to name one in particular