SPHERE OF INFLUENCE

[Gufo_Lesto]

Was announced today with a release set in 2 months from now. I've always been critical of PDX behavior regarding many aspects in the latest years, but I cannot deny the huge work put into VIC 3 by its devs. This game can potentially become the best of the roster in the next couple years, and I have to congratulate with the guys behind it. Thanks for all the effort, hoping to see this game grow for years to come!

[TasteDasRainbow]

I'm not trying to be insulting or combatative when I say this but you're delusional if you think there's a lot of work being put into this.

The game has been reworked six ways to sunday since release because nearly every system on release was awful, buggy, incompetent, etc. Today after 6 months since 1.5 we get a few UI changes and the DLC delayed 2 more months.

The AI still can't perform basic gameplay like construction center optimizations, resource priorities, etc.

In terms of actual functional content, features that the player can engage and interact with that they couldn't previously have seen little to no additions since launch, companies being the biggest one (which was stripped from other content to make up for how abysmal they acknowledged their development has been.

We as players have been baited into buying their early access title as lovers of Vic, and receive the imperator rome treatment as a result. Paradox is a shadow of it's former self.

[Alex]

Yes, there was a lot of work put into the game. The main issue is that it should've been put into it before release, not after.

[Ravon[17]]

Plus that price tag of $30 is way too steep. I think I'll pass.

That's been the trend for Paradox, for EU4 I bought every new DLC with glee when it was first released. Loved that game, until they started getting real scummy, "giving" free updates that break the game unless you buy the DLC; not to mention the low and and lessening content for an increasing price. I for one will need proof of quality before I buy anything from Paradox.

[6ap6apblckaAa]

So, afaik they initially promised it to get released this month. Now they shift it 2 months forward and we've already got a post praising how good it is :)

[Alex]

Originally posted by 6ap6apblckaAa:

So, afaik they initially promised it to get released this month. Now they shift it 2 months forward and we've already got a post praising how good it is :)

Yes, guess where the budget was shifted to?

[Stars-N-Stripes]

paradox is a dumpster fire as of the last few years, customers are sick of buying shells of a game that require 100's of dollars of sub-par DLC and years to get a complete experience. With every release they are pi$$ing off more and more customers who will no longer be buying their games on release.

[War-A-Tron]

Quick question - I got the Vic3 ultimate edition preorder on Steam, whatever it was called back then. I though it came with this DLC as part of the expansion pass, but it seems to be wanting to charge me for it.

Is this correct?

[LonelyCookie]

Originally posted by War-A-Tron:

Quick question - I got the Vic3 ultimate edition preorder on Steam, whatever it was called back then. I though it came with this DLC as part of the expansion pass, but it seems to be wanting to charge me for it.

Is this correct?

Its part of the Expansion pass. Its a problem on Steam side with season/expansion passes on unreleased dlcs on many games, not just vic3