Is this game easy to learn?

[Ming Lee]

Is this game easy to learn/master? Or is it another super over complicated game with a huge skill gap such as Victoria3?

[The Renderer]

That is very subjective, but I'd say it's on par with Civilization, complexity-wise. Maybe a little more in some respects, but not that much. And it has decent tutorials.

[Don Vincenzoo 57]

victoria 3 skill gap ..... if you think that this game will be hard . cause for me victoria 3 i s very easy and it is like a idle clicker in the end

[Crosaith]

Originally posted by rari:

Is this game easy to learn/master? Or is it another super over complicated game with a huge skill gap such as Victoria3?

Depends on if you enjoy this type of content? There's a bunch of difficulties and mods available to adjust the game.

I'm a Civ 5 fan and just got this game the other day. It ain't perfect, but I'm enjoying it a lot so far with mods.

[mezzicstorm]

OP Vic3 (If that is your introduction to the Victoria series), is not as complex as Victoria 2 (the previous iteration). Old World as stated above can be more compared to CIV, which has a learning curve but not on the scale of Victoria. Victoria 2 is known as a spreadsheet simulator, this game is not. Give it a try and see for yourself as you'll be the one determining if this game is for you. Cheers!

[ooloi]

This game is non-trivial to play. And has a slow learning curve to understand it all. So you need to be both smart and patient.

[Azurewrath]

The first thing is to face the fact that it's a new 4X game, not a civ-like game.
Yes it's a bit hard to learn, especially for semi-experienced player who has played only one or two civ games.
(But some small mechanics/things are same as civ 4, :))

It's recommended that play the tutorials fist, but honestly for a player who familiar with 4X or strategy games, you could just start a normal/easy game to learn while playing. But don't ignore the popup-up tutorials.

And for very casual players (with patience), I think it's OK, just start a easy/semi-easy game, playing as a king/queen go to do quests(ambition victory) while experiencing the fun events of the game.

Edit: For #7. Yes it's not hard for experienced 4X players and hardcores, but there are a lot of light players nowadays who maybe just focus on smartphone games (or some games that I don't want to expand the topic) then want to try something new on PC but don't want to spend much time or energy, it's hard indeed for them.

[Twelvefield]

I don't think Ōld World is hard to learn, at least compared to other similar games. If you have no experience at all with this genre, Ōld World has a good tutorial, and you can even play that out in the demo now.

However, mastering Ōld World will take up a lot of skill, patience, guile, and tactics to achieve victory. The Ōld World AI understands all of the game rules and it knows how to use them against you.

[eddieballgame]

Any game I can learn to play is far from...difficult. :)