mystral: It still has more issues because it lacks the patches and expansion that the original got.
After it gets those Vicky 2 will probably be a better game than Vicky.
Ramba_Ral: Vicky 2 is not HoI3 where the problems are fundamentally not in its design. It is really unpolished and the fact the developers bragged about not hiring an economist really shows in how bad the economy works.
I've haven't played vanilla Victoria 2 for months but last I remembered is that Britain would automatically win since they hold India. The thing that made Victoria R great, for me, was the fact there was an historical path being followed. Germany was going to form, Japan will modernized, and WW I will start but the way the game runs it feels much like EU3 where it is only historical in the first day. In Victoria Revolutions, the Spanish-American war would happen but as Spain you can attempt to change history by either allying with a power like Prussia or invading the United States east coast to force a victory. Also, the game feels too much automated since pops would automatically convert and everything you need except soldiers would be built by the capitalists.
But yeah, give it time and it'll be a good game.
Well the "Britain automatically wins" thing is kind of historical too. :)
They did own a large part of the world during most of the time period covered by Vicky. There is a reason it's called Victoria, and not Bismarck (for instance), after all.
Of course giving the UK a huge advantage is bad for the game overall, and economically at least Britain was starting to lose out to the US and Germany by the start of the 20th century.
Paradox should probably include a mechanism to make the British economy slow down toward the end of the period, maybe a malus for huge empires.
Also there are plenty of people who enjoy the more sandbox feel of EU 3 compared to the event-driven games like Ricky and HoI 2. Personally I like both, which I prefer depends on my mood, so I'm happy either way.
Besides no Paradox was really great before they did a good bit of polishing via patch and expansions, the only possible exception being Crusader Kings. All we can hope for is that the upcoming Vicky 2 expansion is as good as Revolution was.
