Does it build a good head of lettu…I mean steam?
I was all geared up for some science fiction-tinged Spice Girls shenanigans, but I was left bitterly disappointed.
Turns out thatVictoria 3is a grandstrategy game, just like its Paradox stablematesCrusader KingsandHearts of Iron.
Trying to classify Victoria 3 is pretty damn important.
The answer, to paraphrase my friend Pete, is that its a Victorian socioeconomic Rube Goldberg machine.
But what makes Victoria 3 interesting is the activity behind the scenes.
The population of your country is divided into groups called pops (sadly, no snaps or crackles).
Pops are generally defined by profession, like clergymen, farmers, or academics.
You dont really engage with the individual pops, but instead, interact with the interest groups they form.
Victoria 3, due to the time period it covers, deals with some unpleasant subject matter.
For these reasons, I must confess that I approached the game with some trepidation.
Thankfully, my misgivings were unfounded.
Its a game about progress and the technological and social advances that shaped the world we live in today.
It helps that the game isnt really about winning as much as it is experimenting and learning.
The abstract and ambiguous nature of the players role in affairs (the disembodied spirit of the nation?
Making entertainment media rooted in the recent past is never easy.
