XIMU

As a paradox fan who spent 1k hours on hoi4 and at least 300 on all other paradox games, I say the current state of this game is basically an unpolished mess and painful to play with. First of all, the warfare mechanic is horrible. To be honest, I do like the auto-combat system, but the confusing mechanic, stupid AI, and lacking explanation made warfare in V3 the most painful warfare among all other strategy games. Combat width, supply, battle strategy preference, and many other major mechanics are unexplained in the game; and those that are explained such as army buffs, debuffs, remaining manpower, and types of equipment are hidden behind layers and layers of secondary windows. This makes the combat system basically a dice game, but you do not know what number you are rolling for, how many dice you're rolling, and what have you rolled. As a strategy game based on the historical Victoria era, there are almost no historical events in the game except the game starts on 1836 and the opium war. The black ship, Meji restoration, world expo, South Pole expedition, the Franco-Prussian war, US land purchases and civil war, and the annexation of Manchuria by Russia either don't exist or only happen rarely for AI-controlled nations. And the ironic thing is, all of the historical events mentioned above do exist correctly in Victoria 2 and are present in Victoria 3 loading screen. And there is a ton of major game balance problem to mention Also, the game is guaranteed to lag and crash on some older pc. If you are using one, good luck