Hearts of Iron III

[CountArach]

The game looks promising, but I just don't see why HoI needs a third game when Vicky so clearly needs a second.

[naut]

The game looks promising, but I just don't see why HoI needs a third game when Vicky so clearly needs a second.

Exactly.

[Jolt]

The game looks promising, but I just don't see why HoI needs a third game when Vicky so clearly needs a second.

After the laughter that was EU: Rome, PI needs money and return of prestige of actually making good complex games.

[I of the Storm]

Indeed. And the HoI (1+2+addons) brand sold far more copies than Vicky ever did. Plus the WW2 setting reaches a broader audience than the empire-building of the 19th century in Vicky.

As much as I prefer the Vicky setting myself for more strategic openness, I don't see a Vicky 2 coming in the near future...

[Csargo]

I agree with CA and Rhythmic(aka Psychonaut) I would rather have a Vicky 2 then another HoI2, but I of the Storm is right.

[Jolt]

Indeed. And the HoI (1+2+addons) brand sold far more copies than Vicky ever did. Plus the WW2 setting reaches a broader audience than the empire-building of the 19th century in Vicky.

As much as I prefer the Vicky setting myself for more strategic openness, I don't see a Vicky 2 coming in the near future...

Yeap. We'll quite possibly see a Crusader Kings 2 before we see a Vicky 2.

[seireikhaan]

Question- what needs to be improved so much about Vicky? The only thing I'd really like is to have the option to force-create new states from an empire following a victorious war. And maybe some improved graphics, I guess...

[Jolt]

There's a bucketload of things that need improvement in Vicky 2. Many more than needed improvement from EU 2 to 3.

First thing that crosses my mind is the GUI. I could talk for hours, but I need to sleep.

[quadalpha]

While I'd like to see a new Vicky as much as the next man, some of those new features in HoI3 sound very exciting, such as frontage, custom divisions, modular research, etc..

[CountArach]

Question- what needs to be improved so much about Vicky? The only thing I'd really like is to have the option to force-create new states from an empire following a victorious war. And maybe some improved graphics, I guess...

More territories (ala HoI 3), a more complex and in-depth colonial system, an expanded political system (Though Ricky helped this) and yes new states would be good.

Plus perhaps something more akin to HoI2-style divisions.

[Warluster]

I love all the games (EU, Victoria, HoI) and my favourite was defintly Victoria; the one thing I always thought needed improving was tha mount of scneairos. I wish they could have a option to play whenever you want like EUIII, that way you could skip straight to certain years (E.G: Say I wanted to play 1915, or a certain war which can not be played because previous events have deemed it invalid)

Another thing is graphics. I really dislike the graphics from EUIII (Too flashy maybe?) and like the Victoria and HoI 2 graphics. Seem more in line with the genre. Maybe HoI III will change this.

Regarding other changes all the suggestions which have been suggested I agree with. More territories would defintly be good (THey seemed to have the bare min, especially in smaller places like Denmark or the German nations. Win a battle and it all over.) and the Colonial system defintly needs a makeover. While the rush for Colonies was quite realistic, they did nothing except turn into more land. Maybe instead of Satelite nations you could have Dominion nations, which are directly under your control but the AI also does stuffs.

As you can see I am looking forward to this game a lot.

[Melvish]

After the laughter that was EU: Rome, PI needs money and return of prestige of actually making good complex games.

Try Vae Victis expansion it redeem the game greatly (if you like character and senate management). Still not as grand as EUIII but i did enjoy this expansion, i even rank it better than R:TW.

I'm looking forward to HoI3 as i've skipped HoI2 and remained to HoI1. A Vicky2 would have been more welcomed although.

[quadalpha]

To see the FAQs section on the Paradox forums, you need to have registered your game. I'm not sure how that is done, but it involves the serial number.

[gollum]

HoI III, my precious

[naut]

Hokus, pokus, thread ressurectus.

Call me fussy or whatever, but I much prefer HOI:2.

[Subotan]

Probably the most difficult, complex and bewildering game I've ever played.

[Beskar]

Hearts of Iron 3.... the problem about it, is that the AI basically has to play it on your behalf, or it is near impossible to play. Unfortunately, the AI is also bad at playing it.

Though saying that, I took out the Axis with Yugoslavia.