Paradox Games VII: Vicky III - Vicky Meets The Blorg

[The Huskar Social Union]

I see that Man in the High Castle is really popular

Already brought it up i see

[Socialist Czechia]

I've never actually seen nor read it tbh, I want to though.

To be honest, SS-GB is of higher quality, IMO. It has own TV series, too.

High Castle, I think, makes Germans too overpowered uber-villains, kicking a**es in everything, while Japanese are ridiculously weaker - Generalplan Ost alone would have been enormous strain of resources and manpower alone - now imagine holding North America and most of Africa too.
Australasia colonized by Japanese would be certainly less pain in the a**, than Russia under total SS control for Germans.

[Abserdia]

This is the kind of thing that makes a Penguin Hitler giggle.

[Genivaria]

Alright, final update I think for that game.

London went bye bye. I then promptly invaded the UK and despite London having level 10 forts I pretty easily waltzed in. By the time I reached Scotland the UK finally gave up and capitulated after several long years and millions of dead Brits. Just for you Iffy. O hi Uncle Sam (it took the US until 1947 to join the war btw, thanks Alf!) DC was the same as London, level 10 forts but I just surrounded it and it fell in about a week. Japan came to join the fun! North America about 2 weeks before the final surrender.

Post war old world and Post war new world. Overall 11/10 playthrough, would scream at the Italians again.

In tribute to WRA's victory and imminent genocide of millions.

[Charnea]

In tribute to WRA's victory and imminent genocide of millions.

Billions.

[Britannic Unity]

I'm a bit surprised HOI4 has so much love here. Or that Vicky has much love than I expected.

[Pilarcraft]

I'm a bit surprised HOI4 has so much love here. Or that Vicky has much love than I expected.

VicII is the only Paradox game I honestly could never like. Maybe because the game was buggy as fuck.

[Britannic Unity]

I'm a bit surprised HOI4 has so much love here. Or that Vicky has much love than I expected.

VicII is the only Paradox game I honestly could never like. Maybe because the game was buggy as fuck.

Sort of opposite for me. I Have 200 hours in Vicky, but could never break the 50 hour mark for any other game. Maybe because I had too much fun making random unciv nations go Meiji and build lots of factories whereas all the other games felt like war games with some nation/economy management layered lightly on top.

[Bralia]

It will be possible to choose to not commit galaxy-wide eradication of space amoeba in the next Stellaris update.

[Ifreann]

It will be possible to choose to not commit galaxy-wide eradication of space amoeba in the next Stellaris update.

Friendship!

[Washington Resistance Army]

It will be possible to choose to not commit galaxy-wide eradication of space amoeba in the next Stellaris update.

>not committing genocide

What the hell happened to you Paradox, we need more Exterminate buttons

[Ifreann]

It will be possible to choose to not commit galaxy-wide eradication of space amoeba in the next Stellaris update.

>not committing genocide

What the hell happened to you Paradox, we need more Exterminate buttons

But WRA.

Friendship.

[Washington Resistance Army]

>not committing genocide

What the hell happened to you Paradox, we need more Exterminate buttons

But WRA.

Friendship.

[Genivaria]

It will be possible to choose to not commit galaxy-wide eradication of space amoeba in the next Stellaris update.

>not committing genocide

What the hell happened to you Paradox, we need more Exterminate buttons

Am I the only one that PDX made a mistake in shying away from the Holocaust and other war crimes in HOI4?

[Washington Resistance Army]

>not committing genocide

What the hell happened to you Paradox, we need more Exterminate buttons

Am I the only one that PDX made a mistake in shying away from the Holocaust and other war crimes in HOI4?

Unpopular opinion but yes I do think Pdox needs to add the darker aspects of warfare to HoI4. Nukes should lower population numbers (like they used to), Germany should be able to get cores on eastern Europe etc etc.

[Genivaria]

"The Science Ship is considered MIA for the duration of the journey."

[Genivaria]

Am I the only one that PDX made a mistake in shying away from the Holocaust and other war crimes in HOI4?

Unpopular opinion but yes I do think Pdox needs to add the darker aspects of warfare to HoI4. Nukes should lower population numbers (like they used to), Germany should be able to get cores on eastern Europe etc etc.

To quote Extra Credits "I understand that the Holocaust is an ugly, difficult, and controversial subject to confront but if you're afraid of ugly and horrific subject matter maybe you shouldn't make a game about the largest, most costly conflict in human history. It just kind of comes with the territory."

[Ifreann]

But WRA.

Friendship.

You can't even die in a nuclear fire in space.

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>not committing genocide

What the hell happened to you Paradox, we need more Exterminate buttons

Am I the only one that PDX made a mistake in shying away from the Holocaust and other war crimes in HOI4?

Yes.

[Washington Resistance Army]

Sounds like you need better nukes friendo

[Bralia]

>not committing genocide

What the hell happened to you Paradox, we need more Exterminate buttons

Am I the only one that PDX made a mistake in shying away from the Holocaust and other war crimes in HOI4?

Dare I ask, exactly how would you go about implementing them into the game?

[Washington Resistance Army]

Am I the only one that PDX made a mistake in shying away from the Holocaust and other war crimes in HOI4?

Dare I ask, exactly how would you go about implementing them into the game?

Germany conquers the western USSR, Germany then gets focuses to depopulate those states that take maybe 6-8 months per state, then they get another long focus to take manpower from one of your core provinces and move it to the east. Once that's done you get a final focus to make it a core.

Edit: Actually I think that mod Geni posted the other day had something like that for Poland when you played as Germany.

[Genivaria]

Am I the only one that PDX made a mistake in shying away from the Holocaust and other war crimes in HOI4?

Dare I ask, exactly how would you go about implementing them into the game?

Essentially just as scripted events in game when Germany under Hitler occupies a certain territory.
Frankly I think more WW2 games that take place in the European theater need to stop being so shy about the fact that the Holocaust did happen.

[Genivaria]

Also worth pointing out is that the only horrible thing in HOI4 other than the nuclear bombings of Japan that isn't essentially censored is the Soviet Purge of the Party and military.
Which they made into a fucking NATIONAL FOCUS.

[Ifreann]

Unpopular opinion but yes I do think Pdox needs to add the darker aspects of warfare to HoI4. Nukes should lower population numbers (like they used to), Germany should be able to get cores on eastern Europe etc etc.

To quote Extra Credits "I understand that the Holocaust is an ugly, difficult, and controversial subject to confront but if you're afraid of ugly and horrific subject matter maybe you shouldn't make a game about the largest, most costly conflict in human history. It just kind of comes with the territory."

Paradox games would be terrible at handling the Holocaust. You get the Liberated Auschwitz event, and it's all serious, crimes of the Nazis beyond anything we imagined, murder on an inconceivable scale, +20 Prestige, Everyone's Opinion Of Hitler -100. Then two ticks later you get the "lol, a comet!" event.

[Washington Resistance Army]

To quote Extra Credits "I understand that the Holocaust is an ugly, difficult, and controversial subject to confront but if you're afraid of ugly and horrific subject matter maybe you shouldn't make a game about the largest, most costly conflict in human history. It just kind of comes with the territory."

Paradox games would be terrible at handling the Holocaust. You get the Liberated Auschwitz event, and it's all serious, crimes of the Nazis beyond anything we imagined, murder on an inconceivable scale, +20 Prestige, Everyone's Opinion Of Hitler -100. Then two ticks later you get the "lol, a comet!" event.

Komet*