Victoria 2 - Reviews, dev diaries, wiki, and the demo!

[Johan]

Table of Contents

Development Diaries (both V2 and AHD)
Demo
AHD demo
Reviews
Other important pages for fans
Victoria2 Wiki (fan-made)
New Wiki (fan based)

[Johan]

Victoria 2 Development Diaries

2009.11.11 - Diary #1 : Why Victoria II?
2009.11.18 - Diary #2 : The Map
2009.11.25 - Diary #3 : Design Philosophy for V2
2009.12.02 - Diary #4 : The Economic System : Introduction
2009.12.09 - Diary #5 : POPs : Bureaucrats and the Clergy
2009.12.16 - Diary #6 : Production and Unemployment
2009.12.25 - Bonus Diary : Modelling Nationalism : Integrative and Disintegrative
2010.01.05 - Diary #7 : Taxation and Maintenance
2010.01.13 - Diary #8 : Artisans
2010.01.19 - NO DIARY : but bonus screenshot
2010.01.27 - Diary #9 : Diplomacy
2010.02.03 - Diary #10 : Pops and the End of Manual Promotion
2010.02.10 - Diary #11 : Pops & Issues
2010.02.17 - Diary #12 : Military
2010.02.24 - Diary #13 : Upper House & Reforms
2010.03.03 - Diary #14 : POPs and issues, further elaboration part 1
2010.03.10 - Diary #15 : POPs and issues, further elaboration part 2
2010.03.17 - Diary #16 : Elections
2010.03.24 - Diary #17 : The World Market
2010.03.31 - Diary #18 : Great Powers and Global Rank
2010.04.01 - Bonus Diary : Religion in V2
2010.04.07 - Diary #19 : Technology : Introduction
2010.04.14 - Diary #20 : National Focus (includes colonization)
2010.04.21 - Diary #21 : Events
2010.04.28 - Diary #22 : Loans and Debt
2010.05.05 - Diary #23 : Gold
2010.05.12 - Diary #24 : Lower House Politics
2010.05.19 - Diary #25 : Teasers from Johan
2010.05.26 - Diary #26 : Military Miscellany : Reserves, Mobilization, Blockades, Leaders
2010.06.02 - Diary #27 : Historical Flavor in V2
2010.06.09 - Diary #28 : Current Development Status
2010.06.16 - Diary #29A : No Diary - Paradox at E3 Convention
2010.06.23 - Diary #29B : Civilizing an Uncivilized State

#1 - A House Divided
#2 - Railroads and Tradegoods
#3 - War Justifications
#4 - Party Loyalty and National Focus
#5 - Message system
#6 - China
#7 - This is my rifle, this is my gun!
#8 - Foreign Investment
#9 - Popular Movements
#10 - The Great Game, Communism and decisions
Special: Video Developer Diary!
#11 - Rise of the noble savage
#12 - Investing in projects and interface improvements
#13 - Christmas special
Special: Video Diary!
#14 - Mapmodes!
Special: Video Diary!
#15 - Keep the good times rolling!

[Johan]

If you'd like to try out Victoria2 before buying -- get the demo!

You can download the demo from a number of places:

• Gamersgate
• Fileplanet
• Gamershell
• Atomicgamer
• Fan Gaming
• Strategy Informer

Use this thread if you have any questions on the demo, a number of known issues and solutions are in the first post, so please read the first post first!

[Johan]

January 2010 Previews
Gameshark - http://www.gameshark.com/previews/34...II-Preview.htm
IGN - http://pc.ign.com/articles/106/1062880p1.html
Jeuxvideo - http://www.jeuxvideo.fr/jeux/victoria-ii/article.html

E3 2010 Previews
http://e3.gamespot.com/story/6266701...ii-impressions
http://gaming.icrontic.com/article/i...paradox-games/

Summer 2010 Previews
http://www.girlgamersuk.com/2010/07/...ia-ii-preview/
http://gamenews.zeden.net/preview-vi...008013358.html

Interviews
http://www.gamereactor.eu/grtv/?id=6844

Presentation
http://www.gamereactor.eu/grtv/?id=6...659d0048e3495f


Reviews
http://www.gamecaptain.de/PC/Artikel...ia_2_Test.html - 83%
http://www.jeuxvideo.fr/jeux/victoria-ii/article.html - 5/5 stars
http://www.diygamer.com/2010/08/worl...oria-2-review/
http://www.4players.de/4players.php/...ictoria_2.html - 77%
http://www.strategyinformer.com/pc/v...2/reviews.html - 8.5/10
http://resolution-magazine.co.uk/con...ew-victoria-2/ - 8/10
http://elder-geek.com/2010/08/victoria-ii-review/
http://www.powergamer.se/2010/08/16/victoria-ii/ - 4/5
http://gaming.icrontic.com/reviews/v...under-the-sun/
http://www.examiner.com/pc-game-in-n...r-play-thing-1
http://www.gamespot.com/pc/strategy/...ii/review.html 7.5/10
http://kriegsimulation.blogspot.com/...eed-after.html
http://www.cyberstratege.com/magazin...de-victoria-2/ - 8/10
http://www.boomtownx.net/victoria-ii-review - 8/10
http://www.armchairgeneral.com/victo...ame-review.htm - 87%
http://cheatcc.com/pc/rev/victoria2review.html - 86%
http://www.gamer.no/artikler/68453/a...e-victoria-ii/ - 9/10
http://www.ag.ru/reviews/victoria_2 - 86%
http://gamrreview.vgchartz.com/revie...3/victoria-ii/ - 8.6
http://www.deafgamers.com/10reviews/victoria2_pc.html - 8.5
http://www.gameswelt.de/articles/rev..._II/index.html - 89%
http://www.pcgamer.com/2010/11/02/victoria-2-review/ - 76%

[Johan]

http://www.facebook.com/pages/Victor...0044815?ref=nf
if you like facebook. (like I do.) We also run competions and giveaways regularly on facebook.

http://www.paradoxplaza.com/games/victoria-2
The main page on our website.

http://twitter.com/victoria2game
For quick updates and the occasional contest.

Patches for the game can be found in the tech support forum, once you've registered your game.

[bbasgen]

http://www.paradoxian.org/vicky2wiki/Main_Page

The Victoria 2 Wiki is now online. Note that the wiki is fan created and has no affiliation with Paradox Interactive.

[RedRalphWiggum]

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