Biggest effort yet to stop the vicky3 hypetrain
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The whole "Bismarck" thesis was rather strange to begin with. Victoria is an established major series of Paradox Development Studio which sold well, so there is no reason for them to drop it. Fans would be confused and irritated. They may like to tease and trick us, but they are certainly not going to lose money over it. As far as I know the developers never said they regretted the name or anything, and while I'm very much personally interested in historiographical importance of Otto von Bismarck I'm pretty sure that is not what the developers focus on when they decide game names.
Instead of doing another big EUR/USD bet on monday, I paid a considerable amount of money to a guy with a PhD in psychology and good references to look into this matter.
I got the result 5 minutes ago: It's most likely being Victoria 3.
Key results:
- Each hint directly points towards Vic3 while allowing for plenty of speculation around it. After the announcement, it will be totally clear to us and we will feel stupid.
- Victoria 3 was denied far to prominent in the trailer, allowing for a big surprise. It was denied in one of the first sentences.
It will be Vic 3, maybe not even a name rebrand, but could be.
I got the result 5 minutes ago: It's most likely being Victoria 3.
Key results:
- Each hint directly points towards Vic3 while allowing for plenty of speculation around it. After the announcement, it will be totally clear to us and we will feel stupid.
- Victoria 3 was denied far to prominent in the trailer, allowing for a big surprise. It was denied in one of the first sentences.
It will be Vic 3, maybe not even a name rebrand, but could be.
I blame it on them. Why tease with pop demand, goods etc if you know you have rabbid Vic3 fans who will never stop pestering you. 
So... I don't trust them at all. Vic3 confirmed.
So... I don't trust them at all. Vic3 confirmed.
Nah, would be a Rome II with some Mechanics from victoria, like pop manage and some type production trees
I was at the fangathering in 2014, when rabid Rome2 fans saw Shams come on stage with a Rome2 t-shirt... the trolling is strong in this company !I blame it on them. Why tease with pop demand, goods etc if you know you have rabbid Vic3 fans who will never stop pestering you.
All this talk about hype trains made me remember an old poem that suits this situation, in parts.
''Who is in charge of the clattering train?
The axles creak, and the couplings strain.
Ten minutes behind at the Junction. Yes!
And we're twenty now to the bad—no less!
We must make it up on our flight to town.
Clatter and crash! That's the last train down,
Flashing by with a steamy trail.
Pile on the fuel! We must not fail.
At every mile we a minute must gain!
Who is in charge of the clattering train?
(...)
A hundred lips are babbling blithe,
Some seconds hence they in pain may writhe.
For the pace is hot, and the points are near,
And Sleep hath deadened the driver's ear;
And signals flash through the night in vain.
Death is in charge of the clattering train!''
(Death and his brother Sleep by E.J. Milliken)
''Who is in charge of the clattering train?
The axles creak, and the couplings strain.
Ten minutes behind at the Junction. Yes!
And we're twenty now to the bad—no less!
We must make it up on our flight to town.
Clatter and crash! That's the last train down,
Flashing by with a steamy trail.
Pile on the fuel! We must not fail.
At every mile we a minute must gain!
Who is in charge of the clattering train?
(...)
A hundred lips are babbling blithe,
Some seconds hence they in pain may writhe.
For the pace is hot, and the points are near,
And Sleep hath deadened the driver's ear;
And signals flash through the night in vain.
Death is in charge of the clattering train!''
(Death and his brother Sleep by E.J. Milliken)
So, why they don't make a hint specifically denying that this game is vicky 3? Instead they are teasing us every day with hints like "minorities" and "the amount of each goods produced is important", what's that?
It's probably tied to a few gameplay mechanics in the to be announced game. As Johan said, how obvious does he need to be? There's a straight statement that Victoria 3 won't be announced this year with multiple confirmations. Anyone still expecting Victoria 3 kinda deserves to be trolled, just like I deserved to be trolled last year when still believing in Rome after the teaser that there wouldn't be burning pigs or whatever.
The whole Point is that the hints should not be too obvious that the game is revealed in beforehand.
In other words, they should be so vague it can technically be any game, as the discussions in the forums have proven so far.
First rule of marketing: Get people to talk about it, nevermind if yes or no.
Since the trailer, with Vic 3 in one of the first senteces, everbody is talking about Vic 3.
Since the trailer, with Vic 3 in one of the first senteces, everbody is talking about Vic 3.
There have been alot of talk about Victoria and Rome for several years now.
Anyways, In the comments section from this video we can see that PDX marked this post.
They are just being coy since we have seen through their misdirections. Victoria 3 confirmed!
Or it's the biggest misdirection of the year! There's not even going to be a PDXCon! It's right in the name! It's a con!
What more? Well, I guess the next step is officially announcing the damn game.
Or maybe a "hint" saying : "There will be no Großdeutschland in this one." That would surely settle it for good.