Should I start with VIP or with plain Ricky?

[thekaje]

I'm sure you get this question a lot, but I couldn't find any threads like it.

I am about to get Ricky for the first time, never having played Vicky or Ricky before.

Should I play vanilla Ricky first, or will my entire experience be richer if I start with VIP?

Tough question, but I hope you can help.

 

[jamhaw]

I think you should try Revolutions first, as it will be easier to play and manage. V.I.P. is more complicated and could prove somewhat overwhelming to a novice.

 

[unmerged(42621)]

People usually say you should try vanilla first, but what the hell, go with VIP if you can handle the historical events.

 

[unmerged(131989)]

It's always advised to learn the basics of any game on the plain version first, without any mods. This allows you to get used to the mechanics, etc... first, before trying a mod out (which could prove more complicated and/or buggy).

 

[unmerged(93281)]

To be honest, plain Vicky seems a little like an empty shell without all the historical events, so I'd start with VIP I think.

 

[unmerged(95236)]

VIP throws a lot of difficult situations at the player that vanilla just doesn't have. So personally, because of all the historical events, I would have been lost had I started out with VIP. Start with vanilla Ricky.

 

[LodovicoAriosto]

VIP is not a kind of mod which modifies the core mechanics of the game. It rather adds tons of flavour, primarily historical events.

I suggest playing vanilla first but you will surely switch to VIP soon.

 

[MannheimCouncil]

One mechanic it changes indirectly is colonization. There are so few places left to colonise that most nations that aren't historical colonizers won't get a shot at having colonies without waging wars against uncivs. So, it might be useful to start with plain Revolutions. On the other hand, there'll be few unclaimed colonies in a VIP game.

 

[|AXiN|]

If you're starting VIP with little or no V:R experience, I'd suggest somewhere like Belgium, Netherlands or Sweden - they don't have to do any heavy lifting on the international stage and don't have too many events, while having a decent population base for industrialisation.

 

[unmerged(75409)]

Play VIP, it's more fun.