Vic3? Loyal noob looking for answers!

[Gen.Dutchy]

5 years ago I was sold on the Paradox dream of taking a humble counts dynasty in CK2 all the way to the perils of WW2 and beyond. Today, I finally finished EU4 only to find Vic2 is all but dead! I play on mac and Vic2 is not even supported on that

So now I'm hoping you guys can tell me Vic3 is due for release very soon but judging by a quick read of this forum, I'm hoping in vein? Has there been any official statement on Vic3 by Paradox yet?

Here's hoping I don't have to stop living the Paradox dream....

 

[Nuukov]

No official statement confirming a Victoria III. All we know is that Paradox have two projects in the works (Project Titus and Project Tiberius), so hopefully one of those two will be a Victoria III game. The last I heard from Paradox regarding Victoria III was that they would only make it when they felt like they wanted to (so then they could give us a good game that was made with passion); that was a few years ago when they generally said things like this. Then again I also heard a rumour where Paradox was supposed to have said that they would not do Victoria III (as of yet) since they do not think they could improve upon the game mechanics of Victoria II, but I have no confirmation if this rumour is true, so probably best to dismiss it. Otherwise they have been dead silent on Victoria III (as far as I know).

Personally I really hope that Titus and Tiberius are Victoria III and Rome II - I really think these are the games that need to be added next to the Paradox line-up and I am certainly not alone in this feeling, nor are we a minority.

Come on Paradox! Give us what we want!

(P.S. @Gen.Dutchy you accidentally doubled posted this thread, might want to get that sorted out).

 

[Badesumofu]

Victoria 2 is still a fantastic game in its own right.

If I had to guess I'd say that Vic 3 is likely in development. It may not be the best selling series, but it's extremely popular with hardcore PDS fans. PDS' policy on game announcements is that they now don't make them until the game is pretty close to release. But there has been no official word, all we know is that there are two games in active development that we do not know the identity of.

 

[Samman666]

I think it's almost certain that Vicky 3 is in some stage of development. There's been tons of demand for it, it's an amazing strategy IP, and ripe for expansion and improvement.

 

[yourworstnightm]

I'd like to think they at least have a napkin somewhere with some hastily cluttered words for ideas for Vicky 3.

 

[luitzen]

I heard that they're working on Half-Life 3 right now. After this is finished they'll start with Victoria 3 (and only then Rome 2).

 

[Savolainen5]

I play on mac and Vic2 is not even supported on that

Yes it is, it's on the app store. It was developed out of house, though, so the latest patch (and thus many mods) is unavailable (since they never pushed it to the Mac porters).

 

[anomanderus]

Victoria 2 was too complicated for the average person and therefore investing in a V3 is pointless from the standpoint of paradox. Sorry bub.

 

[Badesumofu]

Victoria 2 was too complicated for the average person and therefore investing in a V3 is pointless from the standpoint of paradox. Sorry bub.

Victoria 2 made a profit. Victoria 3 would too and would also be a major sop to hordes of PDS fans in a time when both consciousness and militancy is rising. Plus Shams semi-confirmed that it's in development under Chris King on Reddit yesterday.

Edit: even 'semi-confirmed' is probably too strong of a term and I don't want to mislead people. But he did confirm that Chris King is back at PDS working his butt off on an unannounced project. He also teasingly mentioned Victoria 3 as a possible project in the same comments thread.

 

[TK-XD-M8]

Plus Shams semi-confirmed that it's in development under Chris King on Reddit yesterday.

What? that's what that post was about?

I feel so dumb now...

EDIT: I feel even dumber after reading your edit.

 

[Badesumofu]

I said semi-confirmed because I can't imagine that Shams would have posted what he did if VIc 3 wasn't in active development and Chris King was instead working on some other project that isn't dear to the hearts of so many paradoxians like Victoria. They've previously stated things like that 'you can expect Vic 3 and HOI 4 before 2020' and other statements that don't amount to official confirmation, do make it fairly clear that the game is being worked on (or was planned to be worked on for the older statements).

What it all amounts to, in my view, is that it's reasonable to assume that Vic3 is being made and will be announced when it's far enough along that it's not a long a wait until release and there is something tangible to show off.

 

[TK-XD-M8]

Fair.

I'm still waiting until it's fully confirmed until I get my hopes up.

 

[pesgores]

Ever since an achievement called "Victorian 3" was added to EU4, I have known, deep down in my heart, that the game was being developed.

 

[Shinzon3]

I sure hope you guys are right about Vic3, because as it covers my favorite period in history, I'm expecting it a lot more than another EU IV DLC...

 

[TurtleShroom]

I have the nagging feeling that "Victoria III" will be our "Half-Life III".

If it comes out, I hope it won't be toned/dumbed down. Intense numbers and Pops and imagination are what make V2 great, IMO.
Besides, as others noted, V2 turned a profit. I'd be the first one in line for V3!

 

[jdavis86]

It would be strange from a corporate standpoint if they didn't want to develop VIC3.

Judging from past Johan interviews, I do agree that they'll only make it when they are passionate about it and have some good ideas.

I hope they learned from HOI4's failures.

 

[deanwebb]

I've played a lot of EU3 and EU4, but I keep coming back to Victoria 2.

And Ultima VII, but that's neither here nor there.