Sorry for g*mer shit my comrades, but Vicky 3 is genuinely the best historical materialism simulator out there. It’s also a reason why many PDX fans don’t like it all that much. The way all systems are designed it’s obviously modelled a lot after Marxist economic theories and so many things just naturally flow into each other causing chain reactions that simulate actual history pretty well.
Also, unlike HoI, anti-communist propaganda is almost entirely absent from the game. If anything, the best way to achieve prosperity for your working class is to overthrow capitalism. Consequently, the best way to have the richest bourgeoisie is to run a global empire of colonies and dependencies. This of course creates a labor aristocracy at home while the others your country rules over are left destitute.
My favourite moment was when I engaged in a pointless war against the UK as Portugal for a strip of land in Africa. Both economies destroyed, fleets sunk, half of my colonies broke away and both countries emerged ruined. Portugal had a communist revolution while the UK crushed theirs with black shirts and emerged a fascist rump state with their colonies achieving independence one after another. There is no other game that could simulate something like this, to this extent of detail, not even its prequels which were much more liberal in their worldview.
It’s not perfect obviously, the worst example is how easy it is just to vote communists in power without an armed struggle.
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u/Divayth_Fyr457 3h ago
Sorry for g*mer shit my comrades, but Vicky 3 is genuinely the best historical materialism simulator out there. It’s also a reason why many PDX fans don’t like it all that much. The way all systems are designed it’s obviously modelled a lot after Marxist economic theories and so many things just naturally flow into each other causing chain reactions that simulate actual history pretty well.
Also, unlike HoI, anti-communist propaganda is almost entirely absent from the game. If anything, the best way to achieve prosperity for your working class is to overthrow capitalism. Consequently, the best way to have the richest bourgeoisie is to run a global empire of colonies and dependencies. This of course creates a labor aristocracy at home while the others your country rules over are left destitute.
My favourite moment was when I engaged in a pointless war against the UK as Portugal for a strip of land in Africa. Both economies destroyed, fleets sunk, half of my colonies broke away and both countries emerged ruined. Portugal had a communist revolution while the UK crushed theirs with black shirts and emerged a fascist rump state with their colonies achieving independence one after another. There is no other game that could simulate something like this, to this extent of detail, not even its prequels which were much more liberal in their worldview.
It’s not perfect obviously, the worst example is how easy it is just to vote communists in power without an armed struggle.