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Can you still form Italy; can you colonise any lands?
 
Yes and yes. Italy can be formed as any Italian nation(not sure about Papal States). And Africa is almost empty, like in RL.
 
What Italian states are there?
 
Well, maybe these are not all of them but:

Sardinia-Piedmont
Two Sicilies(Napoli and Sicily)
Papal States
------------ These are the three strongest
Lucca
Parma
Modena
Veneto(appears later)
some other small powers.
 
How good is it compared to EU2? Worth getting?

Also, I looked on amazon.co.uk for it. It says the timeline is 1836-1920. Is that correct because some people say it's 1836-1936. Also also, what should the timeline be for EU2?
 
IMO Victoria is really good when you get into it. And that's the hardest part. It has a difficult financial system, which is hard to control. If you get it for cheap, then buy. If it's not that cheap, then think about it and maybe read some comments from it elsewhere.

Timeline is to 1920 without Revolutions-expansion.

Do you mean that what should IMO be the timeline of EU2? Currently it is from 1419 to 1820. And it's OK for me.
 
Timeline for EU2 is 1419-1819, if I remember rightly.

Victoria on it's own is 1836-1920. There's an expansion pack (Revolutions?) that extends this to 1936. I stated this one as I wasn't sure if newer editions of Victoria came with the expansion already (like Hearts of Iron 2 now comes only with the Doomsday expansion).
 
Kan' Sharuminar said:
Timeline for EU2 is 1419-1819, if I remember rightly.

Victoria on it's own is 1836-1920. There's an expansion pack (Revolutions?) that extends this to 1936. I stated this one as I wasn't sure if newer editions of Victoria came with the expansion already (like Hearts of Iron 2 now comes only with the Doomsday expansion).
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You bought only one thing, and that was Victoria with the expansion pack?

What is Hearts of Iron 2 like? What timeline does it cover? Worth getting as well?

So many questions. :crazyeye:

The games are likely to be cheap if I find them anywhere. (amazon doesn't have victoria at the minute)
 
chrisrossi said:
You bought only one thing, and that was Victoria with the expansion pack?
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Not quite sure if I understand the question, but I bought Victoria quite early on, and well before the expansion pack. I haven't gotten the expansion yet :)

chrisrossi said:
What is Hearts of Iron 2 like? What timeline does it cover? Worth getting as well?
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It covers the Second World War period, from 1936-1949. It's more focused on war and military strategies rather than the economies of the time. It's among my favourite games (as some may have guessed by now :p ), and very much worth getting if you're interested in the period.

It also has an expansion, called Doomsday, though they're sold together now. It takes the game up to 1953(?) and covers a fictional Cold War-gone-hot scenario, with the US and Russia duking it out immediately after the end of the Second World War. I haven't purchased it yet, though I probably will at some point :)
 
The two are on my list to buy now. :D What about Crusader Kings? Have you got that?

I have just been researching, and found that that is the first one, if you like. With all the games and expansions, you can apparently play as a nation from 1066 to 1953, which sounds fun!
 
Muhahahaaa! Another one purchasing HoI because of me! :scan:

Haven't played Crusader Kings, so can't comment. The 1066-1953 does intrigue me, but the problem that I've seen is that by the end of EU2 at the latest, you've essentially won the game and it's not worth carrying over to the next game. That's unless you hold yourself back :)
 
Your 5000th post! If I have 20 quid going spare, I will try to get all of them for that. Hopefully :sad:

About the holding back: we all do it at some point don't we? ;)
 
Me and Kan should get money from Paradox for introducing others into their games!

Crusader Kings is fun. It hasn't got any historical events, though, but it is very good. Royal Marriages and alliances(comes with patch) give a nice flavour to the game. And of course crusades. Problem is that you can build a nice, widespread empire easily without others making and alliance against you.

I have heard that multiplayer with CK is great fun.
 
Hitti, have you done a game from 1066-1953?
 
Nope. I don't have HoI. And I'm not sure if AGCEEP can handle CK saves. But I may try that if I get an addiction to CK again. Maybe I'll continue my glorious Napoli-save, and in EU2 unite Italy.
 
Can you do that though? I didn't think Napoli could unite Italy.
 
Why not? In EU2 you can unite Italy with every Italian nation except Papal States and Venice. At least I think so.
 
Kan' Sharuminar said:
It also has an expansion, called Doomsday, though they're sold together now. It takes the game up to 1953(?) and covers a fictional Cold War-gone-hot scenario, with the US and Russia duking it out immediately after the end of the Second World War. I haven't purchased it yet, though I probably will at some point :)
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It used to be for sale for £7.99 on Play.com, but now it's sold out.
 
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