HoI or Victoria?

[Gamecube64]

Which should I try out first at some undetermined point in the FUTURE!

[dojoboy]

Do you have a preference of historical eras/themes?

Of the two, HOI2 and Victoria, I play more of HOI2. But, once I begin a Victoria game, the real world takes a back seat. You really get the feel of what it might be like to run a country.

[Gamecube64]

Who said anything about HoI2?

[Nikolai]

Forget HoI1. Compared to HoI2 it nothing. Vickie is good, but you need to like MM to get the fullest of it. Short, HoI2 is war, Vickie is economy and politics.

[RGBVideo]

If you have the paradox mega-strategy pack with HoI and Victoria, play Victoria. If you're planning to buy or otherwise "obtain" either of the games, go for HoII with the DD stand-alone.

[dojoboy]

Originally posted by Gamecube64
Who said anything about HoI2?

Well, since you didn't mention it, I gathered you either made an error or didn't know about it. If you did know about it, yet failed to provide a qualifier,.... .

If you grab HOI/1, then definitley d/l and play the last version of the CORE/1 mod. It is still a very good game. But, I've not touched it since picking up HOI/2, plus CORE/2.

[Ben Kenobi]

Depends on how you play Victoria.

Once you get past a particular point economic management becomes rather irrelevant.

I would say Victoria based on both the historical time period and the fact like Civ, you can mould your nation into whatever you want.

[General Ludd]

I like the manpower model in Victoria the most of any of the games. It's the only game where casualties actually count. Your manpower comes from soldier pops, and when they die in battle, they die. Attrition can be a serious issue - not just in limiting your army but your economy aswell.