Context: The “Civilized” mechanic in Victoria 2 won’t be coming back in 3. It was an arbitrary system which gave “uncivs” (countries that haven’t westernized) maluses and an inability to access the normal research “tree”.

Instead, the countries in question will be modeled after their actual circumstances that put them at a disadvantage to Western powers (agrarian society, decentralization, no infrastructure, poor literacy, etc). You know, a materialistic approach that’s in line with the rest of the game.

Also, white chuds won’t shut up about some capeshit that came out years ago and it’s hilarious.

  • Ho_Chi_Chungus [she/her]
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    3 years ago

    From a gameplay perspective I liked the westernization mechanic though. I liked playing native american nations and the change to institutions made contact a lot less interesting because all you had to do to "westernize" after the addition of institutions was just look vaguely in the direction of a white person and suddenly you know how a printing press works. It was fun when you felt like your nation was going through massive internal social transformation and reform and it was just removed when they added institutions

    • opposide [none/use name]
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      3 years ago

      Except it’s fundamentally flawed as a game mechanic because it implies the only way for your people to learn and adapt to a technology is to become like the west which is racist, untrue, and historically inaccurate