Victoria 3 have revealed their working philosophy when including controversial historical subjects in their games.In a recent interview with PCGamesN, the Paradox developers behind Victoria 3 discussed the difficulties in representing time periods authentically.
Set in the Victorian era, a major part of the narrative falls on slavery and colonialism, factors which the developers were keen to not leave out.“We want to represent all of history,” game director Martin Anward explained. “We don’t want to represent just the nice parts of history, or parts that aren’t horrific.
We are representing the entire world’s population.“So for us to, for instance, write slavery out of the game, would mean that we are effectively writing [out] those people.
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