<s>
Victoria	B-Application
3	I-Application
is	O
a	O
2022	O
grand	O
strategy	O
video	O
game	O
developed	O
by	O
Paradox	O
Development	O
Studio	O
and	O
published	O
by	O
Paradox	O
Interactive	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
is	O
a	O
sequel	O
to	O
the	O
2010	O
game	O
Victoria	B-Application
II	I-Application
and	O
was	O
released	O
on	O
25	O
October	O
2022	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Victoria	B-Application
3	I-Application
spans	O
world	O
history	O
from	O
1836	O
to	O
1936	O
and	O
allows	O
the	O
player	O
to	O
control	O
any	O
one	O
of	O
over	O
100	O
countries	O
that	O
existed	O
during	O
that	O
time	O
period	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Another	O
system	O
in	O
the	O
game	O
is	O
Diplomatic	O
Plays	O
,	O
which	O
borrows	O
heavily	O
from	O
Victoria	B-Application
II	I-Application
crisis	O
system	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
the	O
lead	O
up	O
to	O
the	O
game	O
's	O
announcement	O
,	O
Victoria	B-Application
3	I-Application
was	O
seen	O
as	O
a	O
meme	O
by	O
the	O
Paradox	O
fanbase	O
due	O
to	O
players	O
constantly	O
asking	O
about	O
it	O
,	O
only	O
to	O
be	O
ignored	O
,	O
with	O
many	O
joking	O
that	O
it	O
would	O
never	O
see	O
a	O
release	O
or	O
that	O
any	O
mention	O
of	O
the	O
number	O
'	O
three	O
 '	O
from	O
an	O
official	O
Paradox	O
source	O
meant	O
that	O
the	O
game	O
was	O
on	O
the	O
way	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Victoria	B-Application
3	I-Application
received	O
"	O
generally	O
favorable	O
reviews	O
"	O
according	O
to	O
review	O
aggregator	O
Metacritic	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
IGN	O
criticized	O
Victoria	B-Application
3	I-Application
new	O
war	O
mechanics	O
,	O
stating	O
:	O
"	O
I	O
respect	O
Victoria	B-Application
3	I-Application
's	O
decision	O
not	O
to	O
focus	O
on	O
war	O
 [ ... ] 	O
But	O
that	O
does	O
n't	O
change	O
the	O
fact	O
that	O
armed	O
conflicts	O
can	O
be	O
very	O
fiddly	O
and	O
confusing	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
PCGamesN	O
,	O
among	O
other	O
things	O
,	O
liked	O
the	O
overhauled	O
colonialization	O
system	O
,	O
stating	O
:	O
"	O
Victoria	B-Application
3	I-Application
colonisable	O
regions	O
are	O
controlled	O
by	O
indigenous	O
people	O
 [ ... ] 	O
it	O
allows	O
for	O
colonised	O
people	O
to	O
be	O
granted	O
independence	O
and	O
then	O
played	O
as	O
a	O
sovereign	O
nation	O
for	O
the	O
rest	O
of	O
the	O
game	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
They	O
wrote	O
:	O
"	O
Economies	O
in	O
Victoria	B-Application
3	I-Application
are	O
based	O
upon	O
the	O
gold	O
standard	O
,	O
and	O
if	O
your	O
gold	O
stockpiles	O
are	O
too	O
high	O
,	O
it	O
devalues	O
your	O
currency	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Kotaku	O
disliked	O
the	O
economic	O
micromanagement	O
,	O
saying	O
"	O
it	O
also	O
started	O
to	O
get	O
a	O
bit	O
dull	O
once	O
the	O
routine	O
of	O
Victoria	B-Application
3	I-Application
set	O
in	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
