Victoria II: Heart of Darkness

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Victoria II: Heart of Darkness is the second expansion for the grand strategy and political simulator Victoria II. This expansion focuses on the Scramble for Africa.

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Paradox Interactive
Release date:
16 April 2013
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Victoria II: Heart of Darkness is the second expansion for the grand strategy and political simulator Victoria II. This expansion focuses on the Scramble for Africa. Compete with other colonial powers and experience international crises which require Great Power mediation if the world is to avoid war in this experience crafted by Paradox Development Studio.

Key Features

  • Experience a brand new colonization system: Use your navy to expand your empire, compete against other colonial powers and struggle to maintain your overseas control. Colonial conflicts can spiral out of control and become international crises. They will have to be decided by diplomatic negotiations or risk costly wars
  • Battle your enemies in the new naval combat system: Together with the new colonization system, your navies are more important than ever. A new system of gun ranges brings more depth and strategy to warfare on the high seas. Powerful new battleships also join the other classes of ships to bridge the gap to Dreadnoughts
  • Prepare for International Crises: Around the world international crises continually call on the Great Powers to mediate and compromise, with war always being the last resort. As one of the lesser powers, use your influence to stir up local flash points so you can use fleet footed diplomacy to get the Great Powers to right the wrongs that have been committed against your nation!
  • Follow the global events with the new newspaper system: Attain a greater sense of immersion by receiving local and global reports on world events. Over 60 newspapers, both historic and otherwise, periodically present you with the latest news reports of war, major events, royal gossip and other matters of interest

Recommended system requirements

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OS:
XP/Vista/Windows7
Processor:
Intel® Pentium® IV 2.4 GHz or AMD 3500+
Memory:
2 GB RAM
Graphics:
NVIDIA® GeForce 8800 or ATI Radeon® X1900 with a resolution of at least: 1024*768
DirectX®:
9.0
Hard Drive:
2 GB HD space
Sound:
Direct X-compatible sound card
Other Requirements:
Broadband Internet connection
Additional:
3-Button Mouse, Keyboard, Speakers and Internet Connection for Multiplayer. Victoria II (base game) and A House Divided expansion required

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User reviews

Take the Meds ywnbarw
Not recommended | 14 Aug 2024

This DLC kneecaps America's early game military. The Brigade limit NEVER goes beyond 14 for a entire decade. HOW AM I SUPPOSED TO RUSH MANIFEST DESTINY WITH 14 BRIGADES??? Is this a bug? Does everybody just accept this?

Helpful: 0
♥ Mali ♥ | VIPER 1-1
Recommended | 21 Apr 2024

From what I know a lot of the mods that are trying to either expand the game and make it better or give alternative history stuff is based on Heart of Darkness so by that alone its kind of an important DLC. So what

Helpful: 4
户の木
Not recommended | 05 Mar 2025

Trash. If you add political factors to a game, you will spoil it. Paradox not only do this, but also never listen to players. If you buy this game, you can do nothing, including refund, when Paradox add something you

Helpful: 1
UnfanToaster
Recommended | 18 Jun 2023

while i love victoria 2, base game "Yellow Prussia" Victoria 2 is a bit stale. this DLC brings many things to this amazing game and most converters require this. the crisis system is great and the colonial system is

Helpful: 0
Lightning_Lantz
Recommended | 07 Mar 2024

Definitely the definitive way to play Vic 2 (no mods). Fixes a lot of issues with base game, and the UI is just much better. More importantly, it adds a lot of flavor.

Helpful: 3
Steel7701
Recommended | 03 Jul 2021

This expansion introduces some nice flavor to the game, and is overall pretty nice. I would recommend getting this on sale if you are interested in it.

Helpful: 8