It's funny because to me Vicky 3 certainly feels like a cookie clicker but much more slower and boring. I recently played after avoiding this game for over a year. I chose Japan because the location and circumstances of this country make it as some sort of benchmark for Paradox DLCs and patches.
So, no more retarded "Give me your port" demands from countries like Prussia, nice. Now, either GB or USA threaten me after few years to open my market. Fair enough. But then nothing really happens aside my economy tanking rapidly. From what I gather there are some spheres of influence now and the same countries that are so interested in opening Japan market just stop caring after you accept it? They don't want to dictate anything, no pressure, no exerting their influence (now I assume these spheres from the newest DLC just give you positive effects?) over your weaker country. Aside from this, you can still stave off the invasion for a bit longer by investing in army from the beginning and AI now can invade Japan from different sides. Something changed, but not so much.
I also played other countries like Sweden, Spain and Two Sicilies but overall there is not enough interaction with this new DLC stuff. This game is still about making a long ass queue of stuff to build and passing some laws. I was under impression this newest DLC was supposed to focus on diplomacy but it seems like they've moved some options around and instead of having a real game of political manoeuvres game is the same boring war clock. Yawn. See you in a year or so, Vicky3!
