Europa Universalis IV PC

1. Orctownorc

   Aug 13, 2013

   10

   WOW! For about ten years Paradox Development have been a small team of nice guys working hard to give us good games and mostly failing. TheirWOW! For about ten years Paradox Development have been a small team of nice guys working hard to give us good games and mostly failing. Their games have been for the most part tedious, pretentious and ugly, with cluttered mechanisms, and hideous micromanagement. Most of the Paradox efforts suffered from terrible tutorials and ridiculous learning curved that discouraged any vaguely casual gamers. But beyond inaccessibility, the games were finally not that good, because even when you figured out the mechanisms they were still too MECHANICAL: not even really worth learning in the end because they were all variations of a sausage machine. However something miraculous happened with Crusaders Kings 2, and echoes of the good things we saw in earlier games (Hearts of Iron 2) reappeared: Better looking graphics. Simpler, yet DEEPER gameplay. The machine kept churning away but Paradox learned to save us from the worst of it, and the gameplay began to blossom. Europa Universalis IV seems to demonstrate that Paradox has really turned the corner. The game is beautiful. Gameplay is fluid. The depth and complication is welcome, but it has been softened with a more thoughtful and gaming friendly structure! GREAT WORK PARADOX! Good things take time, and your grand ambitions are finally bearing fruit. I'm very excited about where this will lead with the Hearts of Iron series, because all the design wisdom that we can see in CK2 and EU4 is leading in the absolute correct direction. If you love strategy gaming please go and buy this game and support this developer! This is a FAR, FAR superior game to Civilizations 1-5 as well as anything put out by Creative Assembly. It's been a long wait but worth it. Can't wait to see what we get when the final few pieces of the game design puzzle fall into place. If they get the budget to build something with a more solid multiplayer experience we will see the PERFECT game.… Expand

   • 72 of 93 users found this helpful
2. AbaDe

   Sep 27, 2013

   10

   GOOD
   Epic Game
   Just Perfect Diplomacy Standards Technology bias is just perfect Requires brains and strategy when fighting againstGOOD
   Epic Game
   Just Perfect Diplomacy Standards
   Technology bias is just perfect
   Requires brains and strategy when fighting against coalition of forces
   
   BAD
   Requires cheats to really win only the best can win without using cheats .
   A bit Long, sometimes i am sleeping just in front of my computer
   Bugs can ruin your life, if combing armies (you cannot combine more than 3 units at a time
   Every army requires general to win (without a general-ed army you are bound to loose, even with having a huge amassed army)… Expand

   • 2 of 5 users found this helpful
4. Joker85

   Sep 5, 2013

   10

   This game is simply superb. The level of detail, thought, and competence that went into it has made it a pleasure to play. Given the disasterThis game is simply superb. The level of detail, thought, and competence that went into it has made it a pleasure to play. Given the disaster that Rome 2 turned out to be, I'm extremely thankful that I'll have something to play for the foreseeable future. Paradox has come through again!… Expand

   • 6 of 10 users found this helpful
5. conus21

   Aug 20, 2016

   9

   You can hardly find another cool nerdy game like EU! Building empires, crushing revolutions, vassalising smaller nations... tons of stuff!You can hardly find another cool nerdy game like EU! Building empires, crushing revolutions, vassalising smaller nations... tons of stuff! Although I admit it's a hard task for newbies to get into this game.… Expand

   • 0 of 0 users found this helpful
6. Luiz_Felipe

   Aug 28, 2013

   9

   A masterpiece! One of the best strategy games I've ever played. EUIII was a very good game but full of flaws and boring mechanics. In EUIV,A masterpiece! One of the best strategy games I've ever played. EUIII was a very good game but full of flaws and boring mechanics. In EUIV, Paradox got a lot of that and corrected the way they should do it. It's not a perfect game, sure, but it got close. Correct the bugs, especially the achievements ones, and some minor problems, like England being too weak and France too powerfull, and voilá a 10 will be deserved. Right now, I am content with the 9.… Expand

   • 9 of 14 users found this helpful
7. masc

   Aug 19, 2013

   8

   Europa Universalis IV is much better than older iterations especially when it comes to how stable this game runs. What is holding me back fromEuropa Universalis IV is much better than older iterations especially when it comes to how stable this game runs. What is holding me back from giving it a 9 is that still some things are not easy or simply not transparent enough to understand so one needs to be willing to spend some time outside the game to learn the game because the in-game tutorials and help system are not helpful enough.
   
   Overall I like the game very much and would recommend it to everyone who is willing to spend some time to learn the game. What helped me a lot was a tutorial from quill18: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QGH-Sc1EfdI… Expand

   • 3 of 7 users found this helpful
8. m1rev

   Dec 26, 2013

   0

   Unique historical strategy. Difficult to enter. but if you understand it, you love it. Nice graphics, user-friendly interface and addictiveUnique historical strategy. Difficult to enter. but if you understand it, you love it. Nice graphics, user-friendly interface and addictive gameplay.
   The game has many of little things that generally create a unique gaming experience.… Expand

   • 0 of 2 users found this helpful

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