If you're new to the Europa Universalis series, you should know right at the start that it's more than just a complicated game of war. It's a sort of geo-political simulator that divides the world up into provinces, each ruled by a religion, a culture and, most significantly, a national power. These provinces provide tax revenue and manpower that you can use to fund technological research, build infrastructure or raise armies. Events play out day-by-day in real time so you'll have the immediate intensity of a real-time strategy game coupled with the high level strategizing of a classic 4X game. It's an intriguing synthesis but the scale and presentation of the game mean that it's not for everyone. Additionally, there are still some rough spots in the design that reach as far back as the original Europa games that continue to plague us...

Publisher: Paradox Interactive
Developer: Paradox Interactive
ESRB: E
Category: Strategy
Release Dates
N Amer - 04/15/2008
Intl - 04/18/2008