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Europa Universalis

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3.9/5

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3.9

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Europa Universalis
Description
Europa Universalis is a historical strategy game that simulates all aspects of world history from 1492 to 1792. Each player takes on the role of one of the major nations of the era, controlling diplomacy, economy, warfare, exploration, and colonization. The game takes place on a map divided into ap...
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3.9/5

( 26 Reviews )

3.9

26 Reviews

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Product details
2001, Paradox Development Studio, ESRB Rating: Everyone...
System requirements
Windows XP / Vista/ 7 / 8, 1.8 GHz, 1 GB RAM, 3D graphics card compatible with DirectX 9.0c...
Time to beat
20 hMain
24.5 h Main + Sides
-- Completionist
23 h All Styles
Description
Europa Universalis is a historical strategy game that simulates all aspects of world history from 1492 to 1792. Each player takes on the role of one of the major nations of the era, controlling diplomacy, economy, warfare, exploration, and colonization. The game takes place on a map divided into approximately 1,500 provinces, and proceeds in a pausable real time format.
  • A number of unique features ensure historical accuracy, including period monarchs, military leaders, and technological gains.
  • Involve yourself in colonization, exploration, trade and infrastructure, war, religion, and diplomacy against other players or your computer.
  • Ninety different nations are potentially player-controlled, while the powerful AI controls nonplayer nations.
  • Choose from nine scenarios, including a Grand Campaign game that encompasses 300 years.
  • There are more than 500 different historical missions and a dynamic system that generates countless exciting missions.
  • More than 200 historical events potentially affect the outcome of your actions. A map covering the entire globe encompasses 800-plus named provinces, 550-plus named sea zones, and 100-plus named rivers.
  • The real-time game can be set to pause at any time or any given event to give players time to plan ahead, thereby creating a semi-real-time environment.
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Why buy on GOG.COM?
DRM FREE. No activation or online connection required to play.
Safety and satisfaction. Stellar support 24/7 and full refunds up to 30 days.
Time to beat
20 hMain
24.5 h Main + Sides
-- Completionist
23 h All Styles
Game details
Works on:
Windows (7, 8)
Release date:
{{'2001-02-20T00:00:00+02:00' | date: 'longDate' : ' +0200 ' }}
Size:
121 MB
Rating:
ESRB Rating: Everyone (Mild Violence)

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Posted on: December 12, 2022

kiagaim22

Games: 4 Reviews: 1

Set compatibility mode to Windows 95

As another reviewer said to do. The game works perfectly on my windows 11 system, after doing this :)


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Posted on: January 30, 2022

Revan5678

Verified owner

Games: 583 Reviews: 4

Great fun until the bugs appear

As someone who only played Hearts of Iron III before this one when it comes to Paradox games, I have to say the game is a lot of fun. That is as long as it is working properly. The game mechanics are great and getting started with one of the smaller scenarios was blast. Halfway through the grand campain however, I managed to corrupt my safe game in such a way, that some of my armies which are besieging rebel occupied cities stopped gaining any siege progress. when ordering my forces to retreat from one of these cites, the game crashes. I can't say that I regret the time I spent with the game and I still plan on playing some of the smaller scenarios but be aware that there is a good chance that you wil encounter the same bugs when playing the grand campaign. On a side note, the game's soundtrack does not play under Windows 10. As it is just a single track, that repeats all the time, I wrote a batch file that starts playing the music, starts the game and closes the music player after each session. Be free to adjust it for your own usage: D: cd "D:\Programme\GOG\Europa Universalis" start europa.exe Timeout /t 0 REM time at 105 makes the music start after the intro if not skipped cd "D:\Programme\GOG\Europa Universalis\MUSIC" start Track02.ogg pause taskkill /IM vlc.exe /F


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Posted on: November 13, 2019

Bobmali

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Games: 528 Reviews: 16

First 4X-game that I've played

I never was interested in 4X titles until few weeks ago and decided to give EU1 a chance. I'm really liking it a lot, especially when most mechanics become second nature and you dive deep into the economy/strategic stuff. For newcomers I'd advice to play the tutorial more than once and maybe skip the scenarios for some time. There's just too much information to take in that it becomes overwhelming although I can see that it may offer endless replay value (lots of nations and different victory conditions). Fantasia where it's at imo. Every faction starts with one city and then you start expanding. That way you get to understand the game's mechanics easier and it's incredible fun. The screenshots don't do this game justice as it's visually more appealing than you might think. Just charmimg stuff here. Seeing how the sequels apparently became more and more complex/in depth, EU1 is a great starting point for getting invested into 4X games as it's quite complex but approchable enough that you don't get demotivated and toss it away. I can see myself playing regularly a Fantasia scenario (different factions and victory conditions) for the years to come. Highly recommending this one.


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Posted on: January 7, 2025

arshile75_2149

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Games: 1 Reviews: 1

Europa Universalis

It's a great value if you like older games that are new to you. As someone who doesn't play the most recent games of this genre, I think the game is plenty interesting/complicated/challenging. The only downside was figuring out how to get the older game to run on windows 11 and the fact that I have to turn the app off in task manager.


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Posted on: April 19, 2016

Minnvin

Verified owner

Games: 211 Reviews: 3

great game

its a fun game I am enjoying it there seems to be no music because there is no CD witch I think the music played from the cd hope gog fixes this small problem and the game seems to not want to start on windows 10 but just go to the Europa Universalis support page there is a fix there other then the music problem witch might just be me or a windows 10 thing the game works great


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