Start before the Renaissance on a map of the world as it was then. Choose from any of hundreds of nations and then rule up to the Age of Revolutions. Or, if you wish, start your game at any date in the span, with historical monarchs and other leaders.
Hundreds of dynamic historical events are yours to experience, from merely troubling civil wars to world changing moments like the Protestant Reformation. Discover and settle the New World, or resist European conquest.
Control the flow of trade by developing your trade power in key provinces, using ships and governmental policy to bring the wealth of the world to your own ports.
Build alliances into iron bonds, cemented by royal marriage or play a flexible hand, keeping your options open. Strike when your enemies are weak, using your armies to grab new land and new potential riches.
Your nation’s pace of development will be heavily influenced by the person on the throne. Experience rapid development under a skilled monarch only to see things slow down when a less competent heir takes over. Plan for the future by spending monarch power wisely.
Four hundred years of research into new ways of war, administration and trade are available. Unlock new weapons, new buildings and new ship types. Over time, you can embrace national ideas that represent both your historic legacy and your ambitions for the future.
Posted on: November 23, 2022
Ennson
Games: 812 Reviews: 24
Continuous disappointment
I have been let down by Paradox already few times but when I saw EU IV on Humble Bundle for dirt cheap with all of its DLC I decided to give them another chance. Boy was that a mistake. Not only did I find out that Epics support is as bad as at Steam, Paradox isn't much better at helping you either. Basically Paradox makes their "games" for Steam, everything else is just an afterthought. When you are going to have any issues, and you are going to have them quite soon, then go on Steam. Oh, it doesn't work for you, well it works on Steam. Oh, you have encountered bugs, what - it crashes, well, it works on Steam. Yeah, good luck with that. Honestly, don't expect any help from them if you aren't on Steam. This includes GOG as well. The game itself is buggy mess. If you want it to run smoother then you have to (and you absolutely have to) go through all the script files with a validator and fix their mess. But that's only partial solution since you can't fix anything in the exe or dll files. Not to mention that this isn't even a game. It's a petty platform to sell their petty DLCs. If you think that a horse armor is petty then look what Paradox has in store. I mean it's beyond ridiculous. Or even inappropriate. I have nothing against metal music but these bands aren't just bad, I wouldn't want to listen even well made metal in a historic strategy game. If you want muslims to look like muslims instead of like westerners, well there's DLC for that. Like what the serious f*ck? I have to admit that I spent too much time trying to get it to work. Modding itself can be quite fun by itself but in the end, if you have to spend so much time to get something to work, then mind as well make your own game from scratch. So if you have plans to take up game development at some point then modding is good place to start and that's the only thing Paradox junk is good for.
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