Review Roundup: Europa Universalis 3
January 30th, 2007 by Darren Stevens in News
While you may not know about the Europa Unversalis games, most likely because of lack of general promotion of the excellent strategy games. Those who tried the previous games found them rather complex with a stiff lurning curve. Europa Unversalis 3 on the other hand, is the easiest to pick up and play, and features more than the other games combined.
GameSpot (87/100) “Europa Universalis III is the best game in the franchise, thanks to such new gameplay elements as espionage and national ideas, yet what makes it even greater is just how easy it is for almost anyone to enjoy. If sweeping strategy games with multiple layers of complex decisions have turned you off before, this is the perfect opportunity to find out what enthusiasts love about them.”
IGN (85/100) “Though it will never have the mass appeal of games like Civilization it certainly fills a niche and feeds those gamers who are looking for a deep and involved historical strategy experience. With that in mind, Paradox has milked the franchise for years now, using it as the basis for a variety of other games that are little more than reskins of the original.”
1UP (90/100) “In anything this complex, someone’s bound to tease out nitpicky balance issues eventually. But off the tarmac and for its breadth, Europa Universalis III feels remarkably well-honed-arguably Paradox’s finest achievement in the form to date.”
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