Europa Universalis II
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Description
Europa Universalis II invites you to a global struggle for supremacy from the dark times of Jeanne D'Arc to the flaming wars of Napoleon. As the leader of a country you have to guide domestic and foreign policies. Engage in religious struggles, set up expeditions to claim the New World, lead your country to prosperity and victory. Send your Privateers to roam the seven seas, muster mercenaries to bolster your defences, and send missionaries to convert infidels to your State Religion. Interact with true historical events and persons to determine which path your nation will take in the game. The new game includes an elaborate and expanded system for diplomacy, trade, military might and development. It also includes new graphics, music, sound, manual and a new tutorial system to lower the learning curve.
- Europa Universalis II features more than 180 countries and the jewel of Europa Universalis II is the Grand Campaign starting in 1419 and ending in 1820.
- Extended bargaining power in war and peace. You can now strike trade agreements, crave military access or persuade your neighbour to commit to neutrality.
- The possibility to demand or offer any combination of provinces, gold and diplomatic agreements as a result of peace.
- Europa Universalis II expands history's greatest cause of war "Religion", introducing Hinduism, Confucianism and Buddhism.
- A brand new event engine that produces historical, random and special events. The event engine is designed to let the player create his own events making it very fun to build scenarios. Many of the events have multiple choices.
Customer reviews
92
Geat game
fearon | April 11, 2011 | See all fearon's reviews »Europa Universalis 2 is classic game. The real mother for all latest Paradox products. It's giant, it has lot of historical events, it's complex and it's still living. Even now - when there is sequel and lot of spin-offs, EU2 has giant army of fans. EU has lot of modification, addons and tons of addicting gameplay that will prove you, that this is the diamond you must have in your collection.
100
doesn't get better than that
pazmacats | April 8, 2011 | See all pazmacats's reviews »EU2 is one of those games that are special. It is the cornerstone of Paradox Entertainment, a company that is famous now and which got famous solely because of this ONE game. I have spent countless hours modding, reading and writing AAR, reading wiki and playing the game with dozens of different countries.
EU2 is basically EU3 with a) better graphics b) faster engine c) more history d) better gameplay (less tedious)
EU2 got released, patched, modded, patched again, modded again, overhauled, discussed, glorified and re-rereleased (as "For the glory") and I hope someone will have a shrine built for it at some point.
gameplay: THe game takes you from the early 15th century through times of religious troubles to the times of exploration of the new world to the age of colonialism and finally to the age of nationalism and revolution (early 19th century) it is real time and you can pause the game by pressing "pause" and by setting "auto-pause"-triggers.
You are successful by fighting the right wars at the right time and by having a general idea about the direction you wish to your country to take: Do you want to stay small and progressive? Or do you want to launch a holy war against the heretics? Or do you want to explore and get rich by getting hold of key trading centers? Or do you want to colonize and conquer the natives of the new world?
You have fun by reading every dialog box in the game and making "your" choices (historical vs. ahistorical). The game is fun to powergame (pick a one province minor and conquer the world (hard but possible!)), it is also fun to roleplay (make sweden a colonial power, or go crazy and conquer north africa with the portuguese, or try to get insanely rich as venice, etc.) It is also fun to play because of the music (I hope it's still there) and the general immersiveness.
Bottomline: There is no better game than EU2. There is only games which are newer. (Like "For the glory" which is EU2+some extra punch)