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I can't stop playing this game.
It's a lot of fun, especially if you're a strategy fan. I grew up playing Total War and some of the Civilization games, I didn't upgrade to Europa Universalis until 2 years ago. I've played some of the older ones of these before, however, this one is by far much less complicated, and is much more polished, let's get to the review.
Gameplay
Gameplay is smooth. The games runs perfectly fine without any stutters or anything of that matter. The menus are easy to navigate to get to where you need to be and the hotkeys work fine and are quite well thought out. The camera works fine as well and I haven't had any major issues with the Camera.
Grade: A
War
War is a little tricky. It's more focused on the strategic side of things: creating your fronts, designing missions and unit tasks, micromanaging divisions and supplies ect.., but for it to be focused on strategy is lacks in actual strategy. Flanking and use of tactics seem to be either hidden or just not used that well. I don't really see an easy way to check the morale or rather the amount of troops I have in my divisions or armies. While the combat still runs smooth and requires split second thinking, it lacks some basic techniques.
Grade: C+
Diplomacy
The diplomacy is basically a cut and paste from Europa Universalis with a few more modern options. Which I don't mind because the Diplomacy in Europa Universalis was incredibly deep. But there are a few....nagging...problems. Ideologies seem to get in the way a little too much, I had practically perfect relations with the USSR as Iran, but couldn't even get a Non-Aggression Pact with them because of the ideologies. That needs fixing. Another is that your ability to declare war on anyone is decided by a "World Tension" meter in the top right. As Democracies you can't declare war on anyone until the world is in practical chaos. Yea...no Democratic American Empire...darn. Of course they do make it fairly easy to change governments completely in less than 2 years in game.
Grade: B
Economy
Your economy is based upon your industry. How much you can produce is how much you can sustain and supply. No money...thank god. Industry basically decides if you can support yourself in a war, or rather, even fight in a war which makes it almost as important as money. However, you are required to micromanage what is being produced: Guns, tanks, equipment, vehicles, ships, ect..., which makes it oh so much more moutherwateringly deep.
Grade: A+
Research and Tech
The sad part about this game is that you can only progress until around 1950. Which is a shame because they give you the opportunity to research and develop modern tanks and jets(not an Abrams or FA/-18 types, but you know what I mean). However, the tech trees are very very detailed, very resourceful, and often will dictate your wars and your economy. They also give you the opportunity to mold your nation around ideologies such as Socialism, Neutrality, Isolationism, and such.
Grade: B+
OVERALL VERDICT: 9/10
If you like strategy...BUY IT.
It's a lot of fun, especially if you're a strategy fan. I grew up playing Total War and some of the Civilization games, I didn't upgrade to Europa Universalis until 2 years ago. I've played some of the older ones of these before, however, this one is by far much less complicated, and is much more polished, let's get to the review.
Gameplay
Gameplay is smooth. The games runs perfectly fine without any stutters or anything of that matter. The menus are easy to navigate to get to where you need to be and the hotkeys work fine and are quite well thought out. The camera works fine as well and I haven't had any major issues with the Camera.
Grade: A
War
War is a little tricky. It's more focused on the strategic side of things: creating your fronts, designing missions and unit tasks, micromanaging divisions and supplies ect.., but for it to be focused on strategy is lacks in actual strategy. Flanking and use of tactics seem to be either hidden or just not used that well. I don't really see an easy way to check the morale or rather the amount of troops I have in my divisions or armies. While the combat still runs smooth and requires split second thinking, it lacks some basic techniques.
Grade: C+
Diplomacy
The diplomacy is basically a cut and paste from Europa Universalis with a few more modern options. Which I don't mind because the Diplomacy in Europa Universalis was incredibly deep. But there are a few....nagging...problems. Ideologies seem to get in the way a little too much, I had practically perfect relations with the USSR as Iran, but couldn't even get a Non-Aggression Pact with them because of the ideologies. That needs fixing. Another is that your ability to declare war on anyone is decided by a "World Tension" meter in the top right. As Democracies you can't declare war on anyone until the world is in practical chaos. Yea...no Democratic American Empire...darn. Of course they do make it fairly easy to change governments completely in less than 2 years in game.
Grade: B
Economy
Your economy is based upon your industry. How much you can produce is how much you can sustain and supply. No money...thank god. Industry basically decides if you can support yourself in a war, or rather, even fight in a war which makes it almost as important as money. However, you are required to micromanage what is being produced: Guns, tanks, equipment, vehicles, ships, ect..., which makes it oh so much more moutherwateringly deep.
Grade: A+
Research and Tech
The sad part about this game is that you can only progress until around 1950. Which is a shame because they give you the opportunity to research and develop modern tanks and jets(not an Abrams or FA/-18 types, but you know what I mean). However, the tech trees are very very detailed, very resourceful, and often will dictate your wars and your economy. They also give you the opportunity to mold your nation around ideologies such as Socialism, Neutrality, Isolationism, and such.
Grade: B+
OVERALL VERDICT: 9/10
If you like strategy...BUY IT.
