I don’t want them to go out and reinvent the wheel every three years and end up making a hot mess Civ V-style.Īs a strategy buff, I really wanted to like EU4 enough to preorder. I want them to take my favorite thing (EU) and keep finding new ways to make it even better.

In any case, this is what I -want- from Paradox. EU3 was a pretty big reworking, but, from what I can tell, EUIV is bigger. It’s probably the most thorough reworking EU has ever received. Short version: entirely different trade system, entirely different tech system, reworked monarch system, more CK2-style diplomacy, reworked manpower system, a huge number of UI changes, big AI changes, the old policy sliders have been dropped, minting has been dropped, advisors have been reworked, missionaries have been reworked, coring has been changed completely, etc. It lists all the differences between 3 and 4. If you’re legitimately unaware of the differences, you may want to check out a PDF Paradox has posted. The rewards for those being the 100 Years War Unit Pack DLC and Purple Phoenix DLC as well as a free copy of Crusader Kings II and a saved game converter to allow you to play CKII saves in Europa Universalis IV.Įxpect a review soon, hopefully still in August.

There’s no multiplayer and you can’t save/load.Įuropa Universalis IV will launch officially on August 13th for PC, Mac and Linux, but pre-orders are already open for the brave souls. It will last for the 28 in-game years and includes a tutorial. Paradox says that the demo they’ve just released allows you to play with one of four available nations: Venice, Ottoman, Portugal or Austria. It could be interpreted as a sign that the developers and the publisher, Paradox Development Studio and Paradox Interactive in this case, are confident about their historical real-time 4X strategy game.Īlong with the demo release, Paradox also announced that EUIV will support Steam Workshop and that multiplayer will be cross-platform, which should allow players across Windows, Mac and Linux to play together. So, it’s always nice to see one for EUIV. Pre-release demos are, unfortunately, a rare commodity these days. A Europa Universalis IV playable demo is now up on Steam, just a few days before the game’s official release.

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