After many weeks away from Europa Universalis III, I returned to it yesterday to see if the new patch addresses my minor concerns. The AI powers are now much more aggressive against the American native states. In my current game as Castile, it’s only 1530 and England has already wiped out the Huron, Iroquois, Shawnee, […]
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Win EU3
April 3rd, 2007 · Comments Off on Win EU3 · Paradox
Though it probably won’t move from very good to great until they finally get that 1.02 patch done, you can win a copy of Europa Universalis III courtesy of the developers and the people at Tacticular Cancer if you have a good idea for a game setting. Details over at TC. (I’m not entering because […]
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Europa Universalis III Again
March 18th, 2007 · 3 Comments · Gameshark, History, Paradox
Europa Universalis III is a good game. It isn’t the transcendant glory that its immediate predecessor was. It isn’t as deep as Hearts of Iron II and it’s not nearly as much fun as Crusader Kings. But it does have more going for it than the numerous complaints on the official forum would have you […]
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Pro-G gets a do-over on EU3
February 2nd, 2007 · 6 Comments · Media, Paradox, Review
A few days ago, I linked to the Pro-G review of Europa Universalis III – a review that was unsatisfactory for its bare understanding of the game. After Paradox PR applied pressure to the editor, they got a new review with a more positive impression to be a “second opinion”. Then both reviews were averaged […]
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Review Puzzlement of the Day
January 30th, 2007 · 7 Comments · Media, Paradox
From Ian Morris’s review of Europa Universalis III: For the sake of this example, let’s presume we’re playing as sleepy old England. To invade another country, you must first declare war on it, which is done by clicking a button. After doing that, you must then find a way of amassing an army and getting […]
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Getting at the Core Experience
January 25th, 2007 · 4 Comments · Design, Paradox
Sequels are harder than they look. Though launched to the usual glowing reviews, Europa Universalis 3 is going to be a divisive game. You can see it on the official forums. You can see it on the blog of one of Paradox’s biggest fans. And you read it here first many months ago. Some people […]
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