{"id":507,"date":"2006-12-02T15:15:01","date_gmt":"2006-12-02T19:15:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/flashofsteel.com\/index.php\/2006\/12\/02\/europa-universalis-iii-beta-report\/"},"modified":"2006-12-02T15:15:01","modified_gmt":"2006-12-02T19:15:01","slug":"europa-universalis-iii-beta-report","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/flashofsteel.com\/index.php\/2006\/12\/02\/europa-universalis-iii-beta-report\/","title":{"rendered":"Europa Universalis III Beta Report"},"content":{"rendered":"

The first Europa Universalis III<\/em> Beta After Action Report has been posted at the official forum<\/a>. It’s worth a look if you want to see somebody having fun with a game the rest of us won’t see for six weeks.<\/p>\n

The preview build that I have on my desk is clearly way past obsolete, since a lot of the things discussed in this AAR weren’t working in that build. Military tradition is the big one. In the new EU, you don’t get historic monarchs or leaders as you move through the campaign. These will be generated randomly based on a number of factors. For military leaders, the big one is Military Tradition. As you fight battles, you build up Land or Naval tradition which you can then “spend” to recruit a general or admiral. The greater your tradition is, the better chance you have of hiring a strong leader. Other policy settings will affect how quickly you accumulate “tradition”, but it does mean that a France constantly at peace won’t just stumble upon Vauban.<\/p>\n

If you check the recent screenshots<\/a>, by the way, you can see how much better looking the game is.<\/p>\n

Even though I am eagerly awaiting EU3, I still have serious misgivings about the end of the Pageant of History design that made the first two games in that series so memorable. Conquering the Aztecs with Cortez or Kazan with Ivan the Terrible will now only be possible if you start the game at the right date. I fear that this could be one of those instances where a completely defensible design decision diminishes the very thing that set the series apart.<\/p>\n

Of course, it could also be brilliance. I’m all set to order the Collector’s Edition<\/a>, in any case.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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