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Europa Universalis II
Released On: Nov 12, 2001
87
8.3
All Platforms
Metascore
Generally Favorable
Based on 11 Critic Reviews
87
100% Positive
11 Reviews
11 Reviews
0% Mixed
0 Reviews
0 Reviews
0% Negative
0 Reviews
0 Reviews
Metascore
Generally Favorable
Based on 11 Critic Reviews
87
100% Positive
11 Reviews
11 Reviews
0% Mixed
0 Reviews
0 Reviews
0% Negative
0 Reviews
0 Reviews
My current favorite for top strategy game of the year. It's more playable than the original and there is a wealth of new options that increases replayability by a factor of ten.
Fun and engrossing, an experience to remember. [Apr 2002, p.100]
User Score
Generally Favorable
Based on 76 User Ratings
8.3
80% Positive
61 Ratings
61 Ratings
12% Mixed
9 Ratings
9 Ratings
8% Negative
6 Ratings
6 Ratings
User Score
Generally Favorable
Based on 76 User Ratings
8.3
80% Positive
61 Ratings
61 Ratings
12% Mixed
9 Ratings
9 Ratings
8% Negative
6 Ratings
6 Ratings
This might be the game I've played more times in all my life.
The first time you play it, when you start a game before have done the tutorials, everything seems to be really hard and somethings have no sense.
I have been reading about this game, and I think, the important thing about this, is that the game is not an empire builder, instead it is an historic simulator in which you can try to play as a nation, and it is going to be easy to recreate the history, but it's going to be hard to change it, because there are lots of mechanisms made in order to avoid that.
But the most important thing I want to say about the game is that it is really fun to play it. I have try some of its sucessors, but no one is so fun.
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It manages to maintain a consistent level of sophistication and high complexity without sacrificing what really makes strategy games fun.
True, the learning curve is Himalayan, but once I got sucked in, my love of strat games was instantly rekindled. [Feb 2002, p.73]
It would be a shame to pass up Europa Univeralis II over something flashier because the likelihood is that others just can’t compete with the combined epicness and fun of the game.
Since there's so much interesting information in the game, some drudgery and a lot of time spent reading statistically-based screens and news about what's happening in other parts of the world, your basic playability is bound to suffer.
Perhaps it's my personal fav of all time. For years, since I was a young boy, I'm playing this masterpiece. Complexity and great depth made it a milestone in the history of computer games. I believe that this game, along with EU1 had just changed the whole strategy games' industry.
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Summary From the medieval battles of Jeanne D'Arc to the fantastic empires of the Incas to the flaming wars of Napoleon, EU II invites you to take the seat as the ruler of a superpower for 400 epic years. The challenge begins in 1419 - the 100 years war between France and England - and ends with the rise and eventual fall of one of Europe's grea...
Rated E
for Everyone
Platforms:
- PC
- DS
Initial Release Date: Nov 12, 2001
Developer:
- Paradox Development Studio
Publisher: Strategy First
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