>>725282135
Pic related is the victory screen.
>late game combat changes dramatically from early and mid-game combat due to tech and army sizes changing
>armies can take prisoners, then you can either ransom or try to hire those prisoners as mercenaries
>some nations have unique technology
>you can later on in the game try to unify some culture groups through cosmopolitan education and state policy
>the main hindrance to war is that if your enemy has colonies, you can conquer them whole and only get 50% warscore
>too many wargoals are barricaded from you with >100+ warscore demand, there is no true unconditional surrender
>there are very interesting mechanics to countries under personal union, which includes laws between them, I was at one point in a commonwealth with Hungary-Poland-Bulgaria-Lithuania
>pic related was the final map, but don't let it fool you: France was once almighty before it collapsed due to a civil war, the big Russia-like Ruthenia does not pack any punch, the Balkans looked ugly as hell and I had to fight multiple wars to expel every single colony because it seemed like all of Italy was playing tall
>with advancements in medicine, ruler life expectancy grows, and by the end of the game your rulers can get really old
Not bad to beat the game in my first rodeo. There are many mechanics, but the playthrough is so damn long that you'll learn most of them if you decide to engage with that aspect.
I only didn't do naval warfare and colonization and trade (it was automated, I only built stuff and made war to make me more relevant in the trade world).
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>>725201894
I BEAT THE GAME.
ASK ME ANYTHING.
I beat my first game as Hungary. I won by finishing as super power.
Here's my review.
Pros:
>game is very fun and has tons of variety depending on what you want to play
>mechanics go very in-depth, but it is not punishing if you don't want to engage with them. I loved the Columbus exchange mechanic, but I couldn't engage it with a lot besides planting tobacco and chili in Hungary
>there are tons of little details everywhere, a playthrough can take easy 30-40 hours, and I think I only discovered the parliament discussion menu around 1760 (and by accident)
>warfare is very fun, the huge map could nearly allow you to larp as Napoleon moving 120 thousand corps in battles all over the place
Cons:
>the AI is not aggressive enough. Ottomans failed to conquer Byzantium, the russian states are still slaves to the Golden Horde even when they outgun them
>Castille gave up the reconquista, France invaded Iberia, then France collapsed
>too many tiny states everywhere in late game, even when everybody has the imperialism and nationalism casus belli unlocked
>"french revolution" failed to trigger
>there was no "thirty years war"
>the great power of Europe was Hungary and Poland, allowed to fester without the threat of the HRE, the Ottomans and Russia
>definitely they need an aggression patch
>it was nice to see revolutions all over the New World, like historically, but since there was no Napoleon, Spain just beat them
81/100 -> Too time-consuming, needs a 1600s start. Mechanics are in-depth, but you don't really need to engage with them to win.
I BEAT THE GAME.
ASK ME ANYTHING.
I beat my first game as Hungary. I won by finishing as super power.
Here's my review.
Pros:
>game is very fun and has tons of variety depending on what you want to play
>mechanics go very in-depth, but it is not punishing if you don't want to engage with them. I loved the Columbus exchange mechanic, but I couldn't engage it with a lot besides planting tobacco and chili in Hungary
>there are tons of little details everywhere, a playthrough can take easy 30-40 hours, and I think I only discovered the parliament discussion menu around 1760 (and by accident)
>warfare is very fun, the huge map could nearly allow you to larp as Napoleon moving 120 thousand corps in battles all over the place
Cons:
>the AI is not aggressive enough. Ottomans failed to conquer Byzantium, the russian states are still slaves to the Golden Horde even when they outgun them
>Castille gave up the reconquista, France invaded Iberia, then France collapsed
>too many tiny states everywhere in late game, even when everybody has the imperialism and nationalism casus belli unlocked
>"french revolution" failed to trigger
>there was no "thirty years war"
>the great power of Europe was Hungary and Poland, allowed to fester without the threat of the HRE, the Ottomans and Russia
>definitely they need an aggression patch
>it was nice to see revolutions all over the New World, like historically, but since there was no Napoleon, Spain just beat them
81/100 -> Too time-consuming, needs a 1600s start. Mechanics are in-depth, but you don't really need to engage with them to win.
I JUST BEAT EUROPA UNIVERSALIS V
ASK ME ANYTHING. I beat my first game as Hungary. I won by finishing as super power.
Here's my review.
Pros:
>game is very fun and has tons of variety depending on what you want to play
>mechanics go very in-depth, but it is not punishing if you don't want to engage with them. I loved the Columbus exchange mechanic, but I couldn't engage it with a lot besides planting tobacco and chili in Hungary
>there are tons of little details everywhere, a playthrough can take easy 30-40 hours, and I think I only discovered the parliament discussion menu around 1760 (and by accident)
>warfare is very fun, the huge map could nearly allow you to larp as Napoleon moving 120 thousand corps in battles all over the place
Cons:
>the AI is not aggressive enough. Ottomans failed to conquer Byzantium, the russian states are still slaves to the Golden Horde even when they outgun them
>Castille gave up the reconquista, France invaded Iberia, then France collapsed
>too many tiny states everywhere in late game, even when everybody has the imperialism and nationalism casus belli unlocked
>"french revolution" failed to trigger
>there was no "thirty years war"
>the great power of Europe was Hungary and Poland, allowed to fester without the threat of the HRE, the Ottomans and Russia
>definitely they need an aggression patch
>it was nice to see revolutions all over the New World, like historically, but since there was no Napoleon, Spain just beat them
81/100 -> Too time-consuming, needs a 1600s start. Mechanics are in-depth, but you don't really need to engage with them to win.
Here's my review.
Pros:
>game is very fun and has tons of variety depending on what you want to play
>mechanics go very in-depth, but it is not punishing if you don't want to engage with them. I loved the Columbus exchange mechanic, but I couldn't engage it with a lot besides planting tobacco and chili in Hungary
>there are tons of little details everywhere, a playthrough can take easy 30-40 hours, and I think I only discovered the parliament discussion menu around 1760 (and by accident)
>warfare is very fun, the huge map could nearly allow you to larp as Napoleon moving 120 thousand corps in battles all over the place
Cons:
>the AI is not aggressive enough. Ottomans failed to conquer Byzantium, the russian states are still slaves to the Golden Horde even when they outgun them
>Castille gave up the reconquista, France invaded Iberia, then France collapsed
>too many tiny states everywhere in late game, even when everybody has the imperialism and nationalism casus belli unlocked
>"french revolution" failed to trigger
>there was no "thirty years war"
>the great power of Europe was Hungary and Poland, allowed to fester without the threat of the HRE, the Ottomans and Russia
>definitely they need an aggression patch
>it was nice to see revolutions all over the New World, like historically, but since there was no Napoleon, Spain just beat them
81/100 -> Too time-consuming, needs a 1600s start. Mechanics are in-depth, but you don't really need to engage with them to win.