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Simply boring!

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: June 15, 2005
Author: Amazon User

I'm a fan of turn-based strategy games, I love civilization (1,2,3), I also like rts games like rise of nations, but this one is simply boring... and complicated. It plays as slow as a turn-based, and doesn't even have half the depth! I couldn't play more than half an hour without wanting to run away screaming!
Horrible!

Europa Universalis

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: May 11, 2008
Author: Amazon User

This game is nigh on to impossible to play. I found the tutorial also very difficult to understand. Unless you are very bright or into self torture, I would recommend you take a pass on this version and get either EU II or EU III.

I am playing EU III and find it much better but I warn you this is one game you need to read the manual.

Boooooring!

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 1 / 6
Date: June 15, 2005
Author: Amazon User

I'm a fan of turn-based strategy games, I love civilization (1,2,3), I also like rts games like rise of nations, but this one is simply boring... and complicated. It plays as slow as a turn-based, and doesn't even have half the depth! I couldn't play more than half an hour without wanting to run away screaming!

Horrible!

Forget it.

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 3 / 22
Date: April 15, 2001
Author: Amazon User

This one of the worst games I have purchased for my computer. (I have well over 500.) 1. The tutorial is worthless. It tells you to perform a certain function, but it doesn't tell you how to do it or why to do it. 2. The manual, although chock full of information, is terrible. I guess it would be OK if you are using it as resource material for a Masters Thesis in History. All in all I have to say I've wasted my $40, but hey, it'll make a nice coaster for my beer glass.

Empire building, the hard way

2 Rating: 2, Useful: 2 / 9
Date: August 09, 2001
Author: Amazon User

You should definitely buy this game if you want to know what it is like to micromanage the construction and maintenance of a European empire. I don't. Its too much work. I want to build the empire without all the work. I should have saved my money.

This product is a good (complex) simulation of Europe with interesting (but not excellent) graphics.

Its problems: * Buggy software (It doesn't like running with other software and changed my video mode without restoring it afterward.) * Poor interface (I can't even start to mention all the things that are hard to do and easy to mess up.) * No help managing your units - the only thing they do by themselves is defend when attacked (its a good thing they do!) * No option for alternative geography, so, for example, even though you don't know about the New World, you really do.

I really liked the sound of the game so much that I ignored what the other reviews said. I should have listened.

great game

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 1 / 2
Date: August 19, 2004
Author: Amazon User

This game provides me hours of enjoyment. I've been able to create different scenarios where different countries are the dominant one. Also there are downloads available online.

OK, but not great!

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 3 / 13
Date: August 11, 2001
Author: Amazon User

I have to vote with the folks who recommend not buying. Terrible manual, clunky-awkward interface, awful tutorial, exceedingly steep learning curve - to name a few problems. It could have been a great game, but it's not. Personally, I think they should take lessons from Sid Meier on how to make a game playable AND enjoyable. Save your money and wait for Civ III, due out in October, 2001.

Meglomania?

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 1 / 1
Date: August 11, 2003
Author: Amazon User

Based on the famous (infamous?) French wargame by the same name, Europa Universalis turns the unplayable boardgame into something manageable. It is a very ambitious grand strategic game which generally works. If you are a grognard you don't me to recommend this game - you would of already bought it.

If you are not a wargamer but have an interest in the period covered or want to see if you can beat historical Russia to the Pacific (historically 1659) this is the game for you. Be warned that the game has a steep learning curve and will take a few tries to truly master.

Be aware that you are very limited in terms of what you can do (limited by history). You are not totally forced into a historical mould but you are limited. It is almost impossible for Russia to compete in the new world, but you can get Siberia earlier then historical. Essentially, if the nation you are playing did something historically, you can usually do it earlier. If you try and do something a-historcal for that nation, it will be almost impossible.

Waste of Money

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 4 / 14
Date: July 30, 2001
Author: Amazon User

DO NOT WASTE YOUR MONEY!! I have played this game for about 16 to maybe 20 hours. How, I don't know. Atari from the stone age made better games. It sounds cool, but it's far, far from that. If you have played Age of Empires II (Age of Kings) then I know what you are looking for. So was I at the time I purchased this game. This game is the exact opposite of Age of Empires. I use the CD as a coaster, the box as a door stop and the case to keep other cds safe. You will regret purchasing this game. I do!

boring

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 3 / 8
Date: October 25, 2001
Author: Amazon User

I love strategy games.
I still play CIV2, Master of Orion2, CTP2.
And remember others fondly.
This isn't one of them.

This one is just a lame game.

It's slow. Game play is close to non-existent.
conquest is not fun, but tedious.
Marching a group of your soldiers from one of your towns to another and a significant percentage of them will die.
Same with sailing your ships. If you had 3 ships and sailed them from England to Germany, how many would you reasonably expect to make this short voyage? How many if you controlled all the coastal regions in northern europe? If you think all your ships should typically manage to sail for an entire day without sinking, your vision does not agree with this game.
As I said, it's a very lame game.
Save your money for CIV3 or Arcanum.

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