Europa Universalis III | 
 enlarge | From: ValuSoft, a Division of THQ, Inc.
Category: Video Games
List Price: $19.99
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Rating:  18 reviews
Sales Rank: 9487
Format: Cd-rom
Platform: Windows Xp
Genre: Military and Historical Strategy Games
ESRB: Everyone
Media: CD-ROM
Batteries Included: No
Operating System: Windows XP
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.8
Dimensions (in): 0.1 x 0.1 x 0
MPN: 755142713621
UPC: 755142713621
EAN: 0755142713621
ASIN: B000MX68LK
Release Date: January 23, 2007
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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| • | Manage more than 100 individual unit troops to secure possible. With | | • | more than 1,000 historical leaders and 4,000 monarchs. | | • | Co-operative multiplayer mode allows several players to work together to control a single nation | | • | Customize your game: Europa Universalis III gives you the chance to customize and mod practically anything |
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Product Description
Europa Universalis III returns you to the epic worldwide strategy action that spans over 300 years of history. Take control of a nation and guides it through the ages to become a great global empire. Guide it through exploration, trade, warfare and diplomacy. How you rule is up to you -- but rule wisely, as you have 250 countries to choose from, and 300 years to guide them through. Manage more than 100 individual unit troops to secure as much power as possible Co-operative multiplayer mode allows several players to work together to control a single nation Fully moddable game
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| Customer Reviews: Read 13 more reviews...
 A very challenging game for the seriously strategically minded. September 22, 2008
M. Wang (CT United States)
This is not a game for the casual game-playing public. If you think Civ4 is complex and challenging, EU3 is not for you. On the other hand, if you are a serious armchair general/dictator looking for a grand strategy platform, this is the best and latest from the studio that also produced the excellent Heart of Iron series.
As can be expected for a game of this genre, the learning curve is steep and the time required is long. The gameplay, however, is deep, broad and long-lasting, so to each his own.
EUIII - Review June 20, 2008
HobbesMkII
1 out of 2 found this review helpful
Paradox Interactive makes Grand Strategy games. Emphasis on Grand. If you plan on playing a PI game, you'll be playing for days, if not weeks. And EUIII is definitely built from the same mold. If you're familiar with Civilization, then EUIII is a lot like that, only even more unforgiving and complicated. There's about a thousand things happening at once, except very very slowly. It may take you a game or two before you start understand enough of it. It did for me, and I read the manual through first. That said, it's incredibly engaging and allows the player to take a myriad of actions in response to any single action. Even if they have no idea what the outcomes of those actions will be.
 Not fun June 14, 2008
Mark Johnson (United States)
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
I was disappointed with this game. The graphics, while improved, really got in the way of gameplay. Also, the gameplay has changed to the point where I have to go through tedious tutorials to learn how to play. I figured it out, but there's just not engaging like the first two games were. Also, I highly recommend the game Victoria. While I think Paradox is a great game company, nobody's perfect. They have unfortunately fallen short with this one.
Good game - Awful graphics May 11, 2008
Igor Vragovic (Alicante, Spain)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
One year after buying this game I finally have the opportunity to play it. The reason - I had to wait the prices of computers to go down, in order to buy one that could meet the demands of the game. Conceptually, EU3 is a further development of EU2. Experienced players of EU2 would have no difficulty in jumping into this new game after just half an hour after checking how new concepts (like advisors, national ideas, or reccruitment of regiments) work. Therefore, I give 5 stars for the improved game mechanism !!! On the other hand, visually this game is simply awful ! The charm of EU2 map is totally lost. Taking into account that this is a strategic game (so that it does not need 3D graphics at all), you will spend most of you time (measured in tens of hours) staring into its ugly map. Furthermore, as this 3D map is the only reason that I had to spend 1000 EUR more when buying the appropriate computer, my rating of this aspect of the game is minus infinity. Altogether, I give 2 stars. What could be done ? (a) make another version of EU3 with two-dimensional map of EU2 or, (b) make a new mod for EU2, which would try to simulate through the system of events (as much as it could) new concepts (like court advisors or national ideas).
 Very Addicitve March 13, 2008
D. McClure (North Liberty, IA USA)
2 out of 3 found this review helpful
This game in my opinion is the best earth strategy game that I have encountered since Civilization IV. Game play is very addictive due to the long period of time it takes to accomplish your goals, i.e. colonization, expansion and construction.
In agreement with some of the other comments, I do wish the tech tree moved faster but if you are any good with programming, that is easily changed.
As far as all the other comments about bugs and crashes, I don't have anything to say except that it has run to my surprise flawlessly on my system. I don't know if the problem is perhaps that those who have problems, simply have older systems or operating systems that are inhibiting gameplay. So I'd say be cautious, but if it works for you I hope you enjoy it as I did. I would've given this 5 stars for fun if the gameplay went a little bit faster.
Also I wish the AI's were a little bit more intelligent and could mount a truly good military offensive across multiple fronts. But this has been a problem with almost every strategy game.
All things considered, I would recommend this game.
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