Worth It In 2022? Europa Universalis 4 HONEST REVIEW & Beginner's GUIDE

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EU4 has been a whopping 8+ years in the making since its initial launch all the way back in 2013. EU4 was a completely different game back then, and since it's been so long and you've probably eyed the game in more than one Steam Winter Sale, I thought I'd give you my honest opinions, a beginner's guide, and analysis on this beast of a game, while taking you through the biggest parts of this game as it stands right now with all DLCs included. But is it the best historical strategy game of all time, and if so, why? Let's find out together!

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[kharbetterthanyou]

Why dont total war and paradox come together and make a game. Literally would pay hundreds for a game like that.

[maybecole]

For anyone who has second thoughts about all the systems in the game, try Crusader Kings 3 first. It is really new player friendly, but still has the same amount of moddability and replayability, and will get your feet wet before you start EUIV

[sztypettto]

As much as I love EU4, it has been challenging for me to even start the game. This is coming from someone who has been playing CK2, EUIII (with mods D&T, MEIOU etc), Vicky1, Vicky2, HoI2, HoI3, HoI4.

The steel hill to climb that I see is the sheer abundance of parameters I feel I need to understand before I can gain any control over them that will make me capable of making any impact. There is also a guilty pleasure of having such complex interfaces and controls available, which adds significant depth, unlike any other game. Overhaul mods make the game all the more compelling with additional mechanics, further increasing complexity and depth.

I just wish the learning curve could be made easy to learn, hard to master. Maybe that could be possible by playing some smaller kingdoms, duchies, or nation-states where one learn at a slower pace.

Your video is highly encouraging. It breaks down several mechanics into bite-sized pieces.

[chocolaterain]

I've played this game for 700 hours and I'm still watching this. What a game.

[messo_]

I’ve been wanting to get into strategy games and I’ve heard a lot about EU4. I think I’ll take advantage of the huge sale on steam that’s going on right now and buy this game.

[CameronAB]

Andy you gotta check out the Anbennar mod, it and Imperium Universalis reignited my interest in EU4. Anbennar is a fantasy mod with its own pretty cool lore. Unlike most fantasy settings, the technology level is around base EU4. Includes population mechanics based off of fantasy races, it has a magic system, and native tribe mechanics are used for adventurer factions who can found kingdoms in the former territory of a collapsed human empire.

[riotdrone]

eu4 is my favorite game of all time. no other game makes me feel the way eu4 does. it's so good

[yux.tn.]

just started playing it 2 weeks ago

highly recommended but the learning curve is a bit difficult

i recommend playing on very easy mode and play as a country that you are familiar with

[konstantinschuster]

Over 1400 hours here and have not played the game in years. You make me come back to my old friend

[hezahussain]

This is such a good video, exactly what I was looking for, keep on lad!

[lindenstromberg]

I’ve always been interested in this. I’ve played a TON of Victoria 2 and Crusader Kings 2, but have barely touched the EU series even if my first Paradox game was EU2.

[Akapulko]

it has been 578 years since Europa Universalis 0 came out, truly a unique experience

[Valentaur]

Excellent Video!!! I just bought the remaining DLCs I was missing. =)

[thisisgamelord]

the Vanilla gameis gooe, but playing EU4 with the ET (Extended timeline) 2-9999 is the best mod if you wanna have more times to play in. Also Anbennar and Lord of Universalis are great mod where I spend a lot of time

[Ealdorman_of_Mercia]

Yeah well, what pisses me off, is that for a newcomer, if they buy the game, it's like they bought 10% of the game, now they have to pay the rest through DLC's, 100's of DLC's..

[StevenSmith-mkfg]

The game is a beast. It's had almost a decade of development and is as close as you can get to a perfect grand strategy game. I'd certainly wait for a sale though. Stream still wants £300 for the full bundle which is ridiculous and not worth it imo

[Zephyriia]

Only strategy gamers can really feel this huge time span while playing their games, because lets be honest, strategy games are the ones who suck the most time out of any games. That "One more turn" feel is too real

[manueleachille]

As an avid ck2 player, i have always been fascinated by eu4 and spent almost 300 hours in it. However, whenever i got back to it it just kicked me out of patience. Because this game can be brutal, especially if you want to play with diplomatic and/or administrative focus. Careful planning for decades can turn to a blob coming to you and eating everything you built in a single war. In my experience you have to rush on military points, being always ahead in technology and frenetically looking for strong allies or your will be vanquished. Similarly while in ck2 losing wars can be stimulating and leading to entertaining consequences and playing small is fun, in Eu4 the consequences of loss or being small are devastating. And since you don't play a person, but a state, it can get boring staring at the money and monarch points to rise and hope nobody eats you in the while.

[MedjayofFaiyum]

Great video, I need to get to EUIV now that I own the dlcs after a long time. I'd love to see a mod video showing the mods because there are SO many. There's an ELDER SCROLLS mod for this game. A LOTR mod as well I think. Would love to see an overview of this

[Tejmaster]

This was great, defo do one for Hoiv, it's getting used to DLC changes etc which is so hard to come back after a few years