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Europa Universalis III Complete includes the original Europa Universalis III as well as the expansions In Nomine and Napoleons Ambition Europa Universalis III delves deeply into the areas of exploration, trade, warfare and diplomacy.
Europa Universalis III Complete is a grand strategy, strategy and historical game
developed by Paradox Development Studio
and published by Paradox Interactive.
Released on February 04th 2009 is available on Windows and MacOS
in 2 languages: English and German.
It has received 1,971 reviews of which 1,646 were positive and 325 were negative resulting in a rating of 8.0 out of 10. ๐
The game is currently priced at 14.99โฌ on Steam.
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Windows
- OS *: Windowsยฎ 2000 (with Service pack 1 or higher) or Windowsยฎ XP (Home/Professional/Media Edition) with Service Pack 2, or later Windows versions.
- Processor: 1.9GHz Intel Pentium 4 or AMD Athlon processor or equivalent
- Memory: 512MB RAM (1.0GB RAM is highly recommended)
- Graphics: 128MB Video Card with Hardware T&L and support for Pixelshader 2.0 or better
- DirectX Version: DirectX9.0c
- Hard Drive: At least 1GB of free hard drive space to accommodate game files and saved games. This does not include any space used by the Windowsยฎ swap file.
- Sound: DirectX7 compatible sound card
MacOS
- OS: OS X version Leopard 10.5.8, Snow Leopard 10.6.3, or later.
- Processor: Intel or PPC G5
- Memory: 64 MB VRAM, 512 MB RAM
- Hard Disk Space: 700 MB hard disk space
- Video Card: GeForce 5200, Radeon 9600 or GMA950
- Internet: Broadband connection for Internet play
- Registration: Internet connection for registration
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Game have a lot of mechanics that slows down your expansion(great thing, makes conquest more satisfying and uniting japan is hard). Tech work much better and logical than in EU4. dynamic missions are also very pleasant addition compared to EU4. Somehow diplomacy feels much more realistic, cuz AI can accept your diplomatic proposal even if game says that it is very unlikely, or decline when game says that they will definatly accept it. Spies have much more actions compared to EU4. BUY DLC without them game sucks hard
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Europa Universalis 3 (EU3) is not just its sequel (EU4) with less features as it its core mechanics are completely different. Changes like having sliders instead of idea groups to define nations, more technology groups, more tech levels, and harder to manage expansion make it a much deeper game. Having sliders to define a country makes for a more interesting experience. In EU3 things like innovation and tradition are on a slider. Being a really innovative society improves technology, but at the cost of stability cost and being able to quickly convert people. In its sequel there is no trade-off because one can pick both an idea group that favours tech and one that favours conversion/stability. Another good example is that EU3 uses a slider system for its military so choosing between a quality army and quantity army is a meaningful decision made over the course of a game. In EU4 one can have both an idea group for quantity and quality at the same time. There is an opportunity cost due to a limited number of idea slots, but that is not as meaningful as spending literally centuries steering oneโs country towards having the greatest soldiers in the world at the cost of being only able to focus on a couple of fronts. EU3 also does technology in a more interesting way. Perhaps the biggest difference between the two games is that EU4 has what many call the โmana systemโ. Over time countries get admin, diplomatic and military points based on the attributes of their leader and advisors. These points are spent on technology and upgrades. This system makes technology all about leaders, but EU3 has a more nuanced system where rich countries with good institutions have the edge on technology. In EU3 technology comes from dedicating a larger % of the economy to certain research trees. It is a more active process, and a countries technological development can be interrupted if it has to invest more of its economy towards a major war. EU3 has 5 research branches for different types of technology, instead of just 3 that each have their own investment pools. This means that having a technological advantage in one area comes at the cost of other areas. Another major difference between the two games favoring EU3 is that the earlier game does a better job at punishing expansion. Having more provinces raises the cost of technology and stability so mindlessly painting the map is more difficult. A country that has painted the map but is filled with poor undeveloped provinces will be technologically backwards. Likewise, the process of painting the map also pushes one to becoming technologically backwards as the sliders favoring conversion and stability are the ones that harm technological progress. In EU3 cultural conversion and religion conversion are based on % chances instead of mana point spending so building a large empire means dealing with ethnic minorities that cannot just be instantly evaporated away. EU3 is still a game worth playing. It makes playing as a country more like steering a ship that has to adapt to the world around it rather than a just game of min-maxed optimization.
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getting the hang of it i guess. getting two expansions along with the game is great but it shouldnt be called complete when its missing two other expansions. still a good game though.
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Europa Universalis III Complete is currently priced at 14.99โฌ on Steam.
Europa Universalis III Complete is currently not on sale. You can purchase it for 14.99โฌ on Steam.
Europa Universalis III Complete received 1,646 positive votes out of a total of 1,971 achieving a rating of 8.01.
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Europa Universalis III Complete was developed by Paradox Development Studio and published by Paradox Interactive.
Europa Universalis III Complete is playable and fully supported on Windows.
Europa Universalis III Complete is playable and fully supported on MacOS.
Europa Universalis III Complete is not playable on Linux.
Europa Universalis III Complete offers both single-player and multi-player modes.
Europa Universalis III Complete offers both Co-op and PvP modes.
There are 11 DLCs available for Europa Universalis III Complete. Explore additional content available for Europa Universalis III Complete on Steam.
Europa Universalis III Complete does not support mods via Steam Workshop.
Europa Universalis III Complete does not support Steam Remote Play.
Europa Universalis III Complete is enabled for Steam Family Sharing. This means you can share the game with authorized users from your Steam Library, allowing them to play it on their own accounts. For more details on how the feature works, you can read the original Steam Family Sharing announcement or visit the Steam Family Sharing user guide and FAQ page.
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Developer
Paradox Development Studio
Publisher
Paradox Interactive
Release
04 Feb 2009
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