Europa Universalis III

Deep in facts, big on yawns. Lackluster graphics and battle system makes for a bland experience.

User Rating: 4.5 | Europa Universalis III PC

By HarryPalms | Review Date: October 23, 2007

Would-be great if the battle system actually worked. Attacking at a ratio of 5:1 will often send your troops running back, even with morale overhand.

Seen better graphics on the Amiga back in the 80s. I'm not saying that this game should depend on graphics in any way, but at least they should consider not melting my eyes.

Deep and well researched game based on tons and tons of historical data. But no matter how much data they've poured into this, they've forgotten the most important aspect of any game: fun. This game is just outright boring unless you're heavy into statistics.

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