Europa Universalis V

Save your money until the game gets more developed. At the moment, every campaign I start, I find myself getting bored after 100 years, as there's just nothing to build up to. I know some people disliked EU4's mission trees for being too railroaded, but they at least gave each nation unique goals and a sense of progression. Currently, they do have some historical events, but it's not clear how you get them to fire, leading you to either find a guide to assist you or just miss 80 to 90% of them because the trigger conditions are so specific that it's basically impossible to stumble into them. At the moment, all nations just feel the same after 100 years. Even nations like Castille and France, which historically had a lot going on, just feel interchangeable.

worst game of all time i wish i could get a refund

Merci pour ce jeu, peut être le sortir sans bug et avec une ia qui marche aurait été une bonne idée. Je déconseille l'achat en l'état, avec un peu de chances le jeu finira comme imperator Rome (abandonné). Bravo à paradox, hâte de payer 400 boules pour me corriger 4 bugs dans le prochain dlc.

Will be ready in 5 years

Каждый патч, должен был бы чинить игру, и добавлять новые функции, но по факту он только ломает, то что работало

this game ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ stinks

invest in the market now and you'll be able to afford the DLC that will make this a game in 10 years

I played for 588 hours since day one and my only suggestion to soneone looking to buy the game is: WAIT: Wait that the game is balanced and finished. Who started like me to play from Day 1 saw ups and down as patches kept coming. Frustrating, but I would still take it and be patient if the direction (and speed) would be the correct one. Unfortunately, that is not the case. While there are some improvements (mainly "forced" by the negative reviews, let's be honest here), there are 20-30-40 other things that get their balance broken at every new release. Don't get me wrong, I like the new graphic, the depth and the details compared to EU4, but the game feels to me highly unplayable as the balancing is out of the window. EU4 had challenges and you knew staring a new game that some countries were more challenging, however here feels like they took the "historical" part of the game and just ignored it. Examples (for who is a bit more used to EU games): France has 4-5x the troops of EVERY OTHER nation after a couple of years in the game and none can stop them as they snowball way too early for anyone to counter them, unless you spend your whole game focused only on that task. Pretty restrictive for a sandbox game, isn't it? And don't get me started on Mercs, where the AI just spawns Mercs armies that are 6k worth of gold being a 3 location country at year 1410. I am sure, down the road, this is going to be a great game. But now is not and clearly it has been released way too early without proper balancing. If you look at PDX forums, lot of feedback go in the same direction, but most of them are still not adressed and most of the effort is spent on Economy tweaks.

Events are a major downgrade, every nation plays the same, everything is the same, its just not it. maybe $1,000 of DLC and a decade later it'll be ok

As a big fan of Paradox games in general, and especially EU4, I just feel sad about this game. It aimed to be deeper and borrows mechanics from several different Paradox titles, but whereas in EU4 I never got bored, always found a cool nation to play, and tried to hunt achievements, etc., well in EU5, let's be honest, I'm bored. I have absolutely no desire to chase achievements, try out different nations, or simply play the game. That was my opinion at launch last year. And now, HOLD ON, plot twist! (Not at all). I gave the game another chance with the release of the Byzantium DLC, and well, I find Byzantium way more fun to play in EU4 than in EU5. Long story short, a disappointment... I will probably give it one last chance in 2027 and will update this review (or not) depending on the changes made to the game.