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This game is my favorite one, having played more than 4.000 hours in game. My favorite nation is Byzantium and have made two world conquest with one being one tag, one culture, one religion.
I got EU4 in 2016. Every few months I'll start it up, look at it and then exit. I was able to get all the DLC in the current sale. Now I can not understand what's going on even more. Thanks Paradox!
I never thought about how good the soundtrack actually is. 54:54 Last man stranding always seems to play when I'm severely outnumbered and my nation is about to collapse if I lose one single battle. Like when I took one too many provinces in the HRE as Sweden had to fight all of Germany. Always check the coalition size before taking provinces in the holy roman empire...
Last Man Standing has quickly become my favorite war track. It hit me the first time I heard it, and it played as I was desperately defending Constantinople from the Ottomans, when the European mercenary reinforcements came. Absolute insanity and there's nothing quite like it.
for someone like me who didnt buy the game yet (about to) , i watched the whole video in hopes i understand anything, but it seems like i cant. its either that i am stupid (which i doubt really lol) or that this game is so crazy. i still going to buy it and try it out maybe i can grasp anything. i am coming from Medieval total war games being my fav. , i am quite sure this game should be my next one kinda. thanx for the video that didnt help me much, tho i can admit its a lot of work :D
the only thing im confused about is how some people are saying this is the best strategy game to ever exist and then a lot of people say how easy it is to dominate, those 2 don't add up in my head....
It is only easy to dominate if you’re an expert. Seriously. And remember, a lot of people will save scum too, I bet you without save scumming the tone would be quite different
@@AndysParadox thank you for your reply, I've only just started my eu4 journey (50hrs) and was getting discouraged by reading how broken and easy everything supposedly is.
@@roman-vq3lx it took me about 2.5k hours to get to the point where I'd say I'm able to abuse some mechanics. Others still elude. Also after you're bored with vanilla there's tons of top tier mods, currently mostly playing anbennar for example. Have fun and enjoy the game!
I already played Paradox games when they were quite niche. EU2 and HOI2 were my first ones. As a geograpics and history buff i was really excited when i discovered them. Then EU3 was about to get released and i had high expectations. It was a huge jump from the predecessor but the giga ugly map and the very clunky nature of the game left alot to be desired, was never able to fully enjoy that game. Moved on to Victoria 2 and HOI2 Darkest Hour for a while. Both were excellent games at the time. Then EU4 dropped. I played it asap and it caught me right away. Even the very first version of it did make EU3 into irrelevant. Much smoother game and the depth was only getting bigger. Here we come to Paradox DLC policy. Its a double edged sword. On one side some DLCs are never worth the money for what they offer and old DLCs should get put together into bundles with a big permanent discount. But thats not the case. So if you dont get them at sales or on key sites you ll see an ridiculous price tag for this game on Steam. Something that scares potential players away. Bad strategy here. But on the other side they kept on expanding the game. The amount of content that flew into it is outsanding and is the reason why its hard to get fed up with the game. Sure, some updates were disastrous and there was a time when the game suffered from a lets say not so great lead Dev. But they always made up for it. Fixed broken updates and put a competent man back into charge who guided Eu4 to its current state. And this state has to get called nothing else but Paradox masterpiece. I doubt they will ever make a better game, looking at the new generation of Devs who re responsible for Vic3. But id be glad if im wrong here. Anyways. Tipping my head to Paradox here. It has been quite a journey with them since the days when they were nonames who made some niche games to now them being the big dogs of a gaming genre that has not only attracted millions of players to map games but also made them interested in history, combining fun with education in the process. And EU4 has been without the doubt the star of this show.
I actually preferred the original soundtracks from the previous chapters, which were "real" songs from the previous centuries. What do you think about the next chapter coming to the series..? Is the farewell moment arrived for EU4?
I do not agree, usually the biggest war in my playthroughs are the coalition wars 😂😂😂 The religious wars most of the time are puny, the coalition wars are the big deals. I remember one ocasion, few years ago, when i wanted to complete the achievement with all spanish missions...i was fighting a war against monster ottomans with same ammount of army as myself and a large coalition fired, that had more troups than me and all of my colonies :))
It's a good game but the blobbing in this game is awful, hopefully EU5 is a lot better. Not happy about the 1337 start date for it though, that should be a CK start date.
@@_kitaes_ Recently I played MP game with friends and they guided me a bit. I didn't realize how proper estates trivalize the game so I was in the wrong, EU 4 is still fun as long as you have time and will to improve your gameplay.
Hm can you eleborate more? I played hoi4 quite a bit but it usually becomes insane slog after 1943 with insane amount of troops, static unmovable lines and low fps.
I dont hate HOI4, played it quite a bit. But its a dumbed down cartoon of what HOI used to be. EU4 has been much more truthfull to its roots. Its also the bigger game by far. HOI4 becomes boring way too quickly while EU4 never fails to deliver.
The only modern PDX game that I will never play. EU3 turned me so totally against the franchise with its horrible design decisions and gameplay that I refuse to buy the dozens of DLCs that it would take for this thing to be enjoyable. Hopefully EU5 is a total departure from the design of the previous titles.
Oh boy then you missed out big time. I was also disappointed by EU3. The ultra ugly map and clunky nature of the game made me never come to terms with it. EU4 on the other hand is without a doubt the greatest map game ever made. The DLC policy is questionable, agree. But you can get all DLCs on Humble Bundle, Steam or other sales for a bargain these days. Wouldnt put too much hope into EU5. There is no way it can surpass EU4 right away after all that content that got added into the latter over all those years. Also the example of Vic3 is concerning. And id drop the thought that EU5 would depart from the DLC policy, it prints way too much money for them to give up on it. With low expectations you cant get disappointed too much. If EU4 with all DLCs is on Humble Bundle or a Steam sale for like 30 €/$ i highly recommend to get it. Thats a steal for the best game Paradox ever made.
@@ManuR-l4m depends what you like. If you want to paint the map in a sandbox EU4 can't really be beat but EU3 follows actual history a lot more closely. Although there are mods like M&T that improve EU4 a lot from that perspective. Biggest issue with it now for a new player is that there's so much bloat and it costs literally hundreds of dollars to get everything at least legally. but it's certainly a good game and a lot prettier than EU3
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I love playing militarized excel spreadsheet the game
about 15000 people do everyday actually, you're not alone
@@AndysParadox Yep, I got about 8-14 guys and gals who play a weekly MP session. Best strat game outside of stellaris
@@RenegadeElite101Woman in paradox, lie detected
@@tsaralexis9459 😂😂😂😂
What game are you talking about ?
The video I wish I'd had when I started my eu4 journey 😅
Hopefully it's helpful to someone :)
"babe, wake up, Andy's Paradox dropped a review on Eu4"
This game is my favorite one, having played more than 4.000 hours in game. My favorite nation is Byzantium and have made two world conquest with one being one tag, one culture, one religion.
4000 is dedication, brother!
I got EU4 in 2016. Every few months I'll start it up, look at it and then exit. I was able to get all the DLC in the current sale. Now I can not understand what's going on even more. Thanks Paradox!
The Paradox masterpiece. I am so excited to watch this
Please let me know what you think when you're done! :D
I never thought about how good the soundtrack actually is. 54:54 Last man stranding always seems to play when I'm severely outnumbered and my nation is about to collapse if I lose one single battle. Like when I took one too many provinces in the HRE as Sweden had to fight all of Germany. Always check the coalition size before taking provinces in the holy roman empire...
Last Man Standing has quickly become my favorite war track. It hit me the first time I heard it, and it played as I was desperately defending Constantinople from the Ottomans, when the European mercenary reinforcements came. Absolute insanity and there's nothing quite like it.
The music in the game pulls you in hard :) 50% the reason to play it. Like in Stellaris where you are really beamed into space through the music
Absolutely!
Gosh, listening to the music part of this review made me want to boot up the game again in the middle of the workday! S-tier soundtrack.
Recently hit 3k hours, I've been playing this masterpiece since 2018
A true masterpiece! More content like this please!
3:05 "Europe's only union"
*angry Poland-Lithuania noises*
for someone like me who didnt buy the game yet (about to) , i watched the whole video in hopes i understand anything, but it seems like i cant. its either that i am stupid (which i doubt really lol) or that this game is so crazy. i still going to buy it and try it out maybe i can grasp anything. i am coming from Medieval total war games being my fav. , i am quite sure this game should be my next one kinda. thanx for the video that didnt help me much, tho i can admit its a lot of work :D
They just made the entire EU4 dlc on sale for $42, that is like a 90% discount. I just bought the bundle to complete EU4 with the dlc i didn't own.
the only thing im confused about is how some people are saying this is the best strategy game to ever exist and then a lot of people say how easy it is to dominate, those 2 don't add up in my head....
It is only easy to dominate if you’re an expert. Seriously. And remember, a lot of people will save scum too, I bet you without save scumming the tone would be quite different
@@AndysParadox thank you for your reply, I've only just started my eu4 journey (50hrs) and was getting discouraged by reading how broken and easy everything supposedly is.
@@roman-vq3lx it took me about 2.5k hours to get to the point where I'd say I'm able to abuse some mechanics. Others still elude. Also after you're bored with vanilla there's tons of top tier mods, currently mostly playing anbennar for example. Have fun and enjoy the game!
This is some top tier content! 🎉
I already played Paradox games when they were quite niche. EU2 and HOI2 were my first ones. As a geograpics and history buff i was really excited when i discovered them. Then EU3 was about to get released and i had high expectations. It was a huge jump from the predecessor but the giga ugly map and the very clunky nature of the game left alot to be desired, was never able to fully enjoy that game. Moved on to Victoria 2 and HOI2 Darkest Hour for a while. Both were excellent games at the time.
Then EU4 dropped. I played it asap and it caught me right away. Even the very first version of it did make EU3 into irrelevant. Much smoother game and the depth was only getting bigger.
Here we come to Paradox DLC policy. Its a double edged sword. On one side some DLCs are never worth the money for what they offer and old DLCs should get put together into bundles with a big permanent discount. But thats not the case. So if you dont get them at sales or on key sites you ll see an ridiculous price tag for this game on Steam. Something that scares potential players away. Bad strategy here.
But on the other side they kept on expanding the game. The amount of content that flew into it is outsanding and is the reason why its hard to get fed up with the game. Sure, some updates were disastrous and there was a time when the game suffered from a lets say not so great lead Dev. But they always made up for it. Fixed broken updates and put a competent man back into charge who guided Eu4 to its current state. And this state has to get called nothing else but Paradox masterpiece. I doubt they will ever make a better game, looking at the new generation of Devs who re responsible for Vic3. But id be glad if im wrong here.
Anyways. Tipping my head to Paradox here. It has been quite a journey with them since the days when they were nonames who made some niche games to now them being the big dogs of a gaming genre that has not only attracted millions of players to map games but also made them interested in history, combining fun with education in the process. And EU4 has been without the doubt the star of this show.
This is S tier content. GIVE IT A PLATINUM MEDAL AND SHOW IT ON THE SHOPPING PAGE OF THE GAMEE!!!!
I live for comments like these, thank you so much
wait so you're saying the game is good? Only 2500 hours in so still not sure
haha! nice
i fear i joined the party too late and never got into it. Excited for eu5 though
A true masterpiece of a video game
I actually preferred the original soundtracks from the previous chapters, which were "real" songs from the previous centuries.
What do you think about the next chapter coming to the series..? Is the farewell moment arrived for EU4?
Today we eat brothers
"today we eat brothers" 🙂
"today we eat brothers" 💀
bum question, but are u using a graphics mod? i see that the water isnt the same
Yes I am indeed using a water mod, it’s the only mod I’m using haha
Wait, WAIT. no mention of trade??
'Cause trade is shit in EUIV
Thank you sir
Thank you, sir
I hope they map look a little bit more better.
I have 1100 hrs and I have to say I eu4 is pretty good although you need DLC to enjoy which is kind of a downside.
amazing
Okey, hear me out. EU4 song track on x2 slaps hard
Brainrot 😂😂😂😂😂 2x speed😂😂😂😂😂😂
I do not agree, usually the biggest war in my playthroughs are the coalition wars 😂😂😂
The religious wars most of the time are puny, the coalition wars are the big deals.
I remember one ocasion, few years ago, when i wanted to complete the achievement with all spanish missions...i was fighting a war against monster ottomans with same ammount of army as myself and a large coalition fired, that had more troups than me and all of my colonies :))
It's a good game but the blobbing in this game is awful, hopefully EU5 is a lot better. Not happy about the 1337 start date for it though, that should be a CK start date.
Mods fix the bloobing like "Reasonable blobbing" or fallen empires.
Have paradox told why they choose 1337?
1337 is fine imo. Just almost a hundred years prior.
I enjoyed the game 'till Common Sense after that game became more and more complex and I didn't feel the incentive to learn the game again.
i learned 1.35 with all dlcs in 100 hours but you do you
@@_kitaes_ Recently I played MP game with friends and they guided me a bit. I didn't realize how proper estates trivalize the game so I was in the wrong, EU 4 is still fun as long as you have time and will to improve your gameplay.
Bro forgot about southeast asia in the intro
The song part went on far to long lmao
TH-cam SAID IT WAS MY TURN TO MAKE A VIDEO
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Ooooohhhhh du i det mindste ikke svensker❤️🇩🇰🇩🇰
is this a troll?
is this?
Wasn't really a review, just lavishing praise upon the game while recapping its mechanics
that's exactly what a glowing review is
EUIV is alright, HoI is the real S tier Paradox game
Hm can you eleborate more? I played hoi4 quite a bit but it usually becomes insane slog after 1943 with insane amount of troops, static unmovable lines and low fps.
in what way is HOI4 better?
I dont hate HOI4, played it quite a bit. But its a dumbed down cartoon of what HOI used to be.
EU4 has been much more truthfull to its roots. Its also the bigger game by far. HOI4 becomes boring way too quickly while EU4 never fails to deliver.
@@somerandomyoutubeuser271 both games can be a slog late game but it is worse in hoi4
hoi 3 yes, hoi is hoi 3 for dummies.
The only modern PDX game that I will never play. EU3 turned me so totally against the franchise with its horrible design decisions and gameplay that I refuse to buy the dozens of DLCs that it would take for this thing to be enjoyable. Hopefully EU5 is a total departure from the design of the previous titles.
ok
Oh truly? Which design choices did you not like? I'm very excited for EU5 myself!
EU4 is a totally different design to EU3. I kind of consider that a negative as I like EU3's design but if you hate it you'll probably like EU4
Oh boy then you missed out big time.
I was also disappointed by EU3. The ultra ugly map and clunky nature of the game made me never come to terms with it.
EU4 on the other hand is without a doubt the greatest map game ever made. The DLC policy is questionable, agree. But you can get all DLCs on Humble Bundle, Steam or other sales for a bargain these days.
Wouldnt put too much hope into EU5. There is no way it can surpass EU4 right away after all that content that got added into the latter over all those years. Also the example of Vic3 is concerning. And id drop the thought that EU5 would depart from the DLC policy, it prints way too much money for them to give up on it. With low expectations you cant get disappointed too much.
If EU4 with all DLCs is on Humble Bundle or a Steam sale for like 30 €/$ i highly recommend to get it. Thats a steal for the best game Paradox ever made.
@@ManuR-l4m depends what you like. If you want to paint the map in a sandbox EU4 can't really be beat but EU3 follows actual history a lot more closely. Although there are mods like M&T that improve EU4 a lot from that perspective.
Biggest issue with it now for a new player is that there's so much bloat and it costs literally hundreds of dollars to get everything at least legally.
but it's certainly a good game and a lot prettier than EU3
17:52 Florence 🤝🏻 Netherlands. Having unique government reforms that allow royal marriages while being a republic.
almost like a constitutional monarchy in a way