Europa Universalis II

Now this is a game I acquired years ago when it was released and I've been playing it since, as you might have noticed on my other posts I enjoy playing strategy games. This is one of my favourite games ever. 


In Europa Universalis II you control a nation's political, economic and technological development through the centuries. Military force, trade, religious upheaval and diplomacy are some of the tools you have at your disposal for a successful victory. The time span you are playing is from 1419 to 1820, and you can choose to start any time during these years.


The game starts in the late middle ages, at a low technological level, you have to research new infantry, cavalry, cannons and boats to be able to wage war in an efficient manner. The games is pretty much a sandbox game since you can form alliances with whoever you want and attack whoever you want. It's sometimes fun to invade a small city state just because it produces a high value goods, but as I noticed the first time I played is that if you expand to rapidly the entire world will hate you and form alliances to take you out. It's not fun to be attacked by every of your neighbouring countries. 


As I have already stated this game is one of my favourites and that's why I've given it a 5/5.


Check out the video for some game play, if you're good at the game that might be how your empire will look after a few days of playing.