The game plays in real time, though you can pause to deliberate decisions. Simulation and history lesson all rolled into one.
This is the hardcore end of the strategy market. But once, EU referred to Europa Universalis, an age when Europe was a playground for power-mad aristocrats, where going to war with one’s neighbour was a national pastime and human rights was a concept only slightly less fanciful than time travel.Įuropa Universalis II covers the period 1492 to 1820 and despite the name, gives you charge of almost any nation in the world from Afghanistan to America. These days, EU stands for European Union, a movement of nations coming together in harmony to further peaceful development and to champion human rights.
