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In past Europa Universalis games there were sliders that you used to control how much you put into research in each of the technology types, national stability and your actual treasury. You get one advisor for each type and the more powerful the advisor the more expensive they are in both initial cost and monthly salary. Besides your monarch adding points you can also gain or lose points by random events, or by hiring advisors. The most expensive thing I’ve found so far is researching a new technology which should cost in the neighborhood of 500-600 points depending on bonuses and such. You can only have a max of 999 of each type of point so you should definitely spend them. The more difficult the task, the more points it takes. Almost everything you do requires some number of points in one of the three categories. You can then use those points to do things like researching a new technology, building buildings, increasing your national stability, making a recently conquered territory a core province for your nation, quell rebels, recruit generals, explorers, etc. Now those ratings add to a pool of points in each category. In EUIV your ruler still has these ratings but they are used differently. In past games your monarch (or equivalent if your country is not a monarchy) had skill ratings in administration, diplomacy and military that were added directly to your technology research in that respective category. One of the major differences between EUIV and EUIII is the new points system. Just looking at the country select menu to start the game gives you an idea of what you’re in store for. This game is a strategy lover’s dream-and the visuals and music are just as fantastic. Just like every other Paradox grand strategy title, you can choose to play as any country that existed at the time that you select to start the game. If you are new to the series, Europa Universalis IV is a game that covers the time frame from 1444 all the way to 1820. In EUIV Paradox has left the things alone that work well, and the changes that were made are fantastic.
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After playing this game for nearly every spare free minute for the past three weeks I can honestly say that this anticipation was not unfounded. The hype around the launch (and the fact that the game was released on my birthday) with their Call to Arms event (sadly I did not win a trip to Paradox Studios to play the game with Johan and the other developers) only intensified my anticipation.
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The Europa Universalis franchise was the first Paradox series that I ever played, so I have eagerly awaited Europa Universalis IV.