
Turn the world into your battlefield: Experience the full WWII timespan in a topographical map complete with seasons, weather and terrain. Assume control of any nation: Choose from the greatest powers striving for victory, or the small nations trying to weather the storm. Authentic real-time war simulation: Let the greatest commanders of WW2 fight your war with the tools of the time tanks, planes, ships, guns and newly discovered weapons of mass destruction. It’s also achieved in the hearts and minds of men and women. Total strategic war: War is not only won on land, sea and in the air. So it will be good if you're willing to shell out $200. Try playing EU4 without DLC, it's the paradox formula to flood us with DLC. In 2 years it will be good but only due to DLC. It is not a terrible do-not-buy game but it definitely does not live up to the hype. Here are the pros and cons PROS-Good graphics -Easy to use UI -Excellent naval battles -National focus trees -Excellent 2D and 3D art NEUTRAL-Less micromanagement -No order of battle -Equal nations (Bhutan gets nukes when Germany does) CONS-Air Zones are WAY too large -Lack of division types -Watered down tech tree -Fascist is the only good ideology -Lack of achievements even though there was an amazing achievement idea forum thread -No Ship 2D Art -No jet 2D or 3D art -Nothing to do once war ends -Terrible Trade system -No fuel system for tanks or ships -Absolutely braindead AI -You can win a war by making tentacles to victory points -Focus trees run out way too fast -Peace system is broken Overall the game is a let down. I don't know what all the development time went in to. Here are the pros and cons PROS- At the current moment it is not a good game. … ExpandĪt the current moment it is not a good game. They listen to the constructive criticism on their forums and keep at it.
Paradox doesn't just "fire and forget" it's games - they continue working and improving and tweaking. It has the potential to be a 10 with some more work, and that work is coming. Play as Finland and see if you can stand up to the Red Army! Again, I understand the game is not a finished product. Obviously the more common options would be the major players in the war - the Germans, Italians, Soviets, Japanese, British, French, or Americans, but don't feel limited to just those. You can play as the UK, grant Egypt it's independence, and then take over play as Egypt.
Want to run through WW2 as Ecuador? Not sure why you'd want to do that, but you can. You can literally play as ANY nation that existed during that time period, and a few nations that did NOT exist (yet, or at all). But the work is being done, and the base game is worth the effort. Yes, the naval combat system needs a lot of work. But the This is a great game and it will get better.
This is a great game and it will get better.