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- Take your own decisions: Nation building is flexible: decide your own form of government, the structure of your society, trade politics and more. The possibilities are endless.
- Use your Monarch Power: Experience the new system of monarch power where your spread of choices is influence by the caliber of the man you have at the top. Do you have a warrior King? Then it is time to make war.
- Experience history coming to life: The great people and personalities of the past are on hand to support you. Thousands of historical events guide you, with unique different flavor depending on the country you play. Have more than a thousand historical leaders and over 4000 historical Monarchs at your disposal.
- The world is now your playground: Players can enjoy over 300 years of gameplay in a lush topographic map in full 3D. Lead any one of more than 250 countries that originally existed during the game’s extensive time span.
- Experience the all new trade system: The trade system adds a new dimension to the great trade empires of the period. Seize control of key ports to expand your trade, support it with your powerful fleet and the wealth of the world will flow to you.
- Bring out your diplomatic skills: Deeper diplomatic gameplay, with coalitions, threats, fleet basing rights and detailed support for rebels. Introducing unilateral opinions, a country may dislike you, but you can be neutral towards them.
- Engage in Multiplayer: Battle against your friends or try co-operative multiplayer mode that allows several players to work together to control a single nation for up to 32 players. Featuring hotjoin, improved chat, new matchmaking server andsupport for a standalone server.
- Create your own history & customize your game: Europa Universalis IV gives you the chance to customize and mod practically anything your heart may desire.

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This gave me nerd sweats...

AWESOME!

That is all.

Looks interesting...

Nice...
I like the co-op changes...

I fell asleep while playing the last one.

Awesome! Is there a release date for it yet?

Lord Bingo wrote:Awesome! Is there a release date for it yet?

Q3 2013. Too far, by far.

Very excited for this....now I just need HOI4 to be announced haha

Great. Less Sandbox and more historysimulator would be nice again.

Holy hell them graphics. Holy hell!

I bought part III on Steam a while ago... never played it... I'll probably buy this on Steam as well... and never play it.

this is probably my most anticipated release. Probably ahead of Rome II actually. I just hope it isn't a huge leap in complication as HoI III murdered my brain in comparison to II.

No I agree, HOI3 sucked. Far too many provinces, far too complicated. Vicky 2 was lame too actually.
But EU4 is looking sweet. Trade is about routes rather than centres of trade now, you get money based on your control of trade routes. Early game it's in the Mediterranean, so you get money by controlling islands/shipping routes there. Makes me salivate.

 Testify wrote:


Holy hell them graphics. Holy hell!

Can you notice that on the large map?