Europa Universalis III | 
| From: ValuSoft, a Division of THQ, Inc.
List Price: $19.99
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Rating:  17 reviews
Sales Rank: 599
Format: Cd
Platform: Windows Xp
Genre: Military and Historical Strategy Games
ESRB: Everyone
Media: CD-ROM
Batteries Included: No
Operating System: Windows XP
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.8
Dimensions (in): 7.6 x 5.4 x 0.9
MPN: 755142713621
UPC: 755142713621
EAN: 0755142713621
ASIN: B000MX68LK
Release Date: January 23, 2007
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Condition: *NO CALIFORNIA SALES* Brand NEW Factory Sealed US Retail Box with 148 pages Color printed manual + game poster inside. Ship daily via USPS w/FREE delivery confirmation & Shipment Notification. Platform: WinXP/2000 Only 1.9Ghz Intel Pentium or similar AMD 512MB RAM Direct X 9.0c compatible video card with at least 128MB & support for pixelshader 2.0. Expedited shipping is required for APO address/California Sales.
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| Features:
| • | Manage more than 100 individual unit troops to secure possible. With | | • | more than 1,000 historical leaders and 4,000 monarchs. | | • | Co-operative multiplayer mode allows several players to work together to control a single nation | | • | Customize your game: Europa Universalis III gives you the chance to customize and mod practically anything |
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Product Description
Europa Universalis III returns you to the epic worldwide strategy action that spans over 300 years of history. Take control of a nation and guides it through the ages to become a great global empire. Guide it through exploration, trade, warfare and diplomacy. How you rule is up to you -- but rule wisely, as you have 250 countries to choose from, and 300 years to guide them through. Manage more than 100 individual unit troops to secure as much power as possible Co-operative multiplayer mode allows several players to work together to control a single nation Fully moddable game
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| Customer Reviews: Read 12 more reviews...
 Addictive! Beware! February 7, 2007
Rowdy P. Scarlett (Winston Salem, NC United States)
42 out of 47 found this review helpful
I have had the game less than a week and have already spent WAY too much time playing. It's great! The AI is very good. Lots of decision making in the form of alliances, builing up your country, manpower, diplomancy, war, merchants and more. Yet, you don't get bogged down "micromanaging" everything. Planning for the long term is necessary and acheiving "victory" is what you make of it. Just surviving for 300 years could be considered a great victory for the likes of Barvaria or Serbia. You have control to make and create history.
The game has been visually redesigned as well. It looks great. It's not World of Warcraft, but compared to EU2 it's leaps ahead of it. An upgrade is already available (for free) from the publishers on thier website. The game comes on one CD and is quick to load. A great game for lovers of history and gaming.
 Old Paradox Veteran March 16, 2007
D. Collins (Sarasota, FL)
21 out of 27 found this review helpful
I own almost all of Paradox's games from EU1 to Victoria: Revolutions and I've enjoyed every single one of them. As someone who values historical accuracy, good gameplay, replayability and in-depth strategy, I would highly recommend this game to all like-minded individuals. A previous reviewer used World of Warcraft as some sort of industry bar with which to compare all computer games, even ones of so different a genre. If you value looks over quality of gaming experience, I suggest console gaming. To the more discerning individual however, the intricacies of dynastic politics, the trials of leading a nation through 350 years of history and the excitement of altering the course of human events offered by this game are sure to please. Otherwise there is really no point in purchasing this game. I would suggest a stroll down Broadway if all you want is a pretty light show, it would be much less taxing on your obviously overtaxed mind. EU3 is a bit of a system hog compared to its predecessors, but I can run it on my midrange laptop so, if you cannot run this game I suggest upgrading your hardware.
Where is the history? March 31, 2007
D. Siu (York, PA)
16 out of 31 found this review helpful
This loaded reasonably well and I don't care about the graphics or music, so I don't have anything to say about its presentation. (EU2 had nice medieval music though). However, gameplay is markedly different. I loved EU2 for the history--playing as Castile you can expect the formation of Spain, the Reconquista, Charles V controlling the Netherlands and Austria (half the fun was suppressing the Protestant Dutch revolts). This is all gone--now I'll never see myself as the Holy Roman Emperor (because Austria wouldn't even be my ally). Being a pacifist, I haven't conquered Grenada yet. I own half of North America but my neighboring Aragon wouldn't be my vassal. Fantasy is good but not as fun as "real" history.
Why play this (without the expected historical ups and downs) instead of Civ 4?
 Had potential but missing the addictive factor of its predecessors March 11, 2007
Tuvan Uner (Virginia,United States)
15 out of 29 found this review helpful
I played both of this game's predecessors and in this case 3rd time is definately not the charm.
For starters it takes forever to advance to new technologies and you often fall asleep just trying to wait it out. I know that it takes place between 1453-1789 but hey lets speed things up here now. I recall the
other EU games to be a bit more fast moving due to the addictive factor.
Despite exceeding most of the hardware requirements the music playback is choppy on my PC and it gets more annoying the longer you play.
I hope if they come out with EU4 that they will go back to basics and make the game addictive again. Then EU will be the game it was meant to be.
Third Time IS the Charm July 30, 2007
Mike Jensen
13 out of 14 found this review helpful
I have purchased each release upgrade in this game series and, in my opinion, EU III is by far the best in the series. Unlike other reviewers I really like the new look of the game and the ease and access to more information you get from the other views of the map - terrain, political, religious, etc. - really an enhancement. As to the divergence from historical events, I rather like the play of this edition better than the slavish approach of EU II to history which caused things to happen that, in the context of the game being played, made no sense at all.
The big plus to me is that I have not encountered any bugs in EU III after many hours of play. EU II was very buggy, even after downloading patches. III has been solid.
Another thing I really enjoy is that the economic logic really makes sense - you don't have to experience hyper-inflation as was inevitable in II. The national development options also make better sense. I enjoy the military improvements - vastly superior to previous releases; the whole game is just better in every way.
I absolutely love these games and am deeply addicted to playing them at virtually every opportunity. If you enjoy thinking about what you're doing and really planning things and then watching your vision take shape, this game is a winner hands down!!
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