The map without the new renderer was still better than HTTT's, and even better in a lot of aspects than DW's. And Paradox's games were never complete at release, EU3 is a good example of a still incomplete game whose developer's don't what it's supposed to be. It might have some fun elements but vanilla doesn't use a quarter of it's potential.
I'm not saying the MM devs did everything right, just that EU3 was released as an inferior game only due to timing and the power of it's developers. Under different circumstances, MM would've been released at any state.


























