Europa Universalis IV: Rights of Man is now available!

[BjornB]

Free Your Mind Today With Europa Universalis IV: Rights of Man

New Expansion to Paradox Strategy Classic Available Now

STOCKHOLM – 11 October 2016 – Paradox Interactive and Paradox Development Studio announce the release of Rights of Man, a new expansion to Europa Universalis IV, the best-selling historical strategy game about exploration, colonization, and development through the early modern era.

The latest expansion to Europa Universalis IV lets the world’s eight greatest powers throw their weight around with new diplomatic options, including forcing others to break their alliances or giving friendly foreign monarchs a boost to their stats. But becoming a Great Power means balancing expansion with technological prowess and development.

Rights of Man includes:

• Great Powers: Greatness is rewarded with new ways to interact with the lesser nations around you.
  
  
• Ruler Personalities: Your monarchs acquire Personality Traits that will help or hurt your nation, and help you anticipate the behavior of neighboring nations
  
  
• Leader Traits: Generals and admirals can earn bonus abilities through combat
  
  
• New Governing Tools: Debase your currency for quick cash, spend military power to increase your legitimacy, abdicate the throne or disinherit inconvenient heirs
  
  
• Queen Regency: Queens can rule in the name of young heirs, with greater power than normal regencies
  
  
• Religious Changes: Coptic Christians and African Fetishists have new systems, deepening the strategy for these faith groups
  
  
• New Government Systems: Ruling Prussia, the Ottomans or Revolutionary Republics will be new experiences since is each getting another look and new mechanics

As always, Rights of Man’s release is accompanied by a free update for all Europa Universalis IV owners, and this one may be our biggest yet with a complete overhaul of two major game systems – technological progress and cultural acceptance, plus other updates that apply to owners of certain other expansions.

Europa Universalis IV: Rights of Man is available on major digital platforms and the official Paradox Store for the price of $19.99.

 

[seriousgigi]

at lastttttt

 

[Michael Kim]

What's in the collection?

EDIT
Answered in chat:
the collection contains the cosmetic dlc we released today + music

EDIT2
look like there's no music, only RoM and Content pack

 

[GoguRomania]

That moment when you have to wait another week for the bank to issue you a new debit card.
But it's ok. I will wait. We have known each other for a long time, you and me, EU. We've been through everything and even if I wasn't always there you know I have been faithful and in spite of all the bugs and problems we had over the years I never stopped playing you. I will wait. For this is what we do. We wait and we chase and we suffer the little evils life displays to us. A week. A month. A lifetime. It wouldn't really matter EU. It really wouldn't. For nothing else matters.

 

[Oogh]

Have fun betatesting y'all! I'll wait for the obligatory hotfixes.

 

[Hootieleece]

I bought the collection from Paradox Store My Steam Key doesn't activate from my Paradox Account!

 

[akmych]

So, I see on Steam 4 new items:
1) Rights of Man
2) Rights of Man Content Pack
3) Fredman's Epistles -- new songs
4) Songs of Regency Music Pack -- new music packs
Inside the first is also "Rights of Man Collection" -- what does exactly it contain? All other new dlcs (Content Pack + Fredman's Epistles + Songs of Regency Music Pack), or just Content Pack?

 

[seriousgigi]

Fredman's Epistles is an old pack not new. RoM collection pack includes all of them except fredman's songs.

 

[akmych]

Fredman's Epistles is an old pack not new. RoM collection pack includes all of them except fredman's songs.

strange thing, never seen it previously. OK, will add it to my library too!

 

[seriousgigi]

it was free for a time in july 2016 i think.

 

[prismaticmarcus]

new events! comet sighted!

 

[arutha1988]

cool time to play the day away

 

[Polskers]

So, the collection does not contain the music DLC, that has to be purchased separately?

 

[Anona]

So, the collection does not contain the music DLC, that has to be purchased separately?

Yes, it contains the expansion + content pack.

 

[Mortheim]

Weeell...I still should leave game if i want to start new or restart unlucky run. Are there any plans to fix this?xD

 

[HussarHD]

Yay

 

[earlofbrigand]

It wasn't on steam and after restarting then it was. It was update queued and after a restart now its downloading!

The 'turn it off and on' tactic is a winner throughout the ages.

 

[eXistenZ2]

Very dissapointed in the price tag. The new expansion for Endless legend has a -25% discount for prepurchase.

And their bosses are SEGA, widely known for their dlc-whoring. If Sega is being more customer friendly, you have an issue

 

[earlofbrigand]

Has trust disappeared now?

 

[SamDurk]

Tragically despite the great feature list this is going to be the first DLC for EUIV that I don't buy instantly. £14.99 just seems too much for DLC such as this no matter the feature set. I complained bitterly about the Beast Lords DLC for Warhammer: Total War being around the same price and that actually had a new separate campaign and entirely new army roster (although both were admittedly fairly mediocre).

The previous DLC for EUIV Mare Nostrum for £10.99 was the only one I've bought where I actually felt ripped off and this seems to be following a worrying price inflation trend.

Conversely I picked up Reapers Due for CK2 for £7.50 and felt entirely happy with that purchase and what I received.

I'm writing this because I always been a huge paradox fan-boy and tried to get as many of my gaming friends as possible into Grand Strategy (they'll thank me eventually) but with price points like this I don't feel as comfortable recommending it to others.