What I like about EUR!

[erthul]

There's been much criticism of EUR recently so I thought it would be nice for people to talk about what they like about the game for once. Please, no knocking the game on this thread, just sweet things. I'll get the ball rolling by saying that I like the civil war system (which should be adopted by EU3/4), the trading system and the Omens. Take it from here CTCM.

 

[Duke of Bavaria]

The only thing i really like is the nice looking map. o I also think the moddability is a big plus of this game, but it is badly needed also. What is beyong me is how someone can like such a random and unbalanced thing like the omens.

 

[erthul]

What is beyong me is how someone can like such a random and unbalanced thing like the omens.

That's not entering into the spirit of the thread but I like the Omen system because it is designed as a random event that is put in an historical context for the religion of the era. With temples, magistrate appointments, ideas etc you can make it favour you so that it is not entirely random. Omens could have been completely random and uncontrollable but it's obvious that a bit of thought went into making the process more interesting and interactive than merely getting a pop-up.

 

[Woody Man]

I like the fact it has characters in it and it's about Rome.

 

[out]

I'll just say that I like EVERYTHING as they were described on paper pre-release. Oh it was so going to be a dream-come-true game.

 

[Nyrael]

I like the character system. There was no EU:R game where I wasn't sorry for not writing an AAR.
I also like the inner politics. Turning Carthage into a dictatorship was challenging and fun to play.

 

[The-Doc]

I think the music and art is quite good, adds a lot of good Romey-Mediteranean flavor to the game.

 

[julian_phoenix]

I personally really like the things listed above as well as the general
cause/effect of the game. It seems that you can't make a single decision in
this game without consequences... as it should be.

As a long time fan of strategy games (big fan of the Civilization series) I
always felt something lacked. I think Paradox found it in this game.

I hope any sequels to this game or any future games from Paradox keep
this spirit in their games.

 

[unmerged(56754)]

The massive family dynasty's that can exist (If leaders bloody married ) and just scrolling through them mid to late game is pretty sweet

 

[Walker85]

This thread is so different

1. Music - Waldetoft rules, as always

2. Graphics - there are too few provinces but map itself is more beautiful than in any other pdox games

3. Very friendly to modders

4. Civil wars are very good idea and require only some balancing

5. Is nice for roleplaying style of game, which I play very often

6. With VV internal politics in republics can be quite fun

 

[Vivas]

I recently started this game and am enjoying it massively. The characters and civil war's add some nice depth into this game. I wish i had more time to discover this little gem

 

[unmerged(76495)]

There's been much criticism of EUR recently

I reject your premise! But I shall play along nevertheless....

The music is nice, and so is the graphics. Espacially the 2d ones, which I think are absolutely stunning and it looks like they are using the same guy for HoI3. It makes me happy Anyone happen to know who is in charge of 2D at paradox?

 

[Descartes]

I think the 2D artist is called Jonas Jakobsson, at least that's what the credit list says. Oh and one of my favourite things is the character portraits, they look really cute despite being randomised. And of course, I love the fact that Rome is so easy to mod.

 

[The-Doc]

Nothing like those 2 charisma, cross-eyed, tongue sticking out Celt Chiefs I always seem to get "randomly" stuck with

 

[BurningEGO]

Let me see what i liked about EUR... Oh, they did improve the army sprites compared to EU3, which i liked pretty much. The political system was also a new thing that i liked, but it could be much better.

 

[SirGrotius]

I like playing as a Greek Minor very much!

 

[unmerged(119342)]

I like taking small time Eastern nations and kicking Carthage and Rome's collective ass. All has fallen before Armenia and Pontus. I think it is time for the Unstoppable Rise of Macedonia when I get some spare time.

 

[Alfred Packer]

I like the politics and parties in the Senate. Republics are very cool after VV.

 

[Santôka]

I like the game very much, but beside some of what has already been said, I like the intricacy of the research and inventions system.

 

[unmerged(117434)]

There's been much criticism of EUR recently so I thought it would be nice for people to talk about what they like about the game for once. Please, no knocking the game on this thread, just sweet things. I'll get the ball rolling by saying that I like the civil war system (which should be adopted by EU3/4), the trading system and the Omens. Take it from here CTCM.

Why thank you erthul. I would like to compliment the trade system of the game.