Recent reviews by scotsoe

It's the King of Shooters

Most of the complaints about this game are the shoddy DLC strategy, which are somewhat true. At launch the DLC are very overpriced, considering the few features they bring. However, the main reason they have so few features is that most of their content is completely free. The game is almost completely unaffected by not purchacing the expansions (with a few exceptions, like development), and if they add a feature you don't like it's incredibly easy to revert to a previous patch. The expansions go on sale all the time, so if someone's whining about the price, they only have themselves to blame. I have 5 of the 8 expansions and I still haven't spent the $40 this game costs when not on sale, including the 10 spent on the game itself.

Now that I'm done with the rant, on to the game itself. EU4 can be very unwieldy at first, but the menus aren't really as daunting as they first seem. If you first play as an easy nation like the Ottomans or Castille and get a solid ally or two, you can just play at your own pace, and learn the various systems like war, overextension, relations, trade, colonisation (depending on your country), religion, etc. Google is your friend! Hitting shift+tab while ingame brings up a steam menu which includes their internet browser

I can't tell you if you'll enjoy the game or not, but if you want a game to take over the world it can't be beat. Civilization, Age of Empires, even Crusader Kings never really piqued my interest, but I can get lost in EU4 for hours.

10/10, would crush the BBB again