Europa Universalis V confirmed

[crazy canuck]

I'm going to buy this game, no doubt about it. But I think after 25 years of Paradox gaming, this will be the defining one for me. I didn't like CK3, don't like Vicky 3 and haven't enjoyed HOI in years. There are various reasons for all those games I won't get into but primarily they've removed the fun factor for me.
So if I find I'm not getting into EU5 then obviously they're not making games for me anymore as the were in their early days.

I thought IV would be the last one for me.  But this seems like the Magnum Opus of the series, so I feel compelled to complete the set. It was EU I that first really got me into playing games on a computer so I think I need to see it through.

[Josephus]

I'm going to buy this game, no doubt about it. But I think after 25 years of Paradox gaming, this will be the defining one for me. I didn't like CK3, don't like Vicky 3 and haven't enjoyed HOI in years. There are various reasons for all those games I won't get into but primarily they've removed the fun factor for me.
So if I find I'm not getting into EU5 then obviously they're not making games for me anymore as the were in their early days.

I thought IV would be the last one for me.  But this seems like the Magnum Opus of the series, so I feel compelled to complete the set. It was EU I that first really got me into playing games on a computer so I think I need to see it through.

Yeah, CC, same here. Sometime in early 2001 I walked into an Electronics Boutique (EB) store and saw this game that just screamed out at me...it was called Europa Universalis. The rest is history.

[Valmy]

I never really got into IV so I guess I will give V a chance. It has been a long time now for me, time for some new EU.

[mongers]

Maybe for some it's a physical media thing? As with EU1/2 and HOI 1/2 I played the hell out of those disks.

Now with steam dominance, I have to boot-up a more powerful PC than this to play, and do the steam login etc.

So not so immediate for me if I just want to play for the occasional half-hour. 

Didn't even know what of the more modern paradox games I owned!


Steam tells me this:
Europa Universalis III
5.1 hours
LAST PLAYED
30 Mar 2018

Europa Universalis IV
2.6 hours
1 Feb
Achievements
0/373

Hearts of Iron III
7.1 hours
14 Aug 2019

Stellaris
2.5 hours
14 Oct 2022
0/204

Victoria II
5.9 hours
31 Jan

Victoria: Revolutions
76 minutes
28 Dec 2016

Arsenal of Democracy
67.8 hours
29 Nov 2016

Darkest Hour: A Hearts of Iron Game
27.8 hours
26 Feb 2019

Crusader Kings II
5.9 hours
1 Feb
0/161
 

[Josquius]

Most of the older games weren't on steam for me so I don't know my hour count.... I fear I would have caused an integer overrun if they were.

[mongers]

Most of the older games weren't on steam for me so I don't know my hour count.... I fear I would have caused an integer overrun if they were.

Life is a rounding error?

[Zanza]

I played EU IV for 1000+ hours (same for Stellaris) and never finished a game. Whatever, I will buy this and hope it is not a disappointment like Civ 7.