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For me when I was younger I used to play some mobile game called 'World Conqueror 2' when I was in middle school, and it's simplicity and general map inaccuracy made me look outwards and I found EUIV eventually.
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I was in a Total War forum discussing what I want from Medieval TW 3. Wrote something about dynasties, vassals, marriage...
Then they told me there is a game like this allready.
Then they told me there is a game like this allready.
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I grew up playing strategy board games (Risk, etc.). I found EU2 about 15 years ago, when the port to Mac was reviewed on Inside Mac Games. Been playing Paradox games very happily ever since.
I really, really wanted Ship Simulator Extremes.
It was only £10 more to buy it in a bundle with EU3, Vicky 2, HoI3 and a bajillion other Paradox games+DLC.
It was only £10 more to buy it in a bundle with EU3, Vicky 2, HoI3 and a bajillion other Paradox games+DLC.
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My mother brought EUIII for me from her trip to London, because I was very much into other historical strategy games like Age of Empires and Civilization.
I think I first made particular note of EU2 in very old Creative Assembly forums (these ones were closed and replaced about 2003) in relation to Medieval Total War. By that point I was tired with the more gamey historical strategy games like Civilization and TW series' and EU (at the time the only Paradox series) hit the right spot.
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I used to play SSI’s "War in the South Pacific" on my C-64 (the father of "Gary Grigsby’s Pacifc War" and the grandfather of Matrix "War in the Pacific").
Later with far less sparetime due to having a job I looked for something similar that did not take several hourse to plan just one turn and bought a collection in a sale: the "Strategy 6pack" with Hearts of Iron, Victoria, Crown of the North, Two Thrones, Europa Universalis 2 and EU 2: Asian Chapters.
Later with far less sparetime due to having a job I looked for something similar that did not take several hourse to plan just one turn and bought a collection in a sale: the "Strategy 6pack" with Hearts of Iron, Victoria, Crown of the North, Two Thrones, Europa Universalis 2 and EU 2: Asian Chapters.
Used to play loads of turn-based strategy, especially Panzer General, People's General, Strategic Command, Civ II, Imperialism, Steel Panthers 1+2+3, Battle Isle 3 etc. The first one I played was Stonkers, which came out for the ZX Spectrum back in 1984 or so, but the turn-based format always seemed a little off to me.
Saw Hearts of Iron 1 units boxed form in a second-hand store in Brighton one day and the description on the back of the box was unbelievable - a real-time grand strategy game?
Saw Hearts of Iron 1 units boxed form in a second-hand store in Brighton one day and the description on the back of the box was unbelievable - a real-time grand strategy game?
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I've always (well, since I was old enough to understand enough!) enjoyed WW2 strategy games, and kept an eye out for new ones. Heard of HoI1 and was intrigued, picked up a copy and enjoyed it a lot 
. It was very wobbly, as you'd expect, but the ambition and scope were very impressive. Tried out Paradox's other games after that and was also impressed (such that Vicky and HoI vie with each other for favourite series, and EU4 is my most-played individual game).
. It was very wobbly, as you'd expect, but the ambition and scope were very impressive. Tried out Paradox's other games after that and was also impressed (such that Vicky and HoI vie with each other for favourite series, and EU4 is my most-played individual game).- 1
was looking for some demos to kill time with and came cross ck2's, grew obsessed with it, when i first got a job it was the first thing i bought. several hundred dollars and thousand or so hours later here i am
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I bought Europa Universalis I guess in 2001 when I was looking for something new to play at a local store. I should still have the original box somewhere, I wonder if the cd key would work if I tried to register it here? I have been too lazy so far to try. I got physical copies up to about hoi3 of literally everything.
Since then I own most Paradox games, couple of them in multiples after I started using steam and repurchasing there from sales offers etc. I rarely have time to play these days and thus I play almost exclusively paradox games and perhaps games like civ every now and then. Of the main titles of paradox (i own a couple of rarities too) I semi-regularly play all of them except ck2. That just didn't work for me. Also Rome and to an extent Sengoku never hit me big time. Stellaris on the other hand is superb, I had really really fun times with it!
Anyway, good times and really good job Paradox, I would't be playing games much if you didn't make your epic titles!
Since then I own most Paradox games, couple of them in multiples after I started using steam and repurchasing there from sales offers etc. I rarely have time to play these days and thus I play almost exclusively paradox games and perhaps games like civ every now and then. Of the main titles of paradox (i own a couple of rarities too) I semi-regularly play all of them except ck2. That just didn't work for me. Also Rome and to an extent Sengoku never hit me big time. Stellaris on the other hand is superb, I had really really fun times with it!
Anyway, good times and really good job Paradox, I would't be playing games much if you didn't make your epic titles!
When I was a kid my parents used to by me one of those PC games journals, some of them had an extra CD with free games and demos. One of them had Europa Universalis 1 for free. I've been hooked on Paradox game ever since.
Bought EU1 from a store because I wanted to try some kind of strategy game, and I guess it was the one they had at the time. Was easily hooked.
Same for me! Though my journey started with EU2 and HoI. Back in the day I wasn't even aware what a patch is and so I kept playing on 1.0 all the time. Didn't matter much to me anyway, since without the help of Montezuma, Drake, Gustavus and House of Orange I wasn't able to play ;p
Ah, the memories...
Pretty sure I saw EU1 referenced on some Civ site (Apolyton?) shortly before it was released. Thought... "Damn! That looks awesome!"
It was. It was.
(I've been here a long time)
It was. It was.
(I've been here a long time)
I loved, and I mean absolutely LOVED Alternate History (And still do!). One day, I saw a video of a HoI3 timeline. A game where I could make any alt. history scenario of WW2 happen? Yes please! I bought it at a game store (After spending a month watching a boatload of let's plays) and played it. A lot. Then I bought EU4 + all DLC's off of Steam while it was 85% off. I played that too. A lot. So now I'm here. Alright, maybe EU4's custom nation mode made me a little rusty on alt. hist. map editing, but hey! I love it!
Saw a youtube playthrough of Victoria 2 - looked interesting, but I managed to forget the name of that game.
... 4 years later ...
Made a mod for Total War: Rome II, someone comments that it made R2 look like V2, played paradox games eversince...
... 4 years later ...
Made a mod for Total War: Rome II, someone comments that it made R2 look like V2, played paradox games eversince...
Started playing the boxed strategy games from the likes of Avalon Hill as a teenager way way back when.
Went mostly rpgs and mmorpgs when I got into computers at way too late an age to ever be good at it. Then the Civ and then the TW series. Got burned out on those. Someone on a TW forum suggested HOI2.
I got the HOI2 Anthology box, took one look at the manual and put the stuff back in the box and put the box on a shelf. That manual scared me. It was so big and full of so many words.
Then I started reading up the HOI2 forum here, especially Blue Emu's explaining stuff and took the dive.
Now I am owned by Paradox games.
Went mostly rpgs and mmorpgs when I got into computers at way too late an age to ever be good at it. Then the Civ and then the TW series. Got burned out on those. Someone on a TW forum suggested HOI2.
I got the HOI2 Anthology box, took one look at the manual and put the stuff back in the box and put the box on a shelf. That manual scared me. It was so big and full of so many words.
Then I started reading up the HOI2 forum here, especially Blue Emu's explaining stuff and took the dive.
Now I am owned by Paradox games.
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