What Ryan Davies thought:
9.50/10
9½
“Through a combination of perfectly balanced mechanics, a vast and fully playable game world as well as satisfying overall gameplay, Europa Universalis IV is one of the best games I have ever played. My only caveat is that the game is only as good as your imagination; sure it’ll build up a convincing historical world for you to do with what you wish (which is great enough as it is), but it is how you enjoy the sense of freedom and how your imagination plays with this world that the true brilliance comes out of EUIV. Once the initial learning curve is navigated, and it is a steep one, EUIV constantly rewards players with its sandbox world. It’s interesting, wonderfully complex and most of all, near endlessly fun.”