Expansion - Europa Universalis IV: El Dorado

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El Dorado is the fifth expansion to Europa Universalis IV and brings to life the conquests, creeds and discoveries synonymous with the Age of Exploration. The centerpiece of the latest addition is the Nation Designer, which allows the customization of a starting nation in a campaign and further enhances EU4’s already near infinite replayability. Europa Universalis IV: El Dorado expansion feature spotlight by EU4's project lead Martin 'Wiz' Anward. El Dorado was the 5th expansion for EU4. It was announced on 2015-01-25. It was released on 2015-02-26, coinciding with patch 1.10. Welcome to the third development diary for Europa Universalis 4: El Dorado. Today, we’ll be talking about America and Liberty and no, it’s not about the USA. Specifically, we’ll be talking about the Mesoamerican and South American Inti and Maya religions added in the expansion, and the new Liberty Desire system included in the free patch. Europa Universalis IV. So I purchased EU4 Collection Pack and the new El Dorado expansion, and chose the American Revolution scenario (I think), but then I.

Across the globe, except South America, Europe and United Kingdom.

Afghanistan
Algeria
American Samoa
Angola
Anguilla
Antarctica
Aruba
Australia
Bahrain
Bangladesh
Benin
Bhutan
Botswana
Bouvet Island
British Indian Ocean Territory
British Virgin Islands
Brunei
Burkina Faso
Burundi
Cambodia
Cameroon
Canada
Cape Verde
Caribbean Netherlands
Cayman Islands
Central African Republic
Chad
China
Christmas Island
Cocos (Keeling) Islands
Comoros
Congo - Brazzaville
Congo - Kinshasa
Cook Islands
Côte d’Ivoire
Curaçao
Djibouti
Egypt
Equatorial Guinea
Eritrea
Ethiopia
Faroe Islands
Fiji
French Polynesia
French Southern Territories
Gabon
Gambia
Ghana
Gibraltar
Guadeloupe
Guam
Guernsey
Guinea
Guinea-Bissau
Heard & McDonald Islands
Hong Kong SAR China
India
Indonesia
Iran
Iraq
Isle of Man
Israel
Japan
Jersey
Jordan
Kazakhstan
Kenya
Kiribati
Kuwait
Kyrgyzstan
Laos
Lebanon
Lesotho
Liberia
Libya
Macau SAR China
Madagascar
Malawi
Malaysia
Maldives
Mali
Marshall Islands
Martinique
Mauritania
Mauritius
Mayotte
Micronesia
Mongolia
Montserrat
Morocco
Mozambique
Myanmar (Burma)
Namibia
Nauru
Nepal
New Caledonia
New Zealand
Niger
Nigeria
Niue
Norfolk Island
North Korea
Northern Mariana Islands
Oman
Pakistan
Palau
Palestinian Territories
Papua New Guinea
Philippines
Pitcairn Islands
Qatar
Réunion
Russia
Rwanda
Saint Martin
Samoa
São Tomé & Príncipe
Saudi Arabia
Senegal
Seychelles
Sierra Leone
Singapore
Solomon Islands
Somalia
South Africa
South Korea
South Sudan
Sri Lanka
St. Barthélemy
St. Helena
St. Martin
St. Pierre & Miquelon
Sudan
Svalbard & Jan Mayen
Swaziland
Syria
Taiwan
Tajikistan
Tanzania
Thailand
Timor-Leste
Togo
Tokelau
Tonga
Tunisia
Turkmenistan
Turks & Caicos Islands
Tuvalu
U.S. Outlying Islands
U.S. Virgin Islands
Uganda
United Arab Emirates
United States
Uzbekistan
Vanuatu
Vietnam
Wallis & Futuna
Western Sahara
Yemen
Zambia
Zimbabwe

About the game

El Dorado is the fifth expansion to Europa Universalis IV and brings to life the conquests, creeds and discoveries synonymous with the Age of Exploration. The centerpiece of the latest addition is the Nation Designer, which allows the customization of a starting nation in a campaign and further enhances EU4’s already near infinite replayability.

This expansion’s focus on Central America and South America introduces new religions whilst impactful theaters of exploration will challenge you with new decisions worthy of a king or conqueror. As the Aztecs, subject the Mexican plain to your rule but be sure to have enough vassal kings to sacrifice to your angry gods. As the Europeans, push deeper into the jungles of the Amazon, following rumors of lost cities and magical fountains.

Whatever path you choose, El Dorado is sure to be a golden addition to your Europa Universalis IV playing experience.

Highlights

A deep Nation Designer gives you new starting options for your games, including national ideas and custom monarchs.
Experience the new Nahuatl, Inti and Mayan religions with blood sacrifices or Sun Worship.
Send your conquistadors to hunt for the Seven Cities of Gold, or your explorer on exploration missions around the world.
Gold Fleets can traffic New World wealth back to Europe, and be targeted by your privateer fleets.
Use your trade fleets to hunt dangerous pirates.
Maintain good relations with the Pope so you can get a corner of the world to call your own in the Treaty of Tordesillas.

Expansion - Europa Universalis IV: El Dorado

System Requirements

OS:Windows 8/7/Vista/XP
Storage:2GB
Processor:Intel® Pentium® IV 2.4 GHz / AMD 3500+
Memory:2 GB
Graphics:512 MB, NVIDIA® GeForce 8800 / ATI Radeon® X1900
DirectX:9.0c

OS:Mac OS X 10.6.8
Storage:2 GB
Processor:Intel Core Duo (2GHz)
Memory:2 GB
Graphics:1 GB - GLSL 1.3, ATI Radeon HD 6750 / NVIDIA® GeForce 320 / NVIDIA® GeForce 9600

OS:Ubuntu 12.04 LTS
Storage:2 GB
Processor:Intel Core Duo (2GHz)
Memory:2 GB
Graphics:1 GB - GLSL 1.3, ATI Radeon HD 6750 / NVIDIA® GeForce 320 / NVIDIA® GeForce 9600

Release date:2015-02-26
Publisher: Paradox Interactive

Game Mode

Multiplayer
Single-player

Rated

Europa Universalis Iv Collection

TEEN

It’s confession time: I nearly always play Europa Universalis as a European state. It’s hard not to. The era the game covers gives the European states a huge advantage. Europe is the only place to find a country that can wage war on a global scale, colonize lands across the world, and enjoy (endure) the religious/social events that I find supremely compelling. There have been a number of expansions in the history of the series that attempted to redress, by providing additional gameplay options for Japan, China and other lands. Yet, the game system is fundamentally designed to showcase colonization and European-style warfare, and without significant changes, playing this non-European powers always felt like you were playing a lesser form of the game.

This is why I’m happy to report that the new El Dorado expansion to Europa Universalis 4 made the alterations necessary to provide a compelling (and frankly, frantic) experience as a state in the New World. It’s not all sunshine, as there were some unfortunate problems that made me rub my eyes with disbelief. But the combination of the new gameplay with a fully equipped nation-builder makes this a compelling purchase for the EU veteran looking to play the game in a different way.

I began my playthrough as the Aztecs, and noticed first that I was not the large empire I was expecting, but one of a large number of Central American states. The large number of states and the peculiar conditions under which they operated quickly lead me into a number of wars. These Central American states, you see, operated under the constant threat of their religious beliefs, represented in the game as the Doom counter. Doom would steadily increase, resulting in civil discord, and when it got to too high a point, my leader would be sacrificed in order to appease the God, and prevent the end of the world. In order to keep Doom low, I was forced to fight Flower Wars. These are conflicts where the purpose is to take captives to sacrifice, preserving my own life and subjecting the defeated nation to vassal status. At any time, if my Doom was too high, I could sacrifice the leader of my vassal, losing the vassal status, but keeping my head firmly on my shoulders.

The Doom mechanic provided a different feel to the game. Previously, I fought wars in EU4 only because I wanted to expand, or because my neighbor did. Now, I was forced to out of religious necessity (self preservation fits in there, too, somewhere…). Constantly shifting coalitions of states resulted in swirling conflicts, and the need for a supply of victims meant that any of today’s allies would probably be tomorrow’s victim on the pyramid altar. Backing this system up was a steady stream of unique events, reflecting Aztec civilization and history, and forcing me to react to a number of different pressures. And all occurred against the ticking clock, as I knew the longer the game progressed, the closer I got to the arrival of the Conquistadors.

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The sprites representing the Aztec armed forces looked fantastic, and absent horses and gunpowder, were confined solely to infantry. This made it a little disappointing when I besieged my first enemy capital, and discovered that the Aztec empires used the same siege sprite that the European powers did. And it involved, sadly, a cannon. All the ingame messages had a distinctly European feel, as my Marshal was still out reporting things. The expansion had so many other little touches to make it feel unique. I was sad that these other things were left out.

The expansion also includes a fully-featured nation builder. EU4 has always been heavily modable, but for those of us without that particular skill set, this is the opportunity to play the game however we want. You’re able to select a capital, territories, ruler, national ideas, and culture- basically building any nation you want anywhere in the world. So, if I want, say, the Kingdom of Tonaria headquartered in Manhattan, well, now is my chance. It’s a really nice option that lets you play with the sandbox of history, perhaps building a powerful global power outside of those old European standbys.

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It’s hard to touch on everything in this expansion. In addition to the Maya, Inca and Aztecs finally getting their due, there are massive changes to conquistadors and New World interaction. There are now gold fleets and pirate hunters. And the expansion includes sweep updates to the map on a global scale, from the New World, to India and Africa. El Dorado is a welcome update which, while lacking in some superfluous areas, really adds a lot of play to areas of the world forgotten by most games of similar ilk.