Go Back to the European War 3 or 4 Model – European War 5: Empire Review

I’ve played Easy Inc.’s games for years now and have thoroughly enjoy them. This series in particular has always been my favorite. With that said, this game has really fallen short of its predecessors. European War 3 was arguably the peak of the series and maybe was the best strategy game Easy Inc. has put out. You could lead your nation of choice through a campaign driven conquest of the world, win World War One with almost any nation in Europe, or even play 3v3 multiplayer with friends. European War 4 showed significant promise but the draw backs of the new map system needed to be fixed. Then European War 5 came out. It isn’t a terrible game compared to many other strategy games but it’s obviously a step back from its predecessors. It seems like the games is trying to be to many different things at once. It has concepts from all of Easy Inc.’s best strategy games in it but in the end they don’t really mesh well. I get that the developers are trying to diversify this from the World Conqueror series but the previous entries to this series have been extremely fun and different enough from the World Conqueror series for me to buy both. So in conclusion, I’d wait for the next European War to come out or go back to a older entry in the series if you want to invest significant time in these games.
Review by Flynnstone03 on European War 5: Empire.