Europa Universalis is a game of primarily European, but also world-wide strategy set in the period 1492 to 1792. There's two notable features that you'll notice early on. First, the amazingly rich detail of the game world - there's hundreds of provinces, hundreds of historically accurate leaders, and a wide variety of factors that drive the game system, including military, religious, trade, technological, exploration, diplomatic and economic ones. And second, rather than the traditional turn-based system, Europa Universalis runs in "real-time", allowing time to pass at a rate of the player's choosing, pausing either on demand or when a significant event occurs. One of the game's best features is the highly customisable message system that allows you to decide which events you want to stop the game for. Given the range of actions available at any one time, being able to issue orders while paused is very important.

Minimum Specifications: Pentium 233 64 MB RAM SVGA 2MB Direct 3D

Recommended Specifications: Pentium II 300 128 MB RAM SVGA 2MB Direct 3D