Engage in cross-platform multiplayer with up to 32 players.Be the best ruler and bring out your negotiating skills and form alliances with other nations through coalitions, royal marriages, and more.Watch history come to life as great historical personalities are also there to support you when it comes to making your mark on thousands of key historical events. The new trade system also adds a new dimension to the great trading empires of the period, making you gain control of vital trade routes.Use the new system of monarch power where the choices you make direct the flow of the gameplay, and are influenced by the caliber of the man or woman you currently have at the top.
As a ruler of the nation, you have to explore, trade with other nations, wage war, and/or let diplomacy reign over you and other nations. Your goal is to take control of a nation and guide it through the years to merge as a dominant global empire. This is the fourth installment in the Europa Universalis series.
