Europa Universalis IV: Common Sense

Common Sense is a terrific addition to Europa Universalis IV. Existing players will find additional depth in key countries and incentives to dust off an old favorite, like England, or try something new. The free content is major rethink of EU4’s key systems and worked out quite well, greatly improving warfare as well as rationalizing and deepening province level development. This update, due to the scope of the changes, could have easily ruined the game if it wasn’t done well.

The fact that there’s a host of new historical events and tough choices across the traditionally less popular government types in the game is the icing on the cake. It’s not essential, and several of the really game-changing ideas are contained in the accompanying free patch, but if you’re a EUIV fan looking for some interesting new challenges, you won’t regret picking it up.