Unlike Russia, it’s home to a huge diversity of different cultures and a unique history as a crossroads between Muslim and Christian conquerors and Hindu, Sikh and Buddhist inhabitants. There are so many reasons why India would benefit from an immersion pack: Like Russia, it’s a single region with many states and an outsize influence on the game (albeit usually as a colonial vector for other neighbors).
The most compelling region for an immersion pack right now, and my personal hope for the next Europa Universalis DLC, is probably India. The Aztec region, Inca region and Maya region have all been fleshed out repeatedly in past DLC, but who’s to say we can’t have even more? The other Native American tribes are all small and weak, but players love them anyway, so why not show them some love too? Other small nations in the region, like Georgia and the Arabian states, could also be fleshed out more, but don’t expect immersion packs for every small interesting state out there-regional powers and major regions like Russia are probably our best bet. The Ottomans have tons of flavor, but the rest of the Middle East could seriously use some additional mechanic-especially major players like The Timurids and The Mamluks, not to mention Persia, which often emerges from the almost-inevitable Timurid collapse. Europa Universalis 4: Third Rome Impressions: Long On Immersion, A.The French wars of religion are represented in game, but they’re never a serious threat to France, and they should be. Likewise, the Protestant Reformation in general-especially outside of Germany, and double especially in France-could benefit from an immersion pack. But what about Scandinavia, and some new mechanics to represent the North’s unique position in Europe and the factors that led Sweden to emerge as a bona fide Great Power? Or little Switzerland, a hotbed of the Reformation and Europe’s first federal state? Even Scotland could benefit.Īnd who’s to say immersion packs have to stay focused on regions? Why not time periods? The Thirty Years War has tons of mechanics behind it already, but rarely does it actually happen, and it almost never becomes the massive Great Power conflagration in the crucible of Germany it was in real life. All the traditional European Great Powers are already well-fleshed out (as was Russia-but now it’s even more fleshed out). As the name of the game suggests, Europe is the most well-developed region in Europa Universalis 4… but that doesn’t mean it can’t benefit from a little more love in terms of immersion packs.