Europa 1400 Gold verdict?

Scanner · Post by **Scanner** » Sat Dec 11, 2004 2:36 am

I know there was a lot of controversy surrounding Europa 1400 Gold on GGF, but those threads are long gone.

Does anyone remember the final consensus on this game? Is anyone still playing it?

jonsauce · Post by **jonsauce** » Sat Dec 11, 2004 9:37 am

I picked up the gold edition early this year and played it for over 40 hours before shelving it. I shelved it because I decided I should play some other games that I had. I enjoyed my play time with it.

Jeff V · Post by **Jeff V** » Sat Dec 11, 2004 11:00 am

I found my still-shrink-wrapped copy while rummaging through a box last weekend. I wonder if it's worth the effort to open?

hodge313 · Post by **hodge313** » Sat Dec 11, 2004 11:37 am

Well I paid 20 bucks for it and played it for roughly 30 hours before becoming bored and moving on---so I got my money's worth. (My rule is 1 hour for every buck a game costs=good value for the money. As you can guess I rarely buy games at full price.

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Rhett · Post by **Rhett** » Mon Dec 13, 2004 2:02 am

I really enjoyed it, thought it was a great game. Well worth the time and money (and I bought it at full price).

Spock's Brain · Post by **Spock's Brain** » Mon Dec 13, 2004 4:11 am

[plaintive voice] When is the final patch for the original version version coming out? [/plaintive voice].

dfs · Post by **dfs** » Mon Dec 13, 2004 12:13 pm

Scanner....

Don't know how much you remember.

Those of us in the states who supported the original version never got a final patch.

The gold version is the original plus the expansion pack released in english. Buying the gold version is the only way to get the expansion pack. (Same thing happened with silent storm. It makes for an interesting choice for those of us interested in marginal games. That's another topic)

My understanding is that the expansion pack adds in a couple of professions, but doesn't really change or fix the game.

Now...final verdict time....Europa is what I call an interesting failure. It's a lot like playing a medieval version of the sims. It's fascinating and very different than most games on the shelf, but it has a limited appeal. Good for....10-15 hours of gameplay. You will love the parts that work, curse the parts that are broken and think..."gosh with a little polish, this could have been one of those games that stayed on my hard drive forever." Then you will delete and play something else.

LordMortis · Post by **LordMortis** » Mon Dec 13, 2004 12:31 pm

I never tried the Gold version, but the original has enough bugs to make it a distraction. I still probably enjoyed the game for 10 or 15 hours. There is no longevity in game play, tough. It's more of a sim that you watch and help until you get bored (or distracted by bugs) than it is a game.

Dirt · Post by **Dirt** » Tue Dec 14, 2004 2:20 pm

Even with the bugs, the original was great. I can't remember the last game I spent so much time on. The amount of time I spent on the original is what is keeping me from buying the expansion. I know the game too well to spend more money on just a few more professions.

Zitterbacke · Post by **Zitterbacke** » Tue Dec 14, 2004 3:58 pm

It is one of the games I so hardly wanted to play, but got so pi**** of the bugs that I had to quit. That was in Multiplayer, singleplayer worked decent and with later patches OK.

goldenember · Post by **goldenember** » Tue Dec 14, 2004 5:56 pm

I bought the gold version when it first came out and I am still playing it. My only real complaint is that its too addicting - it keeps pulling me away from other games I should be playing.

Jancelot · Post by **Jancelot** » Tue Dec 14, 2004 6:22 pm

I played the original and had a blast with it. I decided to put it on hold to wait for the patch so that I could access all the features. Still waiting...

Dirt · Post by **Dirt** » Tue Dec 14, 2004 6:46 pm

Jancelot wrote:I played the original and had a blast with it. I decided to put it on hold to wait for the patch so that I could access all the features. Still waiting...

Isn't the Gold version the game with the patch + expansion?

jonsauce · Post by **jonsauce** » Tue Dec 14, 2004 6:47 pm

Isn't the Gold version the game with the patch + expansion?

Yup.