Europa Universalis II

"Europa Universalis II is my current favorite for top strategy game of the year. It's more playable than the original and there is a wealth of new options that increases replayability by a factor of ten."

"...Europa Universalis II should be a worthy successor to one of the more impressive strategy games in recent memory. While Paradox hasn't done much to alter the essentials, the company has taken some of the criticism of its first effort to heart and worked at smoothing over the rough spots and giving fans more of what they liked."

"The new game has a broader focus, one that will interest returning veterans of the first game, and it greatly improves the tutorial and documentation to ease the significant learning curve for new players."

"The scope of the original is being dramatically expanded. Along with the traditional European powers, players will be able to serve as the heads of state of some 140 nations spread out across the globe."

"...Europa Universalis II is possibly the best historical strategy game there is. That's not an exaggeration."