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Iron_Wolf123

IDK what it is but EU5 doesn't make me want to play it, and I don't know why.

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I have been eager to play EU5 for a while after my frustrating attempts a month or two ago, but now I feel that EU5 is missing something or doesn't motivate me to play.

My believe it is a few things:

  1. Crowded and busy gameplay mechanically with so many mechanics and statistics that overwhelm me.

  2. My computer not being able to handle it. I got my computer late last year and even then the game is new.

  3. The "I don't know what to play" problem to where I don't know the right nation to play.

  4. The lingering last attempt pushing me away. Basically I was playing as Wurttemburg and my ally declared on Austria even though we were heavily outnumbered. I lost more land to Austria than my ally who got off with reparations while I only ended up with one county.

I really want to get into the game but these problems push me away, sadly. I was excited for EU5 but I feel as if it was too good to be true.

Posted Jun 25, 2026, 7:02 AM UTC

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