Europa Universalis: Crown of the North

Europa Universalis: Crown of the North (original title: Svea Rike III) is a real-time grand strategy video game developed by Paradox Interactive and published by Levande Böcker. It is the sequel to Svea Rike and Svea Rike II, and had its own sequel, Two Thrones. The Svea Rike series is the predecessor to Europa Universalis.

Europa Universalis: Crown of the North
Developer(s)Paradox Interactive
Publisher(s)
Producer(s)Patric Backlund
Designer(s)Joakim Bergqwist
Programmer(s)Johan Andersson
Artist(s)Daniel Nygren
Composer(s)Martin Eriksson
EngineEuropa Engine
Platform(s)Microsoft Windows
Release
  • SWE: 2000
  • WW: 2003
Genre(s)Real-time strategy, Grand strategy
Mode(s)Single player, multiplayer

The plot takes place from 1275 in Scandinavia during a period of political disturbance. All events that take place in the game, with the exception of player-initiated events, are based on reality.

Europa Universalis: Crown of the North is the English-language version of the game. It was released in North America together with a re-release of Europa Universalis II at version 1.07, with the addition of new scenarios.

Svea Rike series

Svea Rike and Svea Rike II are turn-based strategy games based on the history of Sweden released in 1997 and 1998, respectively.[1] They were developed by Target Games and published by Levande Böcker for Microsoft Windows and Macintosh. The title roughly translates to "Swedish Realm". The user interface is in Swedish. Svea Rike II opens in 1471 during the Battle of Brunkeberg.[2][3]

Reception

The game received "mixed or average" reviews on Metacritic.[4]

References
  1. "Svea rike" (in Swedish). Svensk mediedatabas. 1997. Retrieved 12 February 2015.
  2. "Dataprogram som lär ut med nöje" (in Swedish). Archived from the original on 25 February 2012. Retrieved 1 May 2014.
  3. Adler (3 December 2002). "Svea Rike III info" (in Swedish). Retrieved 29 August 2011.
  4. "Europa Universalis: Crown of the North for PC Reviews - Metacritic". Metacritic. 2000. Retrieved 10 November 2018.


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