System requirements

• Europa Universalis III and the expansion Heir to the Throne are
• required.
• Windows 7/2000/XP/Vista
• Intel Pentium IV 1.9 GHz or similar AMD processor, 512 MB RAM
• 1 GB free hard drive space
• 128 MB Vertex and Pixelshader 3.0 support videocard
• DirectX compatible soundcard, Microsoft DirectX 9.0c [www.microsoft.com/]
• LAN or internet connection for multiplayer
• MULTI-PLAYER UP TO 32 PLAYERS

Divine wind is a good addition to the Europa Universalis III series. It claims to make the Asian continent more playable, which it does in fact do. It also adds a significant number of new features that are well worth purchasing the update.

As far as accessibility, it does not make the game any easier to play; in fact it has the opposite affect. The game becomes more complicated, thus increasing the learning curve and setting potential audiences farther from actually being able to play the game. Still, for those who have been following this series since 2008 or earlier, this is a worthy update which makes the game more complex in some desirous ways.

At first I was skeptical about purchasing Divine Wind as it seemed to focus on Japan/ China and I usually do not play those nations. However, I assure you it has loads of features in addition to the new Damiyo and mandate of Heaven System. The unique diplomatic system the Damiyos have create an interesting and unique playthrough, however I have not tried the China's new system. Added to all nations is a new building system with 6 structures for the trees trade, production, government, Navy, and Army in addition to manufacturies and Unique buildings. The improved graphics look amazing, though some users may experience lag due to lack of multicore support. Achievements have also came to the game, and some scenarios they create are interesting challenges while other are tedious in the case of the US revolution achievement, you won't win without occupying the British Isles... I don't believe that was how the war was won XD. Anyway, this expansion is a great addition to the already amazing game

i honestly love this game so much.

i loved EUIII a lot before but this expansion really just blew my mind.

the graphics leap between EUIII and divine wind is incredible.

they added a tun of new features and improvements and just recently released a patch that added 10 new map view modes to divine wind as well as a great feature "hunt rebels" so your armies will auto attack rebels so u dont have to worry about it.

paradox's dedication to customer satisfaction keeps me coming back for more games great job.

Some of the features are a bit hit-and-miss, like the cascading alliances. That said, it's received a fair bit of polish over the past few months in the way of patches, so it's definitely worth the cash.

I have really enjoyed the EU3 series, and once Divine Wind came out and I saw that Japan and China have been added, I was ecstatic! Going all the way back to the classic board game Shogun and having spent many hours playing Nobunaga's Ambition on the PS2, I had believed this was the game I was looking for. To an extent, it was. The maps are fantastic, the building and developing provinces has been streamlined from HTTT, and the overall flow of the game is improved. I was kinda hoping that playing as a Daimyo in Japan would be as immersive as the old Shogun Nobunaga days but it was lacking, just a little. However, with the mods at the Paradox forums, along with the support Paradox puts in to its products, I gave it 5 stars. Four and half without the great modablitly, but definately worth the investment!

EU3 has really come into its own in the Divine Wind expansion. The changes to the East Asia countries of Ming and Japan along with the totally redesigned map would make it worth buying for any fan of the series so far.

Taken in total, EU3 and its expansions are totally engrossing and after untold hours of play I am still enthralled. The only reason the game gets only 4 vs. 5 stars is Paradox's insistence on charging extra for additional sprite pack that, in my opinion, should be a free part of the game or patches. This said, the game is beautiful with our without the sprites and I highly recommend it to any strategy game fan.

Europa Universalis 3 is one of the most expansive grand strategy titles I have ever encountered. Divine Wind is more than just new content, it's a sign that the developers continue to care about their creation, combining their own innovations with community input. Divine Wind updated and improved the interface, trade system, and balanced the magistrate system from Heir to the Throne. It has also created more interesting interactions in East Asia, with more complex and intriguing situations for China and Japan. Divine Wind therefore offers a wide variety of opportunities and play styles depending on the nation and region you choose.

I think every expansion is worth it for the best game I have ever played. This expansion is no different adding depth to the Asian cultures and a achievment system that I have thourghly enjoyed ranked 72 at the time of this post.

A great expansion to the EU3. New map from Victoria II is beautiful. Hordes make uniting Russia much more challenging and new building system enables even a small, but well-developed country to be rich.

Awesome additions to the series. The new (Victoria 2 style) map is probably the best part of it, finally the game actually looks good. Also the new Japan and the factions in China are great.

The new mapmodes are cool aswell. Always wanted too have an overview of the tech costs and stability.

In conclusion: If you have HTTT and haven't bought DW yet, do it. Do it now.

The horde mechanics are overrated, but on whole Divine Wind is my favorite expansion to EU3. The massive array of changes helps the game feel finally complete, and the recent updates to the map from the developers help cement this. The best part of this expansion? It's not quite so Eurocentric, providing interesting gameplay across the map.

Ah Divine Wind the 4th expansion to Paradox's flagship EUIII franchise. I dont know of any other game which has evolved as much as EUIII with each expansion bringing new innovations and features to further refine this obsorbing grand stategy game.

The new map is lovely to see and and the improved buildings system adds welcome depth and decisions to handling provences. Although and new Faction system for China and an enhanced Japan with Diamyos competing for the Shogunate are a large focus for the game europe has not been forgotten with new decisions and improvments to the Holy Roman Empire among others.

Overall Divine Wind is a excellent addition ro perhaps Paradox's finest creation.

Divine Wind is a really strong addition to an already really strong series. While some of the improvements made could have been handled better such as the Ming factions and the use of Hordes this expansion pack really adds to the dynamic of the game. I would not advise getting it though until after the first patch comes out. There are quite a few bugs

A major disappointment.

First, the good. Divine Wind offers a beautiful map with more provinces and enhanced graphics. There are numerous achievements of varying difficulty one can try for. There are enhanced rules for Ming (China) and the Japanese Sengoku period. Options for peace treaties have improved, and rather than provincial decisions, enhancements come in the form of buildings.

All of these offer major promise, but the AI is a critical failure. Given there was some emphasis placed on this, I'm disappointed.

The DW AI fights a war of maneuver: Rather than commit to major battles, it would rather siege your provinces. This makes some sense but is easily exploitable. For example, if the enemy creates a single large army (a 'deathstack') and sieges one of your provinces, you can run around behind it with three or four armies and therefore take its territory four times as fast.

Further, if you do have a single large army you can force the AI to abandon its siege. It does not want to fight a battle at a disadvantage. Again, this makes sense - until you march your army towards the AI, it breaks siege, you stop moving, then the AI stops and restarts the siege losing whatever time it spent up to this point.

Between these two points it's exceptionally easy to gain war score and therefore win a decisive victory.

There is also a problem with cascading alliances. Once more, a fine idea that didn't execute so well, this allows the defender or attacker to bring in allies after the war began. For example: France attacks England. Later on France allies with Scotland and invites them as well.

Here the problem is that local conflicts can easily turn into continent wide melees. In the example above, France and England could both make new alliances and toss them into the fray. Furthermore, if one of the 'allies' is much stronger than they might take the leader's role for their side. This allows THEM to bring in THEIR allies.

In one game I played, one of the early campaigns to unify France turned into a war that stretched from Sweden to Naples (southern It