Assassin's Creed Pirates vs Europa Universalis
Assassin's Creed Pirates
Assassin's Creed Pirates brings the Caribbean Sea to your screens as you engage in epic naval battles and form pirate crews along the way. You get to play as a young pirate named Alonzo Batilla aspiring to become the greatest pirate to have ever existed. The game brings players from all over the world engaging in epic naval battles with a nail biting 3D combat mode. From mighty canons to merciless mortars, you get to upgrade your ships and customize them into lethal weapons of destruction. The game also brings running missions where you get to utilize your jaw dropping parkour skills to dodge the obstacles and get to the Mayan’s hidden treasures.If you are a fan of the pirate genre, Assassin's Creed Pirates is the perfect pick for you, featuring exciting naval PvP battles and amazing runner games.
Europa Universalis
Europa Universalis is a historical real-time grand strategy game that includes all aspects of world history in the Early Modern Europe era, a period of time between the end of the Middle Ages and the beginning of the Industrial Revolution. Due to the game's meticulous need to be accurate in its historical accounts (period monarchs, known military leaders, and technological advancements), the game can, in some way, be doubled as an educational game since you can learn quite a lot simply by playing it.That said, the gameplay in Europa Universalis is just incredible for its time. The game is played on a huge world map that is divided into around 1,500 provinces where you can literally govern your nation the way you like. You can get involved in your nation's colonization efforts, explore new lands, trade with neighboring countries, wage war when they renegade on that very trade deal, spread the religion you've adopted far and wide, and of course, navigate the tricky political waters of diplomacy.
Not to mention, instead of using a turn-based format, the game has opted for a pauseable real-time format, so you can pause the game, issues orders and plan out strategies, before unpausing the game and let the world events play out. There are even tons of historically-based missions and events which may affect the world based on your actions and decisions.
When it comes to grand strategy games, there are only a handful that truly embodies the genre, and obviously, Europa Universalis is one of them. However, being the original game in the franchise, the graphics might be a bit worn for wear, but if you don't really mind, you can definitely pick this game up from GoG.com.