What's your favorite Historical Games?

[epicivfreak]

As the title says...

I'm not a huge computer gamer. I only play a handful of computer games, which includes the Civ series. But, I love history and am looking for new, more realistic and/or deeper, historical games to try. I'm currently playing the EU4 demo, for instance, and am considering buying that game, if I can catch a sale anyway.

I know of the Total War series, but it seems too focused on the warfare aspect for my tastes.

 

[vmxa]

Age of Empires starts from the dawn of man, but it is real time.

 

[EgonSpengler]

I've had a couple of Paradox Interactive games on my "things to play" list for quite a while, and I think both fit the bill: Europa Universalis IV and Hearts of Iron III. It seems like they're not for casual gamers, though (I don't know if you're a casual gamer or not, I'm just saying').