EU IV's "failure" states are a lot more interesting than those in Civilization. You can take a severe beating, lose a lot of territory, and recover it later. T

EU IV's "failure" states are a lot more interesting than those in Civilization. You can take a severe beating, lose a lot of territory, and recover it later. This is because holding territory is a lot harder, and integrating captured territory is more expensive. You can't snowball as quickly, and short-term setbacks can be reversed by planning carefully. Civ's new expansion does try and fix some of this, but it's not as nuanced as in EU IV. City-flipping is a thing again, but the mechanics are pretty cartoony.