In all though, the random new world generator function remains the main selling point of the DLC, and the other features amount to general patch improvements with some new world specific window dressing. Combined with the new random landmasses, the native experience is moderately improved from the otherwise dull anticipation of European arrival.
Natives can also “reform” once the Europeans show up with some Native-specific advancements, as well as form federations (big defensive alliances), along with more advisors, events, and so on. First and foremost, natives can now migrate around the new world, which makes strategically choosing the capital of your future civilization a bit more interesting, and provides one means of escape from the encroaching Europeans. On the other side of the Atlantic (or Pacific, depending on your perspective), Native Americans have received significantly more content in the form of culture-specific ideas and new mechanics. Note the generated mountains and plains, and the placement of the Native American tribes. One of the many randomly generated New World landmasses I played around with. Another potential area of interest might be Asian colonization, as the landmasses generated can often be significantly closer to potential modernizing East Asian powers. Fixing the problem of making colonization predictable, the random landmass makes the competition between European powers a bit more luck and random chance, as it may not be readily apparent which areas will yield wealth and advantageous trade positions from the start. While some zany results will occasionally pop up in that the Native American nations will often all be crammed onto one arctic island, it otherwise works quite well. Paradox clearly spent some time tinkering with continent creation, and any veteran of civilization will see similarly complex and satisfying continent generation system with attention to climate and geography.
The first, and primary, selling point of the new DLC is the addition of an option to create an entirely fictional American continent (or continents). As such, conquest of paradise focuses almost entirely on the new world, making it more interesting for the Native American inhabitants and European colonizers alike. I found EU4 to be one of the best releases by paradox since Crusader Kings 2, and this DLC claimed to address the somewhat boring colonization mechanics that plagued the game on release. Conquest of Paradise marks the first major non-flavor DLC for Europa Universalis 4.
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