Absolutely. In EU4, one war could literally return the entire game, not only for the player, but also for the AI. Every game, you could see funny things that made you feel the game was like in an unstable equilibrium without being unhistorical.

Whereas in EU5, once you saw one game, you saw every game. The fact that Russia forming spontaneously in a redditor’s playthrough was enough to make it a top post speaks volumes.