I purchased this game on sale, with all its DLCs, and have tried the invictus mod as well. This game just isn't fun for me. With the DLCs and Invictus, there isn't some big lack of depth. The gameplay loop falls somewhere between EU4 and CK3, but doesn't find a mixture of those which is actually fun. I keep trying to get into this game because it seems amazing, but it never sticks.

Even after years of neglect, official updates come around from time to time now, and modders have picked up the torch. If you play this game with mods (particularly Invictus, Indomita and the plethora of submods) its a damn good experience.

Sure, Paradox stopped support too early. Sure, the tech tree is a mess. Sure, there's lots of depth that could have been added.

But nothing else comes close to feeling like you're running a polity in antiquity. This game is amazing for what it does right.