Having spent more than 2500 hours in this game, it is obvious that I've enjoyed it a lot, but I can no longer recommend buying this game.

EU4 is suffering from a server case of featuritis, coupled with the the game running on a single CPU core, the game simply crawls to a halt, even on modern hardware.

Yes, you will indeed learn new things about the game after spending over a thousand hours, but you'll never be able to actually apply what you've learned, as the game simple can't deal with your massive alliance network, and giant armies.

Having spent more than 2500 hours in this game, it is obvious that I've enjoyed it a lot, but I can no longer recommend buying this game. EU4 is suffering from a server case of featuritis, coupled with the the game running on a single CPU core, the game simply crawls to a halt, even on modern hardware. Yes, you will indeed learn new things about the game after spending over a thousand hours, but you'll never be able to actually apply what you've learned, as the game simple can't deal with your massive alliance network, and giant armies.