This game is very in depth and is very difficult for newcomers to the genre to get into. There is a lot of aspects to the game that you will have to learn through experimentation, and ultimately failure.

Overall, the level of replay-ability in this game is almost endless. There are thousands of rulers that you can play as, and tens of thousands of special events that will make your play-through unique and different.

The level of satisfaction that you get from taking over major superpowers, and assassinating kings of nations is nearly indescribable.

There are many things that can be said regarding this game, and I suppose the only downside is that the battles that your troops undergo cannot be experienced in a 3D environment like the "Total War" series of Grand Strategy games. However, I find myself auto-resolving 90% of those battles anyways, which makes the 3D battle aspect irrelevant in the "Total War" series of games.