It's nice to see that the game reviews have gone back to very positive after the update, the game didn't deserve all the hate it did get, and it should get a lot of love instead for the work the developers are still putting in it to this day considering that since 2014 they've been regularly releasing free, relatively big updates.

Some information for anyone who doesn't know, when they altered the price and made the game cost more in some countries, it wasn't because they were greedy, they did that because you could buy the game in Russia for half the money you'd pay in Europe because of currency differences.

The supposed astronomical cost for the game and all dlcs?
Overexaggerated too, I remember that with the constant sales on Steam and the sales on their own Paradox store, the game costed me just 60 euros with all the dlcs including the frivolous content packs up to Mare Nostrum which was the newest one that had come out, but even if it costed a hundred euros, which is not the case, you can always play the base game and still heavily enjoy it, and if you say that DLCs are required to play it, so be it, that's your opinion, but the game with those 60 euros can offer you ten times the playtime that COD offers you with the same price.

The game has obviously some flaws, there's no denying it and the Third Rome dlc should have costed less for what it was really worth but the overall experience (At least for me) has been a very relaxing and exciting one at the same time.

As a conclusion, the base game costs only 10 euros right now, so if anyone hasn't tried it yet and feels like he might enjoy it, go ahead and buy it, it isn't a huge expense and it might become your favourite game out of nowhere just as it happened to me :3

It's nice to see that the game reviews have gone back to very positive after the update, the game didn't deserve all the hate it did get, and it should get a lot of love instead for the work the developers are still putting in it to this day considering that since 2014 they've been regularly releasing free, relatively big updates. Some information for anyone who doesn't know, when they altered the price and made the game cost more in some countries, it wasn't because they were greedy, they did that because you could buy the game in Russia for half the money you'd pay in Europe because of currency differences. The supposed astronomical cost for the game and all dlcs? Overexaggerated too, I remember that with the constant sales on Steam and the sales on their own Paradox store, the game costed me just 60 euros with all the dlcs including the frivolous content packs up to Mare Nostrum which was the newest one that had come out, but even if it costed a hundred euros, which is not the case, you can always play the base game and still heavily enjoy it, and if you say that DLCs are required to play it, so be it, that's your opinion, but the game with those 60 euros can offer you ten times the playtime that COD offers you with the same price. The game has obviously some flaws, there's no denying it and the Third Rome dlc should have costed less for what it was really worth but the overall experience (At least for me) has been a very relaxing and exciting one at the same time. As a conclusion, the base game costs only 10 euros right now, so if anyone hasn't tried it yet and feels like he might enjoy it, go ahead and buy it, it isn't a huge expense and it might become your favourite game out of nowhere just as it happened to me :3