I've been waiting for this game far too long.
Let's see what I've got for 50 euros

Bugs - plenty of them
Some pop-up menus with half text half variables from the code
Memory\processor usage insane high
As soon as I'm reaching around 80x the game starts to fail every now and then no matter what you do - just chilling or trying to mobilize all generals

Lack of interest - basically the whole concept is to sit and click in different regions to build whatever you want - that's it
No events, no content (okay I'm lying - there are few like here is volcano explosion or there is some people died in mines, but that is it, nothing specified to country or specified to any historical event)

Devs were talking so much about how happy they are to remove combat system - so all you have to think now is to decide what button to push for a general "attack" or "defend" (just have enough batalions built and enough money in a pocket)
On that your participation in any war is finished, you can continue calmly build whatever other buildings you want.
Where are any events that could possibly trigger a war I don't know. Alaska calmly stays Russian with no one trying to buy it until AI decides to declare war to have it. Fall of China, opium wars - feels like it never happen. etc.etc.
AI Egypt conquered Stambul in the first 5 years from AI ottomans that is another joke you may check on while you calmly build your buildings
For what we always liked pdx games is historical facts and events - this game doesn't know nothing about.

Your internal politic is as crazy and stupid as you can possibly imagine - just choose whatever law you want and pay attention to the groups involved so they want be too debuffed (cancel serfdom in Russia in first 2 years is even more easier than joining feodalism in CK2 starting for Novgorod within a lifetime of first dux - which was always a huge joke in a community)

Relations with other countries are basically nothing - no diplomacy wars to make satelites any longer. You either increasing relations or decreasing then make an ally or start a war

I'm certainly sure devs are saying now - "guys wait for the DLC, then another DLC, then few more DLCs and we will add everything, events, trading, politics we will fix the bugs and we will fix some crazy stuff happening around (like you literally have built hundreds of sawmills which are fully occupied with pops but you are still lacking wood in thousands)"

However the game already costed 50 and how many DLCs should I pay for to at least be able to chill with building my various buildings around without the game falling down every 15 minutes.
Like what's the point to have a button mobilise everyone if it crashes the game and I'm forced to mobilise each single general one by one. Moreover the list of generals is long enough and you have to scroll from the top to bottom for every single one of them,because after mobilising one the menu returns to the toppest and you need to again and again scroll and scroll.

So after playing another 10 hours what could I add.

The only option you have to play against AI who constantly buy every good from your market is the protectionism + export fee (don't forget that the game doesn't have a button export fees on everything, so you should manually click on every single good, in addition to that you can't do so until you produce a good)
without this a typical example would be
you produce 10000 of clothes
your pops need 7000
AI will be buying 10000
and you pops are basically lacking of clothes - walking around naked and angry

Devs definitely have to look on adjusting hundreds of parameters
Because the game doesn't make sense
So I want to build up my own country to produce all the goods to fill in my pops needs and get a good income from selling leftovers
But it is simply impossible
You are in a constant loop of lacking the goods
Example:
you built enough clothes factories to fill the pops' needs
Now you are lacking instruments to produce it
so you are building instruments' factories
now you are lacking of iron
Okay you are building iron mines
and guess what - now you are lacking of instruments which are being used in mines
and that is with every production line
Moreover all of the buffs from the new technology doesn't help - they only make worse
Because to apply a buff you need to use new technology method which again uses goods f.ex again instruments or engines or something else
But do produce engines you need to build engine factories which are again using this stupid instruments even more than the original buff you applied gives you

So you are in a constant loop of non-stoppable building
The only you do is clicking for different builds here and there non-stoppably
even during the war - because you have no any participation in it

This doesn't feel right for a GRAND ECONOMICAL STRATEGY

if I want to play builder game I will play soviet republic or tropico or even pdx already has a great city builder simulator

I've been waiting for this game far too long. Let's see what I've got for 50 euros Bugs - plenty of them Some pop-up menus with half text half variables from the code Memory\processor usage insane high As soon as I'm reaching around 80x the game starts to fail every now and then no matter what you do - just chilling or trying to mobilize all generals Lack of interest - basically the whole concept is to sit and click in different regions to build whatever you want - that's it No events, no content (okay I'm lying - there are few like here is volcano explosion or there is some people died in mines, but that is it, nothing specified to country or specified to any historical event) Devs were talking so much about how happy they are to remove combat system - so all you have to think now is to decide what button to push for a general "attack" or "defend" (just have enough batalions built and enough money in a pocket) On that your participation in any war is finished, you can continue calmly build whatever other buildings you want. Where are any events that could possibly trigger a war I don't know. Alaska calmly stays Russian with no one trying to buy it until AI decides to declare war to have it. Fall of China, opium wars - feels like it never happen. etc.etc. AI Egypt conquered Stambul in the first 5 years from AI ottomans that is another joke you may check on while you calmly build your buildings For what we always liked pdx games is historical facts and events - this game doesn't know nothing about. Your internal politic is as crazy and stupid as you can possibly imagine - just choose whatever law you want and pay attention to the groups involved so they want be too debuffed (cancel serfdom in Russia in first 2 years is even more easier than joining feodalism in CK2 starting for Novgorod within a lifetime of first dux - which was always a huge joke in a community) Relations with other countries are basically nothing - no diplomacy wars to make satelites any longer. You either increasing relations or decreasing then make an ally or start a war I'm certainly sure devs are saying now - "guys wait for the DLC, then another DLC, then few more DLCs and we will add everything, events, trading, politics we will fix the bugs and we will fix some crazy stuff happening around (like you literally have built hundreds of sawmills which are fully occupied with pops but you are still lacking wood in thousands)" However the game already costed 50 and how many DLCs should I pay for to at least be able to chill with building my various buildings around without the game falling down every 15 minutes. Like what's the point to have a button mobilise everyone if it crashes the game and I'm forced to mobilise each single general one by one. Moreover the list of generals is long enough and you have to scroll from the top to bottom for every single one of them,because after mobilising one the menu returns to the toppest and you need to again and again scroll and scroll. So after playing another 10 hours what could I add. The only option you have to play against AI who constantly buy every good from your market is the protectionism + export fee (don't forget that the game doesn't have a button export fees on everything, so you should manually click on every single good, in addition to that you can't do so until you produce a good) without this a typical example would be you produce 10000 of clothes your pops need 7000 AI will be buying 10000 and you pops are basically lacking of clothes - walking around naked and angry Devs definitely have to look on adjusting hundreds of parameters Because the game doesn't make sense So I want to build up my own country to produce all the goods to fill in my pops needs and get a good income from selling leftovers But it is simply impossible You are in a constant loop of lacking the goods Example: you built enough clothes factories to fill the pops' needs Now you are lacking instruments to produce it so you are building instruments' factories now you are lacking of iron Okay you are building iron mines and guess what - now you are lacking of instruments which are being used in mines and that is with every production line Moreover all of the buffs from the new technology doesn't help - they only make worse Because to apply a buff you need to use new technology method which again uses goods f.ex again instruments or engines or something else But do produce engines you need to build engine factories which are again using this stupid instruments even more than the original buff you applied gives you So you are in a constant loop of non-stoppable building The only you do is clicking for different builds here and there non-stoppably even during the war - because you have no any participation in it This doesn't feel right for a GRAND ECONOMICAL STRATEGY if I want to play builder game I will play soviet republic or tropico or even pdx already has a great city builder simulator