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This is a review for sale achievements. It's early access and I haven't played it in months. It was good then, so it should still be good now, just with fewer bugs.
If they've removed the artificial limitation on gameplay where you need to complete the main questline before starting a nation, then the game is 9/10; otherwise it's a 7. (Note: in M&B 1 and it's expansions the only requirement was to control a castle and not already be pledged to a nation)

Requires a second launcher, four and half years after release. Don't buy.

good game.

Only five years after release, they finally made a fundamental aspect of the game (province development), thereby removing the majority of the reason to buy DLC. But unless you want to generate a random map or control AI ally units during warfare, I don't see a reason to get any of the DLC. As of now Base game is 8/10, game with mods is 8.5/10.
Once paradox releases a season pass expansion after the milk has run dry, and you can get all the DLC for $20 instead of $200+, the game will be ~9.5/10.

They made the game unplayable on purpose for CCP cash.