Thrones of Britannia has a lot of changes compared to previous total war games. Many features, such as ambush and forced marching army stances were removed and new ones were added. This game is much more fluid than previous total war games as minor settlements no longer have any garrison and all new units raised take multiple turns to reach full strength. However, as someone who has been playing total war for a long time, I find the game too easy. The campaign map (game world) is small, (compared to previous total war games) there is little unit variety and the AI isn't much of a challenge. However, I haven't played with the latest updates, which might have fixed some of the problems I mentioned.

As somebody who has >300 hours on EU4, I just about got my money's worth out of this. For me, the army professionalism and military drill features are very good and give the game more depth when playing any country in the world. (rather than only the countries on continent X or countries with religion Y ect...) I find the enhancements to the Muslim world nice but are only secondary compared to the drill and army professionalism features.

However, the drawback of this DLC is that it costs almost as much as a regular game in and of itself. If I only liked this game as much as I do on Civilization (

The gameplay is very good, but there isn't as much depth to the game as other paradox releases. For example, diplomacy, pop-management (i.e. uprisings) and ground invasions are all very barebones and need alot of work. The UI is also quite underdeveloped and there is a lot of clocking required in order to management a planet (e.g. no 'upgrade all buildings' or 'dismantle all science labs' ect...

Despite all of these flaws, Stellaris is a very fun game to play. If you are unsure about it I would recommend waiting a few months (for polishing) and look at the state of the game then.

The american religions part of this works very well in part with the other DLCs. Playing as a native in central america is very difficult but challenging. The gameplay is that you have to vassalise the other realms in the region order to enact reforms. When you enact one, the vassals break free and this keeps happening until you modernize your religion. The doom mechanic prevents you from simply conquering all the other nations because if you do so then your nation will implode.

The nation designer seems ok but isn't really my thing. The treasure fleets make colonial nations more profitable by sending you goodies (gold) every once in a while.

The features of the addon are fun and well thought out. The horde mechanics add flavor to the nomad nations and the estates mechanism adds some depth (and a nice minigame) to internal management. However, I have a couple of gripes with this:

- There aren't many types interactions you can do with your estates. There's only about 5-6, for each estate, which may sound like a fair amount, until you realize that you can only use each one every ten years, and most of them are locked out unless the faction has enough influence (power) in your country.
- The only two ways of gaining loyalty (aside from events, but the player can't control these) with the estates. The first is to use an interaction to pay some money/prestige (that can only be used every 10 years) and the next is to give them some land. This feels a bit limiting.

This expansion is definitely fun and a worthwhile addition to the game, but I don't think it's worth the pricetag that paradox is giving. At 50% off i'd say it's worth it, and at 75% it's a steal. But $15-$20 dollars is just too high.