Definitely. It is great if you’re playing it as a lifestyle game, but if you’re at all intermittent at some point it’s just unapproachable. Especially because it’s not like the free updates add stuff that is just around and you can ignore. A lot of it is mandatory systems that are half baked without the associated dlc.

This model works great the way total war Warhammer does it, but I kinda wish paradox stuck with traditional expansions and a base game experience that stay stable.

Related, I miss the asymmetric ftl from 1.0. i understand why they changed it, but it sucks that game is just gone.