Is such an underrated game. It's basically a more accessible version of Total War, but beats it in many ways. It takes place around 1776-mid/late 1800s, so basically from the American Revolution to the Industrial revolution, and your goal is to annex all of Europe and Northern Africa. It has a great skill tree, great RTS combat that doesn't fluster you like Total War can do, sea combat, and much better diplomacy than Total War does.
Anyone else play this game? It's so much fun, aside from the stupid crash glitch that happens after battles :( I was all, taking Paris and fending off the French and then the game was all, "Lol nope not today."....
Hey but it's still an awesome game.