Absolutely fantastic! Sure there are things I'd love to be able to do, but quite frankly I'm too busy with all the other options to really mind their absence. It's a game where the world around you does quite well without your involvement. In fact you don't have to do much and have a whole lot of fun managing your own family. Kings come and go, dukes call for your soldiers to aid them on their own little conquests. Little revolts, major revolutions, and you're not the one instigating any of this. Naturally you can, if you want, set your liege's huge kingdom on fire. Only to see the fruits of your hard work crumble to dust as you, the high and powerful ruler, die of old age and your children start to squabble over the inheritance.