First of all, the game has some technical issues. Even on modern computers can sometimes work slow and lag.
Secondly, it's far too easy. Played on hard difficulty and never had problem with other famillies: they didn't exploit my weaknesses and were outgunned in terms of money, influence and manpower. It's also easy to make a bucket of gold, you even don't have to possess efficient business, just go to local counting house, buy overseas goods and sell them on the market for higher price.
Getting into politics is cool but when you are there, there's nothing much to do. Only the highest office brings some fun but even then it quickly wears off.
You can get excited about random events but after some time it's just another annoyance.
The whole courtship and romance stuff is tedious: you spam combo of "gift- hug" or "gift- kiss" until the chosen of your heart falls in love with you. There should be at least some dancing and swordplay involved like in Sid Meier's Pirates!- something more than sims-like emote mashing.
What's good about it you may ask. Well there are different angles of approach to business thing: you can be a farmer, a smith, a loan shark, an innkeeper etc. You also start as a local and petty "spoon dealer" and eventually can take over your village, town, city or even the kingdom.
The game is fun but, in my opinion, only for a limited time. Then it becomes quite repetitive and a chore to play.