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Opinions may differ, but i'd say yes. However "yes" ONLY if you get Doomsday + Armageddon, and not the vanilla. Possibly with a mod called DAIM. You're in for some epic worldshaping and history being re-written.
The Paradox AI is very good mind you, much better than in 3, but still has some holes. DAIM turns it into something more.. worthy.

Some people love HoI3 though, and one should respect that too.

How about Arsenal of Democracy and the Darkest Hour? I haven't played them, but a friend is fapping to the Darkest Hour. I think HOI3 had potential, but it was too big to chew at one bite for Paradox. I like the idea of subordinate AIs, I'd like it even in Europa Universalis, so I could, say, let AI handle colonial warfare. Too bad it didn't work out too good.

Honestly, I disagree with the Magna Mundi statement. I realise I'm in the minority in this, but I really didn't like Magna Mundi, and I really enjoy vanilla. It's the game I've spent most time on, ever.

As a wild guess, you enjoy taking over the whole world, literally, when starting as a one province minor or the like? Well, to each their own. I find things like that boring, I want historically plausible game. I want there to be problems in maintaining huge empires, instead of it being a breeze to rule two continents. If I want to take over the world, I'll rather play MTW2. Oh wait, I play that too only with mods nowadays (Stainless Steel ftw). 

Yeah, Magna Mundi has some problems - like how ridicilously powerful Barbary Pirates are. Like if you have a huge land empire with one (recently conquered) port, how on Earth can a single pirate raid totally destroy your economy for years... Likewise pissing off the Emperor of HRE has silly effects, the negative effects of HRE displeasure should dilute with distance to it or something.

edit - I'm having a dyslexia day or something, loads of typos everywhere.

Congratulations for winners, hemmingjay especially deserved it. Damn, I really never win anything.

Maybe this is the first time ever I win something.

Amnesia, Audiosurf, Super Meat Boy

King of Dragon Pass.

Emperor of the Fading Suns.

Imperialism I & II.

I presume you are familiar with the classics, like Master of Orions etc.

Armada 2526 Supernova just came out. It is pretty bland in my opinion, but some people seem to like it. Sword of the Stars is a fun space 4X, but yeah, it is mostly focused on battles even though trading is the main money maker in the game. Distant Worlds - already mentioned - is kind of nice. Then there are always space trading games like X-series and Smugglers, though they are not 4X as such. You can win peacefully through economy in Distant Worlds and Armada 2526, but the chances are you'll get dragged into wars during the game.

I remember Digger and Budokan too. They were on the same floppy with Alley Cat, so they could have been my first picks as well. Now I went with the alphabet. Frogger would be a strong contester as well. King's Quest II was where I learned my English for the first time pretty much, playing it with a dictionary in hand.

13 because templars totally deserved it.