I am hoping that with some future updates this game gets to the point that it replaces the Sim City franchise completely for me, but it's off to a great start.
I particularly love that I can have curved streets and named districts, and that I can rename individual shops, people, and even cars. Makes the city seem more like a character than a simulation.
Do you mind elaborating?
Edit: You're right, Paradox is only the publisher in this case, not the developer as well.
Who are you seeing as the 'not-Paradox' developer for CK2?
EU4 and CK2 are made by PDS, part of Paradox Interactive, a Swedish company.
The confusion was because the thread is actually about Cities: Skylines. That's the game that's only distributed by Paradox, not also made by them, and the one I was confused about.