![]() ![]() And when I've done that planning - when I've formulated my character sheet, as it were - I have the utmost confidence that Hearts of Iron 4 will be ready for me to play a role in world affairs.” What I need to do is some serious reading, some careful planning on what my vision for the United States should be in 1936. Not because I'm sick of it quite the contrary, in fact. ![]() “For now, after many dozens of hours, I'm taking a break from Hearts of Iron 4. But I have never played anything like Hearts of Iron 4” There are other great strategic-level wargames out there. “It captivates me because-imperfectly, impressionistically, and perhaps a little amorally-it lets me orchestrate the most titanic armed struggles in history, from the fussy economic details to the cut-and-thrust of mechanized warfare. Hearts of Iron is my favorite game of all time, I've been actively playing since release back in 2016 and have watched the development of the game eagerly since then.“Hearts of Iron 4 wields complexity like a swift armor division during the blitzkrieg, allowing it to serve the idea of layered, cerebral, strategic warfare instead of letting it needlessly bog down the experience.” Also sitting at a little above 2300 hours - I've played quite a bit. I am waiting to do "Finnish Him" for the next Soviet based DLC. There are currently 6 paid DLCs available for Hearts of Iron 4 - and I will be ranking them from worst to best. The Good - Grants focus trees to allied nations within the British Empire - easy to learn the game and follow the United Kingdom to victory. The Bad - Lend lease should've been in the base game. Not a paid feature, considering how integral lend lease was to the war effort, this boggles me. The Ugly - To this day, India remains broken and boring. You would think the "crown jewel" of the Empire would get more respect regarding their focus tree. You can get 0% manpower through a bug and its still a mess. Not only is that the only game breaking bug for India, but if you do the civil war to liberate India, you lose all your units and get 0 units to fight. A DLC that was released nearly 5 years ago still has massive problems like this? Half of your focuses with this DLC is locked behind being at war, which is an interesting touch but a little boring in the pre-war buildup. ![]() The Good - Fun popular nations in Europe. Regarding the four that are sandwiched between the Axis and Comintern, its unique in that you must pick a side for the upcoming war. The region in general is actually really fun, and I would rate this much higher if not for other key arguments I will bring up later for the other DLCs. I personally am a big fan of this DLC but, it has some key weaknesses with focus tree designs. I always enjoyed playing Czechoslovakia and standing up to the Germans, or playing Hungary and reconquering lost territory - I mean, its just a lot of fun this region and I have to give credit where credit is due. Military equipment licensing is a good mechanic, albeit cheesy in MP. The best event in the game was introduced, with the Translvanyia mediation, a total of 24 different outcome events or something like that, more events should seek to be like this diplomatic ping pong. The Bad - Alt-History was handled poorly in this DLC pack. ![]()
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