I think the embargo has been lifted, so reviews should be dropping now. You can also change a template (say add a tank battalion) to upgrade units. Each division deployed will take equipment from your pools (prioritize new equipment for elite units, deploy under equipped units etc - plenty of interesting and useful choices there). This decides their base stats and requirements (X infantry equipment, X support equipment, X manpower). So for instance you design an infantry division with 6 infantry battalions, one artillery battalion and one engineer battalion. Two major changes: you no longer produce units but equipment, and divisions are made from templates designed around battalions.
While only the major nations have unique focus trees at launch (there's a generic tree for everyone else), it seems like obvious mod and dlc material to flesh out the smaller nations, and the system seems like a great way to vary your games. This is also the way the "Historical focus" setting works, by prioritizing the historical choices for AI nations while letting them play freely within that framework. A powerful and easy to use system.Ī balance between the event-forced historical path and pure freeform, You now have a tech-tree-like national focus tree with decisions like "Claim Danzig". It looks good on the map, and it looks very good for gameplay. Lets you draw fronts and attack plans, assign troops and delegate to ai commanders (micromanagement is always an option). Many systems have been revamped, and some of the significant changes look very promising: There's also a handful of short video tutorials explaining some systems.Īs a longtime fan of the series, it looks like HOI4 does a lot of things right. Paradox has done weekly HOI4 streams for months, and the videos are a good showcase for the gameplay if rather long (1+ hour) - the co-op and singleplayer videos are best. All of it in glorious "pausable real-time", and of course with multiplayer and co-op nations. With some delay, Paradox' latest incarnation of WW2 grand strategy game Hearts of Iron will launch on Monday.įor anyone not familiar with their games, this is the WW2 version of Crusader Kings and Europa Universalis - a sandbox where you take command of any nation and try to guide it through the world war.
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