Is anyone else puzzled by Pdox's half-hearted 'rollout' of Hearts of Iron IV?

Jarhead0331 · February 23, 2015, 05:30:12 PM

Quote from: JudgeDredd on February 23, 2015, 02:21:02 PM
I had a great fear that some of those sprites were doing press ups

They are doing pushups. If you look closely, you will see those units are actually in training. I presume the animation to represent this is the push-up position.

Ian C · February 25, 2015, 10:54:05 AM

I wonder if someone will mod-in a frauline, when they're on Furlough.

Rayfer · February 25, 2015, 11:16:13 AM

A Rock/Paper/Shotgun hands-on mini-review of HoI4. http://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2015/02/24/hands-on-hearts-of-iron-iv/

bboyer66 · February 25, 2015, 11:57:52 AM

You know I only played Vicky II once, and must say I had a great time.

Played as Greece and had a very tough go against the Ottoman Empire the entire game. The AI was a good challenge.

The biggest problem with the game is the spells where you do not really have a whole lot to do and the game just kind of plays itself.

Ian C · February 25, 2015, 02:51:39 PM

If it's fun, I'll play it. It's not like Paradox are Apple.

However -without NATO symbols and Corps/Armies/ Groups, the arrows are pretty frickin' pointless. However, I'm almost certain that the modding realism brigades will sort this out.

More screamshots:

http://forum.paradoxplaza.com/forum/showthread.php?837739-HoI-IV-Previews-and-more-Screenshots&s=8b83c72f546c4cccaf569646f463e834

undercovergeek · February 25, 2015, 03:21:33 PM

i like the portraits

its still the most played game in my steam library and ill probably get it and conquer europe as Benito again

Father Ted · February 25, 2015, 04:05:53 PM

Quote from: undercovergeek on February 25, 2015, 03:21:33 PM
i like the portraits

... conquer europe as Benito again

At last! The trains will run on time!

Silent Disapproval Robot · February 25, 2015, 04:16:50 PM

I like the portraits too but the rest of the interface looks like it belongs on a mobile app, not a Paradox game.

MetalDog · February 25, 2015, 04:25:28 PM

I didn't come from the hex and chit crowd to these games, but, I have to say, no NATO counters is a bad decision on Paradox's part. Seems a funny thing to get close to calling a 'Game breaker,' but, it would be difficult for me to play it without them.

Wolfe1759 · February 25, 2015, 05:46:10 PM

Quote from: MetalDog on February 25, 2015, 04:25:28 PM
I didn't come from the hex and chit crowd to these games, but, I have to say, no NATO counters is a bad decision on Paradox's part. Seems a funny thing to get close to calling a 'Game breaker,' but, it would be difficult for me to play it without them.

Agree - although I am one of the hex and ~~chit~~ counter crowd :)

Then again I'll still probably buy it 3-6 months after release when it goes 75% off and most of the initial bugs have been ironed out as I have done with all of my Paradox purchases.

Huw the Poo · February 25, 2015, 06:29:59 PM

Quote from: MetalDog on February 25, 2015, 04:25:28 PM
I didn't come from the hex and chit crowd to these games, but, I have to say, no NATO counters is a bad decision on Paradox's part. Seems a funny thing to get close to calling a 'Game breaker,' but, it would be difficult for me to play it without them.

Yeah it's hardly a deal breaker for me either, and as I said, I'm sure they'll be modded in post-haste. Or released as a DLC. ;)

bboyer66 · February 26, 2015, 09:42:58 PM

Soon as I get this I will let the AI play itself, and see if something resembling WWII happens.

bboyer66 · February 27, 2015, 09:36:17 AM

One last thing. Has anyone noticed that the previews are almost all European theater exclusive? This does not bode well for the Pacific.

sandman2575 · February 27, 2015, 09:49:06 AM

Not only that, everything has been centered on Germany Germany Germany...

A shift in focus would be nice. I'd like to see more about Pacific Theater myself. There was a dev diary a while back about naval stuff... Wasn't terribly informative though.

Naval warfare has long been an Achilles heel for HOI -- I really hope they make big improvements in that department...

glen55 · February 27, 2015, 01:05:48 PM

Quote from: sandman2575 on February 27, 2015, 09:49:06 AM
Not only that, everything has been centered on Germany Germany Germany...

A shift in focus would be nice. I'd like to see more about Pacific Theater myself. There was a dev diary a while back about naval stuff... Wasn't terribly informative though.

Naval warfare has long been an Achilles heel for HOI -- I really hope they make big improvements in that department...

The whole Pacific war has been silly in past versions of HOI, which has been one of the major problems for me, because I wanted to play as the Americans, but the Pacific should be the funnest part for the Americans instead of just bleh. EU has managed to improve their naval warfare a little: it's still not very good, but it's not the disaster it was 5 years ago. Some of the new naval ideas in the Hoi dev diary look promising, but I've got to remain skeptical about Paradox's ability to simulate active carrier warfare.