HEARTS OF IRON 4 ATTRITION SERIES

HEARTS OF IRON 4 ATTRITION SERIES

The original HoI introduced few lasting game mechanics and concepts that either stay to this day or definied the series for a looong time. Still, the hard-coded scripts kept happening, which became hilarious like a defeated democratic Japan before 1942 STILL re-enacting Pearl Harbor by default and declaring on the USA even when said US conquered her before 1942. The games were railroaded more or less, though some policy changes let the players change a few state properties if they kept grinding. Mirroring real life, the Axis members need to find some rares and oil *fast*. Basic resources like coal, steel, oil and rubber are extracted daily and stockpiled, tradeable and exchangable. Played from 1936 to 1949, the faction with the highest victory points (meaning cities held with corresponding values by the faction members) wins when the timer hits new year of '50. The map is more or less EU's own, same with game engine, not that graphics mattered to the average Paradoxian. Virtually a footnote in Paradox and series history within just few years after release. Reached truly ridiculous levels with Darkest Hour, an official game based on HoI2, which does give Germany a correct Nazi flag - you still get perma-banned if you don't pixelate it. And you will get perma-banned if you post on the official forum a screen with a game modded to give them the proper flag. And while the Great Purge does happen and you are even penalised for not doing it as Soviets in HoI2, Holodomor also doesn't exist, though HoI4 gives an option to not do the Purge and coup Stalin with Trotsky(Or Rodzhaevsky if you swing that way). Thank God Holocaust doesn't happen at all in any of the games, in any form - but in the fourth game you can simulate it with 'Brutal Oppression' occupation level, but just like IRL it's self-defeating and dumb. In the fourth game, non-core resistance is more or less equal to all conquerors but can be slowly melted with spies and unique 'soft hand' occupation methods. In the third game, all conquered land has a resistance movement that slowly dies in 20 years in time with sufficient garrison duty. In earlier games of 1 and 2 when Nanjing is taken, the Japanese massacre the city and ravage the whole region's infrastructure and generate global infamy, likely drawing all democracies against them, and ' closed societies' like Nazi Germany or Japan antagonize the conquered population and have a very hard time exploiting non-racial territories(unless they reform their societies,e.g stop being Nazis or spend enough garrisons to keep the population down-usually making the territory a cost drain without a puppet government). Gameplay aside, the later games created quite a bit of argument about 'whitewashing' WW2, all the atrocities against civilians being toned down. Especially once you lower your recruiting and training standards sufficiently. But nothing is as cheap and easy to replace as infantry. Said that, all other units are excellent against infantry, be it dive bombers, heavy panzer divisions or a god-damn battleship bombarding the shore, not to mention nukes. Depending on who you will pick as your nation(Majors, to be precise), you might add some tanks or planes to the mix, but generally speaking, infantry will be your bread, butter and even the butter knife. Everything else is a luxury and you probably won't be able to afford it anyway. Gameplay-wise, mostly you need is infantry with some support artillery. As usual of Paradox Interactive, the sequel which was made months after the first was received with great approval. Then they realized that the same grand strategy board can be used for a steamy session of World War 2 armchair generaldom, and Hearts of Iron 1 was born. Once upon a time, Paradox released Europa Universalis 1 and 2. Its contribution to /tg/ can be counted as: Expanding the Nazi Equipment page, inspiring Games Workshop and every little Tabletop gaming company about Dieselpunk, Mecha and Cold War ideas, and especially long nights of greasy, soda-drenched Axis and Allies sessions. The grandest of Grand Vidya Gaem of Grand Strategy in Grand World War 2, made by the equally grand Paradox Interactive.

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