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    Hearts of Iron IV

    S! I know it's not a fps, but I'm sure there's many fans of the series, look like it will be a long time before it's released, but it's something I will be definitely looking forward to!

    https://www.paradoxplaza.com/hearts-...iv?___store=gb

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    Re: Hearts of Iron IV

    Yep, a great series, so will be interesting to see what IV brings.
    If you are interested in this type of gaming, checkout Battlefront Combat Mission CMx2 series of games, shortly to be upgraded to v3.0. CM Battle of Normandy, Fortress Italy and Red Thunder (Op Bagration).

    Red Thunder

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    Re: Hearts of Iron IV

    awesome..i own all 3. never win though
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    Re: Hearts of Iron IV

    After playing HoI III not half as much as HoI II Doomsday (just for the reason that it fell into the hardcore CloD period) I am looking forward to the sequel!

    HoI is just an awesome series!

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    Re: Hearts of Iron IV

    Quote Originally Posted by aus3620 View Post
    Yep, a great series, so will be interesting to see what IV brings.
    If you are interested in this type of gaming, checkout Battlefront Combat Mission CMx2 series of games, shortly to be upgraded to v3.0. CM Battle of Normandy, Fortress Italy and Red Thunder (Op Bagration).

    Red Thunder
    Personally, I'm hoping for an engine, where you wouldn't be restricted to provinces to deploy units, something more fluid than the province system would be great.

    I'm also a fan of the fantastic Close Combat Series, III being my favourite, I'm always on the lookout for the spiritual successor to it and combat mission looks pretty good, might give that one a try!

    Apparently Achtung Panzer is supposed to be awesome, too bad it doesn't work very well on my win7.. constant CTD's and glitches.

    Also Theater of War 2 - Kursk 1943 was pretty good, didn't quite like the infantry system though.

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    Re: Hearts of Iron IV

    So they are trying to drum up interest and giving away some free dlc's i'm a wh*re, it's referral based

    http://www.heartsofiron4.com/r/wd5wv72lo9

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    Re: Hearts of Iron IV

    i just hope they figure out naval combat, playing as japan sucked. there never seemed to be a good explanation of how it worked or what made a good task force.
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    Smile Re: Hearts of Iron IV

    Here's a referral link for extra features and a chance to get into the beta

    http://www.heartsofiron4.com/r/f4nxfkblwh
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    Re: Hearts of Iron IV

    Ty for the link!

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    Re: Hearts of Iron IV

    I have a referral link too but have 0 people at the moment. Perhaps we can all join forces throught atreides' account and we all get the hoi4 closed beta invite...? could it work that way?

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    Smile Re: Hearts of Iron IV

    *10 beta invites will be distributed randomly within the crowd of the most dedicated generals who successfully referred 20 or more people.
    Signing in does give all the wallpaper and extra DLC so it's worth the effort if you're gonna get the game anyhow.

    Thanks by the way to the 1 person who already signed in via my referral-link

    http://www.heartsofiron4.com/r/f4nxfkblwh
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    Re: Hearts of Iron IV

    no more HQs?? lame. dumbed down research? lame. 2 strikes already.
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    Re: Hearts of Iron IV

    Quote Originally Posted by III./ZG76_Saipan View Post
    no more HQs?? lame. dumbed down research? lame. 2 strikes already.
    At least there's no unlocks... I hope the devs won't find this thread

    I wouldn't worry too much about the point you mentioned though - a good mod is guaranteed to appear soon after release.

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    Smile Re: Hearts of Iron IV

    HOI2 also didn't have HQ's and simpler research but playability was IMHO better then HOI3, so I'm still enthusiastically looking forward to HOI4.

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    Re: Hearts of Iron IV

    Don't like the sound of the sprites only idea.
    Flashy map, but does HOI really need it!

    Sounds like this is going to be a repeat of Silent Hunter series. Trying to go whizz-bang and lose the plot.
    Can see a lot of HOI3 players not going for it.

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    Re: Hearts of Iron IV

    Yes a lot of this looks like dumbing down and adding flashier UI etc. but it is the same team doing it, not a different company. I think don't think they want to alienate their yearlong fans. Hence my hope is the game will be 7 or 8/10 on release and with mods will jump up to a solid 9.

    Also, I personally never played with counters, just the sprites. Counters felt very flat for me.

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    Re: Hearts of Iron IV

    http://forum.paradoxplaza.com/forum/...ernal-Politics

    End of Q2 2015 then. Though we'll have to wait a bit longer, it will at least hopefully make HOI 4 a good full release. Nowadays on Steam a lot of the "full releases" are nothing more than beta's which are in need of some heavy patching/polishing. Glad they will not make the HOI series suffer the same disgrace.

    In the meantime I'll just dust off my copy of HOI 2 or 3

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    Re: Hearts of Iron IV

    Quote Originally Posted by Atreides View Post
    http://forum.paradoxplaza.com/forum/...ernal-Politics

    End of Q2 2015 then. Though we'll have to wait a bit longer, it will at least hopefully make HOI 4 a good full release. Nowadays on Steam a lot of the "full releases" are nothing more than beta's which are in need of some heavy patching/polishing. Glad they will not make the HOI series suffer the same disgrace.

    In the meantime I'll just dust off my copy of HOI 2 or 3
    That's such a loooooooooooooong time to wait though.... At least I won't have a reason to stay up till 3am. This is the only game I know that did that to me

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    Re: Hearts of Iron IV

    Release will probably not be before 2016. We're sure waiting a long time now (look at when this thread started). Paradox apparently wants to release their main title without bugs, something that's unusual for them. That does of course create high expectations so any bugs will be less acceptable. However if they pull it off, wow.

    Here's the latest trailer:



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    a game with no bugs at release?? not possible...something must have went wrong badly
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    Re: Hearts of Iron IV

    Quote Originally Posted by Atreides View Post
    Release will probably not be before 2016. We're sure waiting a long time now (look at when this thread started). Paradox apparently wants to release their main title without bugs, something that's unusual for them. That does of course create high expectations so any bugs will be less acceptable. However if they pull it off, wow.

    Here's the latest trailer:


    Exciting stuff! Really looking forward to trying it out one day Must resist.... playing computer games..... must behave.... like a responsible adult with a family....!

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    Re: Hearts of Iron IV

    *cough*...underthethumb..*cough*
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    Re: Hearts of Iron IV

    Stupid premise in the trailer.

    If in the unlikely occurence the British Isles fell, (and somehow the game developers ignored the gorilla in the room... ie. the Royal Navy which would have been sacrificed to prevent an invasion) the Soviets would not have survived the German attack.

    Although the British and Americans didn't contribute any troops on the ground, lendlease was critical, especially in 1942, in turning back the Germans. Without the aircraft, tanks, and especially motor transport in the form of the ubiquitous Studebaker truck, they Soviets would have been in a critical situation.

    For example, many people don't realize, the Hurricane II was the most common fighter aircraft in the Soviet air force in the south in 1942. They may have had second best performance, (especially when running on low octane Soviet fuel) but better than nothing.

    List of good supplied in 1942:

    Aircraft 1785
    Tanks 3148
    Machine Guns 81287
    explosives 59 Million pounds
    Trucks 36825
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    Re: Hearts of Iron IV

    Quote Originally Posted by RAF74_Buzzsaw View Post
    Stupid premise in the trailer.

    If in the unlikely occurence the British Isles fell, (and somehow the game developers for the gorilla in the room... ie. the Royal Navy which would have been sacrificed to prevent an invasion) the Soviets would not have survived the German attack.

    Although the British and Americans didn't contribute any troops on the ground, lendlease was critical, especially in 1942, in turning back the Germans. Without the aircraft, tanks, and especially motor transport in the form of the ubiquitous Studebaker truck, they Soviets would have been in a critical situation.

    For example, many people don't realize, the Hurricane II was the most common fighter aircraft in the Soviet air force in the south in 1942. They may have had second best performance, (especially when running on low octane Soviet fuel) but better than nothing.

    List of good supplied in 1942:

    Aircraft 1785
    Tanks 3148
    Machine Guns 81287
    explosives 59 Million pounds
    Trucks 36825
    It's just a what if scenario - i presume one that is likely to occur in the game at certain difficulty settings. Many things could have gone this way or that way. US isolationism was a possibility albeit a distant one. Soviets would have likely attacked themselves rather than standby and watch UK being defeated knowing they would be next (my pet theory). Either way that's what makes this game a game. HOI series gives you the option to play all the different what if scenarios.

    For instance, instead on focusing on panzer development or specialized infantry divisions or attacking yugoslavia, etc. the player can focus on naval attack aircraft - both R&D and production. With a large enough presence - anything that comes near the channel faces a serious beating.

    Of course it's still more a game rather than a true simulation in many aspects ( logistics, naval and ground transports etc. all is fairly simplified) but it gives you a fair shot on re-creating what if scenarios. That's what makes it fun. The true test would be putting 2 players live against each other (UK vs Germany), starting at 1936 - to see how battle of Britain would unfold. I think that would be rather lengthy and unwieldy though...

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    Re: Hearts of Iron IV

    Once again a release date has been set, this time Q1 2016. Let's hope this will be it.
    The development diary's are looking good though
    https://forum.paradoxplaza.com/forum...errain.885969/

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    Das hype is still real!


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