Paradox Interactive Games Thread

[DaleCooper]

My best USSR game yet. I took out Germany by 1937! Actual war only lasted a couple months! And I just used the starting army!

Is that Heart of Iron 3? I bought that a year ago and have been too tired to play it ever since.

[DaleCooper]

My best USSR game yet. I took out Germany by 1937! Actual war only lasted a couple months! And I just used the starting army!

Is that Heart of Iron 3? I bought that a year ago and have been too tired to play it ever since.

Looks like Hearts of Iron 4.

I think that was the one I bought. I did attempt to play it for a few minutes but it was too complicated.

[DaleCooper]

My best USSR game yet. I took out Germany by 1937! Actual war only lasted a couple months! And I just used the starting army!

Is that Heart of Iron 3? I bought that a year ago and have been too tired to play it ever since.

Looks like Hearts of Iron 4.

I think that was the one I bought. I did attempt to play it for a few minutes but it was too complicated.

It is HOI4. It seems more complicated than it is. There is a fairly steep learning curve compared to most games but once you get it down, it's tons of fun. It's basically a WW2 simulator/sandbox you get to play around in. Basically infinite ways to challenge yourself to change the course of the war, or you can just do a fairly faithful simulation.

That sounds right up my alley, to the point where I wonder if it was made explicitly with me in mind. The only issue is that I can't handle games more complicated than Final Doom, and even that's pushing it.

[DaleCooper]

I'm going to have to play this game.

[DaleCooper]

I'm going to have to play this game.

If you're going to, I'd recommend following along with some YouTube guides to start. I was going to recommend ScumpyDawg, whose videos helped me start out, but I just checked and he appears to have deleted all his videos! That's a shame. Bitt3rSteel is pretty good too though and he's still active.

I don't know. I'm pretty opposed to YouTubers, but I might make an exception.

[DaleCooper]

I'm considering playing this game over the holiday but I am having trouble motivating.

[DaleCooper]

I was going to say, I thought that looked like the Vichy French collaborator flag.

I tried to play Hearts of Iron IV once but I don't have a high enough IQ to figure it out.

[DaleCooper]

I'm too stupid to play any of their games. I lost the tutorial in Hearts of Iron IV.