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Extremely good dlc absolute bargain at its price this is an example of good dlc thank you paradox

holy fury basically fleshes out all outdated and lacking aspects of the game crusades are done better reforming your religion as a pagan is fixed and of course warrior societies for pagans allow for a more in depth game its just alot better buy it its an essential for your game does nothing but expand on the game and does it really well at that 10/10

Game was ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ terrible at launch watch angry joes review for context


recent dlcs have revived this amazing game and fixed most of its issues and it continues to be on of my most favourite games of all time

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Where do i start on the game that has taken 700 hrs at the time of this review away from me?
Hearts of Iron 4 is a spectaular Grand Stratgey and truly in Paradox fashion delievers
Pros
Freedom to change history:
you can do almost anything in this game conqueror the world as Luxembourg or make the USA a communist dictatorship the possibilities are unending each playthrough is always different it will follow the same linear lead up to war but can change as much as you want it to.
Simplification:
Hearts of Iron 4 unlike CK2 EU4 VICKY2 the game is A HOLE lot easier to learn and after 5 hrs youll have most of the game down pat unlike Eu4 there is no economic side of the game making it much easier and not having to worry about your 10million strong marine force to cost anything. The game is amazingly easier to play compared to HOI3 it has huge simplicifcations which some older fans will hate or people like me will love for the game becomes more of what it should managing not a country but a war machine.

These are two big Pros but now ill go onto the Cons

Cons
AI: The Ai in HOI4 is absoulutely ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ crazy it cannot and willnot function or fight correctly will actively place troops on an allies border but leave the fascist empire readying for war open and will result in very stupid but easy victories. Some times the AI leaves things to you most games Germany will start WW2 and smash Europe and leave britain which is open because even the Royal navy has been sunk because the AI is so stupid at managing fleets by 1941 the Royal Navy will number 8 ships and the Kriegsmarine on 3 or 4 subs. They have recently fixed the issue of italy being absoulutely the dumbest country in the game gifting all but 3 divisions to the Germans and leaving Africa and the Italian coast line to be annihilated.
DLC: So far the 2 dlcs have been features from the base game stripped out and marketed as something cool and new but mods have already fixed them. The price for these is way to high for what you get. They add some good features but as said previously mods can fix them.

So i would recommend this game to anyone who likes stratagey, History, Paradox or alternative History its a great game but has a long long way to go i would recommend this to anyone and the game is demanding on your machine most pcs can run this

update as of late November 2017: still ai issues less bugs and no crashes using vanilla game

Crusader Kings 2 is an amazing game it tends to be very hard to learn but like all paradox games makes you want to play it again and again it's very in depth and all about keeping your dynasty alive going from a count to a duke to King and finally a emperor it's an amazing time wasting and I would recommend it to anyone who wants to learn to play grand strategy!

dis game good

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