Almost March and still no release date?

[rayyuri]

Not as if an announcement could be taken as gospel (been there before!) but I mean c'mon.... Wow is actually going to bang out two xpacs before HOI4...This better be the greatest game of all time.

WoW now is so bad that I can't persuade myself to spend time playing it anymore, even it is free with these time cards from in-game gold. It's nothing more than grinding to get higher numbers in item level. It used to be such a great game, but you know.

I hope HOI4 is going to be a great game, considering all the time it had taken for development. And I'm 90% sure it will be.

 

[Grallak]

They are running of out devs to make but the AI is still dumb as nails. AI tends to be the trickiest part and then they need to balance everything.

 

[21oliver]

With that being said im sure they are working hard to try and get it out before then.

Im sure your right, but thats not definitive.

Been said multiple times because of the beta announcement...?

All we know is they started beta, that in of itself doesn't lead to any definitive answers. "IF" we base our expectations on other games and "IF" there are no problems with beta we can get an "Approximate" time frame from which to likely "expect" the games release. All in all this means we know nothing.

 

[21oliver]

WoW now is so bad that I can't persuade myself to spend time playing it anymore, even it is free with these time cards from in-game gold. It's nothing more than grinding to get higher numbers in item level. It used to be such a great game, but you know.

Yes i have been playing since vanilla and have "quit" so many times i have lost count. The difference for me is i used to play to challenge myself as a gamer, now i simply play for entertainment and play much more casually. If you don't immerse yourself in the game like we all used to, there is enough to do to have some fun. And the fact that i can play for free is a nice bonus.

 

[Zoob]

The game doesn't need to do anything more or less because of the time it has taken. It took from 1173 until 1360 to complete the Tower of Pisa. It still leans over. What we need is a game that is done and fun.

 

[Snow Wolf]

Hey, atleast it's not star citizen!

 

[Hori]

Remember that they probably won't release HOI 4 after 1-3 months of stellaris as i am pretty sure stellaris is supposed to come out first. Since most players buying one of their game will buy another one and 2 in one month would cannibalize the sales of the other in a major way.

 

[PanosB3]

Im sure your right, but thats not definitive.


All we know is they started beta, that in of itself doesn't lead to any definitive answers. "IF" we base our expectations on other games and "IF" there are no problems with beta we can get an "Approximate" time frame from which to likely "expect" the games release. All in all this means we know nothing.

Its been confirmed (seriously if anyone makes 2015 Q1-Q2 jokes just knock it off) by the Devs (I think its Podcat if i am not mistaken) that the game will be released 3-6 months after beta has been approved. We are 1-2 months in and it certainly doesn't seem like they've encountered problems (not that they would tell us tbh but anyhow).

''We know nothing'' certainly doesn't fit as a way of describing the current state of the game including its release date.

 

[Hagen67483]

I personaly hope that HOI4 will have a short beta time because it is in development so long. I mean they had a stable multiplayer build 8 months ago and the main reason (as far as I know) for the long development time was that they had to change some ingame mechanics. And while they did so they also should have been able to find and squash many of the bugs. And dont forget it is the clausewitz engine, Paradox should know it very well. My main fear that they need additional beta time to balance the new production system and the new "replace losses" system. As always just some thoughts of mine.

 

[PrinceCola]

I don't mind a long wait if this means there will be less DLC. Much of the DLC paradox makes has gameplay features that should be free.
Of course, i would be willing to pay for big DLCs, like WW1. Paradox pls

 

[ringhloth]

All we know is they started beta, that in of itself doesn't lead to any definitive answers. "IF" we base our expectations on other games and "IF" there are no problems with beta we can get an "Approximate" time frame from which to likely "expect" the games release. All in all this means we know nothing.

Not really. It means we can definitely expect a release by the end of the year, and we should get a release date announcement by August, if not sooner. Much more reliable than grasping at straws when it would come out of alpha.

 

[Dromido]

6th of June is a good day to launch great operations, judging from history. To get the feeling right, listen to Primo Victoria by Sabaton

It will almost definitely not be 6th of June just because of a special historical date, you can look at other paradox dates and none of their other games HOI3 HOI2 HOI1 have ever been released on a historical date of importance. So 6th of June, whilst I am not ruling it out, nobody will know until the month before is quite very unlikely to be the release date.

 

[noaksson]

It will almost definitely not be 6th of June just because of a special historical date, you can look at other paradox dates and none of their other games HOI3 HOI2 HOI1 have ever been released on a historical date of importance. So 6th of June, whilst I am not ruling it out, nobody will know until the month before is quite very unlikely to be the release date.

Almost definitely not seeing as that is a national holiday in Sweden. Paradox is probably not fully staffed on that day.

 

[21oliver]

It means we can definitely expect a release by the end of the year

I would sure hope so, thats not saying a whole lot.

 

[Daelyn75]

They are running of out devs to make but the AI is still dumb as nails. AI tends to be the trickiest part and then they need to balance everything.

The AI is one of the last things to be finalized.

 

[Beagá]

The AI is one of the last things to be finalized.

Yes, but it would be THAT easier to make if the map wasn´t so fragmented.

The price we pay for more islands and more realistic terrain deployment is, unfortunatedly, a LOT of extra calculations going on. Calculations to where send planes, to send garrisons, to reinforce fronts. It´s the price being paid for having the most complex map layout of the history of Paradox´s games.

 

[Daelyn75]

Yes, but it would be THAT easier to make if the map wasn´t so fragmented.

The price we pay for more islands and more realistic terrain deployment is, unfortunatedly, a LOT of extra calculations going on. Calculations to where send planes, to send garrisons, to reinforce fronts. It´s the price being paid for having the most complex map layout of the history of Paradox´s games.

That would play a part in it, no doubt. I just hope that PDS is up to making a decent AI for a HOI game. It would be the first time if they did.

 

[helgur]

Hearts of Iron 4 Wiki stipulates release for late Q1 or Q2 this year:

Hearts of Iron IV was announced on the Paradox Forums on the 23rd of January 2014. As of October 2015, the developers were seeking new beta testers for the closed beta. Released is expected in late Q1 or Q2 2016.

http://www.hoi4wiki.com/Hearts_of_Iron_IV

 

[ringhloth]

Hearts of Iron 4 Wiki stipulates release for late Q1 or Q2 this year:

http://www.hoi4wiki.com/Hearts_of_Iron_IV

It's definitely wrong.

 

[mdw1985]

It's definitely wrong.

Q2 is not that wrong...Q1 is off the table of course...