Hearts of Iron IV Retells History through a Look at Military Technology

[VeraVonGunner]

Meet the Tanks and Vehicles of World War II in a New Developer Diary Video

STOCKHOLM — November 20, 2014 — Paradox Interactive and Paradox Development Studio today released a new developer diary video for Hearts of Iron IV, the upcoming World War II strategy game for Windows, Mac, and Linux PCs. The video features a visit to the “Arsenalen” museum of military vehicles in Sweden, where Hearts of Iron IV’s Project Lead, Dan Lind, invites eager commanders to join him on a tour of how different tanks were used to turn the tide of war – and how different nations pursued tactics of quality vs. quantity.

This tour is connected to new game discussion and in-game footage as details about industry, war experience and vehicle production are revealed.

The new video is available to watch now:
[video=youtube;OCeEy1IFyX4]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OCeEy1IFyX4[/video]

For those who wish to see more in-game footage of Hearts of Iron IV, tune into our live broadcast today at 15.00 CET (9am EST) on the official Paradox Interactive Twitch TV channel: www.twitch.tv/paradoxinteractive.

Hearts of Iron IV challenges players to face the brutal conflict of World War II in a multifaceted grand strategy game, where history can be fully relived or rewritten from the perspective of a global superpower attempting to change the world – or a small nation simply trying to survive. Players will have to involve themselves in every facet of wargaming, from diplomacy with authentic historical figures to production and resources, along with battles on land, sea, and air. The most authentic real-time World War II simulation is scheduled to release next year for Windows, Mac, and Linux PCs.

The “Rush to the Front” reward campaign for Hearts of Iron IV is still going strong, and ambitious generals who would like to obtain rewards for signing up, including the chance to participate in the Hearts of Iron IV beta ahead of the game’s launch, can still do so by visiting www.heartsofiron4.com.

See more developer diaries here: http://forum.paradoxplaza.com/forum/list.php?category/46-Dev-diaries

 

[podcat]

But no Hetzer.

They had a hetzer but we didnt have time to show it.

 

[podcat]

Nice. I was hoping for Darkrenown to make a cameo and start a Panther vs T 34 argument

He has plenty of argument on the historicalness of the Shermans alleged reputation of burning a lot Also sadly they had no panther there.

 

[podcat]

I don't understand why Panzerjager I has a picture of PzI? Will it be fixed?:blink:

There is no way we can afford drawing all the variant icons, so they are shown as the base hull plus an icons specifying their role (in this case a bullet penetrating a steel plate)

 

[Darkrenown]

Well, all trees match in that they are equally wrong. This is not reassuring.

Except the tree goes light 1 - light 2 - medium 1

 

[Darkrenown]

This makes sense. If tree shapes were not uniform, it would be historical railroading. The only thing I don't like about the tree shape is that Super-Heavies are listed as 1943 technology, when they are in my mind a 1945 tech.

Well with research and production they will probably not show up until '44, but I think they could have arrived earlier if sensible people hadn't kept canceling them. The Lowe or KV-4 were planned in 1941, for example, and the FCM F1 was actually ordered in 1940 and might have been used had France not been defeated.

 

[podcat]

This also makes sense. So immeadiately after said I didn't want historical railroading, I inadvertently practiced historical railroading.

dont worry I'v bookmarked all these posts when people start complaining about ahistoricalness after release <3

 

[podcat]

Yeah it should. I have also done it in the picture i posted somewhere above here. Reposted: (i would probably double the distance between the columns)

that looks pretty good

 

[Darkrenown]

Yeah, Poh and Le_Carabinier, the armour tree needs to be laid out better along the lines you have shown - it's somewhere on the todo list :s

 

[podcat]

i bet theres a lot of more important stuff on that todo list

yeah, like turning the dutch flag the right way around

 

[Darkrenown]

No one ever stops to think maybe The Netherlands flipped their flag over themselves to try and deter a German invasion

 

[Darkrenown]

An extra year!

 

[Darkrenown]

The truth is more sinister: Dutch spies rotated the Yugoslav flag

Germany: "We must invade the Netherlands!"
General: "Yes Sir!" - Moves armies south
Germany: "Why are you going south?"
General: "Look at their flag"

Yugoslavia: "WHY???"
The Netherlands: "Our plan is working!"

 

[Darkrenown]

Should really be a national dog action IMO, but the ND system is fully moddable.

 

[podcat]

How will airplane variants work? A 109 E-3 has less firepower and an inferior engine to a G-6, and a G-6 has less firepower and a weaker engine still compared to the K-4, but all I see on the tech tree is each vehicle's base model.

http://forum.paradoxplaza.com/forum...on-IV-Developer-Diary-9-Vacation-and-Air-tech