HoI III or AoD?

[Kahless]

I wish i could create an real poll but oh well.

Will you be buying AoD or HoI III or both.

In my opinion i would like to buy HoI III but it is not ready yet, AoD however takes my favorite Paradox game of all time, and makes it massively better. Mostly lke I will buy both but I wont be buying HoI III for a long time until the speed is fixed unless it can never be fixed then I'll jsut wait for Vicky.

 

[LeeDub]

Bear in mind that Vicky will be plagued by the same problems that plague HoI3 and then some. That said, HoI3 will probably be the best HoI... A year from now on, after some patches, an expansion and with some mods.

AoD sounds brilliant, though. I will definitely buy it.

 

[ALordaB]

I will probably buy AoD shortly after it comes out if it´s not buggy at launch.

HoI3... eventually. After they patch it, release an expansion of two and let me turn off the unlimited research to make my own battlescenarios with limited techs.

 

[journ21]

AoD definately, hopefully on the day of release.

Already had HOI 3 and that...... was not pleasurable at all. maybe ill rebuy it in a couple years when its in the bargain bin.

HOI 3 still doesnt even have part of the features AoD has just in the few screenshots we have seen.

 

[bestmajor]

well my laptop is to old for hoi3 anyway...

so it will be AoD, hopefully some mods will be converted as well?

 

[unmerged(87183)]

I'll make shure it isn't buggy as hell, like my HoI3 copy, then probably will buy it.

 

[LeeDub]

HOI 3 still doesnt even have part of the features AoD has just in the few screenshots we have seen.

HoI3 doesn't even have some of the features that HoI2 has... 90% of events and historical flavour for one.

 

[trekaddict]

HoI3 doesn't even have some of the features that HoI2 has... 90% of events and historical flavour for one.

Agreed. What made me put HOI3 into the corner and return to HOI2 DDA 1.2 was that the AI, when it finally got to war, was nowhere near historical, never mind the fact that I like to directly manage my Armies.

 

[unmerged(70687)]

Will you be buying AoD or HoI III or both.

both

 

[unmerged(70687)]

no, i would say it mainly depends on the retail price of aod

 

[journ21]

no, i would say it mainly depends on the retail price of aod

Seems like the AoD developers arent in control of that entirely? Not sure why....

they stated around 15-20 $ in one post i believe whatever Paradox decides, dont quote me on that though.

thats more than fair, considering this is HOI 2.5, its not an expansion, i really cant view it as such myself.

Also, again yes, HOI 3 was just, my mouth was wide open going what is this...

The events file is so short, why do that? it was like 1 step forward with the supply system (if it actually worked right), then 2 steps back with everything else.

 

[XHR]

Since I already own Hoi 3 the answer is "both".
More interesting is the question "what will you play?" Would AoD be out now my answer would without any doubt be "AoD!!!" - but let's see if Paradox manages to fix Hoi 3 'til December into a more playable state.

 

[unmerged(58541)]

For plenty of reasons HOI3 is far superior than Hoi2.The only thing is it got released while still in early beta.If i had a pc powerful enough to run hoi3 at the same speed as i run hoi2(mega fast) i wouldn`t even bother to look at Arsenal of Democracy.The possibility to create alternative conflicts and go ahistorical in HOI3 is impossible in hoi2 where everything was scripted(Germany will always annex Austria in march 38 etc.)

 

[LeeDub]

I can tell you that no PC exists that could run HoI3 mega fast. The game needs some serious work, and I think I'd buy AoD regardless. It's a different game.

 

[journ21]

I can tell you that no PC exists that could run HoI3 mega fast. The game needs some serious work, and I think I'd buy AoD regardless. It's a different game.

yup, HOI 3 really needs full dual core support (atliest) , currently it barely uses 10% of my 2nd core.

that might make it playable but i know paradox will never use dual core support sadly atliest not in there current engines. 2009 release and no dual core support for a heavy CPU game :/

 

[x260bm]

Both, but I can’t tell which one I will play more at this time. HOI 3 may be fixed by then. Vicky’s stated 2nd quarter release really worries me though.

 

[Tegetthoff]

AoD is on my definite buy list an HOI 3 has been pushed back until I read more favourable comments about it on the forums.

 

[HJ Tulp]

I tried playing the HoI3 Demo on my sucky laptop and that wasn't a succes so until I get myself a new comp AoD seems to be my next addition.

 

[Balesir]

It's a different game.

Absolutely quoted for truth.

Much as I am proud of what I had a small part in putting together in AoD, I see in HoI3 HUGE big potential to be an absolutely staggeringly good game. Sure, it needs some ironing out but that is because Paradox are pushing the envelope with it and that is something I love about Paradox - they continually stretch the boundaries of "realistic" strategy gaming.

But, even when it has been polished and developed, HoI3 will be a different game than AoD. With HoI3 I don't think I could play controlling the movements and actions of every unit, even if I wanted to. HoI:AoD is explicitly designed so that you can do this - and there are times when, as a player, this is exactly the experience I want.

Now, a game intended for total player control of military operations cannot be as detailed as one with more strategic control; 10,000 provinces would just be too massive. This means that some of the effects that come out naturally when you model things at a lower level have to be modelled by system tweaks or subtle abstractions. I think we have done a good job in setting up these higher-level models, but in the end that is for you, the players, to judge.

 

[Talar]

I had just about decided to buy HoI3 when I found out about AoD on the forums. Now I will probably be buying AoD first and put off getting a new computer for a few more months. But in the end I'm sure I will buy both games - the more HoI the better.

My guess is that I will mostly play AoD until the first expansion comes for HoI3.