HoI IV - Previews and more Screenshots

[nigo]

http://www.gamewatcher.com/previews/hearts-of-iron-iv-preview/12158

http://www.ign.com/articles/2015/02...ium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed:+ign/all+(IGN+All)

http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2015-02-23-what-its-like-playing-as-hitler-in-hearts-of-iron-4

http://www.pcworld.com/article/2887259/hearts-of-iron-iv-hands-on-preview-i-would-make-a-horrible-hitler.html

http://www.thesixthaxis.com/2015/02/23/rewriting-the-second-world-war-with-hearts-of-iron-iv/

http://www.pcgamesn.com/hearts-of-iron-iv/hearts-of-iron-4-is-the-good-war-made-great

 

[WolfsRainESP]

haahahahah I love the first review, specially when it says.. "You’ve got grimy in-fighting and incest simulator Crusader Kings." Incest Simulator hahahaah

 

[Centurion1973]

Thanks for posting those links.

 

[nigo]

 

[Evil4Zerggin]

Bonanza! Are these the first land combat screens ?

 

[Lieftastic]

Japan's a much slower start. You don't have a ton of troops, and those you do are stationed in Manchuria. Your initial goal is basically to pick a fight with either the Soviets or China.

Does this mean Japan gets to pick between "invade China" missions OR "invade Soviet Union" missions at the start of the game? That's really cool! It would be great to see Japan go north and pick a fight with the Soviet Union about 20 or 30% of the time. Really ads to the replay value and gives the possibility of cool alternate history scenarios.

 

[safe-keeper]

Like how it seems to be far less railroaded, but I'm still not sold on the art style. Looks a bit too colourful for my tastes.

Then again, I know that's something a mod will fix two minutes after release, so I don't know how much I should care .

 

[Sir Garnet]

From a preview:

Hearts of Iron 4 has you assign infantry and armor divisions to a general, and each general to a front. This front is a line that you literally draw on the map, usually along a border you want to invade or defend. When fighting breaks out, you draw a second line in front of the first representing the point to which you wish to advance and capture. Your forces will automatically move in a united front, engaging the enemy in several provinces at once. Smaller strike forces can be held back under a sub-commander, and deployed to specific areas along your advance where fighting is thickest.

Using phase lines to manage troops is good. What a "sub-commander" means is unclear and strike forces might mean reserves, but this does suggest some hierarchical task-oriented organization.

 

[Centurion1973]

From a preview:


Using phase lines to manage troops is good. What a "sub-commander" means is unclear and strike forces might mean reserves, but this does suggest some hierarchical task-oriented organization.

My guess is, that generals (with their units) will be assigned to theatres, where you will have some control over them.

 

[Denkt]

I like the air doctrine split which mean you can't get everything.

 

[Le_Carabinier]

I like the air doctrine tree. However, it seems only the Strategic Bombing part of the tree gives us a choice between two doctrines.

And a big lol to the journalist who managed to lose Berlin to Poland.

 

[Centurion1973]

I like the air doctrine tree. However, it seems only the Strategic Bombing part of the tree gives us a choice between two doctrines.

And a big lol to the journalist who managed to lose Berlin to Poland.

All 4 aircraft types have some split in their tree - fighters have most options.

I dont understand how they managed to lose - even in my first HoI2 game, I managed to do OK untill Barbarosa.

 

[Sacer]

The city animations look awful

 

[msaaim89]

Thanks nigo! Can't wait for for release.

 

[msaaim89]

The city animations look awful

The look perfectly fine. What exactly are you expecting?

 

[safe-keeper]

“The idea is that there needs to be a conflict eventually for the game to be fun,” project lead Dan Lind explained, when I asked if a German player could avoid the war altogether by just being nice to everyone. “The Soviet Union for example also has ambitions of expansions regardless of what the Germans do, as well as the Japanese. So there will be wars, but Germany, unless attacked by the Soviets, can keep itself out.”

I like this.

 

[Le_Carabinier]

All 4 aircraft types have some split in their tree - fighters have most options.

I dont understand how they managed to lose - even in my first HoI2 game, I managed to do OK untill Barbarosa.

Yes, but you'll notice that only the Strategic part has that little brown box with arrows, indicating the path is branching.
The others do not have that symbol.

 

[Tuskin38]

From the IGN Article

“The Soviet Union for example also has ambitions of expansions regardless of what the Germans do, as well as the Japanese. So there will be wars, but Germany, unless attacked by the Soviets, can keep itself out.”


Totally going to play a Neutral Germany and see what happens.

 

[Centurion1973]

Yes, but you'll notice that only the Strategic part has that little brown box with arrows, indicating the path is branching.
The others do not have that symbol.

I expect that its just unfinished UI - Ground forces doctrines have same full lines and Podcat said that we will have to choose which path we will follow.

 

[obisquirrel]

Lacking a hand-drawn portrait of podcat.

EDIT: with a fancy bow tie of course.