HoI IV - Previews and more Screenshots

[Centurion1973]

What's the release date? This is all still look decidedly Alpha-ish.

Late Q2, but with decent chance of delay. My guess is sometimes in July or August.

 

[Lech Kaczynski]

Occasionally somebody asks for that. Way to micro and would never get a war finished.

Just MORE immersion in for the representation if battles would be good, and definitely more details, like loses, somewhere.

I was completely joking, to jump into battles, why would I do that in a Paradox game, I would simply play a Total War game. Way too much micro? That was the entire fun of every Total War game, it was the only reason anyone ever bought a Total War game. Especially playing perhaps Drop-In battle during my campaign, to be honest that was truly exciting. To not only use field the Guard Chasseurs à Cheval, or 7e Regiment de Chevaulegers-Lanciers (whatever unit you like) but to use them in a battle against a worthy opponent online, that was Total War. Not watching simply two sprites with pick up a musket and fire repeatedly at each other (Eu4)... Did they improve combat at all in Hoi4? Judging from the screenshots nope, they did not add any new and exciting mechanics for tactics (but hey its not about tactics is it?)

I'm not complaining about Paradox games, I have always liked most of them, I did not enjoy Eu4. Seeing Hoi take a turn for Eu4 is extremely depressing for me, because when it came down to it.. For most people combat was boring in Eu4, and unfortunately that was all you did for 400 years was paint a map.... After 50-100 years people would simply start a new game, you were so powerful it didn't matter.

I hate when people are saying this is for the Total War crowd, I am the "Total War" crowd, and I am not convinced this game is for me just because it has a pretty map, I've seen pretty maps before.

 

[Holy.Death]

The promised second mock-up:

 

[illathid]

The promised second mock-up:

The problem I see there is it's harder to see who is attacking who. Is it Italian troops or French on the top? Just my two cents.

 

[Holy.Death]

I added stronger colors to make it clear who's who:

 

[unmerged(53222)]

Cities that don't look like US small towns or something from Sim City 2000.

European cities and even most cities don't have the grid plan. Neither did they have very tall buildings in the city center.

But what if we get this???

:blink:

 

[Centurion1973]

But what if we get this???

:blink:

lol

 

[illathid]

I added stronger colors to make it clear who's who:

While I think that looks better I still think it has the same problem I mentioned before. It's not clear at glance whether it is Italian or French troops on the top. Adding a flag to the unit indicators or putting the generals on opposite sides of the "battlefield" (as in CK2 or EU4) would do a better job of this.

 

[wingo]

I added stronger colors to make it clear who's who:

Just use the original UI with your narrow icons so you can fit 2 side by side (1 fighting, 1 reserve) for each side in combat - elegant, clear information at first glance

 

[fabius]

I added stronger colors to make it clear who's who:

It's a simple improvement on the current in-game layout.

 

[Centurion1973]

While I think that looks better I still think it has the same problem I mentioned before. It's not clear at glance whether it is Italian or French troops on the top. Adding a flag to the unit indicators or putting the generals on opposite sides of the "battlefield" (as in CK2 or EU4) would do a better job of this.

I agree.

 

[Sloeberjong]

The mockup may be better, but it still needs a lot of work to be clear.

I'm hoping PDS will improve the battle screen and that these really are just temporary.