No matter how many DLC's are made, core problems of HOI4 persists... I'm just looking forward for HOI5.
And btw I really hope people who made HOI4 and made HOI4 dlcs do not work on HOI5.
The true problem what Paradox plagues is on a semi strategic operational level. They might have a shining star like Johan. But as their portfolio has grown so large,
they have problems managing the product life cycle, PLC.
Therefore, they end up with a poor release management and kind of after sales service: releasing fragments.
I would recommend them to start doing this:
- Make HOI5
- Make EU5
When released make sure they are complete and well balanced, also the price may be higher, keep the price stable over time, which resembles quality.
Expansions should entail only cosmetic upgrades for your favorite nation etc. No more witholding game functions.
When they level all of their games to an equal play field, they can do give discounts and sell them as bundles, raking in a big revenue profit.
Also my concerns about Rome imperator, I hope the game is not getting f*cked up as they have a clear shot to level it to a great entry level game.
Stellaris i do not play that much anymore, but here it seems the fragmented release works a bit better, partly due to the more randomness kind of fantasy style of the setting.
Crusader Kings 2: I hold my heart on this one. I see some good things being done as eg. more micro about troop composition. Im sure they can bring the relation thing there to a new unprecedented level. But as far as warfare goes, also here needs to be a serious efford to make it EPIC! They must all do what they can to save this release, i said it before, a failure in this release wrecks their whole future non fantasy porfolio..
Look at big mouth sega, wo did same with TW3K, suddenly releasing fragment DLC, nothing is balanced anymore, things are a joke. Why they did not believe in a slightly higher opening price and a bigger second DLC with higher price, where people would swallow it as suddenly surrounding nations would be played and eg. colonisation of japan
BTW japan balance in HOI4 s*cks. They urgently need to do something to make sieges better and faster by enabling you to build dedicated siege units.
And balance the game! Balance balance, i now it's hard! But paradox has a big chance lying ahead for them, if they would just slightly think about it if they would put my criticism in USPs.