would it be possible to unify victoria 3 and hearts of iron 5?

[alexman]

could u have a longer game from 1820 to 1990 with changing mechanics and gameplay like eu4 with different eras?

 

[kimidf]

could u have a longer game from 1820 to 1990 with changing mechanics and gameplay like eu4 with different eras?

Personally, I do not see that option as possible and plausible because they are completely different games, although as I said I think that an HOI V should increase its time space now that the HOI has become a sandbox of that period of the Game.

Personally I think EU IV covers too long and I think that the topic revolutions and the Napoleonic wars should have its own game, for example taking up the March Eagles idea

I leave you the link where I talk about this topic:

https://forum.paradoxplaza.com/forum/threads/ideas-for-hoi-5.1388033/

 

[Bki]

No. A game that would have to do both WW1 and WW2 would almost certainly fail at portraying either satisfyingly. Let alone making sure that the situation for a WW1 and WW2 to arise organically based on the situation and not in a forced or scripted way.

For Victoria, it would be better to advance its start date to around that of the French revolution or even the American revolution (it's not like EU4 portray any of those well, though what historical event does EU4 handle satisfactorily?). This would cover the start of the industrial revolution, and politically the XIXth century was shaped by the French revolution and its aftermath.

For HOI, if you want to focus on the WW2 wargame part, it would actually be better to put the start date at a later date. If you want to focus on alternate history then I would support moving back the start date to something like 1933 (would make it far less plausible to replace Hitler as Germany for example), but not much further than that.

 

[kimidf]

For Victoria, it would be better to advance its start date to around that of the French revolution or even the American revolution (it's not like EU4 portray any of those well, though what historical event does EU4 handle satisfactorily?). This would cover the start of the industrial revolution, and politically the XIXth century was shaped by the French revolution and its aftermath.

I like your idea, but I thought it would be better if it had its own game that covered the American revolution until shortly after the Napoleonic wars, that is, around 1820, passing through the French revolution and the beginning of the industrial revolution. And a Victoria III from 1850-1910, then you could create another game spanning 1910-1925 in a sandbox from World War I and I would like the HOI to start from 1930 to 1950

 

[pheonicia]

No.

 

[century1808]

The Great War mod starts at 1910.....

 

[uberjedi]

Bad idea, since Hoi4 (after years of development) isnt able to simulate even just the WW2 era well.

 

[Ketchup & friends]

This could be done, but such a game would have to be much more like Victoria 2 and not like HoI at all.

The focus of such a game would necessarily be developing a country, dealing with evolving Economy and Society. Wars would be a sideshow. This would feel like Victoria 2 with a longer timeline.

If Victoria 3 is ever made, it can borrow some HoI mechanics (mainly affecting warfare, e.g. Battle plans, Division builder, Ship designer, perhaps Peace conferences if a future DLC introduces a good system for them) to make Wars more exciting.

But with an 1820 start date, the world in the 1930s and 40s would be completely different from the historical setup. OR the Game would need excessive Railroading.

Ergo, the only reason to make such a game would be to capitalize on the success of the HoI Brand if Paradox thinks the name Victoria would be toxic.