OK, so basically everybody quit on us. But that's not a problem. We just have to beat them up hard enough until we get all our rightful land back!
Weebs At War: Let's Play Hearts of Iron 4!
I'm just getting started, with your LP (and HoI4) and its nifty.
Aside from the advice you gave to me over discord, I am learning a bit from your LP - which is a nice draw.
I'll be following this.
For the thread - I was into politics when I was younger, and WW2 had a nice palette of socio-political horse apples.
I leaned more towards the Cold War, and the proxy wars and non-aligned.
If there is an interest (who am I kidding, I'll do it anyway), I can toss out some information reading that.
Aside from the advice you gave to me over discord, I am learning a bit from your LP - which is a nice draw.
I'll be following this.
For the thread - I was into politics when I was younger, and WW2 had a nice palette of socio-political horse apples.
I leaned more towards the Cold War, and the proxy wars and non-aligned.
If there is an interest (who am I kidding, I'll do it anyway), I can toss out some information reading that.
New video!
Hey, remember that thing where I said we surely wouldn't be committing horrible war crimes a while back? Uh, well, I've never seen a Geneva for there to be a convention from in this world, so wanton nuclear weapon use surely isn't a warcrime! Besides, if we win the war, nobody can complain!
Hey, remember that thing where I said we surely wouldn't be committing horrible war crimes a while back? Uh, well, I've never seen a Geneva for there to be a convention from in this world, so wanton nuclear weapon use surely isn't a warcrime! Besides, if we win the war, nobody can complain!
What's all this, then?
This is the One Year War mod for Hearts of Iron 4. It's a Gundam mod.
What's it about?
Gundam. Universal Century Gundam, or so I'm told. Look, I don't know what the fuck I'm talking about here. Ibble's the one that knows about Gundam, not me. I know there's Zeon, and there's an Earth Federation, and the point we start at Zeon has like half the world and I think I heard that that's when the original show starts or something (there are earlier bookmarks).
And what makes the mod special?
There's two main things. For one, there's the tech tree, which amongst other things has a whole bunch of different mobile suits and such to research, build and field. This comes with a whole bunch of different equipment. And the other thing is that there's space, which in HoI4 means that there's a part of the map that's just cut out and completely separated from the rest of the map apart from straits that go across the entire world. It's kind of a mess, actually.
Is it any good?
That's a complicated question. For now, suffice it to say that our time playing this mod will not last as long as Equestria at War.
What's all this then?
This is Red World, a mod with a quite simple premise: What if the Soviets won the Cold War? As such, in the year of 2010, the Soviets are on top of the world with the Warsaw Pact spanning most of Europe, and the USA collapsed and splintered into many different independent states.
Anything else special?
Not really. Red World is a pretty basic mod as far as mechanics are concerned, sticking pretty much entirely to vanilla and transplanting the research tree into the modern day pretty much unchanged, which is very handy. However, it has some very fun campaigns due to its premise. In this playthrough, we will be going through one of my favorite paths: John Foster's Union of American Soviet Socialist Republics. You'll see, things get fun on this path.
What's all this then?
This is Old World Blues, the Fallout mod. We have a larger, America-centric map with a lot more detail, a completely reworked tech tree, and a fuckton of content. Old World Blues is up there with Equestria At War in giving content to a whole bunch of different countries. Generally, if you know Fallout, you're going to recognize a lot of stuff, though since the devs need to fill an entire map, there is some stuff that's made up or extrapolated from, like, a single line in a Van Buren design doc or whatever. Still, the whole gang's here, from the NCR to the Legion to New Vegas, Vault City, Arroyo and more.
Anything else we should know?
Not particularly. There's a fair bit of stuff that is different, but not different enough to really throw you off. The first video will be an overview of the map and the factions, but we've already decided on playing as the Free Fighters, because a nation of luchadores is something we just have to go for.
Luchadores?
Yes.
BGM List:
Episodes 1-4: Assorted radio tracks from Fallout: New Vegas and mods, mixed together
New video!
So, uh, technically a spoiler, I guess, but this is the final episode. Things go south. Very quickly.
And with that, I've run out of material to post and haven't had the opportunity to record more, and this weekend I'm already doing something for a different LP. So most likely the next post will be a bit.
So, uh, technically a spoiler, I guess, but this is the final episode. Things go south. Very quickly.
And with that, I've run out of material to post and haven't had the opportunity to record more, and this weekend I'm already doing something for a different LP. So most likely the next post will be a bit.
Well, this isn't exactly what I had planned for the LP to continue with, but it is what it is.
So, what is this mod? It's Reichskommissariat Ruckus, a sort of minigame mod. The basic conceit is "Germany conquers world, puts puppet governments in charge to deal with massive overextension, gives them so much freedom that they literally all stop phoning home and Germany now has to ask everybody 'hey, you still with us or against us', with each puppet having a 50/50 chance of being with them or attacking them". It's a neat concept.
Now, why am I posting this the way I am? Because shit went wrong. Basically, the footage Ibble recorded was laggy as fuck for some reason. My footage is largely unusable because I wasn't in charge in this playthrough, meaning my footage mostly consisted of me dicking around and doing fuck all relevant stuff. As a result, you should not expect quality from this, which is why I'm just dumping this in one go.
If there's still one or two of you out there that like having this stuff as background noise (though I can't imagine that, given the audio problems we've had over the course of the LP), I'm just going to dump a vaguely edited version of the entire session in one post here. This very likely won't end up in the OP at all because it's just a mess. Still, I should at least give you the opportunity to look at it and decide for yourself.
Part One
Part Two
Part Three
Part Four
Part Five
So, what is this mod? It's Reichskommissariat Ruckus, a sort of minigame mod. The basic conceit is "Germany conquers world, puts puppet governments in charge to deal with massive overextension, gives them so much freedom that they literally all stop phoning home and Germany now has to ask everybody 'hey, you still with us or against us', with each puppet having a 50/50 chance of being with them or attacking them". It's a neat concept.
Now, why am I posting this the way I am? Because shit went wrong. Basically, the footage Ibble recorded was laggy as fuck for some reason. My footage is largely unusable because I wasn't in charge in this playthrough, meaning my footage mostly consisted of me dicking around and doing fuck all relevant stuff. As a result, you should not expect quality from this, which is why I'm just dumping this in one go.
If there's still one or two of you out there that like having this stuff as background noise (though I can't imagine that, given the audio problems we've had over the course of the LP), I'm just going to dump a vaguely edited version of the entire session in one post here. This very likely won't end up in the OP at all because it's just a mess. Still, I should at least give you the opportunity to look at it and decide for yourself.
Part One
Part Two
Part Three
Part Four
Part Five
Christ, it's been a while.
What's all this then?
This is No Step Back, the most recent DLC released for Hearts of Iron 4. It added focus trees for the Baltic countries, Poland and the Soviet Union, a rework of the officer and doctrine system, a tank designer, and a rework of the supply system. It also broke basically every mod. Fun times.
Anything else?
We're playing as the Soviets this time, and I'm going to be taking Ibble into account a bit more instead of running the show largely by myself. This may or may not end in disaster. Also, this is the final campaign of the LP. It's been a long while, and it's time to wrap it up.
BGM List:
What's all this then?
This is No Step Back, the most recent DLC released for Hearts of Iron 4. It added focus trees for the Baltic countries, Poland and the Soviet Union, a rework of the officer and doctrine system, a tank designer, and a rework of the supply system. It also broke basically every mod. Fun times.
Anything else?
We're playing as the Soviets this time, and I'm going to be taking Ibble into account a bit more instead of running the show largely by myself. This may or may not end in disaster. Also, this is the final campaign of the LP. It's been a long while, and it's time to wrap it up.
BGM List:
Episodes 1-5: Assorted radio tracks from the Hearts of Iron 4 soundtrack
