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By success do you mean you conquered the world?
Ah no. But we ended the wars, and I ended with the highest score as well as finishing my initial goal when I started the game, which was to completely conquer the America's.
I went back and finished the second fascist game I had but didn't go as well. The biggest difference was that instead of invading Canada first, I went for Cuba to get their chromium. Then I decided to go into Venezuela, partially for their oil but also so I could take the British/French provinces that have a ton of aluminum right there. But those damn Venezuelans kept me at bay for nearly 3 years. At that point Germany was getting beat up so I had to give up my hopes for the America's and go take the UK, which was relatively easy once I conquered Ireland. Once I took them the war ended.
It's kind of interesting, because it's not like Civilization where you have "victory conditions". And for some countries, world domination isn't a viable strategy. So I try to come up with my own goals and then see if I can meet them.
I started a new game with a communist Argentina. Thought about going fascist but I wanted to see if a communist country would feel any different game play wise. I’ve been taking out my neighbors one by one. The biggest opponents in South America are Brazil and Peru, the latter having an army and navy almost twice the size of mine, although I will undoubtedly have air superiority when the war starts. Even though pretty much every country in the Americas are guaranteed by the United States, they haven’t done anything about my aggressiveness. I joined the Comintern but have been staying out of the world war. I also been rejecting offers by fellow Comintern members to help me with my wars because the bug in the game might give them a ton of territory they don’t deserve.
I completely fucked up a peace treaty the first time I did it. I didn't understand the system at all. I wish there was a way to back out of that view, and assess the land.
My plan is to eventually make my way up to the US and Canada, which would give the Germans an easier time on the western front (same thing for the Japanese since the US will be too busy with me to fight in the Pacific after Pearl Harbor) and subsequently give the Soviets a harder time dealing with them once they commence Barbarossa, weakening the Russians (in my game the Soviets are also involved in the Sino-Japanese war). After I complete my conquest of the entire Americas, I’m going to attack a weakened German from the west, and later a weakened Russia. If I have time, I’ll clean up the rest of Asia. That’s my master plan of world conquest lol *evil laugh*
If you're looking to weaken the Germans, wouldn't it make sense to hold off on the US attack for a bit? Or are you assuming that once they're gone, Germany will throw it's forces to the east and you'll be able to walk in? As long as France is out that's probably a good thought. Is the UK still in the game? Their air-force and Navy always seem to do a really good job of keeping the German western front back. I haven't seen the AI invade the UK yet.
I felt like a potato when I tried to play HoI3 and gave up. I then got into Crusader Kings and Europa IV which helped me ease into HoI4. Hoi4 is also more simplified than the previous one so you might have an easier time getting into it. I recommend it trying it out. I did have to watch a few videos on youtube and go through a few trial games so the learning curve still higher than most games. Even got my ass kicked by Ethiopia while playing Italy lol
I agree that the learning curve is pretty steep. I've got about 50 hours in right now and I'm still finding new buttons and windows in the UI. The UI isn't the best, but given the massive amounts of information they have to present to you, I think they do a really good job of getting the most important things in your face. I find managing battle plans to be a downright pain though after I have more than 2 armies in an area.
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