The main issue I have with focus trees is that it takes away agency from a lot of other core systems. The system is definitely in a better place than it was at launch, but after five years I’m not so sure it’s a system that needs to exist in the first place. To be fair to the developers, they’ve managed to mould the focus tree system into a useful vessel for delivering the narrative and alt-history content that’s become popular in the game’s later years. I also wouldn’t mind some more automation features brought in, specifically so that I can trust an AI to fight the air and sea battles for me while I concentrate on my tiny men and their shiny uniforms.
It’s possible that the developers may need to concede that, if they’re not going to offer more tactical control in these areas, they may need to abstract further and concentrate on how these branches serve the land engagements.
Air and Naval combat is difficult, especially at the strategic scale the game tries to occupy. We’d love to see a bit more granularity added back into land warfare – although maybe not to the same level as Hearts of Iron 3 – with specific attention to the planner and frontlines. Hearts of Iron 5 should take care to try and make sure all of these systems are as good as they can be. Even then, things like the strategic planner and frontline mechanics in land wars are less than ideal, often breaking down once the fighting starts and not really scaling that well. Air and Naval warfare have gotten better over time, but still aren’t quite on par with ground combat. Hearts of Iron 4 is pretty good at land warfare, and in providing meaningful choices in how you manage your military forces. The point is to throw up narrative wrinkles and remove some control from the player to create a more powerful story, one that can complicate and compliment the war fighting. If a full-fledged character system would detract too much from warfare (this is a wargame, after all), then making better use of Paradox’s already stellar events system would suffice. I think a new Hearts of Iron game could easily do more to promote conflicts between groups or individuals (The different Japanese military branches were famously at odds with each other), and generally give more internal pushback to the player, especially when it comes to allies. Looking at the current systems in Hearts of Iron 4, the people you choose to lead your armies, or fill your cabinet, are fairly passive and represent stat buffs more than anything else. You ask any military historian worth their salt and they can tell you about some of the real political challenges around who was in charge of what operation, how area of operations were defined, even the competitions for favour between Hitler’s generals.Ĭrusader Kings III has done a lot to champion the power of individuals in grand strategy games, and it looks like Victoria 3 is going to be running with this concept as well to some extent. WW2, despite being an iconic clash of big power blocs, also featured a notable amount of clashes of personality, even between those on the same side. If there are ways the developers can make modders’ lives even easier in Hearts of Iron 5, great, but as long as it doesn’t get any harder we’ll be happy. This is less of a ‘new’ thing we want and more of a desire to see the current levels of support continue.
#MODS FOR HEARTS OF IRON 5 MOD#
Want mods that offer even wackier alt-history, take you back to World War 1, or even give us that modern-era grand strategy wargame we’ve been lacking up till now? The Hearts of Iron 4 mod scene is where it’s at. Hearts of Iron 4 has one of the best and most creative mod scenes out of all the Paradox grand strategy games, losing out only perhaps to the fact that it can’t really handle a decent Star Wars conversion ( though someone is trying), or big fantasy-style mods along the lines of Lord of the Rings or A Song of Ice and Fire.īut if you’re passionate about warfare and the early 20th century, this game offers the perfect sandbox. Here are the top five things we would want from Hearts of Iron 5.
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