At this point France, Russia and Britain are eyeing the thriving German industry and Hitler’s political dominance nervously, but shots are yet to be fired.
I was playing as Germany circa 1936, a nation well on the way to becoming the pre-eminent military power in Europe. Hearts of Iron 4 might be using a fancier version of the Clausewitz engine, with a bit of extra graphical sheen and a much more attractive UI, but at its core it retains the same approach this is war as industry, where individual talent and bravery is battered into submission by the relentless march of mass production.
Hearts of Iron, meanwhile, has always been a series that focuses on the logistics and politics of modernised global conflict. You’ve got grimy in-fighting and incest simulator Crusader Kings, a more elegant and diplomatic take on world politics in Europa Universalis, and the colonial expansionism of the Victoria games. It’s impressive just how much variation Paradox manages to squeeze out of the venerable Clausewitz engine, the backbone of its grand strategy library.
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