

If you are a WW2 buff interested in modern military tactics, want a game more focused on warfare, and are willing to give Paradox some time to work out the kinks, go for HOI4.Hearts of Iron 4 is an incredibly complex World War II simulation that will require potentially hundreds of hours to master, both in-game and poring over wiki articles that read like an economics textbook. These are minor complaints that will certainly be addressed in future patches and DLC.īasically if you like world history in general, want an empire building game that isn't solely about fighting, and want a more polished, complete game, get EU4. Almost every feature is directly related to fighting WW2 and the "story" of the game is more rigid (Germany is going to invade Poland around 1939 about 99% of the time.) The actual battlefield controls are intuitive and effective usually, but a little cumbersome. It is much less about learning history or building your own empire from scratch and much more about WW2 specifically.


HOI4 is a newer game and currently still pretty buggy and the AI is being improved, but definitely lacking atm. The AI is challenging even for more advanced players and small nations offer really fun challenges.

There are quite a few internal features for nations that are important offer big advantages if you dedicate the effort. EU4 deals with many aspects of building an empire using war, diplomacy, espionage, backstabbing. It has a huge amount more features and a longer time period, more historical events and allows for significant alternate history. EU4 is currently much more polished and fleshed out than HOI4.
