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Offline Ovalcircle

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Thinking about getting this game
« on: May 15, 2018, 05:16:43 pm »
2 questions

1: is it fun?

2. Is it balanced? It's common knowledge that every Hearts of iron IV patch breaks something. Is everything in order?
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Re: Thinking bout getting this game
« Reply #1 on: May 16, 2018, 10:00:22 am »
I'm not aware of any major balance issues.

You might check out The Biscuit Federation (two parts) animated video with Total Biscuit recounting his playthrough. It's like my favorite thing ever. He did find a loophole that some other folks also found, and we patched that up in 2015; he notes we patched it out, but actually we just made it properly nuanced instead.
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Re: Thinking bout getting this game
« Reply #2 on: May 16, 2018, 10:35:43 am »
I'll just leave this here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JNuDlpOrU8s (The Biscuit Federation part 1)

If you enjoy playing the evil puppeteer and experimenting, this is a super fun game. Easy recommendation.
Balance wise, at the time I didn't stumble upon any easy loophole and it had many many updates after that, so it's hard for me to say.

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Re: Thinking bout getting this game
« Reply #3 on: May 16, 2018, 10:47:02 am »
If you leave that link, you also need to leave this one: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qZ_NdBZsmqY (The Biscuit Federation part 2)

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Re: Thinking bout getting this game
« Reply #4 on: May 16, 2018, 11:24:20 am »
If you leave that link, you also need to leave this one: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qZ_NdBZsmqY (The Biscuit Federation part 2)

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Do I? I thought they always had part 2 in the "Up Next" or the recommendation section. Maybe not. :P

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Re: Thinking bout getting this game
« Reply #5 on: May 16, 2018, 11:34:06 am »
If you leave that link, you also need to leave this one: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qZ_NdBZsmqY (The Biscuit Federation part 2)

:)
Do I? I thought they always had part 2 in the "Up Next" or the recommendation section. Maybe not. :P

I actually went a few months without finding out part 2 was up, I think because they specifically didn't on that video.  Maybe it's just me and I'm blind, though. :)
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Re: Thinking about getting this game
« Reply #6 on: January 12, 2019, 08:59:18 pm »
Just got the Last Federation Collection from Humble Bundle. Massive discounts going on right now.




Edit: Observer mode! :) :D
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