The Japan Experience in HOI4's Most Realistic Mod

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  • I return to the Black Ice mod in HOI4 to play as Japan featuring a new industry rework that makes HOI4 economy much more in-depth.
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    #ww2 #hoi4 #japan

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  • @terrified057t4
    @terrified057t4 ปีที่แล้ว +1522

    Paradox taking notes on how much overcomplication is too much from the HoI4 modding community:

    • @ZemanTheMighty
      @ZemanTheMighty ปีที่แล้ว +61

      I prefer hoi3 and wish hoi4 would end up being as complicated as this.
      My only condition is that they release new features one patch at a time so I can learn them one by one

    • @terrified057t4
      @terrified057t4 ปีที่แล้ว +98

      @@ZemanTheMighty fair, I'm just here for the simple casual nature that's kind of disappearing. I wish the game rules could have an enable/disable feature for the newer stuff.

    • @abdraoufalti
      @abdraoufalti ปีที่แล้ว +4

      How much time take you to finish the campaign?

    • @ListenbourgBall
      @ListenbourgBall ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Yea

    • @terrified057t4
      @terrified057t4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @@abdraoufalti campaign?

  • @weehornman2000
    @weehornman2000 ปีที่แล้ว +295

    The man who couldn't micro the side of a barn is now trying out one of the most micro heavy mods I have seen

  • @lebawsski
    @lebawsski ปีที่แล้ว +720

    How complicated do you want the mod to be? Mod creator: Yes! Please.

    • @luggilu7864
      @luggilu7864 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

      It's actually not that confusing, just different. Frankly, I prefer it over vanilla as vanilla is too simple. The vehicle designers are quite easy too, as you can actually can build historical ships but there's an option to simply use the 1:1 historical template of vehicles.
      In vanilla it's just "build factory, kill as many enemies as possible, win"
      In Black ice you need to actually keep your country alive making for a much more realistic feel to it. The industry looks much more confusing than it is.

  • @skysamurai4649
    @skysamurai4649 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +37

    “If I don’t know what I’m doing - the enemy doesn’t know either” seems to be an actual historical IJN doctrine. For example, when they have planned a raid in Indian Ocean, the allies knew Japanese plans before they even departed, but instead of following their own plans, IJN decided to send the assigned aircraft carriers to pursue a non-existent US fleet, where they hit the ground and had to postpone the operation due to the repairs, which actually allowed them to surprise the allies

    • @eatingyoshi4403
      @eatingyoshi4403 27 วันที่ผ่านมา +2

      Unironically the most coordinated country in WW2

  • @tonythesopranos5310
    @tonythesopranos5310 ปีที่แล้ว +216

    'sir we've ran out of naval bombs.'
    'No Tanaka, you're the naval bomb. Now get in that zero.'

    • @crazyneonrx348
      @crazyneonrx348 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

      "Get in the Zero, Shinji"

  • @MountainSoftware1984
    @MountainSoftware1984 ปีที่แล้ว +1958

    As awesome as super realist mods always look, it’s always crazy that hoi4 modders are even worse at game design then paradox is.

    • @alexvonrom7942
      @alexvonrom7942 ปีที่แล้ว +243

      What do you mean even worse? They made HOI5 for free 💀

    • @deadkidjack
      @deadkidjack ปีที่แล้ว +181

      (Me with 50 hours on hoi4 and only have experienced playing as Germany): I think I’m ready for the big leagues

    • @imperio9221
      @imperio9221 ปีที่แล้ว +66

      ​@@deadkidjack180 hours on hoi4 and still havent played any major...

    • @commandergreetv753
      @commandergreetv753 ปีที่แล้ว +120

      3100 hours and I still don't know how navy works😂😭

    • @ilikeships9333
      @ilikeships9333 ปีที่แล้ว +54

      @@commandergreetv753it’s actually very simple when you learn it just destroyers and light cruisers as hp and some torp spam and aa fire then 1/4 bigger ships for dpm to blow up the enemy’s.

  • @mrmoney9822
    @mrmoney9822 ปีที่แล้ว +102

    Your hoi4 videos are some of my favorite out there! They're the perfect balance between commentary, memes and showcasing the content.

  • @neymarjr_.
    @neymarjr_. ปีที่แล้ว +19

    Yooo my suggestion was turned into reality! Editing and commentary is a masterpiece, keep it up!!! I enjoyed this a lot.

  • @Minecraftingization
    @Minecraftingization ปีที่แล้ว +243

    Crazy to think that technically Japan is home to the manufacturer of such a reliable vehicle that Toyota technicals are a well used form of combat during the 21st century and a common theme in popular media

    • @ChatGPT_ChatbotTest
      @ChatGPT_ChatbotTest ปีที่แล้ว

      Yeah thats cool but in 2005 I broke into the museum of phalluses in iceland and stole a 7 in. Horse penis. They never caught me. I still have and use it today, although I ate the right testicle for a treat a couple years ago.

    • @Panzerkampfwagen-IV-Ausf.H
      @Panzerkampfwagen-IV-Ausf.H ปีที่แล้ว +5

      I think Toyota may have made engines for Japanese military vehicles

    • @charlesc.9012
      @charlesc.9012 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +16

      @@Panzerkampfwagen-IV-Ausf.H Every one who could, did. Alfa Romeo and FIAT provided the engines for Italian fighters at the time. Packard Motor Company and Ford made more aircraft engines between 1941-1944 than all the axis nations combined. Studebaker 3-axle trucks did not just carry the US army, they made up about half of all soviet trucks, and was the direct ancestor of the iconic Ural truck.

  • @HLGAM3R
    @HLGAM3R ปีที่แล้ว +64

    Black ice modder:
    Mom, I want to open and fiddle with excel.
    Mom:
    We have excel at home.
    Excel at home:

  • @SFJgameplay
    @SFJgameplay ปีที่แล้ว +187

    please continue playing Black Ice

    • @alexteacher8100
      @alexteacher8100 ปีที่แล้ว +36

      because we don't want to

    • @dulguunjargal1199
      @dulguunjargal1199 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

      ​@@alexteacher8100We just want to Watch

  • @htetmyat4827
    @htetmyat4827 ปีที่แล้ว +78

    As a Burmese, I can confirm that it is still a miserable place.😂

    • @zavie3513
      @zavie3513 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Oh God, the dictatorship in charge :(

    • @mttokrnk
      @mttokrnk 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

      Do the people from your country sill call it burma?

    • @Alfonse-dm6ht
      @Alfonse-dm6ht 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

      Maybe it's Same As Abyssinia and Ethiopia

    • @simonnachreiner8380
      @simonnachreiner8380 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      @mttokrnk
      I ain't Burmese but I've spent quite a bit of time researching the region and well that question is complex. Ripping out all nuance the current ruling government insists that the nation is Myanmar, while the large groups of people the government of Myanmar are trying to exterminate refer to the land as Burma for reasons ranging from historical revanchism to spiteful contrarianism. Again this is very surface level and I'd highly recommend looking at more in depth sources, all I ask is that you look at more sources than the current sitting government as they're y'know engaged in a word yt won't let me post.

  • @sebastianl8848
    @sebastianl8848 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    can't wait for you to play this mod again some time

  • @asherwoodrow7471
    @asherwoodrow7471 ปีที่แล้ว +19

    keep making videos college the editing is good

  • @sarahlynn7807
    @sarahlynn7807 ปีที่แล้ว +104

    Ok but when will they add water as a resource for italians to cook their spaghetti.

    • @anders7416
      @anders7416 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +15

      pasta point when?

    • @charliebasar9068
      @charliebasar9068 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

      Hoi4 mod that turns it into campaign for north africa when? (You're going to need a coop in the multiplayer games to cook pasta for you. No pause microing the pasta)

  • @МикитоШевченко
    @МикитоШевченко ปีที่แล้ว +4

    The nost realistic mod indeed: "I dont know what im doing, the enemi wont neither"

  • @darrenclarke4671
    @darrenclarke4671 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    I missed the first 2 minutes where you mentioned the upgrade on the industrial system of BLACK ICE! I love the upgrade!

  • @Kaiimei
    @Kaiimei 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

    Black Ice is a mod made by those extra schizo people who played HOI4 for 5,000 hours, decided it wasn't 'deep' enough, snorted ten lines of coke, downed three litres of off-brand energy drink, then made a mod.

  • @lebawsski
    @lebawsski ปีที่แล้ว +53

    Black ice looks like a mix of Hoi 4 and Victoria 3

  • @owenr-m4619
    @owenr-m4619 ปีที่แล้ว +19

    This mod looks very cool. There is no way my computer can run it without 5 speed playing like 2 speed in 1936.

  • @cptshelly
    @cptshelly ปีที่แล้ว +8

    Glad your doing the test version , loce what they did with all the resourece management. Please do another Germany with all of this stuff. They have quite a bit tweaked stuff, more research slots for resource managment.

  • @ConnanTheCivilized
    @ConnanTheCivilized 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    You earned a sub for naming your Army Group/Theater - Fighting A Land War In Asia!

  • @HereticSchool
    @HereticSchool ปีที่แล้ว +7

    College could have called this "0 food challenge" and it would have also worked lol. great vid

  • @derpiestderp325
    @derpiestderp325 ปีที่แล้ว +30

    you can actually change how much food your people get

    • @guyfromcollege
      @guyfromcollege  ปีที่แล้ว +22

      I didn't notice that button till I was editing the video but tbf it's not in an intuitive place

  • @isaacwalters8210
    @isaacwalters8210 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    I love the black ice content college

  • @danielkjm
    @danielkjm ปีที่แล้ว +12

    Your videos are a work of art, they make my day soo much better :D

  • @mcmann7149
    @mcmann7149 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    Very nice, now let’s see an Italian play through

  • @bob-qb9gw
    @bob-qb9gw ปีที่แล้ว +14

    playing japan in bice is like sycling exept the bike has no brakes steering only works half the time and the front weel can fall of anytime as its held in place with ducktape.

  • @admiraziemniak805
    @admiraziemniak805 ปีที่แล้ว +17

    0:01 Nah i think about kamikaze and a6m5 zero

    • @Jamesvonroche
      @Jamesvonroche 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      likewise can't let my great grandparents down

  • @danielkjm
    @danielkjm ปีที่แล้ว +7

    Yooo black ice is looking awesome, finnaly some complexity

  • @xDanilor
    @xDanilor ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Yo this video was really cool. If you happen to still have a little bit of mental stability left please play this mod more!

  • @soyingerchad7128
    @soyingerchad7128 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    great taste in background music brotherman!

    • @syiniydethepotatoe9486
      @syiniydethepotatoe9486 ปีที่แล้ว

      whats the name

    • @soyingerchad7128
      @soyingerchad7128 ปีที่แล้ว

      ​@@syiniydethepotatoe9486 I think I meant that when I heard Georges Bizet's Carmen opera. Aside from the hoi4 soundtrack I think that's the only music present.

    • @syiniydethepotatoe9486
      @syiniydethepotatoe9486 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      how about from 9:22 - 11:49@@soyingerchad7128

  • @miniaturejayhawk8702
    @miniaturejayhawk8702 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    I only think of 2 things when thinking of Japan:
    1. Anime
    2. BANZAI!!!

  • @mobgabriel1767
    @mobgabriel1767 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    "you have now raw resources that you have to refine and to do that you need energy that you need build powerplants to upkeep and you also has grains to make rations to feed your people"
    as a kirby fan:this is scarier than that demonic butterfly

  • @DumbCup
    @DumbCup 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Im nearly at the end of my 9 hour road trip

  • @Ealdorman_of_Mercia
    @Ealdorman_of_Mercia ปีที่แล้ว

    2:48 LOL you make masterful use of those memes haha

  • @sirllamaiii9708
    @sirllamaiii9708 ปีที่แล้ว +40

    One of the few TH-camrs keeping me on this godforsaken platform. I dont even watch bo anymore but college goes hard
    If colleg has 10000 fsns im 1 of them
    If college has 1 fans im him
    If college has no fans im dead
    If world is against college in against world
    Xollege 4 life 💪💪

  • @Ali-c1s5i
    @Ali-c1s5i ปีที่แล้ว

    I really like this video and channel's narrative format :)

  • @lilfishdud
    @lilfishdud ปีที่แล้ว +3

    most underrated hoi4 TH-camr

  • @Ryuko-T72
    @Ryuko-T72 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Ignores navy, still wins important naval battles.

  • @Magnificent21
    @Magnificent21 ปีที่แล้ว

    you are a great player and youtuber great job with this video

  • @MaLianghong
    @MaLianghong ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Historically, the reason for the late Japanese mobilization at 4:26 is quite simple:
    After the firefight at the Marco Polo Bridge, the Japanese government under Prime Minister Konoe Fumimaro initially reacted very hesitantly to the news of battle, with the intention of NOT(!) allowing the situation to further escalate, as Japan (who would've thought) wasn't prepared for a full-blown conflict with China.
    In contrast, there was the Kwangtung Army stationed in Manchuria, which had already shown strong initiative during the Japanese occupation of Manchuria in 1931. In order to escalate the conflict in China they once again deceiving the Japanese government about their true intentions by falsely claiming that Japanese troops in China were in grave danger.
    While the Kwangtung troups moved further and further into China the government found itself unable to stop their own troups or expose itself before world and Japanese public of having lost control of its own army, the Japanese government finally gave in and began mobilizing.
    So the Nationalist army officers finally prevailed by once again confronting the government in Tokyo with a fait accompli.

  • @edim108
    @edim108 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Honestly I love mods like Black Ice bc it makes you realize how many mooving parts there are in a war and how delusional Axis was thinking they could beat the Allies...

  • @yes.elevens3688
    @yes.elevens3688 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    What country has committed the most war crimes
    Everyone : Germany obviously has!
    Japan sitting in the corner with anime hoping people forget

  • @lsbc9666
    @lsbc9666 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    I want to try black ice but it looks like it would make my brain explode

  • @wunderpuma4453
    @wunderpuma4453 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    The fact that presumingly large amount of your population and perhaps even military were starving for half of the game. Yet it seemed to be of no consequence, is somewhat amusing.

  • @95DreadLord
    @95DreadLord 29 วันที่ผ่านมา

    It's like watching some minecraft survival mods. How unfun you can make your mod until people stop playing

  • @Matchy_Theone
    @Matchy_Theone ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Mao cooked up something good with this one 😤😤😤😤💀💀🗣🗣🗣

  • @MisterGame68
    @MisterGame68 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

    >"There is a lot more to warfare than digging trenches and lobbing artillery shells at the enemy"
    >Looks at major 21st century armed conflict
    >Digged trenches and lobbed artillery shells at the enemy
    >LooksAtCamera
    Amazing video as always man :)

  • @koneser8197
    @koneser8197 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    The Chief made another banger, now salute to the chief

  • @oversizedspeedbump9375
    @oversizedspeedbump9375 ปีที่แล้ว +13

    you should play world ablaze, the actual hardest mod.

    • @darthplayer5333
      @darthplayer5333 ปีที่แล้ว

      I have s passionate hate for China because of that mod

    • @hasanyrom9055
      @hasanyrom9055 ปีที่แล้ว

      That mod is shit

    • @mikemandalorian9226
      @mikemandalorian9226 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      It just gives bonuses to ai... Terrible mod

  • @muhammadfirdausbinsyahrom
    @muhammadfirdausbinsyahrom ปีที่แล้ว +2

    HOI4: but impossibly complicated

  • @akramgimmini8165
    @akramgimmini8165 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Truly a Tennoheika Banzaii Moment

  • @halodudecool
    @halodudecool ปีที่แล้ว

    i love your police squad reference.

  • @Apple_Apporu
    @Apple_Apporu ปีที่แล้ว

    I'm hyperventilating from the amount of things you need to click in this mod

  • @highgrounder5238
    @highgrounder5238 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Imagine an MP game in this mod with the BOBG squad

  • @jamesflynn6827
    @jamesflynn6827 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Honey wake up! College dropped another video torturing himself by playing an overly complicated japan mod!!

  • @The-rc9cm
    @The-rc9cm ปีที่แล้ว +1

    watched this at midnight on new year

    • @The-rc9cm
      @The-rc9cm ปีที่แล้ว

      I have no life

  • @pvp216
    @pvp216 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    when are you going to play world ablaze please man im begging you pls pls

  • @VIadlV
    @VIadlV 11 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Realism mod = WHY the F! is my army collapsing? Oh, I forgot to produce chopsticks. JK

  • @ryanrusch3976
    @ryanrusch3976 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    College doing coke to win at HOI sounds really funny

  • @sahilhossain8204
    @sahilhossain8204 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Lore of The Japan Experience in HOI4's Most Realistic Mod momentum 100

  • @tornyosgergo
    @tornyosgergo 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

    They probably use this mod to train politicians and generals. But in south korea they may use a bit more immersive version where you micro manage everything to the last screw. :D I remember when I played in hoi3. Such great times

  • @Grabacr-pl3wy
    @Grabacr-pl3wy ปีที่แล้ว +6

    I hate border conflicts in this game. Wish they made it a separate theater you slot 6 units in that covers all border conflicts.

  • @LOMBADO844
    @LOMBADO844 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    What does this cracked marine template look like if I may ask?

  • @ScarTalon
    @ScarTalon ปีที่แล้ว +1

    good editing and very enjoyable to watch

  • @materialdialectics
    @materialdialectics 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

    This mod looks awesome
    *overdoses on Concerta*
    HERE WE GO

  • @rexrules8895
    @rexrules8895 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Do Italy next.

  • @michaelfinger6303
    @michaelfinger6303 ปีที่แล้ว

    Playing HOI4 without bice is like saying you are a biker whilst actually riding a childrens tricycle with support wheels....

  • @comrademakno
    @comrademakno ปีที่แล้ว +2

    You should do the ussr for the next time you do black ice.

  • @chemicalman53
    @chemicalman53 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Oh wow I remember helping to write the book for this theater in Black Ice.
    You learn that has bad as Germany is for issues like military branch rivalries or logisitic issues...
    Japan has the same. Just more so.
    ...
    Last I played the key strat was like 2 armor "divisions" of 1 light 1 medium tank w/ truck troops and lots of light infantry. You sprint into China and just keep pushing hoping you can outrun your logistics nightmares that the inevitable Red Army Guerillas will bring.

  • @ackbarfan5556
    @ackbarfan5556 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    1:06 Honestly, that's something that should be in the base game.

  • @estebanszames3652
    @estebanszames3652 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I really want to get into this mod, but how does the AI handle all of this, if it already struggles with vanilla hoi4? Like what's the fun if you are playing alone and the AI can't keep up with absolutely anything?

  • @Ryuko-T72
    @Ryuko-T72 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    omg college upload

  • @POYO_WAS_NOT_TAKEN
    @POYO_WAS_NOT_TAKEN ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Hey are you that one guy from college?

  • @pauloatanasio7567
    @pauloatanasio7567 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

    The Explosion in sponge bob in a Japanese hoi4 video is kinda sus 💀💀💀💀🔥🔥🔥🔥

  • @AdmiralSnackbar-iw5mg
    @AdmiralSnackbar-iw5mg ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Blackice is both amazing and horrible. It's like being a kid with 10 dollars in your pocket inside the largest toy store in the world, where the cheapest toy is 11 dollars.
    The naval and tank designers are amazing in that you can more or less replicate historical designs with reasonable stats, but the economy, even for majors, is abymsal
    But world Ablaze having a more simplified naval designer and an extremely limited tank designer allows for closer-to-accurate historical production numbers (both for tanks and ships)

  • @DruggiePlays
    @DruggiePlays ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Paraguay being Paraguay

  • @Quadrophiniac
    @Quadrophiniac ปีที่แล้ว +2

    0:08 WTF is this picture? I want to know more lol

  • @invasion8318
    @invasion8318 ปีที่แล้ว

    8:00 absolutelly genius memehahahah

  • @darthplayer5333
    @darthplayer5333 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    How many PCs do you need to run this version of BI? lol

  • @danielkjm
    @danielkjm ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I wanna see you playing as Brazil In BlackIce Test Version

  • @unusualswoop7660
    @unusualswoop7660 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    an original hoi youtuber??? wtf

  • @darrenclarke4671
    @darrenclarke4671 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    How did you puppet Indochina?

  • @MegaMug
    @MegaMug ปีที่แล้ว +1

    1:11 *insert Dante what the hell is this meme*

  • @NotMiniNeji
    @NotMiniNeji ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Nice vid

  • @xebastianrodriguez
    @xebastianrodriguez ปีที่แล้ว +7

    Black Ice… still less complicated than TNO.

    • @cogitoergosum7563
      @cogitoergosum7563 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      Not really, once you get the grip on how to do the economics (which isn’t that hard), it’s fun to play.

    • @cogitoergosum7563
      @cogitoergosum7563 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @BobbiusRossiusyeah it’s literally just sliders which you can move at any point.

  • @GregorClegane402
    @GregorClegane402 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

    How did you handle the low org of the division templates

  • @walterblack6669
    @walterblack6669 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    basically eu4

  • @ShladTheTonkLover
    @ShladTheTonkLover ปีที่แล้ว +2

    This mod is responsible for all self induced lobotomies.

  • @szamhazaj
    @szamhazaj ปีที่แล้ว

    buy the game and pay the subscription just for this mod... yes, I want it

  • @imperiumoftheweltkrieg9702
    @imperiumoftheweltkrieg9702 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Have you tried vanilla navy rework mod?

  • @sleepywriterxci
    @sleepywriterxci ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Banzai Banzai

  • @sahilhossain8204
    @sahilhossain8204 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Hmm yes the empire of the rising sun rises 😎👍✊💀

  • @bruh5912
    @bruh5912 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Whenever I think of Japan I think of unit 731

  • @darrenclarke4671
    @darrenclarke4671 ปีที่แล้ว

    The version of BLACK ICE that i play does not have all these resources. Which version is this?

  • @noahn627
    @noahn627 ปีที่แล้ว

    I never understood how so many people don't understand navy. it is so simple. Or maybe it is because I prioritise navy and airforce over the army?

  • @warcrimeconnoisseur5238
    @warcrimeconnoisseur5238 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Cool video, I hope you play the Soviets or British too

  • @apollothefirst
    @apollothefirst ปีที่แล้ว

    When Japan kicked your ancestors to the curb and you get asked if you knew about their past:
    Btw your videos are fire, keep up the good work

  • @deathkiller2914
    @deathkiller2914 ปีที่แล้ว

    You should try the old world blues mod its a fallout fan mod but its really cool because it changes the game a lot.