I currently have a load of other historical HOI playthroughs with more in the planning. You can find the current selection here: UK th-cam.com/video/iD46925CQr4/w-d-xo.html Germany th-cam.com/video/wyB0utt7Mrk/w-d-xo.html USA th-cam.com/video/VRQ_jU_ezcQ/w-d-xo.html Japan th-cam.com/video/4iktO3NCG1Y/w-d-xo.html USSR th-cam.com/video/9cJ3t8cDxdU/w-d-xo.html Italy th-cam.com/video/ZF_Ovsre-7c/w-d-xo.html France th-cam.com/video/ykRfEI0izg8/w-d-xo.html China th-cam.com/video/CoXhQMwYm78/w-d-xo.html Norway th-cam.com/video/WYrR5ab75VE/w-d-xo.html
Back by popular demand! I know you folks enjoy my HOI 4 playthroughs and many of you have asked for a Germany campaign. Just bear with me as I find my way around the UI again as its been a few months since my last Hearts of Iron game :D Oh and also remember I don't try to powerplay or meta-game these campaigns - I want my HOI 4 games to have a true WW2 feel and flavour to them :D
@@MarkGFLGamingReally helps im 13 and now that there’s a 70% sale. I just bought it for the first time. I’m rewatching your videos after a while to learn the game more.
This one is going to be a roller coaster ride of triumphs and errors, successes and struggles, with a host of the same actual issues that plagued Germany for real. No spoilers of course, but wait and see how it goes with the various problems I run into :D
Took me a while to get into this game (I play Stellaris more than HOI4) but it is so much fun and addictive. I usually have historical AI settings for other countries but I play my country non-historically i.e. Britain going fascist, France going communist, German civil war in 1936 or Spain joining the Axis in 1941 to name a few.
Hey, know im probably super late, though I recently bought the game and with the help of a friend who already plays I'm starting my "career"😂 After watching some tutorials I'm glad to have found some good playtrough! Thanks specially for explaining your thoughts and the decisions really helps out new people like me.
You're welcome! Hope you enjoy the series. I think it's important for me to talk through my thought process as it does help explain a pretty complex game. Also I am sometimes wrong with my thinking and then the viewers can point it out and teach me something :D
Haha I got my ass kicked when I first started playing too! Hopefully this playthrough will give you some good ideas of how to manage the germans. If you need a good tutorial series, I recommend Quill18's playlist here th-cam.com/video/q_uCwrt-LkA/w-d-xo.html
I tried to get into the game. I used this video series as a walkthrough. When I found out they changed the UI I ragequit. I guess I'll have to make do with the viewer's experience.
I think I'm going to record a new series in the not-too-distant future where I play through the stock game again, to show how it looks and works in 2024 without any of the expansions. That might be useful as a walkthrough?
I use OBS to record the whole stream and then either a second copy of OBS or Nvidia Shadowplay to record just the game footage, depending on the game I'm recording.
@@MarkGFLGaming Cheers mate! I use OBS myself- it's v good, but I don't think it can edit (ie clip the "ends" off the video, should I wish to share the video, I'm currently having trouble finding free software for that). This playthrough is really useful for learning HOI4, I've subscribed on the strength of it- it's really good quality with no faffing about!
@@johnny2f55 Try AVI Demux - its a simple but excellent tool for snipping segments of video out without having to re-render the entire file. I used it for most of these HOI videos.
They were the wrong size and not organised how I want them. As they had no accumulated experience there was nothing to lose from disbanding them and later rebuilding them with the correct size and in the right places. The planes and manpower go back into your pools when you disband aircraft and are available to use again.
Not a noob question all, quite a sensible one :) I do that at the start of all my games so the planes go back into the reserve pool and I can then build them into the size of groups where I need them. You get the manpower back too so it doesn't waste anything, and they are always untrained at the beginning of the game anyway.
@@MarkGFLGaming Yeah that make sense, I'm fairly new and it makes it much cleaner and more organised so you know exactly what you've set and have full control over what you're making
No not with all, I think I had Man The Guns, On To Victory and Hidden Tiger at the time of this series. I've picked up La Resistance and No Step Back since playing this too.
Hey Mark! Would you consider doing a new playthrough for HoI4 with the new DLC coming out, based around the Scandinavian countries? Although it isn't paticularly big, Finland does play an interesting role in WW2.
I don't currently have any plans to pick up the next expansion as I have a ton of games to play over the next couple of months. Starting with Jagged Alliance 3 (as it happens I was introduced to the JA games by my Finnish friend who came to college here) then immediately afterwards Baldurs Gate 3 and Starfield. I think they will keep me busy for months! I might try to quickly fit a China campaign in HOI though if I can.
@@MarkGFLGaming thanks for letting me know, Starfield does look interesting but I'm going to let you guys guinea pig it for me before I look to purchase ;)
@@saipanhpa6719 Honestly I'd just play the stock game for now, the DLC's do bring changes in but not always for the better, depending on taste. The expanded focus trees for different countries are usually nice additions, but they come with new game mechanics - like La Resistance, which adds spies to the game which I could honestly live without. When you get tired of the stock game, then start thinking about the expansions (or wait for a sale and them grab some).
This game looks a lot like Europa Universalis IV, which I found out to be coño difficult to play. I found Civilization VI a lot more easy to get a grip of.
HOI 4 is an extremely tricky game to get into, especially as the in-game tutorial is a bit lacking. However if you like strategy games it is worth persevering with as its probably my favourite grand-strategy game I have ever played! I do recommend watching a lot of tutorials to learn the game though.
@@MarkGFLGaming I watched 1 or 2 episodes of Quil18's tutorial, but I find it too hard. Or maybe it's because i'm impatient as a erupting volcano ;) Did you ever play Civ6?
@@el7griego Yes but I don't really like it that much (apart from Sean Bean's narration!). I'm much more of a fan of Civ 4 which is my favourite of the series.
Its supposed a simulation, not an emulation of WW2. Otherwise we know what the outcome will be, right? ;) But don't worry, I end up taking on pretty much everyone.
@@MarkGFLGaming well no I get that. I’ve never played HOI so I was curious if there were play throughs of germany still taking on the world at once but not doing the super decision dive decisions that lost germany the war. Like challenging British air space when they did or pushing further into russia in winter etc. basically how Hitler could’ve won if he wasn’t so egotistical and cracked out of his mind😂
@@jackoakes1328 This playthrough is quite amusing in places as due to errors, decisions and actions taken on my part I run into some of the exact same problems that the real Germany did! And had to fix them in the same way :D
I currently have a load of other historical HOI playthroughs with more in the planning. You can find the current selection here:
UK th-cam.com/video/iD46925CQr4/w-d-xo.html
Germany th-cam.com/video/wyB0utt7Mrk/w-d-xo.html
USA th-cam.com/video/VRQ_jU_ezcQ/w-d-xo.html
Japan th-cam.com/video/4iktO3NCG1Y/w-d-xo.html
USSR th-cam.com/video/9cJ3t8cDxdU/w-d-xo.html
Italy th-cam.com/video/ZF_Ovsre-7c/w-d-xo.html
France th-cam.com/video/ykRfEI0izg8/w-d-xo.html
China th-cam.com/video/CoXhQMwYm78/w-d-xo.html
Norway th-cam.com/video/WYrR5ab75VE/w-d-xo.html
Back by popular demand! I know you folks enjoy my HOI 4 playthroughs and many of you have asked for a Germany campaign. Just bear with me as I find my way around the UI again as its been a few months since my last Hearts of Iron game :D Oh and also remember I don't try to powerplay or meta-game these campaigns - I want my HOI 4 games to have a true WW2 feel and flavour to them :D
These playthroughs are great for beginners, most "tutorials" are incomprehensible by the 3rd minute lol
Glad you find them useful!
Yeah this ma first time watching hoi4 and I understand it unlike other vids
@@MarkGFLGamingReally helps im 13 and now that there’s a 70% sale. I just bought it for the first time. I’m rewatching your videos after a while to learn the game more.
ya same
Well, Dwight Schrute playing Germany! How very thematic!
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I have a feeling Dwight Schrute opposed the unification of Germany
Buzzing for this! Can’t wait to see how it all turns out mate!
This one is going to be a roller coaster ride of triumphs and errors, successes and struggles, with a host of the same actual issues that plagued Germany for real. No spoilers of course, but wait and see how it goes with the various problems I run into :D
Haha brilliant! Hold on a sec I’ll just go and grab the popcorn! 😝
I love your playtroughs i discovered you with your playtrough on Japan . Continue like that your’e one of my favorite hoi4 TH-camrs!!
Thanks! Glad you enjoying the videos :)
Danke!
Thanks very much :)
Good to see you playing through hearts of iron again.
Thanks! It's one of thoe games where I go from: Played too much, done it all -> Haven't played for ages -> Wow, I really fancy playing this again!
4.2k subs?? Im in!! This is a great channel bro, really chilled
Welcome to the channel :)
Small channels the best ngl
Great playthrough! I just picked up on the game again and it's helped me quite a bit in figuring out the menus and controls.
Glad I could help! Some of the menus are still a bit of a mystery even to me and take a bit of getting used to.
Took me a while to get into this game (I play Stellaris more than HOI4) but it is so much fun and addictive. I usually have historical AI settings for other countries but I play my country non-historically i.e. Britain going fascist, France going communist, German civil war in 1936 or Spain joining the Axis in 1941 to name a few.
oh this just got recommended, nice to see you playing HOI again, will try and pop in when you're streaming it xD
Please do :) Hows things with you?
It's like Christmas has come early! Thanks Mark :)
Hope you enjoy it :)
You kown pardox, the company who made this game, is the same company that made city skylines
I've never played City Skylines, is it any good?
@MarkGFLLetsPlays, it is really good, which means this game is really good
Could not wait had to put D&D play through on the back burner and watch this one ;p
Hey, know im probably super late, though I recently bought the game and with the help of a friend who already plays I'm starting my "career"😂
After watching some tutorials I'm glad to have found some good playtrough! Thanks specially for explaining your thoughts and the decisions really helps out new people like me.
You're welcome! Hope you enjoy the series. I think it's important for me to talk through my thought process as it does help explain a pretty complex game. Also I am sometimes wrong with my thinking and then the viewers can point it out and teach me something :D
73 days worth of content. 73 days worth of HOI4
Enjoy! :)
10:43 - ans re disbanding air-wing
Nice video Dwight Schrute :D
Just a little something I like to do between roles :D
Loving the new hoi4 series
Thanks!
MEFO Bills give you construction speed bonuses of 25%, but the longer you have it active the more political power it will cost.
Thanks, I'd overlooked that when starting out as Germany.
Late comment But thanks for the mostly unedited playthrough! Bought the game and watched a few tutorials but i just want some gameplay to watch.
You're welcome, hope you find it useful. I've left all my HOI series unedited so I can explain my thought process behind a lot of the decisions.
Thanks for the pt
You're welcome! Hope you enjoy it :)
I know I just watch ep 1 I want to play this game even more now
Its probably the best WW2 startegy game available, but it does take a lot of work to learn. Hope you enjoy it if you get it :)
I got 16 hours in the game but franch is kicking my ass in my 16th atempt as germany lol gonna check your video's for some tips lol
Haha I got my ass kicked when I first started playing too! Hopefully this playthrough will give you some good ideas of how to manage the germans. If you need a good tutorial series, I recommend Quill18's playlist here th-cam.com/video/q_uCwrt-LkA/w-d-xo.html
I tried to get into the game. I used this video series as a walkthrough. When I found out they changed the UI I ragequit. I guess I'll have to make do with the viewer's experience.
I think I'm going to record a new series in the not-too-distant future where I play through the stock game again, to show how it looks and works in 2024 without any of the expansions. That might be useful as a walkthrough?
I am going have to get used to mark having glasses
Don't worry, it only lasts a few episodes :D
He finally looks his age with them though ;P
Very good video mate. Just wondering - what software do you use to record your game so you can review it later
I use OBS to record the whole stream and then either a second copy of OBS or Nvidia Shadowplay to record just the game footage, depending on the game I'm recording.
@@MarkGFLGaming Cheers mate! I use OBS myself- it's v good, but I don't think it can edit (ie clip the "ends" off the video, should I wish to share the video, I'm currently having trouble finding free software for that). This playthrough is really useful for learning HOI4, I've subscribed on the strength of it- it's really good quality with no faffing about!
@@johnny2f55 Try AVI Demux - its a simple but excellent tool for snipping segments of video out without having to re-render the entire file. I used it for most of these HOI videos.
@@MarkGFLGaming Thanks mate- I appreciate the advice!
Why did you disband all your airwings in the beginning?
They were the wrong size and not organised how I want them. As they had no accumulated experience there was nothing to lose from disbanding them and later rebuilding them with the correct size and in the right places. The planes and manpower go back into your pools when you disband aircraft and are available to use again.
@MarkGFLLetsPlays thank you, good sir. Just started my first playthrough and your vids have been a great help! Not too mention entertaining.
@@liamoberlander4863 You're welcome, glad you're enjooying them :)
is this unmodded? i am looking for historical playthrough but no mods
No mods at all, just some of the DLC. I think at this time I had Waking the Tiger, Together for Victory and Man The Guns.
@@MarkGFLGaming okay good, thats what it is i think i have another dlc. thank you for this video!
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times of research are suspiciously low for regular...
How do you mean? Have you taken into account the bonuses from the focus tree?
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Good Video
Thanks :)
Noob question, but why did he disband all his air fighters at the start?
Not a noob question all, quite a sensible one :) I do that at the start of all my games so the planes go back into the reserve pool and I can then build them into the size of groups where I need them. You get the manpower back too so it doesn't waste anything, and they are always untrained at the beginning of the game anyway.
@@MarkGFLGaming Yeah that make sense, I'm fairly new and it makes it much cleaner and more organised so you know exactly what you've set and have full control over what you're making
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How many hours did you have when doing this playthrough?
I'm not sure but I have over 680 now. Probably about 400-500 at a guess?
it with all DLC?
No not with all, I think I had Man The Guns, On To Victory and Hidden Tiger at the time of this series. I've picked up La Resistance and No Step Back since playing this too.
@@MarkGFLGaming nice thank you
Hey Mark! Would you consider doing a new playthrough for HoI4 with the new DLC coming out, based around the Scandinavian countries? Although it isn't paticularly big, Finland does play an interesting role in WW2.
I don't currently have any plans to pick up the next expansion as I have a ton of games to play over the next couple of months. Starting with Jagged Alliance 3 (as it happens I was introduced to the JA games by my Finnish friend who came to college here) then immediately afterwards Baldurs Gate 3 and Starfield. I think they will keep me busy for months! I might try to quickly fit a China campaign in HOI though if I can.
@@MarkGFLGaming thanks for letting me know, Starfield does look interesting but I'm going to let you guys guinea pig it for me before I look to purchase ;)
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DLCs plz?
At this time I think it was Man the Guns, Together for Victory and Waking the Tiger.
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Thank you man peace ✌️
The whole series?
@@MarkGFLGaming
What should I buy?
I’m very newbie
@@saipanhpa6719 Honestly I'd just play the stock game for now, the DLC's do bring changes in but not always for the better, depending on taste. The expanded focus trees for different countries are usually nice additions, but they come with new game mechanics - like La Resistance, which adds spies to the game which I could honestly live without. When you get tired of the stock game, then start thinking about the expansions (or wait for a sale and them grab some).
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This game looks a lot like Europa Universalis IV, which I found out to be coño difficult to play. I found Civilization VI a lot more easy to get a grip of.
HOI 4 is an extremely tricky game to get into, especially as the in-game tutorial is a bit lacking. However if you like strategy games it is worth persevering with as its probably my favourite grand-strategy game I have ever played! I do recommend watching a lot of tutorials to learn the game though.
@@MarkGFLGaming I watched 1 or 2 episodes of Quil18's tutorial, but I find it too hard. Or maybe it's because i'm impatient as a erupting volcano ;) Did you ever play Civ6?
@@el7griego Yes but I don't really like it that much (apart from Sean Bean's narration!). I'm much more of a fan of Civ 4 which is my favourite of the series.
Can you also play as the soviet union
Have you seen this one? th-cam.com/video/9cJ3t8cDxdU/w-d-xo.html
bro can u play as british malaya and change to mornaci...tq
That would be quite interesting. I've never thought of playing as them before. Have you tried it?
ale giera :Ddddd
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Dude's going to be a Nazi... Okay, sorry that made me chuckle for some reason.
how will it be historical if you don't take on the countries like Germany really did?
Its supposed a simulation, not an emulation of WW2. Otherwise we know what the outcome will be, right? ;) But don't worry, I end up taking on pretty much everyone.
@@MarkGFLGaming well no I get that. I’ve never played HOI so I was curious if there were play throughs of germany still taking on the world at once but not doing the super decision dive decisions that lost germany the war. Like challenging British air space when they did or pushing further into russia in winter etc. basically how Hitler could’ve won if he wasn’t so egotistical and cracked out of his mind😂
@@jackoakes1328 This playthrough is quite amusing in places as due to errors, decisions and actions taken on my part I run into some of the exact same problems that the real Germany did! And had to fix them in the same way :D
try ewin rommel
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Not an expert at all.
What way is this historical if you go not historical way to attack?
Because "historical" refers to the game settings and how the countries acted historically, rather than randomly.
@@MarkGFLGaming oh ok
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