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Hearts of Iron IV: Waking the Tiger2018

Hearts of Iron IV: Waking the Tiger

2018 Paradox Interactive

Overview

Hearts of Iron IV: Waking the Tiger - Release Trailer

The East Wind Rises Years before Europe went to war, Japan’s imperial ambitions targeted the divided Chinese Republic. Crippled by political paralysis and centuries of fitful development, China is still not a pushover. With vast reserves of manpower and resources, not to mention a giant landmass, the Republic of China and its temporary ally, the Communists under Mao, can withstand another aggressor. There have been, after all, very many.

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Reception

Hearts of Iron IV: No Compromise, No Surrender is one of those HOI4 DLCs that feels dense, but mostly in a good way. It doesn't change Hearts of Iron IV dramatically like Hearts of Iron IV: Götterdämmerung or No Step Back, but it does deepen the game in ways that longtime fans will immediately appreciate.

To be honest, Waking the Dragon is worth it for the National Focus trees, new general mechanics and decision system alone. If you have the slightest interest in the Chinese theatre during World War 2 and have any intention of playing one of the nations or warlords, you'll be missing out on so much colour and richness by not having this DLC it'd be a...

On paper it sounds more interesting than it truly is As far as DLC goes, Hearts of Iron IV: Waking the Tiger is merely sufficient as it gives a variety of Asian countries to play. Like previous DLC, many of these countries are practically unplayable from a balance perspective, but ones like China provide a unique take. This expansion will do little...