Hearts of Iron IV

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Winter Mar 4, 2019 @ 11:14am
Is USA fun to play?
I've never played USA because I always figured it's too easy to play. Is it an easy game or is there a challenge there to be had? If it is easy should I turn up the difficulty?

Thanks
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GoldenTalon (Banned) Mar 4, 2019 @ 11:17am 
No - pretty boring really. You kind of just watch WW2 going on around you.

For a challenge but interesting country I'd suggest Italy or Japan.
Last edited by GoldenTalon; Mar 4, 2019 @ 11:18am
bearfieldlee Mar 4, 2019 @ 11:52am 
Italy is a good one. Starts with quite a bit of military resources and an early war against Ethiopia which isn't too challenging.
Colonel Jason Mar 4, 2019 @ 12:04pm 
Italy or Turkey.
As the others said with USA you just have to wait and build up.But when you entered the war,you can lead your allies to the victory because of your both industry and military force.
NotSoRetroJakko Mar 4, 2019 @ 12:06pm 
USA in MTG has some nice flavor to it where even going democratic you can be somewhat aggresive depending on if you go limited intervention or not.
Dusty Dimmadome Mar 4, 2019 @ 12:11pm 
US is pretty broken with MtG honestly. I'm sure they'll get nerfed pretty hard, but atm their really strong, and with the new flavor stuff their pretty fun, even in early game.
FDX Mar 4, 2019 @ 12:28pm 
How about you spend 3 hours of your time to play them and see the situation yourself? Fun is a subjective term; someone will hate it, you might love it.
Random Mar 4, 2019 @ 12:32pm 
USA is the only nation that currently has infinite fuel off the bat, soviets are close but you can burn theres pretty fast.

Basically USA doesn't teach your fuel mechanics at all, so it wouldn't be advise from a practical learning point of view more a nothing can really go wrong here view... its basically the ireland of CK2 for brand new players.

Italy is good to learn general combat particularly army, however their fleet although large will have some fuel issues, so it along side japan are a little more intermediate in difficulty.

Russia is probably the best MTG nation to learn on, due to their rather balanced oil income giving them fuel for 75% of their tasks without worry while also having a large manpower pool, but an average starting infrastructure, however alot of expansion potential.

So as it stands russia is probably more fun to play as like a choose your own adventure book.
76561198051514398 Mar 4, 2019 @ 12:36pm 
Italy is so fun to play as.
zrowe_02 Mar 4, 2019 @ 12:54pm 
I never play as the USA because i cant figure out how the navy works, MtG made it even more complicated for me lol
Yellowjacket Mar 4, 2019 @ 4:26pm 
USA is tutorial mode. You play it so you can join the war late and still make an impact despite having no clue what you are doing.

I agree with the above that Japan and Italy are really good play. Both have a good mix between action, power, balance, and risk for a newer player.
I'd say Germany and Britain are the most fun, germany because they stomp on everyone, britain because you're sucking the small amount of oil out of the ground.
Bramborough Mar 4, 2019 @ 5:09pm 
Mexico can cause wrinkles. Doing a US playthrough (admittedly, my first one, so don't know how it went pre-MTG). Building up pre-war and early-war as described above, but meanwhile Mexico went Axis. So upon entering war, immediate large-scale front from Brownsville to San Diego. With plenty of German and Italian forces present, including panzers. They apparently didn't bring any aircraft with them, though, so it's not too bad. But certainly tying up a lot of divisions that otherwise would be ready to head across the pond.
TimThomasCrown Mar 4, 2019 @ 5:22pm 
USA is ezy mode nothing you can do about it, You will never get attacked, the new update gives you the ability to reach full production in about 2 years.

You can try and play the civil war since that can be a challenge, But after that it again becomes boring
Who? Mar 4, 2019 @ 5:28pm 
Romania with non align road, you are lack of everything haha.
Pumba70 Mar 4, 2019 @ 6:57pm 
You haven't lived until you have thousands of B-29s incendiary bombing Tokyo from California, my guy. :cozyspaceengineersc:
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