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"Yeah, I'm a big fan of Hearts of Iron!"
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"I'm currently playing through [single player game]"
Ah ok, we're probably good
Is it bad that I played China in SP? I did pretty much take over the world...
It was an interesting run. Just surviving as China in the beginning is extremely hard, but eventually I controlled all of China plus Japan. Then Russia attacked so I took over almost all of Russia. Then the allies attacked, so I blocked them at India and eventually took over India, then North America and finally started pushing into Europe. With no DLC the endgame can become such a painful grind. The only aggressive wars I was in were the early wars to unify China. Other than that I was always on the defensive.
Is exclusively playing Trotsky better or worse?
A long time ago, when I was a teenager and the first HoI was out, I was only playing Germany. Mostly because it was the only powerful country which felt somewhat manageable without wanting to cry in the convoy screen...
Navy management is actually quite easy, people just overthink it/don't understand that the AI is so flawed it doesn't matter in SP, you just need enough naval superiority in one zone for a single day to Sealion Britain as anyone from Spain to Ethiopia. It's also much easier now that you can claim navies in peace deals.
Legit, I have a teenager in the family heavily into it, and it is worrying. Are there any good articles on how to handle this specific thing gracefully?
Ask them what their favorite faction in that game is, or if there are any mods they've done recently. Could always just be a big nerd for WW2 cause they're a teenager.
yeah, ww2 history is really interesting lol, it's more a yellow flag than a red flag
Yup. A guy I know was a big WW2 nerd. Also openly gay. Sometimes people just like historic stuff.
Nope, sorry. Even if he only installed the game, it's too late. We're gonna have to put Jr. down.
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Stellaris has entered the chat
My genocidal machine empire is gonna wipe the galaxy of all the filthy xeno scum. I don't even want your worlds, I'm gonna crack that bitch open like an egg because we don't need your pathetic "breathable air"
God damn biologicals.
But seriously, Stellaris is fucking awesome.
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