


Although none of them are required to play the game, they make the game a lot more enjoyable. These cost between £10 and £20 each, and can really rack up the price tag. The upfront cost of the game is relatively cheap, but there are currently 4 paid for DLCs. Although you will have hundreds of thousands to millions of casualties (this is WW2 after all.) they are all very impersonal. Where shooters have very few casualties, they are all very personal. The actual personal violence is negligible in this game, as there is no blood or anything like that. It can take a while to grapple with, but it feels very rewarding when you finally understand something. However, I found there were parts of the game that the tutorial didn't cover, and it took me around 50 hours of game play (over several months) to fully master it. The game has a built in tutorial so it teaches you the basics strait away. It can be very educational to people who know little about WW2 and is more than worth the price. I currently have around 200 hours of gameplay for HOI4, and I think it is brilliant.


