never played a paradox game in my life, why are you asking me?

the earlier hois aren't less gamey, they're just more janky

>>2373108
Not really. HOI4 is one of the best games ever made, so there's no real point in going back to the previous games.

>>2373108
hoi3 is fun, but has a lot of problems wuth it. random crashes, random bugs that freeze the game, having to download an 8gb ram exe since the original exe is 4gb, etc. i do prefer it to hoi4, but it can be a pain to run. i also dont know how well it works on win11 since i stopped playing paradox games awhile back

>>2373108
HoI3 is notoriously difficult to get into, which is probably why paradox leaned in completely the opposite direction with HoI4

>>2373108
>hoi3
Unironically shilled only by contrarians who think old=good who don't even play that game

>>2373108
>hoi2
no
>hoi3
yes
it's not a hard game despite brainlets always parroting that meme. just boot up the game, do the tutorial, mess around with the menus. go and play it and you will learn it

>>2373128
>>2373184
cope
>>2373247
seethe

>>2373256
post how many hours you got in hoi3

>>2373108
HoI3 is awesome. Probably the best GS WW2 sim in existence.
But you may have trouble running it on windows 10+ ( I still run windows 7 for a variety of nefarious reasons )
Dunno if there is a solution, but it would be worthwhile checking out the official forums and asking.
I believe you need something called the podcat file.
>>2373184
>why yes I do enjoy prancing around in my mother's panties with a dildo in my mouth, how did you know?
The post.

>>2373108
hoi3 still stands as paradox's best wargame with a satisfying and historical simulation
hoi2 is best for larping with some good systems but an overall lackluster combat system

hoi3 also looks great imo and really captures the feeling of a ww2 grand strategy
it is sadly less fleshed out than their newer titles and would benefit a lot from more dlcs it will never get
it also never captured the same modding scene their other games managed to
hoi3 isn't the easiest game to just pick up and play but the automation is perfectly fine to use for most things until you are happy taking over
>>2373227
i haven't had a crash in vanilla hoi3 for a very long time
modded yes, absolutely, which is why i gave up on bice

>>2373336
>>2373342
post hoi3 steam hours

>>2373227
>having to download an 8gb ram
Newfag, instead of downloading more RAM, just delete system32

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Remember HoI2's Armageddon scenario? It was supposed to be a somewhat balanced alt-history battleground. Never played it myself, though I'm wondering if I should give it a go. Getting the HoI itch nowadays

>>2373108
>I found hoi4 too gamey
The game is too "gamey"? What sort of criticism is this?

If HOI3 is so good, how come everyone abandoned it to make HOI4 mods?

>>2373108
I want to learn darkest hour

>>2373368
SOUL graphics

>>2373368
i remember playing it a long time ago, i have some vague memory that a lot of the playable nations didn't start with the materials they needed to use most of their ICs, and their allied AI partners just didn't trade it to them

>>2373595
derp

>>2373343
>not pirating the game, playing it for 2000hrs and then pity-buying it on steam for pennies years later, only for letting the game rot in your bib
ngmi

bumpy bumpy