Well for the first part there, I suppose it depends on which devs we're talking about with regards to at least how similar the narratives the old world blues nerds and the dev nerds are riding with each other.
And looking and all the doohickies and tweaks the old world blues nerds made in making divisions like a scant hundred or so men per division slot for a block of infantry being drawn up in context of how large west coast America actually is, adding in the fact that the two largest factions being NCR and Caesar's Legion, have plenty of land with people living on to draw from, I'd reckon its still a bit generous but a fair heaps closer to realistic scale warfare in the fallout universe.
the problem of scale is fundamental, hoi4 can't simulate real events that happened in ww2, the rare infiltrations of regular units beyond fronts...
but down to a certain man-scale "fronts" just don't exist. armies were distinct, small scale entities that manouvered around each other in ways hoi4 can't simulate.
I'd say if you want to experience war about as realistic as it possibly could be, but in a video game, I'd honestly say the only game that comes to mind is "Foxhole".
Well for the first part there, I suppose it depends on which devs we're talking about with regards to at least how similar the narratives the old world blues nerds and the dev nerds are riding with each other.
And looking and all the doohickies and tweaks the old world blues nerds made in making divisions like a scant hundred or so men per division slot for a block of infantry being drawn up in context of how large west coast America actually is, adding in the fact that the two largest factions being NCR and Caesar's Legion, have plenty of land with people living on to draw from, I'd reckon its still a bit generous but a fair heaps closer to realistic scale warfare in the fallout universe.
the problem of scale is fundamental, hoi4 can't simulate real events that happened in ww2, the rare infiltrations of regular units beyond fronts...
but down to a certain man-scale "fronts" just don't exist. armies were distinct, small scale entities that manouvered around each other in ways hoi4 can't simulate.
I'd say if you want to experience war about as realistic as it possibly could be, but in a video game, I'd honestly say the only game that comes to mind is "Foxhole".
ah that one looks crazy detailed doesnt it
Yeah I've played it on and off since it came out and it just keeps getting more intricate.