Kaiserreich's premise is RIDICULOUS. People don't get how fucking impossible it'd be for Germany to pull through in WW1 in a longer war. THERE WAS NO FUCKIN FOOD. THERE WAS A PLAGUE. They've actually scaled back the timeline, now the end was in 1919 but i swear it used to be in 1920.

also the US did not enter WW1 over submarine warfare. it's completely wrong to suggest they wouldn't have entered if the Germans stopped hitting their ships

but whatever, we accept the premise is wrong. lets pick at the setting:

Ottomans still existing : :haram:

Divided italy: :haram:

Divided Argentina: :haram:

French royalists in Africa :haram: :france-cool: :haram:

German Africa: :haram:

spanish civil war : :haram:

so much of the worldbuilding revolves around giving regions a war to do, something to unify, without regard for how it'll mesh with the World War that the game is about.

Kaiserreichs portrayal of ideology also BLOWS

"What if the :lmayo: did Gommunism instead of perfidious slavs:waluigi-stalin: ", wouldn't it be good and amazing and dEmOCraTiC????? have you heard of sydicalism bro? nah bro, this Gommunism isnt Authoritarian bro, thats why real life communism failed, too Authoritarian

I subscribe to the view that the Devs are predominantly/originally Radlibs which is why Syndicalism is so lauded and MLs are put into the same camp as Nazbols.

i can go on but this post feels extremely online already, fight you in the comments

    • ChairmanAtreides [he/him]
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      3 years ago

      ty ty I'm looking for a hoi4 mod to grab my attention but TNO is too much like a book, TWR always turns out jank for me, and I've played a bunch of kaiserreich :/ I tried Red World but it looks like Bernie is the only fleshed out path in the entire mod lol

      • RamrodBaguette [comrade/them, he/him]
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        3 years ago

        Of course! There's another upcoming mod, Spartakus, which is also being written by communists. You can probably guess what the premise is, based on the name.

        Also, Equestria at War, a fucking MLP mod, is somehow less lib about Socialist ideology than most other mods, so I'd check that out.