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

  • Vncredleader
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    3 years ago

    I have played a LOT of Kaiserreich, started a new game yesterday. I love it but I have to say I am very glad to see this being discussed here. The "no that wasnt real communism" thing and the Syndicalism fantasy are frustrating. It really does feel to easy for the UoB and Commune to exist so intact despite Germany winning and somehow maintaining AH and the Ottomans.

    There is a lot of libshit in there, stuff like the Peru left path doing the "Incan socialism" thing which it correctly calls out as a simplification, but portrays as the "evil communists trick the naïve populace. I go out of my way to almost always play totalist, even if the ideology is a fucking meme. The lack of socialist paths in Asia, and the complete lack in the ME aside from Persia is really saddening.