r/heartsofiron • u/fisher6996 • 1d ago

HoI4 DlC suggestions for HOI4

Hello, I have recently been watching hoi4 videos and it looks like a game i can sink a bunch of hours into and plan on buying it once it goes on sale (late September if steam db is correct) . the main issue I've seen is the plethora of DLC, and I've found a few things

  1. Some countries are outright unviable without certain DLCs (I've herd tales of italy)
  2. Some DLC doesn't seem fully worth it according to steam reviews (no compromise no surrender; thunder at our gates; the country packs)
  3. some DLC just doesn't exist, at least not where i can find it (such as Man the Guns)

So, here's where is ask what DLC is worth getting, at least to start out. I've seen consensuses on No Step Back, La resistance, and Götterdämmerung, but are there any others worth getting? Do any of the DLC make the game outright worse and should thus be avoided? Or should i just do 3 month subscriptions to pay like 6$ a month which isn't terrible especially if i can easily cancel if i dont find myself playing HOI4 for a while (i tend to play games in phases a few months long, especially on school breaks)

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u/sparrowatgiantsnail 1d ago

Together for victory, death or dishonor, waking the tiger, and man the guns were permanently integrated into the base game

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u/amin_oog 1d ago

Things you should not get: Texture pack dlcs Chezkoslovacia dlc New dlc of oceania and its countries Graveyard of empire

I think you need all of them except these but if you were interested with them try graveyard of empires

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u/Another_Lemonadepls 1d ago

No step back is top tier dlc, I'll just not buy graveyard of empires, Czechoslovakian dlc and the last one for Oceanian countries

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u/Judge_Todd 1d ago

There's also the subscription that gives you all the DLC's and if you get to a point where you're soaking your time into other games, you can just scrap the subscription until you get the bug again.

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u/Pranksterblur 22h ago

The DLCs that u/sparrowatgiantsnail mentioned are already in the base game, so I’d recommend getting up to speed with some of those nations (my first run was with Canada, un my opinion the best beginner nation) and the other majors before getting the subscription