Beating Hearts Of Iron 4 The Way The Developers Intended

Hello and welcome to a look at some of the pointless and broken stuff still in Hearts Of Iron 4 that hasn't been updated or messed with much since the game released.
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[@jackballard4523]

Who is this and why does he sound like ISP???

[@Crabber1]

He's ISPs evil stepbrother

[@ciphergacha9100]

He’s one of the voices in ISP’s head

[@SekurusTheProudViking]

​@@ciphergacha9100Pssssst play communist Norway

[@ciphergacha9100]

@@SekurusTheProudViking never

[@ClemTheGoat23]

He also sounds like that ISorrowproductions guy idk tho, need more research on that

[@jimtalbott9535]

3:17 - 1936, Italian Africa: “Ethiopian forces today surrendered to a giant arrow found hovering over the capital of their country. Italian forces have no idea where the arrow came from, but happily accepted their surrender, while taking credit for it.”

[@mekolayn]

Tfw Mussolini's orders are a better guide than developer guide

[@ArariaKAgelessTraveller]

NEED. MORE. PLANE

[@fighter4929]

​@@ArariaKAgelessTravellerNEED. MORE. FUEL

[@jimtalbott9535]

“Build TEEENY TIIINEY tabkies!”

[@davidjarolimek7816]

​@@ArariaKAgelessTravellerThe moment you're almost last country on earth with airforce of 15k fighters etc. and Mussolini is like: 200 more planes!

[@mrjayoareyes]

@@davidjarolimek7816 Especially love it when you wanted to go heavy fighters and them not counting towards that goal, so you have to make a really shitty regular fighter.

[@Tokugawa__]

We want democratic Mengkukuo

[@drippyflipflopgaming6455]

i can relate

[@Nice.Creeper]

why does youtybe alowe me to translate this to english. is this not allrede english?

[@typicaluser697]

​@@Nice.Creeper Maybe it doesn't understand "Mengkukuo"

[@kandathepanda]

World qonquest

[@Nice.Creeper]

@@typicaluser697 mabye but when i clikke the translate its still the same :D

[@norbertt11]

It's really fitting that you play italy in you "first game" since you will be almost as incompetent as the really deal

[@jimtalbott9535]

It’s all toward historical accuracy and “immersion”. Even your emotions will be matching the sense of utter failure that Italians in real life felt after the war. SO immersive!

[@charmyzard]

Heh. HOI4 Italy is my spirit animal since I never progressed much beyond *that* state in 4.5k hours. I am in severe need, but I don't know of what.

[@Varichan]

Oh i got a story about paradox tutorials. I followed the tutorial of Vicky 3 with Belgium. I ended up in civil war. Literally did exactly what the tutorial wanted me to do.

[@domena1007]

paradox gods punishing belgium

[@JoseRoby123]

Me too😂

[@infusedj9498]

the tutorials are written for people who want to end up in the psych ward.

[@cyborgspaceman]

Less than one minute in Me: "There's a mini-map?!?!"

[@Gencrossbones]

Yes yes there is. There's even an in game clock that displays the current time in your desktop.

[@albinskold8792]

you're blind?

[@xXTunaSlayer69Xx]

dlc content lmao

[@notmjmjcj6815]

@@albinskold8792 You have to enable it

[@holius1]

​@@Gencrossbones wait this is so cool! how do i activate the clock please

[@w5527]

When I first did this tutorial it took me 2 HOURS to get thru it properly. It took me a solid 200 hours to understand wtf I was doing at all and could win a war with a middle power as a major. Almost 3k hours later and I’m still terrible at the game. At least I use the button in the war menu to show me who the majors are and don’t hover over a major nation to see who else I have to capitulate in 1952!

[@solsunman383]

I wanted to become monarchist and join the allies. I had no understanding of combined arms, or economy management, or that I could recruit more than one regiment at a time. I thought I had to choose between recruiting a "tank" or recruiting a "company". The result was me backstabbing the Axis and trying to push through the Alps with a human wave. I felt glorious ... until the German army turned up. Suffice it to say, I quickly found out about exile governments, enemy naval invasions and paratroopers. It was a fun game (mostly from watching the Brits and Germans toss Rome between each other, like a cheap dockside whore). Because I hadn't made any units, the Allies hilariously gave me all the land that they captured to occupy around the world. It was fun seeing Italy spread over unexpected parts of the map...until the peace conference arrived and spoiled my fun.

[@w5527]

@@solsunman383 Dude I learned during Death or Dishonor. No DLC. I was so fucked with Italy’s shitty starting army and economy I rather have the start you had than the one I did, especially when the largest HOI4 KZbinrs were at like 100k subs

[@andy7bianca]

the S in ISP stands for Sloppy I'm Sloppy Productions

[@kcinrennat2606]

The P actually stands for Provider I'm Sloppy Provider

[@_kitaes_]

Internet Service Provider

[@jimtalbott9535]

@@_kitaes_NO

[@_kitaes_]

@@jimtalbott9535?

[@calebalexanderwhite1601]

​@@jimtalbott9535Bro hates Internet 😭

[@jermymckee6023]

The devs intended the RAT to beat Hoi4. RAAAAAT

[@DgxShix]

does the rat mean RATtanakosin empire (siam formable)

[@fraginatrix]

Don't think I've forgotten about you doing that "How to Play Victoria 2" Guide, Mr. Magic Map Man. Always loved your Vicky2 content, want to see more someday

[@albinoshamrock]

Best advice I can give for this game is to hover your mouse over icons on the hud/map. Usually it will tell you what you can do with it plus some controls.

[@JJLiu-xc3kg]

I’m so glad ISP is finally learning the game! You’ll get up to Alex the Rambler levels one day ❤❤

[@charmyzard]

4.5k hours. I'm not even close to ISP's levels 💀 Got a long, long way to go.

[@flameguy3416]

I actually used the tutorial the first time I played HOI4. I got extremely paranoid over supply for some reason, and I spammed level 5 railways and supply hubs in Ethiopia. And i somehow didn't annex Aussa and I was still fighting Ethiopia in 1938. But I did micro my divisions since that's what I saw in KZbin videos.

[@samg5463]

1k hours in HOI and I just now find out THERES A MINIMAP?

[@RadekCrazy1]

HOI4 developers: We should make some tutorial for new players our game is complicated they need to learn slowly how to play Also HOI4 developers: Hey you play as Italy in the tutorial! The Italy that immediately start a fucking war at the fucking start of the game. A war that brings 1000000 more game mechanics straight away.

[@The_Watcher-v6]

Well, it didn't when they made 10 billion years ago.

[@lorenzmaut3708]

Before some updates winning the war was just extremely easy, with no Air, just the units at the front,

[@bighillraft]

They should change the tutorial nation to Germany (although with the next DLC that might be a bad idea) either that, or they should just revert Italy back to their old content (not just the smaller non-DLC version of the new focus tree, they should have the pre-DLC one) for the tutorial to not overwhelm the new player with mechanics

[@chrystales6169]

It was way easier back then. Ethiopia was like the Lv.1 tutorial enemy in an RPG where you couldn't possibly fuck up. Paradox made it into a legitimate challenge over the years.

[@thegrandnope7143]

@@chrystales6169 indeed as Italy even with the old focus tree, you could roll over Ethiopia extremely quickly, now with By Blood Alone, the Lion of the Horn has a much stronger bite

[@gottwyCZ]

I played the tutorial 4 years back with old Italian focus tree and it actually helped me. I just needed a few basics to get going and learned the rest along the way. The tutorial was built for the base game so it doesn't include navy. There should be more specialized tutorials.

[@Lias_Louisiana1812]

Played the tutorial for 5 minutes then started a New Zealand game instead. I don't know why.

[@thenasiudk1337]

I ain't gonna lie, i learned more about HOI4 mechanics through watching your videos, Taureor, Mountain General, and Alex The Rambler

[@charmyzard]

So true. They tell you what to do and how to.

[@Dartingleopard]

Also, FeedbackGaming, he even has videos where he shows most of what he does in the game, not just his strategy

[@quedtion_marks_kirby_modding]

Reminds me of that hoi4 IGN review that only played the tutorial.

[@thelakeman2538]

0:30 wait until you see old school hoi (Hoi2/DH and Hoi3, only played DH personally).

[@DoctorAllanGrey]

Not forgetting there are a lot of very-non-standard hotkeys and mouseclicks for actually moving troops around to orders, and which orders (Default field martial front lines are trash, etc) are actually useful for what purpose, too.

[@pacodave4885]

I like the new camera angles you're using on this channel!

[@Theophily]

I feel so much better about being confused by the tutorial now XD

[@whitezombie10]

Yeah don’t worry about it, it literally sucks. The best way to learn is by clicking all the icons until you start doing things (at least that’s how I learned)

[@sniperbAit77777]

You telling me I can select all unassigned units by shift clicking the alert has taught me more than the tutorial

[@awsomemiz33]

I gotta say, I really enjoy this channel. It's a nice calm and relaxing vibe where I can learn some neat tips I never thought of, while still having ISP's personality present. What a time to be alive ❤

[@robinv3880]

an in depth guide from isp would actually be great, haven't played the game in a loooong time and really wanna get back into it but it's so daunting to try and learn all the new dlc's and other added content

[@Woodmaster437]

I have over 3500 hrs in hoi4 and didn't know about the mini map

[@glauberglousger956]

I find it interesting how the tutorial has more updates than most focus trees, yet still sucks Then again... Updates in general kinda suck nowadays (Looking at you 70 day focus to build a railroad) Why can't we have updates like the ones that gave us the better air system? Just quality updates

[@UpliftThrone76]

I would love to see iSorrow do a tips and tricks thing. Small stuff that helps make the game generally a more enjoyable experience. Like shift-click on the division notification to select all of them at once.

[@peardude8979]

I remember trying to beat the tutorial years ago. I never beat Ethiopia.

[@mordreek]

Like I said, after EU4, the priority for paradox 'tutorials' isn't to teach you to play the game but to drag out the time you spend 'learning' so that you cannot refund the game.

[@RichardMontgomeryYT]

Wow

[@althedude7730]

Didnt work for me, played the tutorial and was losing in ethiopia after which i just quit the game and refunded it. Didnt know what was going on, why i was losing or why the tutorial just said "conquer it lol" without any other help or info.

[@mordreek]

@@althedude7730 then you were sensible.

[@charmyzard]

That's... actually evil.

[@JM-mg4el]

​@@althedude7730 zoomers really are dumb

[@trollsquad1827]

Shift left click on that notification selects all unassigned units? WTF WHERE WAS THAT INFO 1,000 HOURS OF PLAYTIME AGO

[@RostMor]

Always try clicking buttons with shift and/or alt, you'll know much more

[@palchum1185]

thats on you ngl

[@LAGAMAAA]

You poor soul

[@eddiedoesstuff872]

Oof man

[@deadpan904]

my man, I am more shit than you in this game, but it actually says how to assign the unassigned divisions with shift and left click.

[@bighillraft]

ISP can you do a review of every naval tree in Hoi4 Since those are usually the most ignored parts of the tree, it would be a funny seties

[@renesaxer5828]

When I started the game, I ignored the tutorial. I watched a bit of some let's play to figure out how to build stuff and set up frontlines (remember this was like 6 or 7 years ago where things were a bit simpler with less stuff to click on and mess up). Then I banged my head into the wall of just playing and doing everything until I figured out what I was supposed to do. Got a few thousand hours in the game now.^^ Also, from what I can tell, I think the CK3 tutorial is actually the most usable one. It goes into enough detail about major functions of the game, so you can at least hope you understand what you're doing. Honestly, I think CK3 is the most beginner friendly Paradox game these days. At least without quite a few of the DLCs...

[@BORLMBK]

The rat always beats games the way the developers intended. RELEASE THE RAT

[@gabriele3665]

Ofc it didn't say anything about field marshals Because at the time they were only generals who could command more divisions Zamn how much changed

[@TopatTom]

Intense slop.

[@feddyvonwigglestein3481]

I remember playing the tutorial for HoI 3. I couldn't even defeat Poland and uninstalled

[@arashikou6661]

Thank you for showing me how to finally beat my mortal nemesis, the HoI4 tutorial!

[@AlexanderSchulenburg]

When I first played hoi4, I did the tutorial, and ever since, my starting research is the support equipment (above guns) machine tools, and electronics, and never construction I

[@haydeis5230]

Tbh please do make a guide. I’m terrible and there’s so much to figure out and learn that I don’t have any idea where to start or what I’m doing wrong.

[@perturbedbatman2009]

I remember doing the tutorial for CK2 where it had me playing as Castile trying to take over the Canary Islands from some native nation or something. Did everything it told me to do up to the point of actually fighting… because the tutorial didn’t tell me how to disembark my soldiers from my ship. And then, when I figured it out, despite having a numerical advantage, my soldiers inexplicably lost every fight. Haven’t played since and moved on to EUIV, which has a similarly atrocious tutorial, but nothing quite so mind-numbingly tedious and baffling. The worst I can remember is the tutorial not telling you to hire a general for your army and having you play as Venice to learn about trade, even though literally every nation on the planet deals with trade to one extent or another, and Venice isn’t a beginner-friendly nation.

[@platinumm4730]

Yeah, i own EUIV, and Ive not put alot of time into it because I suffered through the tutorial (the worst part about paradox tutorials is the massive text boxes you need to read - my friend who doesnt play alot of strategy games brought them up after doing the Cities: Skylines tutorial) and I just cant play very well. The game isnt exactly pretty either, so I just dont have hte passion to play it like I do HOI IV. I dont think I need another game to get fixated for 900 hours on anyway

[@Hesstig]

ah yeah naval invasions in CK2 does immediately cut your army's morale in half, and I'm pretty sure the Canaries start as African pagans and thus have +80% defence and morale on that home turf

[@solsunman383]

@@Hesstig I believe they were just Sunni when the tutorial was written. Pagans hadn't really been introduced into the game yet. I was very gullible when I did the tutorial. I remember marvelling about how Paradox must have had to research all the courtiers for minor nobility to fit all these characters in game. I also wondered how they managed to find enough historical portraits to create accurate likenesses for all the people in each start date. Ah! There's nothing like being a virgin paradox gamer! (Take that how you will)

[@goldenfiberwheat238]

Venice in ck2 or eu4?

[@perturbedbatman2009]

@@goldenfiberwheat238 eu4.

[@villus9384]

Played the tutorial when the game came out in 2016 and it was pretty fine then

[@Chickensammichgod]

When I started this tutorial way back when I had no dlc and the newest dlc was man the guns I believe, it was nothing, you just started as Italy

[@TCHOZ]

WHERE IS THE FOOT REVEAL ???

[@randomclipsfromdifferentch7804]

No joke i played the tutorial first time i ever played and now im 200 hours into the game and i just learned in this video about field marshals and about production efficiency

[@CommunistSpyware]

germans: *uses radios on all their tanks* USSR: 🚩🏴🏴🚩🏴

[@rynfqe1243]

Not denying that the tutorial is kinda bad, but I understand why they didn’t add in stuff for navy and air. Both of those play very differently depending on if you have the DLC or not (had a buddy who only bought the base game)

[@charmyzard]

Honestly, a good way to learn even without tutorial is to play the bare, base game without all the extra mechanics. Should enable them as you go for a better experience.

[@user-qq9xu9le5u]

can confirm i tried to learn hoi4 a week ago and the tutorial has taught me nothing all i learnt was to go with my gut and just click on things that seem good also make the good mans do the funny circle thing but don't let the bad mans do the funny circle thing works for me so far

[@GunGoBoom]

Lol when i first started playing hoi4 i had no clue what a field marshal even was in the game until i watched bitt3rsteel because the tutorial never goes over it

[@doubledouble4g379]

Ah, good to know that when I tried this 'tutorial' and got lost, overwhelmed, and gave-up, it wasn't JUST because I have never played before...

[@michaeliannucci8853]

I got the game not that long ago and I haven't played it since, even though I watch videos on it all the time. This pretty much explains why.

[@whitezombie10]

When you try to play it just start clicking random icons and search for tutorials for every feature

[@whitezombie10]

My best advice for new players is to click on all the buttons on the screen and search for tutorials on KZbin for everything you don’t understand, and choose a major nation that isn’t too important as a start (Italy is the perfect choice in my opinion) and do a casual playthrough where you just try to survive. It takes hundreds of hours to understand the game, so don’t worry if you don’t immediately understand everything, and most importantly have fun!

[@thomasmichael5942]

I would honestly love a tutorial made by ISP for early --> mid --> late game.

[@paldennorbu8808]

Always a happy day when the new youtuber iSorrow uploads

[@ComfortsSpecter]

Great Vibe Surprisingly Good ISP ASMR Just Jazzily reviewing the HOI4 tutorial Almost fell Asleep

[@ricky_cynical]

IS THE RAT HERE TOO???MM

[@CheeseWheelEnthusiast]

You can't escape our want for the Rat ISP. No matter how many channels you make. GIVE US THE FUNKY JAZZY RAT FUNNY KZbin MAN!

[@hydranmenace]

Time for a tips and tricks and memes rundown. How to effectively micro. How the heck do you get specific traits for your generals, admirals, etc? If you want log wizard how do you focus your guy on that? I never get a naval invasion blip when I try to take GB. Never launches. I sit there for years, What am I missing? I didn't know how to build units with puppet manpower for years until I finally saw what specific button to press in a random YT video. Things like that.

[@charmyzard]

I ditto this.

[@Ryuko-T72]

Back around DoD when i bought the game, the way I learned how to play was watching ISP, Alex the rambler, and then playing as germany. Its now my most played game and I have 1600 hours in it

[@charmyzard]

Welcome to the club 💀👍

[@The_Hussar]

13:00 that explains a lot about the community's knowledge on navy

[@Dartingleopard]

Navy is easy too, once you figure it out.

[@neecogwheelsword3627]

Thank you for feeding your piggies, iSorrow!

[@Moh3-rekibi]

Ah yes, my favorite schizo guy that has 3 channel and to each their own vibe, ISorrow

[@Airchiken50]

isp eepy boy confirmed

[@cadzilla]

ISlopProductions

[@jmmc6219]

ISP found the skew effect in adobe and went all in

[@ValentineC137]

ISP forgetting that field marshals didn't exist

[@charmyzard]

The rat could teach you HOI4 infinitely clearer and with practice. Bring him back!

[@Chrisder-eq9pp]

The tutorial used to be even worse before they updated it (I think they updated it BBA), me and my friend had the same experience of getting defeated by the Ethiopians (pre By Blood Alone).

[@deadpan904]

Oi oi 'Sorrow, 'Omelander has got me son, and plans to imprison half of 'Merica Musstarlignt: Mogging

[@SubLordHawk]

Honestly, I'm surprised the "tutorial" isn't behind a paywall. Paradox bungles the bare minimum, and then shoves what should be basic features behind a paywall.

[@zeembrem]

GRAVY TIMMY

[@thevoidlord1796]

AI has finally gone too far, they've been able to perfectly recreate iSorrowProduction's voice for this channel

[@frankiecedeno3724]

It’s a little irksome because while CK3 has a whole lot to learn I found the Tutorial very good and a great starting place to learning the rest of the game. I beat Ethiopia and tried to continue playing but declaring on France or Yugoslavia also ended with me getting rolled even after doing the French defense focus that gives you free forts. Haven’t touched the game since.

[@comma792]

When you've finished the main quest but realize you skipped the tutorial

[@Amazingprot]

Thanks for the tutorial daddy

[@glauberglousger956]

I just send the entire army to Ethiopia 23 divisions for north and south each Factories can be for anything, but usually equipment as supply sucks and you lose so much Then I split Ethiopia into as many puppets as possible, gaining me factories galore in 1938 (it slows the game down a tiny bit, but since they don't do much or make many divisions, it's not too bad) Then I focus heavily on Navy, someone's gotta do the carrying, and it ain't gonna be the man up north, he's got a moustache and is addicted to meth

[@whiteelephant3673]

Making the Master of the game of HOIIV to learn the basics, accusing him in not knowing how to play it is actually very cruel. Why do you even listening to this people ISP?) You performed the most bizarre and difficult campaigns right before my eyes! And they all was a great fun too! I for one, thank you deeply for your strategy games content. You're the best. (Subscribed since 2018)

[@jebbus132]

I mean, I learned by watching Rimmy's hoi 4 videos back in the day...

[@oneballimann6425]

yeah, i did the tutorial with coming in with NSB and failed the tutorial in the first time xDDD after a while i gave it a new try with completing my first achievment, tannu tuwa! that was awesome and i was hooked!

[@bravos1285]

Can't wait when they replace the tutorial guide with this video

[@FieldMarshalTalionOswaldC]

Ah ISP's evil twin brother's channel

[@soquality9405]

Oh my God I didn't know you could shift click the unassigned divisions notification

[@Bioluminescent.]

The first time I played I used the tutorial, then I accidentally soft locked the tutorial 20 minutes later

[@Moh3-rekibi]

Ok isorrow, I like where this is going, keep producing more slop and someday you'll make it, maybe you'll be known as isorrowproductions

[@honeybadger6275]

Should be calling this series "Paraslop." But they probably wouldn't like that and would put him back on the blacklist for it.

[@suspecm6316]

I see ISP found the "make 2D image sloped" effect in sony vegas

[@m3nacesy]

should've made this video 1 year ago. Italy struggles in Ethiopia, I struggles with everything in HOI4. At lleast I know how nnavy works nowdays

[@charmyzard]

4.5k hours. I struggle with both.

[@officialAmpersand]

Paradox needs to assemble a bunch of youtubers or something to rewrite the tutorial.

[@vladovlad9235]

My God, I just realized I started watching you in elementary school. I'm in college now.....

[@nubblythemoist7480]

got into the game cause of drew durnil of all people and i can say he didnt have much for tips for me to learn since we just watched the ai front lines move. I learnt the most from the game from a germany guide i followed before waking the tiger.

[@makmaka5688]

13:20 I presume they didn't include that because they made the tutorial around the base game and not the dlc content.

[@themightyhood5922]

ISP’s next channel is just gonna be called “productions”

[@MrFaorry]

Nah it'll be "sorrowproductions" and that's where the truly depressing and mind melting content will get uploaded.

[@damoose663]

This was really helpful thanks!

[@Bocqart]

Thanks ISP, I am now a star. But my PC is still broken.

[@khata_yaburyana]

When I played the tutorial for the first time, I found myself battleplanning with underequipped units of poor quality (did not know I could edit the templates) into the Spanish mountains. Obviously, I was losing, frustrated, and did not have the slightest idea, what I was doing wrong Sooooooooooo. The tutorial showed how to play the game, yes. But it never showed in the slightest, how to win it, or even come close to winning

[@justsomeguy6166]

I actually started playing a couple months ago with no dlc's and didn't think the tutorial was that bad. if you don't have to worry about designers and don't know a single thing of how factories or the controls work it's pretty decent. I kept playing after the tutorial and it went just fine specially compared to if I didn't have any idea of where to even find things in the UI.

[@snocades]

were you coming in completely blind? Or had you seen videos, streams and such?

[@NotKnafo]

why planning is a thing? dont they know that no battle plan survives first contact with the enemy?

[@charmyzard]

"In war, I've learned that plans are useless, but planning is indispensable." - HOI4 loading quote.

[@bepsi6204]

isorat (I miss you man)