NEW Kaiserreich Germany is HARDER than I thought...

Finally the goat of Kaiserreich in HOI4 returns to try out the new update that massively overhauls Germany in the best Hearts of Iron 4 mod.
This huge Kaiserreich update changed a lot of stuff but most importantly made Germany so much different than before.
So many new focuses, new events and just new features brought to HOI4 and only through this mod.
But all I will say is that this NEW Germany is a lot harder than I expected, it became a bit of a challenge for the legend that is TommyKay...
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#hoi4 #germany #kaiserreich

[@greyerskullz]

Legit the second half of the video: "Don't worry... Steiner's counterattack will push them back..."

[@LastOsmane]

😂

[@friedbanana69]

Mein führer, Steiner.....

[@pgg_privet]

​@@friedbanana69DAS WAR EIN BEFEHL!!!

[@mehmetsahsert3284]

"Guderian's counter offensive on niederlands will win us the war" legit a steiner co moment 😂😂

[@iratepirate3896]

"Mein Kaiser..." @@friedbanana69

[@Fulllife3.2]

"Guderian's attack will fix everything." "Mein Kaiser, Guderian..." "Guderian was unable to gather enough troops for the counterattack. He lost two of his tank divisions." "WAS IST DAS MANN!?"

[@PresidentAutumn]

I’m thankful that the developers thought ahead for people who don’t wanna play a TNO style card game, since they added a decision to disable the card game. Also, I got Heinz Guderian’s book for Christmas (Achtung! Panzer!), so I’ve been reading it.

[@GG-yw9ec]

how can we disable card game? i m really annoyed by this sht.

[@PresidentAutumn]

@@GG-yw9ecDecision when setting up game rules.

[@bighillraft]

​@@GG-yw9ec skill issue, the card game is easy if you read

[@rexFumoracing]

​@@bighillraftim playing hoi4 not tno

[@mrworldwide7387]

@@bighillraft HOI4 players can't read

[@sirsleeps-a-lot9376]

This is Tommy in his natural state. Playing a powerful Germany

[@PrinceDaemonTargaryen]

Where did you see a powerful Germany?

[@125discipline2]

and losing as germany

[@LeroxYT]

It wouldve been powerful, if he had chosen the dnvp

[@bournettanmapping8762]

Tip for KR. Even if you are playing Germany, support the Carlists with the Entente because the Kingdom does nothing for you if you help them win. However, by helping the Carlists they always join the entente - providing a second front against the Syndicalists after the Halifax conference.

[@blubac]

Yea and get crushed in 3 months

[@ardvarkvv2718]

@@blubacalways a good distraction at least

[@azlanadil3646]

In my game the Spanish joined me against France. Got crushed but still… I basically just held on the Dniper in the east, and the French border in the west for two years until I was throng enough to destroy the commies. Then turned on Russia and won the war. Made the brilliant decision of NOT allying with Austria.

[@giannisv.4472]

you can let the syndicalists win then declare war on spain for gibraltar before they join the france alliance and puppet them so they always join the war on your side

[@DeanDoesMapping]

Another small thing to get that over the internationale. Just always stay on good terms with the Entente and treat them as an extension of the Reichspakt

[@askkedladd]

Video expectation : Hoi4 Actual video : Magic the Gathering

[@danilovukotic2-251]

With witcher 3 soundtrack

[@reski8661]

This guy honestly should become a youtuber or twitch streamer, hes really talented.

[@jalleyloney3588]

He's actually a twitch streamer my guy

[@hopfinatorischerkuchenkrieger]

@@jalleyloney3588 Humor 0/100.

[@jalleyloney3588]

@@hopfinatorischerkuchenkrieger how come you know its a joke or not it's not like I can tell through just reading my man especially if it's just a short sentence

[@vegetableman3911]

@@jalleyloney3588this format of joke has been used and popularised for years at this point. I either respect that you don’t use the internet enough to know, or am ashamed that you lack perception skills.

[@jalleyloney3588]

@@vegetableman3911 pretty much both

[@lordyoda607]

Since your bottleneck was manpower your mistake was not making enough tanks, mech and arty for your divisions.

[@yazui.i.9368]

26:34 I spat my drink man , Tommy! 😂

[@SMillerRUS]

Recently I played German Empire, I was doing Rotten General path (or someone like that, he's in NDVP path, after you make coalition and he can become authoritarian democrat or pathernal authocrat). Tommy said he would be focusing on himself, but still helped in civil wars, I did vice versa. In my plans I wanted to help countries, gain as much allies as I can and try to be peaceful, to prevent France attacking. Before war, I had polish uprising and I easily smashed it, that's why I hadn't problems with Poland later. Lithuania was loyal to me, I helped Skoropadskiy in Ukraine, so Ukraine stayed loyal. I had united Flanders-Wallonia. I wanted to have Ottomans as my allies, but they lost in their war. I managed to gain Georgia as my ally, but Russia gained Kuban' before. With this card game I forgot about Spanish civil war, so I arrived there at the end and couldn't help allied Spain, as it was about to capitulate. Yet Nanjing Clique managed to win in their civil war and even win Japan. I didn’t look at America for entire time, I just knew that in USA syndicalists won and they capitulated Canada, they didn't join the Third International, but they attacked my allies. When the Second Weltkrieg came, France pushed me just because of quantity. Italy was syndicalist and when Austria joined, I sent army there also, just to hold. Romania attacked too, Russia joined with Serbia. At the beginning I was focused on stabilising front with France and I managed to do it, but lost Flanders-Wallonia. Britain was doing landings in Königsberg, Denmark, on the north of Netherlands and above of Berlin (they even took it when my army was going there). I created 6 medium tanks and they were closing landings alone. When I stabilised French front, I headed to front with Russia. Georgia also was holding and survived. Ukraine was pushed so hard and it was about to capitulate, Baltics were pushed a bit and White Ruthenia was ok. I took massive bonus (for which I paid with riffles, support equipment and etc.) and went into offensive. I stopped near Moscow, for a long time I couldn't take it, so I liberated Ukraine, from it took entire south of Russia and then in that time I was training paratroopers. I made about 72 divs, I made template like it's normal infantry (27 width). Then encircled Moscow and took big cities and supply hubs and went into offensive, Russia capped (It was also fighting with Transamur, so I didn't need to take Vladivostok). Then, with paratroopers and tanks I rolled over Italy, encircled a lot of divs at the north of it. Same did with France. Btw in Spain syndicalists won, so after France I capped Spain, British Union, Norway and Sweden. Japan attacked me before I capped Russia, so I capped it with paratroopers also. Last my target is Bkharat Commune (to capitulate the Third Internationale). I just need supply and more airports, after that I will make paradrops and capitulate it. So, paratroopers cared entire game, my fighters gained air superiority since the start, because I focused on producing them.

[@Furtnight]

I just roleplayed it from start as democratic union, focusing on modern army - building lot of trucks n tanks for big mechsnized army with some infantry, building planes and also some dockyards with naval research to battle the syndicalists navy. In the politics I tried to like roleplay what would be good at the time to keep the world situation stable, which surprised me that it worked (probably lot of luck involved), I managed to expand the reichspakt significantly, holding it stable (I only lost belgium and I gained Bulgaria which won the Balkan war, Netherlands, Cuba, Caucas states and later also I joined forces with Austria and their empire, Ottomans littlebit later during the second weltkrieg managed to win and joined me and also Halifax was a succes. Turned out to be great game, losing at start but knowing that all i needed was to buy time with my enormous economy.

[@SMillerRUS]

I forgot to notice that Austria was strong in my playthrough, it captured Romania, Serbia alone and even pushed a bit north of Italy, so thanks to it I didn't need to think about south for a long time. But those British landings on my territory made me nervous (I also didn't build normal navy, so they just destroyed my fleet, later I just took fleet from all of them)

[@SMillerRUS]

@@Furtnight I allied with Entente and after I captured French Commune and British Union I just betrayed them and didn't give anything

[@SMillerRUS]

Anyways Canada is still under occupation of syndicalist America

[@mappingshaman5280]

In my pre update germany game I was very interventionist. I kept all my puppets and managed to take over the Netherlands and Indonesia. I propped up nanjing, but I lost in Spain, ottoman and America (won in bulgaria). I got the Halifax conference. I managed to easily hold France, I sent an army to Singapore to protect it from Japan, and then I pushed Russia hard, capping them. Poland also betrayed me so i annexed them directly into the reich. Then iran and east turkestan (the latter being former Moscow accord) invaded my Russian puppet so I secured my oil and united central asia. By now the French front line was too packed so I naval invaded britain. I took them over. Then I naval invaded france and after several naval invasions I was able to push. Then I secured southern Europe and invaded America. By now Canada had fallen to the csa and sand France to Egypt so I didn't have to obey the Halifax conference and just took everything. Then I went around the world finishing off my opponents, first japan, then china and lastly Egypt.

[@amyiyen]

My first playthrough of kaiserreich in a while and i legit got capitulated which never happened before. chalked it up to me being rusty but glad to see tommy struggling as well.

[@livingangrycheese2668]

Sorry guys *puffs on cigarette* KR Germany is for us TNO players now 😎 sorry you don't have our visual novel skills 😏

[@enterfil]

The Gwent music playing in the background was peak content

[@IoMirceaMareVoievod]

You can lose divisions even if no encircled but under attack and with no Organization left, as organization is basically representing Morale. The whole division will surrender.

[@apollo1694]

You mean being overrun? Having 0 org doesn't mean the div dies it just means they retreat

[@rainbowappleslice]

Ngl the new Germany stuff isn’t that confusing if you read what it says

[@Luka-qg5ov]

Pretty much, just read tooltips and decision categories and you're fine

[@wotanvonedelsburg1610]

Not many people have such an attention span these days.

[@AlterExo_]

isnt confusing but it is a lot of busy work with little payoff

[@snackoman1577]

reading is too hard for the average hoi4 player

[@olavc.oevele1902]

So true. Just as Tommy said: "It's super easy when you have a brain and read."

[@lawden210]

So much for Tommy loving the story and lore of Kaiser

[@SweetBell3]

It’s too much

[@colbywarren4364]

with an event every 6 seconds it takes away from the gameplay quite alot

[@RandomAutist]

DommyKay: "KR is about the story" Also DommyKay: TLDR LMAO EDIT: Not gonna lie, that crisis card game, left me fucking moist.

[@LaFonteCheVi]

The problem is that the KR devs don't know how to make an engaging and dynamic story that doesn't break down into 20,000 word historical dissertations. At the end of the day it is a game, not a book. Too much text breaks down the momentum.

[@RandomAutist]

@@LaFonteCheVi Finally someone realises that HoI4 is a game, not a visual novel. You can have systems that tell a story better and leave you with some learning as a bonus, like the elections UI, the card game. Dynamic, your mod has to be dynamic.

[@toospooky5929]

@@LaFonteCheVi Except its not just event text Tommy's getting annoyed by. Yeah you can skip the novella and just read the choice tooltips and be fine, but he was giving up because there were too many game mechanics to juggle as the most OP nation in the game.

[@raynes6286]

@@toospooky5929 He literally couldn’t make it though the intro screen

[@kar98k_gr]

28:40 Paradox please update the sound Tommy just made xD

[@fastranger]

glad tommy knows what i feel. learning kaiserreich longer than the vanilla

[@eisbergsyndrom5010]

Dev team putting their heart and soul into making the early game as stressful and unfun as possible.

[@freerbx793]

It's literally like 5 minigames. Obviously content density isn't everyone's cup of tea but there are 4 other great powers to play if you want something simpler.

[@b3ygghsas]

I really liked the complexity of the political and economical mini games once I understood them

[@eisbergsyndrom5010]

Which you all have to play at the same time while managing several relevant proxy wars and having a new event to read every two seconds after unpausing. @@freerbx793

[@laurie1183]

People play HOI for HOI. If i wanted shit minigames I'd just use my phone.@@freerbx793

[@lovelylavenderr]

@@b3ygghsasI think it adds a lot of depth, realism, and lore to where Germany is in the world of Kaiserreich. A superpower and world hegemon struggling to hold onto that power because of tension inside and outside the Reich. It also makes beating it and winning the 2WK feel that much better.

[@parmesancheez6087]

around 3-4 weeks ago I was playing a kaiserreich game as sweden and by 1949 germany was still not even done with its focus tree

[@iratepirate3896]

The absolute state of Austria-Hungary

[@ukrainenews8247]

I've never seen a worse player at hoi4😊

[@Marulauriu710]

Really like how karma hit him back after complaining about anything he could find

[@helljumper6192]

Played Germany too. it was a nice campaign, although I had to restart a few times, but once I knoew everything, it was a walk in the park

[@kv1-781]

Lisa’s boyfriend lives in Mulhouse

[@SmileyHat995]

real german experience man, no teammates, no f*cking teammates xDDD

[@freerbx793]

These minigames are all clicking two or three buttons to increase the good variable and maybe have a bad variable to worry about if it's especially complicated. Clutter for the sake of clutter can get _bad_ (see: the entirety of black ice) and this is not clutter. The amount of reading isn't visual novel level, (even then you can just read the tooltips) this is a healthy amount of complexity for the main focus and star nation of the mod.

[@Yuhyuhmuhmuh]

It's implemented is clunky. It's game play massively deviates from hoi4's core gameplay loop. The genre of card game has low to medium overlap with grand strategy audiences. Aside from all that, it's incredible cleaver and we'll planned out. It should applauded for that.

[@MrBluefauxhawk]

Berlin may of fallen, but at least Tommy won the card game.

[@redraidr12]

Tommy went through the exact emotions I had when playing this new patch. I didn't finish my play through because it just wasn't as fun, to me. (I think that disable card game would have helped a little)

[@Boretheory]

U should have actually not understimated it. I didn’t, i was litterally scared all the time but i went for the organisation buffs road ( social democrats). And despite losing all of the east i beat up the French and later the Spanish eventually i had lost half of Germany but not having to deal with anyone else Russia was doomed. They managed to stalemate me for 1 year then it was just collapse. They were out of equipment and their lines were stretched too much.

[@snackoman1577]

its supposed to feel overwhelming, force yourself through the first playthrough and youll realize that its not that difficult

[@gots0359]

u already waste time by playing video games so please wait a bit more time (5 minutes) to read how these things work. It literally took me just reading through the politics shit where you block certain factions and reading through card game rules to understand how to play it. And it was done in 10 minutes.

[@Furtnight]

I truly love how they made it overwhelming. It really isnt that hard and I went in knowing that I should roleplay = Best decision, Best hoi 4 game in a Long time, struggle, fear, fun, satisfaction. Very good.

[@Yuhyuhmuhmuh]

​@@Boretheorybut it's not fun to grind away on AI like that

[@Marxist-Nixonist-Bidenist]

Fr the new Germany has too many mechanics; communists in Luxemburg or some shit, something with Prussia... man I don't remember half of that shit.

[@rudolfus165]

24:12 i have read it (erinnerungen eines soldaten), it's a good book but you have to take his bias for germany into account. still amazing and interesting tho. achtung panzer is also a good book about the theory of blitzkrieg from guderian.

[@SchopenhauerZee]

Can't wait to see tommy playing germany in millenium dawn 1.9

[@a_normal_georgian]

26:43 georgia best YES1!1!! Georgia mentioned11!1+

[@hti5795]

Another Tommy Video where he finds his true calling...

[@loganwallace101]

Best I've done so far was surviving to 1943 holding them back with level 6 forts along every piece of the frontlines east and west but eventually they got me with a huge D-Day naval invasion when America joined in, I had tried multiple pushes into France with tanks but they had fortified up as well and even when I did break through in one territory they had so many troops I only made it a couple tiles then had to pull back

[@pablomazzei2569]

28:39 HAHAHAHAHAHAHA. The sound of the defeat.

[@jakubmatoska8008]

i like that you putted Witcher 3 music, because of the card game

[@markustambet4098]

the gwent music during the card came was a nice touch

[@Linkingx2]

looking forward to seeing him retry this...

[@arthurzwachte5537]

Tommy trying not to play technocracy(impossible)

[@mrworldwide7387]

Tommy ADHD brain can't understand the simplest mechanics

[@johnrode43]

Thanks for taking your time in games. I loved your transamer game

[@reski8661]

Watching tommykay play hoi4 is interesting asf, i hope he plays an actual hard nation someday!

[@helmutyann5305]

I just love Tommys Kaiserreich Videos

[@RubberToeYT]

Tommy going technocrat is so inevitable

[@vertexed5540]

In the Kabinett Schlichter decisions, hovering your mouse over the parties will show what they're gonna go for. For example, if you're opposing the SWR coalition as you did in this run, hovering over the 30 day "SWR coalition" decision will say something like "SWR will attempt to reach out to Zentrum Right, Minor Liberals, and Guelphs". This basically tells you which parties to void

[@brokebaron]

My greatest respect to Tommy for taking this the way he did. 👏

[@minelayer26]

ive been binging kaiserredux but hearing that kaiserreichs got a big update im coming back to it

[@samarma6633]

my man got humbled quick.

[@matttorrey2977]

Love the witcher music while you play gwent

[@TheMaztercom]

When project alice is complete, this mod will be better on vic 2

[@jakubswistak8003]

The witcher soundtrack is so cool even when ur playing hoi.

[@Adidascombine]

der kaiserreich mod ist sehr gut!

[@King-Eli-Lionheart]

26:30 I'm fucking dying xDDD

[@SweetBell3]

TNOification of Kaiserreich is going as planned

[@zombie1235801]

So TNO but good, nice

[@Waterenjoyer1308]

0:16 TNO reference

[@wozzi]

"Lisa's boyfriend, uh from the simpsons! ... not like I'm a cuckhold" actually killed me lmao.

[@quedtion_marks_kirby_modding]

Is there any place we coudl recomend mods for Tommy to play?

[@EdinProfa]

Video ends just when it got interesting.

[@CrStylrZ]

Half an hour kaiser tommykay? yes 🗿

[@ProEvilEsports]

TomKuck GG man

[@redblu9834]

one thing i think is so busted is that if you do the SWR coalition and go down Pat Auth side you can just get infinite manpower with a 30% bonus

[@gyarurespecter3386]

Inside Tommy there are two wolves: One wants to conquer the world with a ruthless militaristic empire. The other wants to leave the rest of the planet in the dust with superior technological advancements. They're both German.

[@KCAKAAB234]

After giving it a try, the card game with the political mini games is such a great addition- makes early game more engaging instead of something you fast forward through.

[@mars-he2hu]

this does feel like magic the gathering, youre trying to stop the players from shitting in their chairs

[@cosmo6825]

Ostwall and stealing your puppets troops makes it way easier

[@lunarc3241]

i think he might have been messed up cause his tanks got destroyed due to reliability near the end of the vid (nvm i don't know why tommy left them with 0 infantry support LOL

[@MikaelNevear]

For anyone interested. Don't play the DU path the first time playing Germany, the devs specifically made it the hardest path and only recommend it if you have some expirience playing KR Germany already

[@pablomazzei2569]

Damn...I played first...I was crushed in 1940 by a huge front of syndies (France-Swiss-Italy) and Yugoslavia (Moscow Accord) from the South. With a very low stability and low manpower. . Yes, I agree. Don´t go the DU path the first time...

[@saint4life09]

What's DU? Democratic Union?

[@MikaelNevear]

@@saint4life09 Yep

[@edwxx20001]

for some reason, i hate the idea of hoi4 being a card game.

[@thenneklkt7786]

Germany experiencing "Early WW2 Britain POV"

[@pepijnvb1484]

I see what you did there with the gwent music lol

[@Timthetokeman]

This is peek tommy commanding a germany and getting mad and 0 help from allys

[@tompearce0308]

I like the kurt angle thumbnail.

[@alexandrosmograine4438]

The gwent music from W3 got this an instant like

[@goodgamernavi]

Love this keep it up

[@ir0n714]

Kaiserreich Germany is very overwhelming but I like that because it accurately simulates how chaotic a massive German empire in this fucked up world would be during an economic, social, and political crisis.

[@stricktpine9067]

tommy when you ask him to read: *angry german noises*

[@KillerKlowns112]

so close....yet so far

[@dageogaming4478]

He found a way to play magic while we are watching hoi4!!

[@bananas4sale]

TommyKay confirmed masochist?

[@derberater9372]

Tommy's little brain can't comprehend a little bit of reading as always

[@thelostshadow5164]

Hes playinf like geemany in ww1. Confidant at the start then next minute

[@dvtye3378]

Tommy: I am the first in this world. I am playing as a TECHNOCRAT DEMOCRATIC country. Tommy being predictable as always.

[@SirTravis-vn6yp]

I just tried this yesterday. It's very difficult 😂 I immediately changed to social democracy

[@mattgoff4923]

I know this has nothing to do about a video game. But I know that you react to a lot of war time stuff. You should check out the fat electrician he's really great

[@Ninja1up]

From the Simpsons I'm not a cuckold. Lmao

[@Falkriim]

Incredible thumbnail

[@user-bq9cz9xl3m]

since when does tommy upload his defeats on his main channel?

[@manz3t059]

Love your content. Keep it up bro!

[@thies_0801]

Dont read the book from Heinz Guderian he dind´t tell the trouth.

[@Cosmazion]

Still don’t get how Tommy is this bad after playing 7k hours lmao

[@forestl7758]

Can you play UNB in Kaiserreich and make it collapse, then play as Communist Latvia and form the ussr?

[@berserker4940]

You should have done what you said and focus only on yourself first then take your ally's land back slowly

[@styx544]

if you want good proxy wars then.. well. there is always TNO..

[@derelmo8576]

Kaiserreich has so many great ideas, but it looks so overengineerd. Full of Featurecreep

[@viligerm6592]

Primarch Tomminuskay

[@davipassos7178]

Tommy god bless you , we love u here in Brasil

[@jackyanoshik8553]

the fucking gwent music lol

[@xanthespace5141]

This card game stuff and narrative focus the devs are working on, right up my alley! Very happy with this patch

[@TauTauofSkalga]

I cannot play Germany anymore as all the things I have to micromanage gives me a headache. And isn't there a war I'm supposed to prepare for?

[@debilman9065]

Have to do all that shit AND prepare an army to fendoff 600-700 divisions on your own at the beginning of the war

[@Boretheory]

U wanted hard? Here’s hard

[@catzagoon3516]

@@debilman9065 skill issue