The Best New Mod Pax Britannica: An Imperial Timeline | Hearts of Iron 4 | Alex the Rambler

Welcome back everyone to Hearts of Iron 4, today I'll be trying one of the best new mods - Pax Britannica: An Imperial Timeline. Set in an alternative history, mech units are now a thing and they are AMAZING - who knew HOI4 + mechs would be so fun.
Welcome to Pax Britannica: An Imperial Timeline, an alternate history science fiction mod for Hearts of Iron 4.
Taking place in the wake of a failed American Revolution, the mod focuses on the substantial changes this causes in world history, compounded by the success of Nikola Tesla's Wireless Power Concept. The Victorian Era has been flash frozen by this advancement, creating an anarchic mix of the Jazz Age, Wellsian science fiction and transhumanism. The world is both familiar and utterly alien, and the mod seeks to explore that universe and provide a unique style compared to other overhaul mods.
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[@AlextheRambler]

*Time for Pax Britannica! Should I try another nation?*

[@NotASpecies]

Yes

[@NotASpecies]

Do France next it’s fun!

[@brobrobear470]

Pakistan lol

[@anorthernirishperson7548]

France has tons of content, it's a bit of a similar experience to historical Germany with expansionism and stuff.

[@thatskindafishi]

yes

[@twowatt]

As someone who's been working on the mod for quite a while I'm so glad that you enjoyed it. I cannot tell you how fucking ecstatic everyone was when we managed to convince you to play on stream.

[@tachankskang]

This mod is really sweet. Did you take any inspiration from Iron Harvest/ what it was based on? i also think the wolfenstein-esque Panzer hounds are awesome

[@twowatt]

@@tachankskang oh yeah quite a bit of inspiration was taken from Iron harvest, bioshock, red alert, fallout, war of the worlds, dishonored and wild wild west along with a whole bunch of other shit for the sci fi stuff.

[@legionofmetal9968]

keep up the good work i will get around to play it at some point it looks rather fun indeed

[@boblamar943]

where yall going for a wolfenstien feel?

[@twowatt]

@@boblamar943 I wouldn't say we went out of our way to achieve that but to be compared to wolfenstein is a great honor

[@Pydgin]

That's some cursed border gore at the end.

[@azazaz4627]

France is actually depressing to live in in this timeline, felt like TNO almost in a way.

[@twowatt]

Just wait till russia gets content

[@RussiaWasMyIdea]

France is just depressing in real life

[@shep7544]

yeah because it's france what did you expect

[@r8yfbl298]

@@twowatt Life in Russia has never been particularly bright anyway. I hope Russian developers are involved in the development of Russian tricks?

[@karlthorsten9118]

Moldy baguettes, stained, tattered white flags, bad onions, rotten garlic, sour wine, plagued cheese, piss everywhere... ya. Sounds like France in a perpetual Victorian setting!

[@JR0707]

Your general George Milne was also the author of the Winnie the Pooh stories

[@JR0707]

Good catch, I just knew that Milne was going the name and he was in the army

[@legalduidriving]

@@JR0707 Well, Milne really fought in WW1, but was a pacifist and always opposed wars. I doubt he would be a general.

[@JR0707]

@@legalduidriving Well what is it about authors of iconic books fighting in the First World War.

[@legalduidriving]

@@JR0707 Same with Eric Kästner

[@JR0707]

69 likes... nice

[@samwill7259]

People meme on the British for putting tea makers in their tanks. Those people have never tried to run a post industrial army without caffeine. Trust me, the tankers need their damn tea and coffee and don't argue about it, they're the ones aiming the turret.

[@MechWarrior894]

It is a meme though, such a meme.

[@louisbaker4362]

@@MechWarrior894 The British Challenger 2 features onboard tea making facilities. It's not a meme. It's a fact. 😂

[@BetzeBert]

In the german-focus they have coffee-makers 😂😅

[@ianboydstun6453]

Imagine the hellscape a battlefield would look like, fighting terrible biological amalgamations and machine dogs, with walking tanks to boot. Edit: you can also get shot by lightning

[@thewalkingtree7077]

I think there is a book with the ideas of mechs in WWI though I don’t know the name I don’t think this mod is named after it but probably got ideas from it

[@ianboydstun6453]

@@thewalkingtree7077 You might be thinking of Leviathan, it's actually a similar kind of world where the entente uses biologically engineered animals for fighting and the central powers uses mechs and advanced machinery.

[@dylandimelow9519]

Wolfenstein

[@MechWarrior894]

Is being shot by lightning better than burning to death?

[@ianboydstun6453]

@@MechWarrior894 I'd rather be electrocuted, but both are pretty brutal

[@DevilNugget]

the Germans may have had blitzkrieg, But the British have Mechskreig

[@jonretolaza3238]

Judging by the fact that there is a Basque Republic, I think it's pretty clear there's a Basque developer behind the team of the mod.

[@fxailing1201]

Lol, I love how you can instantly tell

[@newromanianmappernrm4420]

I can also say with 100% certainty that there is a Romanian developer on the team as well, wanna know how? I saw another vid on the mod before this one and decided to try the mod out to see how the Balkan war might go as Romania, and realized upon starting the game that Romania actually has events tied to it, and a (currently non-functional) "Legionnary Coalition" button on the government screen, which is a lot more than what you'd expect at this stage of the mod. Oh and also there's almost certainly a brazilian dev too, since there's a whole collapsed Brazil situation at game start and you can reunify Brazil as multiple of the break-away states or reunify as the remnants of the Brazilian Empire itself.

[@twowatt]

Lmao there isnt

[@twowatt]

@@newromanianmappernrm4420 yeah there was a point up until a year ago where there was no real focused on any nation so people would go about adding content to random nations regardless of relevance (Finland at one point had the largest tree) and this was the case up until about a year ago where it was decide that the main nations like the uk Germany russia (ended falling into development hell) and France should be the focus of development.

[@newromanianmappernrm4420]

@@twowatt oh nifty, nice to know! Can't wait to see more of the mod tbh since it's really nice already

[@bencam8178]

this mod is so good, i played France and it was one of the best hoi4 games ive had

[@BaronVonMott]

"Diplomatic options have been disabled to prevent AI fuckery." *Oh, it's beautiful...*

[@therenomoregoodnames]

This mod feels like TNO but for Victoria 2

[@marecallidum]

another rambler video! alex is one of the few youtubers whose every video I watch

[@PurpleBasilius]

ISP and Alex the rambler are the best paradox grand strategy KZbinrs.

[@bigchungusdriplord2301]

Imagine living in this timeline as France. You united your country, advanced into the Benelux and created it seems the most powerful alliance in the world. You satrted advancing into Germany together with Russia and your victory seems assured. You hear that the British have joined with the Germans but pay no attention as what can they do towards the powerful French army? I mean their ships can't go on land can they. Suddendly you hear reports of British troops landing in Cherbourg but think no more of it. Then you hear more reports of mechanized Death Machines who destroy everything in their way but are sceptical of their existence. A month later your country has suddendly fallen to the British and you are forced to return to your country who has fallen into complete chaos. You are now completely confused about what the hell just happened and right then you see them. The Death Machines, they march past you on their Biped legs and you just stand there and wonder, how these hilarious looking machines have done imesaurable destruction and will now be a burden to other armies of Europe. You laugh and months later you read in the newspaper that the Russians and Italians have been defeated.

[@lemonpi9466]

Ahh, the iron harvest 1920+/hoi4 crossover

[@Fulllife3.2]

This timeline looks like it would be a pretty cool setting for an Anime.

[@yahnmahn9035]

There's a pretty similar timeline in the Leviathan Trilogy by Scott Westerfield. It's pretty good.

[@justinsusarchick7995]

the closest anime premise to this mod would probably be Code Geass. Basically Great Britannia owns most of the world and a noble pushes for an independence war in Japan. Knights drive gundham mech suits. what more do ya need

[@yoga5631]

Funnily enough there is an anime mod for this already lmao

[@professorcoms2481]

This was really interesting, it feels really wide but the way you just crumbled everything made it looks so easy

[@cosmosyn2514]

I was going to skip over Pax Britannia, until i learned it has GODDAMN MECHS HELL YEAH!

[@dekaredfire]

This mod is practically steampunk Code Geass

[@BetzeBert]

I love this mod, hope there will come more. My europe-German run was a lota fun

[@aidrianyoutube]

Really cool mod, and amazing video as alway Alex!

[@gamesNstuf]

Nice video love your videos and tomorrow i will drop my first hoi4 video thanks for inspiring me but to al other people seeing this have a Nice day samt to you alex

[@sirvenomik]

so basically its alex's monarchist play through endings all on one game. hmmm you have changed the world

[@PennTankerGuy]

The Victoria II research sfx are a nice touch.

[@tommythetemplar]

absolutely spiffing!

[@fabianmichaelgockner5988]

11:01 Is nobod gonna write about the "Justify wargoal on them" intertext: "- Diplomatic efforts have been disabled in Pax to avoid AI f*ckery." That's one way to say "Don't even think about this!"

[@ericdillingham6858]

Alex, playing as Britain: "Gotta have that coffee!" *b e t r a y a l*

[@duolingo0552]

The blessed timeline

[@TheseSetsAreAbsolutelyEpic]

These sets are absolutely incredible! It's insane how far Alex has come!

[@thechimeraprotocol]

This mod reminds me of the game Iron Harvest for some reason. Maybe it's the mechs.

[@alexl9012]

This mod is so good.

[@karlthorsten9118]

Another lovely video where our favourite mumbler rambles about the glory days of the Empire's of old, with a perfect caffeinated twist! Oh my giddy aunt, I am so hounded with panzer-levels of joy!

[@jeffgraham9208]

Well played.

[@19wongs4]

I've been afflicted by the Alex the Rambler Curse...literally installed this DLC, played France...somehow became monarchist XD

[@danielrees4359]

Are we just gonna ignore the ATST on the menu screen?

[@commandantcarpenter]

oh shit so this is basically a crazier 1920+ in hoi4. sick

[@danielastadler39]

9:36 yes yes yes yes yes, very happy monarchist goood

[@williamfoster4512]

It would be really cool if you could do mechanized shock troops/marines in a tank division in the base game

[@moviemakervideo112zarzadin3]

5:53 most ot this icons are from world of tanks, kinda cool I guess

[@helpmereach45ksubswithoutvideo]

These videos is the thing we need

[@Nuke237]

Bruh the day I subscribe to that mod Alex makes a vid about it

[@op0143]

Nice

[@Sorieat]

You have to try mech only in another episode same nation

[@NotKnafo]

what an eyesore seeing monaco

[@babadufutur9112]

The mod: Nicholas Tesla suceeded Me: TESLAS WHEN?

[@andrejkarafiloski1276]

This mod reminds me of iron harvest

[@tobiasthehawk4028]

What a delicious partition of France! I cannot wait to see what happens when you go down the decisions and events for imperoal federation. Good luck and Godspeed!

[@theoli8407]

xuantong was puyi’s imperial name!

[@user-ll9pq8pz2h]

I want so so much a Pax Helvetica there is so much things to do with Switzerland

[@Arrow8D]

reminds me of Iron Harvest

[@karosai4351]

UK still has the flag of St Patrick in the Union Jack, but they don't actually own any of Ireland (in the mod of course)

[@theinternetacademy.4678]

Alex we need you to play the Vatican in this mod, do it.

[@NotALotLizard]

"Play Alone" "Play with Friends" What is this, equestria at war?

[@IceMaverick13]

I find it kind of odd that infantry riding wheeled vehicles move at less than half the speed of massive X-pedal mechanized walkers. I wouldn't think they'd be that much slower - and quite honestly - I'd think they'd be faster than the mechs, but here we are.

[@reeseman1932]

How four divisions brought an entire alliance to its knees:

[@conormcclean9189]

mechs are king!

[@milanoxiel7853]

Xuan tong is puyi's emperor name , he is still the same O'puyi

[@cutegau1179]

Wow

[@Mankorra_Gomorrah]

So is this mod the backstory to Frostpunk?

[@Jimothyjohns]

Do Mech Only in this mod!!!

[@user-ly6pl5ot9m]

Oi, gov'nor? Will ya' be playing rebel Yankees (Bioshockish' Columbia style?) when American peril update will come out? If no, why not? After all, I've seen a vid where you've played the French. The French. *I've seen what ya' did there!* Cheers.

[@paddy_theking1809]

looks a bit like iron harvest

[@raven5524]

yes alex only monarchist run through for it is not the bad guys like fascist or boring like democracy

[@WensBlog]

The emperor of China is Puyi in his official name as Xuantung

[@Kilgorio]

wow

[@Fungenerator1]

I love the mod but i hate in the mod two things MUSIC it wants to make me cry lol and the update how long its taking like half of year

[@questionablefred6010]

I love Democracy I love the Empire

[@Interns-Eternal-Empire]

do Prussia next

[@ironicbrew19]

Mech only when Alex?

[@TheLeastEast]

“Is that put-“

[@kubin226]

that sounds like 1920+ with extra steps

[@kubin226]

EXTRA steps

[@user-lp1qz7gj6w]

13:45 is the pre intro

[@jakekilley9037]

is new zealand still new zealand haha? or we get left out of this mod to haha xx

[@tjtjtidkdids5199]

They added metal gears into hoi

[@jv63bevv16]

Do you still do multiplayer????

[@mathewchristman3435]

Thank you for reading to me Alex

[@Tom-oj7si]

9:32 yes Alex, you're the monarchist guy, so it's strange when you don't do it

[@adonisbballin]

If cas is king, then shouldnt mech be master?

[@louisbaker4362]

Xuantong is Puyi by the way.

[@Fishman1776]

This oddly seems like Wolfenstein I’m not gonna lie

[@thaaghsn44]

yeah same, because of all the machineries lol

[@Fishman1776]

@@thaaghsn44 But also a bit Iron harvest

[@JackTheSlayer-ok5eq]

Hello there

[@brobrobear470]

2:13 British lolol

[@BallisticLord]

More Monarchy

[@joshtaylor9626]

Alex play as Qing.

[@MrBlitzkreig978]

Did he not notice Africa's new scar in Libya

[@yesiamman6423]

i can’t get the mod to work when it gets to 99% the game crashes

[@battlefield_hackers_exposed]

Mod is mirroring russians real-life demise soon 🤭

[@Gooooodmorningvietnam]

Rule britania ruler of the seas

[@aarongraham9424]

So, germany is poland.. France is germany.. russia is russia.. This mods looks awsome!! dowlaoding it tonight when i get home.

[@LuisFernandoRubin]

They "steal" some content from World of Tanks or I'm crazy? I'm sure the coffe icon among other things are from that game

[@explodingwolfgaming8024]

Commenting 4 algorithm

[@Canada1994]

Xuantong IS Puyi BTW.

[@pandaandthegecko5480]

ok so we dont have fascism but everything is on fire

[@Leatly]

Hello

[@Martin-sf8nx]

Vive la France. It's all I have to say to you all tea sippers.

[@joshtaylor9626]

lol

[@R3GARnator]

Now this is what Russia should look like at the end :).

[@Djentle-Rain]

lmfao so this mod was based on the game IRON HARVEST

[@DaFlyboy]

I remember pax britannica before it turned into a steampunk mod, was a much more interesting mod with a very different story and gameplay

[@DEVS_VLTIMA]

Bruh the steampunk is what makes it really unique

[@zurabsiradze7822]

*Diselpunk my guy and no i disagree

[@Tom-oj7si]

Lmao this is Alex and most English people's wet dream Be brave! Fear God! Honour the King!

[@cpat1068]

Played this a few days ago as Germany stayed democratic got attacked my France Italy and Russian and its puppets didnt go well