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There is no like/dislike anymore until YT fixes it again. Until then I just write comments to help with the algorithm. (And sometimes because I want to say something.)
But then some other DLC would come along and force him to start HOI4A2Z a third time. Also it would be incredibly unfair to the countries you have to wait for with a reset timer.
ISP Loremaster here: every time he plays Manchukuo, the world goes to complete shit lmao, that country is fucking cursed. Which does make sense knowing what went on there during the Japanese occupation, and who was in charge behind the scenes
Ah yes, I remember reading about the Treaty of St Pierre and Miquelon in History class where fascist Mexico annexed India. Real turning point in history, that one was.
It's funny, i remember looking into the focuses while doing some minor modding, and the unthinkable option is like a 10% chance for japan in unhistorical, which makes it really fun when it happens
And if they do it the communists lose the civil war and you just have a neutered fascist Japan which lost half its navy, army and generals and has to start over with its focus tree.
Honestly, even when commie Japan wins the civil war (which isn't often unless it's player-controlled/player-assisted) it's generally probably their weakest path, even compared to democratic Japan. You shoot yourself in the foot just to either side with Stalin or to... side with Mao, I guess. Whether the AI wins or loses the civil war, Japan will always be severely weakened, to the point where it's not even surprising if they fail to capture Beijing.
@@Batdude36 When you do historical, the AI has a set path. This means that there is absolutely no chance of the AI picking an alt-hist path, unless you do something to upset the balance. i suppose you're right, though. They raise the possibility from 0% to 10% for commie japan.
The reason you flipped to communist is that you took the "assertiveness" focus *during* the civil war. That flips you from a puppet of fascist Japan to a puppet of communist Japan (due to the way the tags are coded, it thinks the communists are the "real" Japan). It also meant you stayed a puppet of the victorious communists even after the war. Never take that focus during the civil war. Wait until it's over, then the event fires that gives you complete independence, control over Korea and all the islands (e.g. including Taiwan), as well as the obsolete half of the Japanese navy and army. Also Hirohito claims refuge in your land, giving you extra stability.
I think this is sort of like the UK or Japan where the emperor is a heavily restricted constitutional monarch while an elected prime minister or whatever does all the leading.
Only this time the emperor is communist... Or a mexican... Honestly I dont even fng know what the empire of man is. But even then this is far more interesting than any unification GW could come up with. Edit: I just realised. His forces did it all by land. THey followed the entirety of the silk road in Mechanised, Katyusha and on foot. They are litterally mad max furry road... Around the world... I am just... Completely amazed...
Hey ISP, a tip for invading the British. You can attach heavy flame tanks to paratroopers, giving them the 50% armor bonus turning them into SPHESS MAHREENS! Just pop in some transports to keep them supplied and they will roll over just about anything.
I love how the treaty at the end of the war was held in St. Pierre and Miquelon because that was the only place on the planet not reduced to rubble and chaos.
When he zoomed out to show Russia after the first capitulation I was physically shocked, the border gore in this video was something entirely different
You say this may be the craziest game on your channel but i remember the "Ardennes is actually impassable" vid from a few years ago where germany got the kaiser back, joined the commentern, USA had a civil war and lost, and brazil and Austria made a faction that you went to war with and LITERALLY went to Brazil.
Yeah this might be the best ISP vid in a long while, it had it all. Chaos. Pain. Playing to basically a World Conquest in 1948. Maybe those are all the same thing... Can't wait for Democratic Mengkukuo!
"It's a hard life, being the Emperor of China, if I know anything about history". For some reason now I want to go and rewatch The Last Emperor. I remember it being a damn good movie.
Fun fact: I did not know what I was doing when I added Khiva to the game (if you doubt that I'm actually the one who made it you can look for my name in the game's credits.)
In that case, are you guys going to ever make a south american dlc? Because Brazil is awesome. And if you have time, maybe a more fleshed out Italy tree. Also, ive put in nearly 100 hrs around the time No Step Back came out. And Stellaris awesome. You guys are awesome.
@@jonmi1102 Thank you, also I am sorry but I am contractually obliged to not tell about future dlc, as I have signed a Non-Disclosure Agreement. But I can tell you that if you go back and look at the pdx-con where Dan Lind revealed NSB, you will be able to find a list of things they want to do/will do, as well as hear them talk about more country packs etc in the future, so I think you can hold your hopes up for some quite good things :)
@@jonathanarnfeltramstrom8022 Alrighty, thanks for the info. Overall you guys make like one or 2 big dlcs per year so the biggest thing right now is patience. Have a good one!
This has definitely been the most fun video to watch in a long time. Thanks ISP for putting so much effort into all your videos ❤️ I can’t even believe how tedious that must’ve been to finish that game and to go as far as you did. Keep up the great content dude
Yeah, I had the same problem when I tried my Manchuria playthrough. The issue is that the 'Independance' Focus changes your vassal status of Japan ... but when they are in the Civil War, Communist Japan is the 'main' Japan, so the focus makes you THEIR puppet rather than changing your status with the Fascist part. You have to rush the focus straight away before the Civil War starts to get it done right :p
Imagine the timeline where the Japanese puppet in China flips communist, turns Japan into the puppet, and then fights through all of Asia up to Europe and then naval invade the British isles
Tito, Communist Manchukuo, and The United Mexican States, using support equipment from every country, with every different alphabet possible on it sounds like the most chaotic game of Hoi4 I've ever seen, great job at creating a mess ISP.
All madness aside. If anyone is into interesting history. Yall should check out the Manurchian leader Puyi (I mostly ready his Wikipedia article) definitely a top contender for most interesting life lived in the 20th century.
Hearing ISP slowly break as Lategame USA lets itself die to Mexico honestly made my week Edit: I thought my Kaiserreich game where Germany randomly declared on me through finland in their faction was weird but this is another level
I actually played Mexico in NSB, and let me tell you. The USA AI doesn't know how to fight them. I had 24 divisions of 6 infantry with engineers and support arty, and that's it. I annexed them. It was 1942 when I declared. The Americans has 300 divisions. I won. In *seven months*
Manchukuo is literally unplayable until they add a focus tree path where you overthrow the yoke of Japan, bring back Chang Hsueh-liang, and have an second affair with Edda Mussolini.
"I don't even care about the land anymore, I am free." - ISP. That is when you know you are in a war that is just so long and awful you do not care about what you get from it.