HOI4: TOGETHER FOR VICTORY - 4/10

Together for Victory, a bad start to what could be a vast amount of DLC for this wonderful game. I'm going to put my review into 5 sections in which I'll discuss my feelings, and the feelings of other players about Together for Victory.

I: SPEARHEAD
Though this DLC has been critisized a lot for it's lack of important gameplay improvement but the spearhead army order is the exception. Instead of simply drawing a boring offensive line and putting it on "aggressive", the spearhead command works as a sort of blitskrieg, your general will try his best to capture and secure enemy lands as fast as possible. People in the community seem to be united with the opinion that the spearhead command was a great addition to the game, but should have come in a patch instead of a DLC. I agree that the decision to put it in the DLC insted of the game via update was a bad one.

II: FOCUSES
National focuses are supposed to be a mechanic that give important nations like Germany and the Soviets but giving focuses to naitons that contribute virtually nothing to the war like New Zealand, Canada, and Australia were simply bad nations to give national focuses to, especially when nations like China, Spain, and Sweden that actually have a chance to contribute to the war directly still lack focuses. In fact the only nation that got a focus that I thought actually deserved one was the British Raj because of their involvement in Asia.

III: AUTONOMY
I'll come out and say the autonomy system is a great addition, when playing as a colony. The only other time it'll effect you is if your puppet tries to break off (which virtually never happens).

IV: GERMANY
So after this DLC came out and everyone hated it Paradox did some research and found out that most players play as Germany, now this may not seem important but it actually can pretty accurately most of the reasons why this failed. Seeing as most players play Germany the autonomy system, the focuses for the colonies, and the fleshing out of the UK's struggles as a empire holding onto it's colonies do not end up effecting Germany in the slightest. This is why you hear "15 bucks for spearhead wtf". Now for those who usually don't play Germany this may not seem to bad, but other nations in Europe like Spain, Sweden, or Hungary will not gain or lose anything because of the colonies.

V: THE PRICE (WHY???)
The price of this DLC is what kills it for me, $15 for autonomy system, spearhead order, and focuses for the colonies are not worth $15. It's a waste of your money if you play HOI4 casually or as Germany. unless you're a colony, this DLC ends up not effected you as a player in the game most of the time

Is it worth it?
If you're really into these types of games as I am and want every detail and every country fleshed out then yes, this DLC is for you but you'll find that the things it adds to the game end up not really effecting you. If you're a casually player I'd wait for a good sale.

HOI4: TOGETHER FOR VICTORY - 4/10 Together for Victory, a bad start to what could be a vast amount of DLC for this wonderful game. I'm going to put my review into 5 sections in which I'll discuss my feelings, and the feelings of other players about Together for Victory. I: SPEARHEAD Though this DLC has been critisized a lot for it's lack of important gameplay improvement but the spearhead army order is the exception. Instead of simply drawing a boring offensive line and putting it on "aggressive", the spearhead command works as a sort of blitskrieg, your general will try his best to capture and secure enemy lands as fast as possible. People in the community seem to be united with the opinion that the spearhead command was a great addition to the game, but should have come in a patch instead of a DLC. I agree that the decision to put it in the DLC insted of the game via update was a bad one. II: FOCUSES National focuses are supposed to be a mechanic that give important nations like Germany and the Soviets but giving focuses to naitons that contribute virtually nothing to the war like New Zealand, Canada, and Australia were simply bad nations to give national focuses to, especially when nations like China, Spain, and Sweden that actually have a chance to contribute to the war directly still lack focuses. In fact the only nation that got a focus that I thought actually deserved one was the British Raj because of their involvement in Asia. III: AUTONOMY I'll come out and say the autonomy system is a great addition, when playing as a colony. The only other time it'll effect you is if your puppet tries to break off (which virtually never happens). IV: GERMANY So after this DLC came out and everyone hated it Paradox did some research and found out that most players play as Germany, now this may not seem important but it actually can pretty accurately most of the reasons why this failed. Seeing as most players play Germany the autonomy system, the focuses for the colonies, and the fleshing out of the UK's struggles as a empire holding onto it's colonies do not end up effecting Germany in the slightest. This is why you hear "15 bucks for spearhead wtf". Now for those who usually don't play Germany this may not seem to bad, but other nations in Europe like Spain, Sweden, or Hungary will not gain or lose anything because of the colonies. V: THE PRICE (WHY???) The price of this DLC is what kills it for me, $15 for autonomy system, spearhead order, and focuses for the colonies are not worth $15. It's a waste of your money if you play HOI4 casually or as Germany. unless you're a colony, this DLC ends up not effected you as a player in the game most of the time Is it worth it? If you're really into these types of games as I am and want every detail and every country fleshed out then yes, this DLC is for you but you'll find that the things it adds to the game end up not really effecting you. If you're a casually player I'd wait for a good sale.