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Modders, What Hell Hath You Wrought On This Very Serious Strategy Game

Hearts of Iron IV is a very serious video game. Or, it was, until modders got their hands on it.

The game, like most of Paradox’s titles,is very mod-friendly. And, like most of Paradox’s titles,there’s a strong historical slant to it, which means you would expect users to create boring, accurate things like improved divisional icons and accurate descriptions for German jets.

https://kotaku.com/get-this-game-of-thrones-mod-pc-gamers-1740662083

Which they are! But…alongside those are some other mods. Which turn a thoroughly complex and historically accurate military simulation into…well…

And this:

And this, which turns America’s Fascist government into a Fallout faction:

And this, which adds Arstotzka—the make-believe country from Papers Please—to the game:

And this, which makes the British National Focus tree something a little more 2016:

And finally, what 2016 video game would be complete without a Donald Trump mod:

I reviewed Hearts of Iron IV a little while ago andfound it to be a very very good video game. And that was without Seinfeld factions.

https://kotaku.com/hearts-of-iron-iv-the-kotaku-review-1780258434

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