Reviews by LoremasterNick

Don't feel like it added enough to justify it, but I am addicted to paradox games.

It's a good expansion now, but the balance was completely off at launch

Even for the Iberian nations, which it's focused on, the DLC is very very OK at best.

The DLC, like almost all DLCs for EU4, adds a mechanic or two that improve the game. It's not worth it for most people at full price, but at a discount, it enriches your game experience and if you ever tried EU4 with DLCs, you can't really go back.

Not that great and very situational for certain government types and the Netherlands, so a hard skip for everyone else.

The DLC, like almost all DLCs for EU4, adds a mechanic or two that improve the game. It's not worth it for most people at full price, but at a discount, it enriches your game experience and if you ever tried EU4 with DLCs, you can't really go back.

Not needed at all if you don't care about getting new model files for units.

The DLC, like almost all DLCs for EU4, adds a mechanic or two that improve the game. It's not worth it for most people at full price, but at a discount, it enriches your game experience and if you ever tried EU4 with DLCs, you can't really go back.

Adds a lot of flavor to middle eastern nations and Islam, so if that's your jam this is a good DLC to buy.

The DLC, like almost all DLCs for EU4, adds a mechanic or two that improve the game. It's not worth it for most people at full price, but at a discount, it enriches your game experience and if you ever tried EU4 with DLCs, you can't really go back.

It makes China more unique, but the mechanics can feel more like a chore than actual fun gameplay additions

Interesting new mechanics, but not worth the price. The DLC adds some nice focus trees that update the focuses for France and give the Iberian nations more character. The Spanish civil war has also been expanded and can branch out and give you some interesting outcomes that were previously not in the game. A neat espionage system was also added and is fun early on when you form the agency, gather intelligence and prepare invasion and sabotage your enemies' governments and infrastructure. I like restoring monarchies in HoI 4 so maybe that clouds my judgment a bit, but I've had fun with it. Especially since this site has the discount coupon reward system which gave me the chance to buy the DLC for around half price. The DLC is definitely one of the more overpriced ones so far and doesn't feel like it provides a 20 euro value for the player, maybe a 10 euro value which is around what I paid for it. So buy it discounted, as most paradox games and their DLC. If you still like playing HoI4 buy it, at a discount. If you've already lost interest in the game, this will probably not give you enough to bring you back and keep you interested in the game.

As you (sadly) need to have almost all the DLC to enjoy the game, this is a good start that saves a little money for you.

Lionhead Studios' old game The Movies is a much better purchase for the money.