BLACK I.C.E. is an extensive mod of HOI3 under development by Panzeroo and many other members of the Hearts Of Iron 3 forum.
Not Sure HoI 4 will be as good a this mod !
I love all the amount and quality of events and the "historical plausibility" , the only critique is that when you change "battle mechanics" (e.g. add new brigades, change airforces) there should me a little more explanation of them..
This mod superbly make hearts of iron a far more realistic and deep game. I love what they have done with nearly everything about it. From reworking the divisions to being proper formations to making battles far more realistic. The only drawback is the obsession with making this game as historical as possible causing the sandbox nature to fall out. Bugs like Italy surrendering to Japan triggers some allied condition causing the already annexed United Kingdom to be rebuilt from Italy's land is extremely frustrating,
Great mod! Nothing more to say! Just Czechoslovakia is too underestimated. :(
By now I consider this mod essential to the HOI experience. Well made, well designed, and a small enough download for anyone to enjoy.
Adds a huge amount of great features and does so in a way that doesn't detract from the original HOI experience.
Consider it a free expansion pack more than a modification.
Super mod but laged very laged and buged
Super mod but laged very laged and buged
Super mod but laged very laged and buged
BlackICE is excellent and for a more in-depth review you can checkout what I have to say in my playthrough here:
This is the most comprehensive mod for the most detailed WWII strategic game in existence. The only reason it doesn't get a 10 is the graphics are somewhat lacking but grognards don't care about graphics anyway.
The ongoing support for this mod is terrific. My only complaint is that they update so often that I rarely get a chance to finish a game before a huge update comes out and I have to start over. They are already in the planning stage of modding HOI4 so only good things are on the horizon as well.
Before I begin, let me just say that this was the first mod that enabled me to actually play a historically accurate WWII (more or less) as it made the Americans actually get involved in the ETO and Russia doesn't actually fall instantly.
Very well done tech tree requires a good understanding and planning to work through. The annual decisions and the rationing trade offs add a lot to the complexity and strategy of the game. The importance of weather and terrain has really been challenging for me to cope with, but I am very happy to take it on. As are the challenges of properly outfitting a division and sending to overseas to fight. The smart AI is able to conduct overseas invasions, conduct far ranging ASW operations across the Atlantic, and conduct effective tactical air campaigns. A major improvement over the vanilla game.
So, for the challenging difficulty of the mod and its ability to actually recreate history, I give this mod a 9 out of 10.
while not being perfect, it's about as close as it gets :)
expands greatly the base content of HOI III while improving it at the same time. Why bother with the base game when there's Black Ice?