Multiplayer HoI

[Dauphin]

Anyone who has tried it, how well does it play?

[Dauphin]

So no-one has tried it?

[St Leo]

I, for one, have not. Sorry.

[General Ludd]

Try asking in the official forums. I've heard alot of people reference to multiplay games there, and they sound really fun.

[Jon Shafer]

HOI MP is awesome.

There are some CTDs every now and then, but it was actually worse for me in EU2 1.05 than it is now with HOI. I played a game with 3 total players a bit ago... myself as Germany, and a UK and a USSR player. I stayed out of war with the Allies because the USSR lowered their war entry level enough, and fought the USSR. I wasn't very prepared, and I almost got toasted, but he offered a white peace because it was (militarily) a stalemate, while in actuality my economy was pretty much destroyed. I attacked again in 1942 better prepared, and overran him. France easily fell next, and we ended the game there since it was obvious I'd won.

[Dinner]

I've played three HOI MP games and I must say I am impressed. Paradox really took their time sorting out the MP so the result is a stable, easy flowing, game that is quite enjoyable. In 12 hours of play I think it has only crashed 3-4 times.

If you like the game in SP then you will love it in MP because everything is ten times more difficult against a human compared to the AI. Also real strategic planning can occur amoungst human allies which the AI just cannot replicate.

[Jon Shafer]

The amount of crashes really depends on who you're playing with.

While playing a game a bit ago with 7 players total, it would crash every few months.

A game before that with an excellent connection with 3 players total crashed twice (after the same event in 1937), then never did again... up through 1943 when myself (Germany) and the USSR duked it out for quite a long time.