I Tried Out a Kaiserreich Cold War Mod and Quickly Regretted It

A new mod called Kalterkrieg just dropped, a Cold War mod based on the Kaiserreich timeline and it is certainly one of the HOI4 mods you can play.

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[monss]

>plays a cold war mod
>expects something to happen

[ddggfcff]

10:52
Conservatives: the Kaiser must be ably to rule alone by divine mandate with his closest advisers to uphold the traditional and civilized ways of the empire! Liberal meddling can’t be allowed
“Kaiser turns out to be a liberal”
Conservatives:😐

[talldwarf]

-Gets encircled again in Katanga
-"Look guys! War in South America"

[Finn-bkdi]

people say that you shouldn't expect conflict in a cold war mod, but the difference between this and mods like TNO and the normal cold war mod provide lots of proxy wars, whereas this mod (at this moment) lacks this. i definitely think it could shape up to be a great mod though

[sfjuhispst]

TNO walked so that Kalterkrieg could crawl.




Jokes aside, best of luck to kalterkrieg's devs, I don't want people to fail.

[moonman]

Kalterkrieg is a 2016 mod released in 2024.

[Galactipunk]

From the top of my head, here's a quick list of my own suggestions for the setting:
* Game either starts at a later date or the timeline is re-written so that the Second Weltkrieg ends earlier. HOI4 is terrible at handling demilitarization and post-war economics, so it's easier to just have the setting start after all that. Plus, it'd give the setting some much needed time to acclimate to a cold-war scenario.
* Russia wins in the east, re-taking all their territories but never getting further than that. Their in-game path could consist of either getting closer to the Entente as a means to enclose Germany or going alone and attempting to become a third player in the cold war. And would uniquely be the only major power in the setting that could flip to any of the big ideologies, as it fits their loose cannon role.
* Japan conquers China and nothing more. Their in-game path could be influenced by OTL UK: A major power that has to slowly watch it's might crumble as it fails to hold on to its empire. Could potentially align itself with any faction, although it'd have a fierce rivalry with Russia.
* USA is united under a entente-leaning MacArthur or Huey Long. Acting as the necessary counterbalance to make sure the Entente and Reichspakt are equally powerful.
* France remains split with the question of its unification being a major debate throughout the game. A major mechanic for Germany and UK would be to prop up their French ally so that their side is the most likely to unify the country once the possibility becomes actually realized.

The biggest failure of this mod, in my eyes, is that it fails at everything that cold war mods are ideal for. Slow burn, story-driven and highly dynamic campaigns about slowly acquiring an unchallenged control over the world through proxy conflicts and subversive means. Not to mention that the risk of nuclear armageddon, the entire reason for a cold war in the first place, is barely noticeable.

[Otterdisappointment]

HOI4 modders be like “uhh I’ll take a fascist Mexico and uhhh doomed America. And Europe dominated by British royals.”
“Dating today, aren’t we”

[shocktrooper]

It’s quite brave of developers to remove global conflict from my world war game.

[kldmonre]

Kalterkrieg has a lot of potential, but it might take
years until it fully reaches it

[overforker]

“It’s a Cold War mod.” Dude, I don’t play hoi4 to stare at an unchanging map for 3 hours. If Cold War: Iron Curtain can do it, so can Kalterkrieg.

[NDScalio]

The setting of this mod really disappoints me, it's just fucking Germany mania again, and the Cold War can never feel tense since Germany obviously has the best grip on the world.

[Gabeslicor]

Hasn't this mod been in development for like 6 years?

[spicychippo]

I think it would be more fun if it was a 3rd International - Moscow Accord cold war

[L_trump]

A cold war mod should let you always be able to intervene in a bunch of civil wars /:

[olliverferlin]

Nothing ever happens bros using their reality manipulation powers to make ThatGuyFromCollege suffer:

[daveandoldsport]

The fact they took 6 years to make that is crazy💀

[Isaac-otjh]

Honestly my problem with this mod, it that it picks the most boring scenario, in a Allies/Kaiserich Victory, as it means we end up in a world that has no interesting ideology dynamics, as everyone is some variation of monarchist or liberal it’s very uninteresting to me

[thatoneguyiii]

Honestly it would make more sense for a “Cold War Kaiserreich” scenario to be between the Internationale and Russia? Ideologically they are much more clearly opposed (Syndicalism vs fascism/monarchism), rather than the Entente vs Reichspakt (Social liberalism vs social conservatism). Plus, both would be of a much more similar strength, having just rolled over Europe, and I can see an American front to the Cold War as well, with maybe a Mexican-backed south and a Canadian-backed north? It would make more sense than a global superpower against a faction of exile governments.

[cyrodillica]

played as britain and there is literally no way to retake southern england if the oxford conference has no agreement

unless you go to war....