FACT: 99% of Wehrmacht officers Quit, right before the final push.

I played Black Ice Germany and I focused so much on Infantry that I didn't have enough air to even breakthrough Belgium lmao

People meme on Black Ice for being overcomplex but that is probably the closest we will get to the challanging singleplayer Axis scenerio. Also Germany's focus tree is just really freaking good

13:11 “I need oil” and “I would gather my forces for a big offensive south.” And it’s also 1942…oh god. The forshadowing. 😟

"I guess nobody cares about the lore here except for me" - Says the man who invaded France before taking Denmark and Norway

The whole thing about Finland acting like they don’t know you is actually pretty accurate

Hitler: WHAT DO YOU MEAN HALF THE PARATROOPERS DIED?!? *RAGES IN HIS BUNKER*

Paratroopers are used primarily as a second wave to a naval invasion, they're further inland where you are sure there wont be any garrisons (mountains, deserts, etc) for better defensive bonuses to help support a naval invasion on a port that might be defended, take it as like the strategies used during D-Day; Which they had a line of paratroopers farther in from a naval invasion to stretch the lines and destroy any garrisons.

Invading the USSR can make or break the game. I had a similar "historic" experience in the Darkest Hour mod, though I did better in Africa by taking Egypt, after a year of air combat the Battle for Britain ended in a stalemate and I went to the Soviet Union. There were many issues plaguing my army the first year, and I did not make big gains in 1941, however, once winter rolled around I encircled almost the entire Belarus and destroyed their divisions. Further two encicrlements in Ukraine. I destroyed so many Soviet divisions that I outnumbered them 1,5:1 and from that point on I just advanced. Stalin had a stroke and died. Ribbentrop signed peace. Then I finally invaded Britain. Also, love your editing.

But College, Black Ice is micro heavy, and we all know.... Well, we all know how the quote ends lol

Great video again! Perhaps one day you can also micro a side of a barn !

Funny how every channel ever is prepared to instantly scream at every slightly realistic mod ever, but this one has been coming out for years and I haven't seen a video from a big channel until now

i love he was playing ultra historical germany, even giving up in paratroopers like they did.

Assuming I'm reading that right, I really like that the mod has ticking stability decrease for higher conscription laws. I'd assume it has more tools available to counter that loss as well, but it always feels weird that you can be drafting most of the men in the country and everyone is cool with it.

Ah yes deploying units out of thin air, truly an authentic soviet experience

Honestly, this video has really good editing and quality content. Not to point anyone out but alot of Paradox Interactive community could learn a thing or two from College. 👍

The BICE navy experience is glorious. Can't remember the name of the submod but i really wish the designer was used in more overhaul mods (or if it could be a bit more compatible with other mods)

I love it for playing Italy, having access to their unique thermo-jet technology and getting access to jets early is fun and yeah, game is fun and complex.

Stalingrad being retaken while being hyper-focused on Moscow is a Classic College Move, he can't micro the side of a barn.

Spent 200 hours to "fully" understand HOI4 but with this mod it might take an extra 300h.

this was very enjoyable to watch. editing was good. I havent watched bokoen in awhile and i clicked on this video not knowing you play in his games. I didn't even realize this until like halfway through the video. This means you've hit the algorithm and you've done a great job editing and producing this video. bravo

I like the detail of sending planes to put franco in charge, that a very detailed history that changed the course of the spanish civil war. I will play it thanks for you, i didnt knew this mod

The mod just got a massive industry rework in the test version

One thing I like more than just being "realistic" is making game features authentic and goving them depth. Oh, how I'd kill to fiddle with my Infantry batallion's structure and doctrine.

BICE, making a comeback is amazing to me. That intro perfectly describes how I felt when I saw this mod in the description.

Glad you're making this sort of content!

6:16 so this is pretty accurate, the germans only got through the ardenes by luck and the france not listening to there recon pilots

Nice video, hope you make another on the mod again soon!

Love the pacing of the video, pretty important to not go "slow" in HoI4 vids lest you lose audience attention. Keep it up! Algorithm is definitely picking this one up

You’re quickly my newest favorite hoi youtuber. I was so certain that its TFB. Most realistic navy atleast.

You’re quickly my newest favorite hoi youtuber

Man I just have to say your videos are more entertaining than any other hoi youtuber

This video is actually pretty good. I played Black Ice mod in HOI3 and I love seeing how it works in HOI4

Bro your editing is top tier

Love the vids, Collage. I'm waiting for more Rimworld content.

BICE was always among my favorite mods (only second to Old World Blues) but I do agree it is overly complex and adds nuance where it really isn't needed from a strictly gameplay standpoint. But I like spending production to upgrade infantry equipment.

Thanks for the content College!

I was so certain that its TFB. Most realistic navy atleast

Great video loved it! what if you did black Ice and Expert AI that would be pain and chaos

This is hilarious! Such a good video

I don't even know why College's channel never got recommended to me now after like 5-6 years of watching Bokoen1. Good to see it's doing pretty well.

when the mod so difficult that around the maginot turns into all quiet on the western front

I knew reading the title that it would be black ice. Really fun once you get past the hours of learning everything new

Wasn't expecting that atun shei reference goddamn bro is cultured

Never heard of this mod. Looks great actually!

yo i didn’t realize you were college till you said at the end of the video it was such a plot twist lol. great video throughly enjoyed it.

Great video

I felt the convoy raiding pain so much

Good vid and now I've got an itch to try that mod out

Great vid also great vid!

Cool. Most realistic representation of operation Barbarossa I have seen so far, in hoi4 game.

The most evil thing to do is to make a new player play this mod making them think it's vanilla BEFORE they try vanilla so that they'll think it's 100× harder than it really is

This video is so good it made it sub to you.

dude I didn't know college had a channel, and I just opened the video based off the thumbnail. Hearing college being the main character and using a normal voice genuinely flashbanged my brain.

"The enemy of my enemy is my enemy's enemy. No more. No less." - Finland

Please more Black Ice videos. An amazing mod

Another similarly good mod that kind of does this almost better is the "Darkest Hour" mod

That Frozen 50s Man clip got me dead💀

If you like sweaty and larpy mods you should try World Ablaze for hoi4. Great video!

You are so fucking funny with the memes, almost had me rolling on the floor

Don’t let this video distract you from the fact that college has yet to deliver on his promise to host a hoi 3 black ice community game.

What an impressive mod!

The moment I saw realism & HOI4, as well as mod in the same sentences, my computer exploded. Ig it couldn’t handle the fact someone would do this and choose the cowards way out. Still, great video

Great video bro, could you please play world ablaze Soviets next?

The Total War Mod is also another mod I absolutely love for its historical focus while not being overly complex.

You forgot the Historical division spawns. You need to enable this in the game rules before starting a game. (off by default) and you get a lot of free division spawns and templates. Doing Anschluss before the historical time is not worth it and a huge waste of resources. You can get it maybe 1-2 weeks earlier at best if you are lucky. Very RNG dependent. You should also do the Afrika Korps focus that spawns you some free divisions and template suited for desert warfare in north africa.

Glad to see this video do well,hopefully one day College overtakes Bo in subscriber count.

This mod is great. All ot needs is an overhauled Air Designer and it would be just amazing to play. For history nerds, anyway. I also really like the way it handles mechanized, mortars, mgs, etc. allowing you to introduce new equipment to divisions only when you have the industrial capacity to support it. Edit: Paratroopers are quite good, although they don't stand up in a fight against most typical units. They're best in combo with other units - drop paratroopers on two tiles you're about to attack to encircle an enemy stack, for instance. Drop it on and around port you're naval invading, so you get full encirclement bonus + support of far superior marine units. Depending on entrenchment bonus + tech (there's a section of the tree dedicated to buffing special forces) they can also hold the line decently, too. Going without Paratroopers is definitely not a wrong move (marines are just better overall) but they can be used to some effect.

God-damn, you did a Crete in Norway

Would you be down to try World Ablaze and do a comparison between the mods?

I’m willing to bet this is what Hoi5 would look like when it’s realeased

happy college is getting recognition for his quality content

If I remember correctly you can paradrop mountain artillery, unless they changed that

Best mod College played so far, imo.

Played BICE for years, got 3k hours into the hoi4 mod and at this point I can't play the game without it, just feels naked.

You should try the Total War mod. There's also more micro than standard, but also Ai gets huge bonuses against you.

When I first started playing Black ice idk why but I was in love with it, since I hade like 2000 hours on Hoi4 itself it was easy to learn new things and use them effectively against ai. Long story short took all of Europe reached Moscow at the end of 1945 , pulled the us out of the war by using nukes, puppeteed Middle East and made Russia go in a massive civil war while Japanese took until Siberia in 1947. quick work now playing endsieg again

I think this mod just focuses you to use paratroopers more-ish historically, primarily in full support of a naval invasion etc where they are simply used to create pockets/encirclements while the enemy is already engaged by your main forces. Can't do vanilla paratrooper sniping haha

HoI3 Black ICE next pls :D It's on a whole another level. Barbarossa took me months of IRL time when I played as Germany for the first time.

In this mod you have to produce uniforms, horses, passenger cars and 4 different types of support equipment what is imho to much micro and kill the fun. I light version of this mod would be great.

World Ablaze is quite a bit harder then Black ICE imo, but it's still very hard

Currently playing a game as Italy, first time ive olaced a hoi4 games in yeara, let alone woth black ice and i also have the free dlc, which ive also never used. I can tell you, its very accurate. Ive lost east africa in 1941, my invasion into Egyot went terribly and the british flag currently flies over Benghazi. I did capture Tunisia though before France fell as well as Corsica.

Blackice has always been an incredible mod, going back to previous HOI iterations. I've done my own sub-mods of it as well. Works fine, but I'm a bit too much of a perfectionist (also I suck at making it a sub-mod, so the entire thing runs as a hashup of the OG BI). Might get around to publishing it some day...

the commentary is peak

And Attunshei reference is appreciated.

This video felt like a ww2 documentary without my history teacher.

3:20 I would not expect atun shei references here

If you naval invade while paradropping it might make the paratroopers work better

College is the type of guy to not be able to micro the side of a barn...

I like how you call my country the „main antagonist“ LOL

14:22 This game actually shows major building like the Kremlin, this is insane I want this mod

Good video

11:33 Didn't expect that 💀

My tanks don't do well in the forest : oh so you didn't send an army of lumberjack first to clear every forest in Belgium and France for a quick push?

How do you get it to work? My BlackICE has that yellow triangle still and I have all DLCs

6:20 what an interesting plane

Looks really interesting

gotta love the green mans plue plane ahhh that insufferable oaf

great video. real laughs

6:19 the Luftwaffe needs ME-262 to make that offensive