To start, there’s only one focus tree (USA) which is ok but doesn’t make sense when lots of the events are stacked up in the Middle East. The Middle East in itself makes up the majority of recommended countries but there’s too much on the screen to make sense and Millennium Dawn’s depiction of the wars there is far clearer. Furthermore, many of the units bug out completely or have incomplete graphics (I noticed several soldiers holding black cubes).

With technology, it feels a lot like Millennium Dawn’s tree but the strange thing is that there is no industrial or electrical section to be seen. The doctrines have also been overhauled which is nice but what I’ve noticed is that in many nations (especially in Europe and North America) lots of the tech tree is already completed. On one hand this makes sense as it is a 2017 scenario but on the other it needs expanding closer to the size of Millennium Dawn so that we don’t run out of things without experiencing massive time penalties. A lot of the policy ideas, while interesting to explore, are also incomplete and have no effects while the “tax cost” is an unnecessary replacement to consumer goods.

Overall, the mod has a lot of potential but it feels like lots of it is unfinished compared to Millennium Dawn. While the AI can be more erratic in Millennium Dawn, at this time it is the far better mod. While MD4 has some good aspects, I have a hard time recommending it until it is more fleshed out and completed.