Ostalgie: Legacy of Hoxha DLC

Life doesn't get easier, you just get Albanian

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Great addition to the original game!! +++3 New Countries!!!! +++New Ideaologies!!! +++New Events!!! +++Socialism with a Human Face!!! +++++++++++++++++Stalin in the DLC cover!!!

Got it haven't even played it, but I like the main game so I will probably love this

Only thing I disliked was I couldn't build more bunkers in Albania.

Play as Albania, Czechoslovakia or Hungary in this already wonderful game

This is a pretty good dlc. The Czechoslovak music is good, the Hungarian music is great, and Albania is pretty fun to play. There's no reason to not get this one.

Amazing dlc for an amazing game. It adds Albania, Czechoslovakia and Hungary-each of those countries has a specific economical and political situation aswell as unique events. If you liked the basic game grab this dlc for sure. But beware- defending socialist system in all of added countries is a very challenging task, so good luck comrade!

This is a very fun DLC which is honestly impossible to pass up considering that it's the price of a cheap hamburger. Each of the 3 playable nations offers a unique experience. Hungary is interesting because it gives you the opportunity to either preserve the Iron Curtain and throw your lot in with the Eastern Bloc or become the first opening in it and establish ties with the West. Albania is also in an interesting position because its longtime isolation means that it isn't dependent on the USSR for foreign aid, which in turn gives it much more freedom to act. You can even, if you are so inclined, gradually transform Albania into a NATO-aligned, economically liberal Islamic republic. If you ask me, that alone makes this a 10/10 DLC.

If you've played the base game, you already know what this is like. The DLC sticks to the formula, but expands its coverage to three new countries. -Czechoslovakia is nation with a relatively stable government, that is still nonetheless torn by czech and slovak nationalism. Perhaps the easiest to play out of the bunch. Your main focus will be to keep the union together. -Hungary is a very difficult nation to play. You start out in deep ♥♥♥♥. You don't really have the support of the people, not even the support of your own party. On your first playtrough, I recommend autosaving frequently, as it's very easy to lose. People that enjoy a challenge will definitely enjoy this one. -Albania is a wildcard. As those with a background in history may already know, Albania was not really a part of the eastern bloc following Stalin's death, which they considered revisionist and "social imperialist". They had a flirtation with Maoism before they renounced the PRC as well. Already having bad relations with Yugoslavia (due to Kosovo) and the Western world, Albania was highly isolationist, going as far as to build bunkers all across the country. In the game this tosses up your playstyle quite a bit, as several fimiliar events have different options if you're playing as Albania. You're an outsider, and you'll have trouble influencing COMECON countries. At the same time, you're far less restrained by Gorbachev's orders. Definitely an interesting playtrough. Overall, I belive that at around 80 cents per country, this DLC is definitely a great value proposition for anyone that liked the base game. It's still very fimiliar, but each country has it's own twist. I really hope to see Yugoslavia in a following DLC, as that would be a very different experience as well. With that said, if you didn't enjoy the base game - this DLC won't change your mind. You're paying for 3 new countries, with their own leaders, events and music. The core gameplay, however, remains the same. I think that the developers have put enough work in to diffirentiate the DLC countries from the base ones, and at just over 2$, it's hard to complain. Overall - your impressions of the base game will be your impressions on this. You get more of the same, with some new interesting perspectives to keep it relatively fresh, while still remaining very fimiliar. It's a good value for money, so I'm thumbing it up.