WHAT IF ALL OF FRANCE WAS THE MAGINOT LINE? - Hearts Of Iron 4 Fort Only

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  • Опубликовано: 31 июл 2018
  • What If All Of France Was The Maginot Line? What if all of france suddenly became covered in level 10 forts all over the country side protecting them from the other threats of aggressive german ai and those pesky belgians wanting to invade from the north!
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    Today in Hearts Of Iron 4 [hoi4] we test the limits of the french AI and see just how succesfull it is at defending tiself when given the ultimate defense line against anything and everything.
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  • @almostharvestingseasonitis3151
    @almostharvestingseasonitis3151 6 лет назад +4708

    This is totally historically inaccurate. Germany went around the Maginot Line. Therefore, if the entirety of France is the Maginot Line, Germany will just walk around France straight into London.

    • @warwolf3005
      @warwolf3005 6 лет назад +202

      Maginot Line technically covered ardennes, but it was weaker there and had relatively unexperienced garrison.*
      *Totally not insert Director Krennic

    • @ittihatcumut2772
      @ittihatcumut2772 6 лет назад +14

      OMFG

    • @wildpearrunning1408
      @wildpearrunning1408 6 лет назад +2

      Into Paris not London

    • @ittihatcumut2772
      @ittihatcumut2772 6 лет назад +109

      Paris in France. If Maginot Line is France, Germany can't get Paris. Because it' going around the maginot line. Probably using the English channel to do it.

    • @radicallarrythemailman8269
      @radicallarrythemailman8269 6 лет назад +10

      Old Memes They can't pass through, true. But they can use Dave to capture all the cities

  • @jedimario8860
    @jedimario8860 6 лет назад +1053

    My theory is that the French AI is hardcoded to leave their Northern border unguarded, which would explain why Belgium took Paris soooooo many times.

    • @vulturearmy3780
      @vulturearmy3780 6 лет назад +171

      Uh I guess it’s to simulate the surprise of the French when Germany goes around Maginot and breaches through the Ardennes, but that’s just my guess

    • @Konterfeit
      @Konterfeit 6 лет назад +103

      no. France just starts with basically no Military factories and troops that have no Equipment. "Always war" is an insta-loose for France, no matter what you give them in Terms of longterm buffs.

    • @TheWoollyFrog
      @TheWoollyFrog 5 лет назад +24

      No. The vanilla ai is just bad at managing multiple fronts. And France has multiple fronts against strong enemies.

    • @ShudowWolf
      @ShudowWolf 5 лет назад +13

      As a side note this theory isn't the most ridiculous as Britain is coded to not garrison benelux, help in France and take ostpreussen but I don't know of anything like this.

    • @TheWoollyFrog
      @TheWoollyFrog 5 лет назад +2

      Shadow Wolf
      The ai tends to guard its own territories or those that have been occupied and given to them to control. Sometimes they do venture to distant front lines but less likely if they have to get there by sea (something to do with making sure the ai doesn't get its entire army sunk by enemy fleets?). It really isn't Britain that is coded to be this way. Hard to tell if I've ever seen an island nation or one from the Americas that sent non expeditionary non volunteer non naval invasion troops to France.

  • @Sophia-vk5bq
    @Sophia-vk5bq 4 года назад +447

    "I put the final touches on the French AI myself ladies and gentlemen. It just works." -Todd Howard before returning to design Fallout 76

    • @dominikpukos7450
      @dominikpukos7450 3 года назад +7

      French AI has 16x the detail of an actual historical accuracy ans 4x the size of the real France

  • @ovs8691
    @ovs8691 5 лет назад +614

    Germany: *Builds the biggest navy in history and goes around France.*

  • @APerson-jf4ls
    @APerson-jf4ls 6 лет назад +1608

    I respect the people that dedicated themselves to making all of France a fort

    • @caelvanir8557
      @caelvanir8557 6 лет назад +16

      Enver Hoxha took over France in this video.

    • @alexh2947
      @alexh2947 6 лет назад +2

      F

    • @axelandersson6314
      @axelandersson6314 6 лет назад +8

      Dank memes r Dank You didn’t end your comment with a period so I’ll add on to it:
      “... for absolutely nothing.”

    • @WinterWolf1045_
      @WinterWolf1045_ 6 лет назад +1

      They all died. Multiple times lol.

    • @rafascisowski8959
      @rafascisowski8959 6 лет назад +1

      Rollu Kauppa you mean croissant

  • @AsbestosMuffins
    @AsbestosMuffins 5 лет назад +595

    I think its their colonies in africa that screw up the AI, it gives them the option to run across large amount of ground vs standing in place, and the AI doesn't seem to weigh home territory vs the overseas ones causing it to just loose tons of troops in africa.
    britain doesn't quite have this problem because they broke the raj and its other territories off into their own countries

    • @drtoilet1019
      @drtoilet1019 5 лет назад +4

      I guess

    • @DarkCrimsonBlade
      @DarkCrimsonBlade 5 лет назад +58

      Looking at where France held in the fails and pushed in the final game, it is this. France so is trying to defend territories in Europe, Africa, the Middle East and south east Asia. Not only does this make them split their force, but the lines changing on these fronts causes the ai to reorganize its lines, pulling troops from Europe usually to head to one of the other places.
      This is why there suddenly is a breach and just complete fumble of their line of forts. The ai just straight up cannot handle the front lines against 3-5 different countries in Europe as well as several more across the world.
      The ai needs to be programmed to not reorganize a certain amount of infantry on the front line so they won’t pack up and leave a gap as they walk off to the other side of the globe.

    • @loupdeguerre
      @loupdeguerre 5 лет назад +25

      @@DarkCrimsonBlade it's also necessary for the Axis Ai too have a solid shot a taking France, otherwise France would be incredibly though to crack open, hell as a quite mediocre player I can easily play the waiting game as france for years without the german italian and spanish making even a foothold inside my border. France is covered in moutain on all side, and the only place it isn't there are rivers, and two focus that put forts on two frontiers. Without a sucky French AI historical games wouldn't stay historical for long. You can also put the republicain spain in that bag of "crappy AI by design".

    • @dalsosegno
      @dalsosegno 5 лет назад +6

      France literally had no troops on the maginot last game i had, just agressively walked througb the damn country

    • @cheeto4027
      @cheeto4027 5 лет назад +5

      @@loupdeguerre well a crappy Republican Spain makes sense too since the forces fighting franco were pretty divided and would sometimes even fight each other

  • @TheSwampsteve
    @TheSwampsteve 5 лет назад +742

    I like how every game, Ireland just took northern Ireland with no consequences

    • @Septimus_ii
      @Septimus_ii 4 года назад +5

      Sometimes they didn't take all of it

    • @angelopueyygarcia43
      @angelopueyygarcia43 4 года назад +38

      26 + 6 = 1. Ireland will be united.

    • @JB-xl2jc
      @JB-xl2jc 4 года назад +31

      Hate to make it political but given how Hard Brexit is looking likely now, I’ll bet we’ll have a unified Ireland in a few years

    • @aureavita8653
      @aureavita8653 4 года назад

      @@JB-xl2jc i mean, does it matter?

    • @floydlooney6837
      @floydlooney6837 4 года назад +5

      @@JB-xl2jc ruled by Brussels?

  • @pierreollivier6714
    @pierreollivier6714 3 года назад +137

    The fact that the French AI is a meme in hoi4 is hilarious but as à French i'm outraged that it is hardcoded to lose (yes is was proven by modders)

    • @arthurborlet
      @arthurborlet 3 года назад +28

      it's just because the only way to simulate france losing with the number of troups we had, if by hardwiring the AI to lose, because the french army brass(les gradés) at that time was laughable, like really when they saw the germans had lots of tanks tanks, they dictated that tank defence should be organised around blocking roads, ROADS !!! IT'S A FREAKING TANK, IT'S GOING TO DRIVE THROUGHT THE FOREST IF YOU BLOCK THE ROAD !!!)

    • @TheWarriorofHonor
      @TheWarriorofHonor 3 года назад +3

      historical accuarcy is important

    • @pierreollivier6714
      @pierreollivier6714 3 года назад +4

      ​@@arthurborlet There also was the fact that in order to stay on belgium's good side we did not extend the maginot line further than what was done, so the blitzkrieg was basically : " Oh ? we can't go straight through ? we'll just go AROUND then!"
      Et pour la question à un million, comment s'appelait le sous-secrétaire d'état d'état à la guerre et à la défense qui voulait qu'on change de doctrine par rapport nottament aux tanks ?
      AH ! oui, charles de gaulle.

    • @vrabb9030
      @vrabb9030 3 года назад +1

      @@pierreollivier6714 Blitzkrieg probably still would've happened if the maginot was extended. The French army wasn't prepared at the time (and also not as compitent) so they probably still would've left the ardennes not really that defended (maybe because they would think it didn't need it or maybe they just don't have enough men for true defense because trying to fit your army through the entire Belgian / German-French border wouldn't be easy.
      Also most people would probably think that being conscripted to stay at a fort was pointless so less men.
      So Hitler might've ended up going through belgium and around the Maginot like in real life except it would take longer.
      But even if the Blitzkrieg didn't happen a French invasion would've probably happened
      He could've ordered an invasion of Belgium and used he could've used Italy , depending on if France built more forts on that border too.
      Maybe the French politcal parties would get angry due to conscription for forts and all the money that forts require and maybe a reveloution?
      Bascially France at the time was probably doomed to fail , African colonies , incompitence , politcal problems , German war machine and all that stuff isn't easy to handle and considering how long it took me to write out the scenarios where France still loses i think it's easy to see France could lose easily.
      France now or later in the war could maybe hold off against the Nazis but even now Democratic Germany is still a European power even though they lost and were punished in two major wars and suffered a split and they're even using the French-German steel thingy (i forgot the name) to gain even more power in Europe even though the main reason was to constrain Germany,
      but considering NATO and the UN exist a world war probably isn't gonna happen with Germany , so that's nice.
      Sorry for the long comment and i made a lot of assumtions about Germany and in a world where France can extend the Maginot they might be able to easily win against the Germans but i don't know.
      I also assumed Hitler wouldn't be smart enough to pull off a move so large as a mass invasion of Belgium and around the Maginot in Italy and a push through the ardennes

    • @liliya_aseeva
      @liliya_aseeva Месяц назад

      The amount of VPs in the North is not helping either. Yes, North is quite urbanized, but empty diagonal is just *too* empty in the game. Maybe take down a notch Paris and make more VPs in Lyon Marseilles Toulouse and this would prevent so fast capitulation.

  • @SuperSalmon
    @SuperSalmon 3 года назад +127

    The French AI is playing Russian Roulette without a gun. And still loses

  • @unknownuser4692
    @unknownuser4692 6 лет назад +504

    I literally was crying with laughter France nearly got taken by Switzerland the most neutral country in the war Ha!

    • @orjelmort2330
      @orjelmort2330 6 лет назад +31

      Samuel Kerby it's funny that this is a game and in real life italy lose to greece

    • @danielcivilis1729
      @danielcivilis1729 6 лет назад +3

      Samuel Kerby thats not true cause Switserland was actually a pretty strong country, cause they had like almost 1 mil

    • @dennishz9040
      @dennishz9040 6 лет назад +10

      Donut Plays swiss was the most neutral country, that's not true they was pretty strong. where the fuck is the connection

    • @Cybermat47
      @Cybermat47 6 лет назад +4

      Switzerland wasn’t really that neutral. They happily shot down anything that entered their airspace.

    • @Spartan0430
      @Spartan0430 6 лет назад +19

      @cybermat47 "They happily shot down anything that entered their airspace" exactly. anything. american, brit or german. that's pretty neutral. there is a difference between pacifism and neutrality. they were very aggressive in maintaining their neutrality.

  • @lightninglord7832
    @lightninglord7832 6 лет назад +491

    I think the AI was controlled by Alex the Rambler.

  • @DystopianCreativity
    @DystopianCreativity 3 года назад +95

    "It's all Romania?"
    "Always has been."

    • @Razvy800
      @Razvy800 3 года назад +1

      How big did greater romania used to be?
      Yes

  • @axelandersson6314
    @axelandersson6314 6 лет назад +1055

    The Maginot surface?

    • @tyab87
      @tyab87 6 лет назад +64

      Axel Andersson The infinitely dense Maginot-Hilbert space-filling curve

    • @axelandersson6314
      @axelandersson6314 6 лет назад +11

      tyab87 Fractal France!

    • @reaper6303
      @reaper6303 6 лет назад +6

      Axel Andersson pretty sure it’s the Maginot countryside

    • @deacon6453
      @deacon6453 6 лет назад

      Does It come the Maginot Type Cover

    • @nathanmeulensteen339
      @nathanmeulensteen339 6 лет назад +3

      the Maginot plane

  • @The3cats4me
    @The3cats4me 6 лет назад +174

    Spiff. do it again, BUT, make them free france. Free France AI seems to do actually good.

    • @aramhalamech4204
      @aramhalamech4204 6 лет назад +20

      The3cats4me that would be an interesting experiment.

    • @The3cats4me
      @The3cats4me 6 лет назад +95

      If I recall, France has an AI modifier for preferring defense. However, france has land all over the world and the AI will protect ALL of it equally. Free France doesnt have this modifier, so they tend to stay within Core land

    • @josimes4496
      @josimes4496 6 лет назад +4

      lutin grognon on the indo-China thing, I was playing as RAJ and I saw france put 40 divisions on the border with Siam. This was in 1939 before Germany started the war and Siam was neutral.
      There was no reasoning, it just did it. Let’s just say France fell rather quickly

    • @vinifalleroliveira
      @vinifalleroliveira 6 лет назад +6

      Remove Talos
      Better than my German AI.
      I mean, they ally with Japan, declare war on the soviets, *AND SEND 90 OF IT'S 120 DIVISIONS TO FIGHT IN CHINA WHILE KEEP THE REMAINING 30 DIVISIONS AS GARRISON IN FRANCE TO PROTECT FROM D DAY*
      -fortress- hungary lasted more than germany....

    • @vinifalleroliveira
      @vinifalleroliveira 6 лет назад

      Slugcat Jak
      I play as high elf....

  • @voltek9738
    @voltek9738 5 лет назад +125

    Germany: *Builds a SkyBase and platforms above France, then drops TNT*

  • @graydentaylor542
    @graydentaylor542 2 года назад +23

    7:04 France falling to Belgium as "The City Must Survive" from Frostpunk plays in the background. Perfection

  • @lightside33333
    @lightside33333 6 лет назад +128

    Swap France with a different nation to see how it would do with good AI

    • @delta2372
      @delta2372 5 лет назад +22

      It's not france's fault that it's hard coded to die

  • @theliteralmaginotline5638
    @theliteralmaginotline5638 6 лет назад +811

    This is awkward

  • @acarrot9868
    @acarrot9868 5 лет назад +358

    France coding in a nutshell:
    if frenchArmy == exists:
    disband all
    elif france != capitulated:
    wayToParis = ungarded
    else:
    capitulate

    • @thatdieguy5310
      @thatdieguy5310 4 года назад +7

      Seems legit.

    • @myrmecologistjp9228
      @myrmecologistjp9228 4 года назад +5

      You did not specify frenchArmy and france, and I'm pretty sure it dosent work like that.

    • @myrmecologistjp9228
      @myrmecologistjp9228 4 года назад +19

      here is a code that works(tested in python, feel free to take it and test it):
      frenchArmy = "exists"
      france = "independent"
      wayToParis = "Guarded"
      while True:
      if frenchArmy == "exists":
      frenchArmy = "disband"
      if france == "independent":
      wayToParis = "Ungarded"
      ArmyAdd = input("Do you want to add divisions to the army? ")
      if ArmyAdd == "yes":
      print("ok")
      frenchArmy = "exists"
      else:
      print("you did not add anything to the army")
      ProtectParis = input("Protect the way to Paris? ")
      if ProtectParis == "yes" and frenchArmy == "exists":
      wayToParis = "Guarded"
      elif ProtectParis == "yes" and frenchArmy == "disband":
      print("You can not protect the way to Paris without troops")
      else:
      print("You did not protect the way to Paris ")
      if frenchArmy == "disband" and wayToParis == "Ungarded":
      france = "Capitulated"
      if france == "Capitulated":
      print("Some other nation has conquered us *sad french noises*")

    • @thatdieguy5310
      @thatdieguy5310 4 года назад +7

      @@myrmecologistjp9228 Now THAT seems legit.

  • @TheYeetiest
    @TheYeetiest 5 лет назад +35

    You have to congratulate them on getting Sardinia. It was extremely well defended and the mighty French army overran all resistance there.

  • @nicolas.p331
    @nicolas.p331 6 лет назад +428

    Are we blind? Deploy the garrison!

    • @incompetentgaming8400
      @incompetentgaming8400 6 лет назад +19

      I think France is hard coded to send their troops to another nation after a certain time passes after they are in a war with Germany.

    • @nikkity5491
      @nikkity5491 6 лет назад +46

      *ARE WE BLIND DEPLOY THE SURRENDER FLAG*

  • @frogchip6484
    @frogchip6484 6 лет назад +31

    ''Sir, through sheer willpower and determination, the French people have succeeded in making lvl 10 forts on every province in the country!''
    ''Really? Alright let's leave some troops on the border with the Germans and allow them to be encircled while guarding every single province.''

  • @wtechafk34
    @wtechafk34 3 года назад +50

    France wins at the end
    This guy: puts Russian Soviet march music.
    whatever its still good

  • @pahinamala4019
    @pahinamala4019 2 года назад +19

    Breaking into a frenchmen's house would be insane, imagine the thick concretes, reinforced windows and several retreat bunkers that would be in place in case of a german invasion. Oh lets not forget the various fox holes and look outs with armed french fathers and even french children operating mortars.

  • @dad6644
    @dad6644 6 лет назад +600

    You can’t blame the French, one Paratrooper division can kill the whole country.

    • @filipfilip3335
      @filipfilip3335 6 лет назад +26

      true story.

    • @mollye
      @mollye 5 лет назад +163

      One german soldier sitting down in a parisian café and ordering a large beer can cause the entire country to surrender for gods sake.

    • @willtattersall1940
      @willtattersall1940 5 лет назад +8

      true story.

    • @willtattersall1940
      @willtattersall1940 5 лет назад +36

      In the game one paratrooper division into Paris actually can make France surrender though. I don’t think he meant in real life

    • @manictiger
      @manictiger 5 лет назад +13

      @1alas
      I can just imagine an alternate X-Men universe, where Magneto is drinking in a Parisian Cafe, telling a couple Frenchmen "I have no name. It was taken from me, by cheesemakers and vineyard owners". He turns his arm and it shows a wine stain.

  • @placeholder8768
    @placeholder8768 6 лет назад +157

    *France surrendering was just a stereotype, they said*
    *France was a powerful country, they said*

    • @amirhanabishev8868
      @amirhanabishev8868 6 лет назад +8

      Russiaball Mapping We wun 100 percent of our wars. France stronk.France all wars againts the africans. 100 Years wot and shiet

    • @placeholder8768
      @placeholder8768 6 лет назад +25

      Amirhan Abishev Actually, France only won 61.9 percent of their wars, but I was just joking around, unless you’re also joking around, then excuse me for not noticing the sarcasm.

    • @amirhanabishev8868
      @amirhanabishev8868 6 лет назад +4

      Russiaball Mapping That was a joke.

    • @mayettetanio856
      @mayettetanio856 6 лет назад +2

      Amirhan Abishev *pLaYs EvIL MoRtY tHeME* edit:fuck i just read
      The russian guys comment

    • @placeholder8768
      @placeholder8768 6 лет назад

      MASTER DIO it still fits perfectly-
      Amirhan Abishev o

  • @dreadpiratewest6058
    @dreadpiratewest6058 3 года назад +21

    "Its Just Belgium!" *dissapointed Tea Noises*

  • @julienpageaud657
    @julienpageaud657 3 года назад +9

    I gotta admit, I'm French and... I'm not even mad. I'm used to the love-hate relationship we got with the UK. Love your vids on CIV btw, keep it up, tea-man !

  • @janedoe4929
    @janedoe4929 6 лет назад +395

    Can you send this video to paradox as a bug report? Lol

    • @NauseousIsland3
      @NauseousIsland3 6 лет назад +172

      Bug: Game too Realistic

    • @General_Townes
      @General_Townes 6 лет назад +30

      Liam Odendaal you fucking savage

    • @cariox201
      @cariox201 6 лет назад +17

      Liam Odendaal i didn't know humans could have bugs with historical accuracy :V

    • @xCUSEMEKx
      @xCUSEMEKx 6 лет назад +16

      RE: My France doesn't work

    • @misterbeach8826
      @misterbeach8826 6 лет назад +2

      you would need to send almost all hoi4 videos then. hoi4 is so bad, incredible. i actually stopped playing hoi4 because of the bad mechanics (paratroops, naval invasions, naval combat, tank warfare, forts, or weird air warfare) and the horrible ai. some time ago i've made a simple ai test. german ai is bad at repairing/fitting units/provinces (at some point it uses all its industry to repair provinces). and the other ai's do not care about the war economy policy when it's available to them, and there's so much more... either you play hoi4 in multiplayer or leave it

  • @jadenstar1038
    @jadenstar1038 6 лет назад +443

    One big Capital F!
    Edit: Holy Shitesenberg so many Likes! Spiffing Brit also liked!, my first ever popular comment XD

  • @lifeofmortis6732
    @lifeofmortis6732 3 года назад +19

    Its impossible to lose a battle.
    France 🇫🇷: Mission impossible completed

  • @gratuitouslurking8610
    @gratuitouslurking8610 5 лет назад +15

    'How do you lose to Italy?!?'
    A SHAMEFUR DISPRAY!

  • @APerson-jf4ls
    @APerson-jf4ls 6 лет назад +689

    *F*

  • @nixxel2278
    @nixxel2278 6 лет назад +177

    The French AI in HoI4 is hardcoded to always lose to Germany, no matter what. Seriously, I've only seen 2 games where the French AI beat Germany.

    • @delta2372
      @delta2372 5 лет назад +22

      It's not the AI but the country in general, I play france all the time both SP and MP and it's impossible to hold even if you buff yourself and it's so stupid.
      I get that france is supposed to be a challenge but ffs they are just unplayable right now.

    • @YitzharVered
      @YitzharVered 5 лет назад +15

      @@delta2372 what? Literally my first game was France and I won. How bad ate you that you managed to lose? Seriously, France isn't that hard is SP

    • @KILLERMATYCZ
      @KILLERMATYCZ 5 лет назад +9

      @@delta2372 not true, it's super easy to hold, I managed to conquer some land as France in 38

    • @delta2372
      @delta2372 5 лет назад +6

      @@YitzharVered well let me rephrase that, I can win SP but MP it's impossible.

    • @artificialintelligence8328
      @artificialintelligence8328 5 лет назад +1

      @@delta2372
      Why did you say SP in the first place lol.

  • @thornpauladr
    @thornpauladr 5 лет назад +77

    I think that the developers made a mistake and they put the Italian AI to French...

    • @nicolascordier12
      @nicolascordier12 4 года назад +8

      Italy is not historically accurate, it does not change faction every month!

    • @eliaslopez2740
      @eliaslopez2740 3 года назад

      In fact, the italian AI is very competent

  • @ainzooalgown9451
    @ainzooalgown9451 4 года назад +8

    before this starts i must say I have saw the french ai pull entirely of the maginot line to fight me as italy.

  • @orangensaft7125
    @orangensaft7125 6 лет назад +198

    The Baguette Line

  • @neithon467
    @neithon467 6 лет назад +79

    Maybe every fort makes the French ai dumber

    • @newromanianmappernrm4420
      @newromanianmappernrm4420 6 лет назад +29

      Imagine if you removed the Maginot line,dear god the french would become competent

    • @vinifalleroliveira
      @vinifalleroliveira 6 лет назад +3

      New Romanian Mapper /NRM
      Remember Naopleon? He didn't fought with forts at his sides.

  • @tracii3751
    @tracii3751 5 лет назад +17

    14:13 Romania you finally lived to your full potential

  • @shadesmarerik4112
    @shadesmarerik4112 3 года назад +7

    only when the Netherlands takes Germany, France is able to do something...

  • @luciuscaeciliusiucundus1154
    @luciuscaeciliusiucundus1154 6 лет назад +123

    WTF was drew playing as France?!

  • @baffoonidiot5821
    @baffoonidiot5821 6 лет назад +80

    Next video: What if the entire world was the Maginot Line?

    • @LJCyrus1
      @LJCyrus1 5 лет назад

      That would take a long time to set up I suspect.

    • @christianknuchel
      @christianknuchel 5 лет назад

      @@LJCyrus1 One could opt for automating such scenario adjustements, of course.

    • @ginesjoshdave4406
      @ginesjoshdave4406 5 лет назад

      He actually got onboard with this idea

    • @apila4859
      @apila4859 5 лет назад

      This has already been done

    • @sjs9698
      @sjs9698 5 лет назад +2

      germany immediately annexes the moon.

  • @paula194
    @paula194 6 лет назад +5

    8:19 You know you've failed as an A.I. when they pull the 'just disappointed' out on you.

  • @themrfj
    @themrfj 5 лет назад +18

    17:45 - Is that Lewis in the bottom left corner? :D

  • @Nathan_2120
    @Nathan_2120 6 лет назад +12

    The French after installing the Maginot in their whole country
    French: HAHA Now the Germans can't get in
    Germans steps on French soil
    French: *WE SURRENDER*

  • @IHoowin
    @IHoowin 6 лет назад +69

    I Think its because the French are trying to garrison the entire country because of all the lvl 10 forts

    • @maloflory
      @maloflory 6 лет назад +12

      HoowinGames Nah, IAs only cover borders. For exemple AI Soviet Union puts its units in the Baltic and Eastern Poland, not on the tiny bits of the Stalin Line.

  • @BisexualPlagueDoctor
    @BisexualPlagueDoctor Год назад +3

    The issue with forts is if you lose one from combat or not having troops ready, you just can’t take them back

  • @JustaGuy_Gaming
    @JustaGuy_Gaming 5 лет назад +7

    So what we learn from this is if you give France a few suits of Iron Man armor, a Death Star and maybe a BFG or two they will find a way to lose to tribesmen with sticks?

  • @titothesecond2001
    @titothesecond2001 6 лет назад +352

    France would still surrender

    • @cariox201
      @cariox201 6 лет назад +16

      XxTheVelikiBosnaXx pffft you're such a smart guy...

    • @pffspffs1606
      @pffspffs1606 6 лет назад +16

      They should make a special surrender mechanic just for france

    • @cariox201
      @cariox201 6 лет назад +1

      pffs pffs wdym?

    • @maloflory
      @maloflory 6 лет назад +13

      FazZno! Well, he's not wrong. In Hoi4 the pre-Free France IA seems to be completely fucked up and its units seems to be nerfed as hell or something like that...I've already seen Germany going trough the Maginot line despite being outnumbered, where the French units should have won without even lv 10 forts..

    • @orjelmort2330
      @orjelmort2330 6 лет назад +1

      pffs pffs it's perfect for italians

  • @suirahplanogemo3407
    @suirahplanogemo3407 6 лет назад +19

    The French AI’s competence is measured in baguettes and Mona Lisas

    • @Cec1nator
      @Cec1nator 6 лет назад +3

      tarek alsaidy the mona lisa is italian, the fuck?

    • @thomassilia7306
      @thomassilia7306 6 лет назад +1

      It's been in France for 500 years and only quit it to be exposed in Washington and Tokyo so, yeah, basically french at this point

    • @Cec1nator
      @Cec1nator 6 лет назад +5

      Thomassilia but drawn by Da Vinci, an italian. In my opinion it's as italian as Mussolini

    • @deltoroperdedor3166
      @deltoroperdedor3166 6 лет назад

      It's weird that you compare a painting with a leader on the exact opposite side of the competence spectrum

    • @evzenvarga9707
      @evzenvarga9707 6 лет назад

      @@thomassilia7306 Drawn by Italian it is in no way French only thing french about it is ownership.

  • @BullworthAcademy4
    @BullworthAcademy4 4 года назад +4

    love the frostunk sountrack xD

  • @mnky626
    @mnky626 5 лет назад +1

    It's often overlooked that a large contributing factor to the Maginot Line's failure was Germany getting incredibly lucky when they took the huge risk of advancing through the Black Forest to bypass it (not having the best track record with considering big risks in general; if I'm remembering my military history correctly they tried again at the Battle of the Bulge and it didn't work nearly as well).

  • @PGawol
    @PGawol 6 лет назад +126

    France fell before Denmark did and Germany declared on them at the same time (or Denmark first)

    • @mucklowthebaronofmercia8295
      @mucklowthebaronofmercia8295 6 лет назад +14

      P. Gawol germany built a giant gun to penetrate the maginot line but france surrended before they got it in place

    • @sirborinthegreat7520
      @sirborinthegreat7520 6 лет назад +19

      Well, no actually. That’s (almost) entirely wrong. Yes, the Germans declared on the Danes first (April 9, 1940) but they capitulated literally six hours after German troops crossed the border. The war with France on the other hand began later (May 10, 1940), but they lasted more than a month (all the way until June 25 the same year). Please excuse me if I’ve got anything about this wrong.

    • @iuliusconstantcornelio2018
      @iuliusconstantcornelio2018 6 лет назад +1

      Sir Borin The Great That is correct, bu this guy was talking about what happened in this video, not in real life !

    • @iuliusconstantcornelio2018
      @iuliusconstantcornelio2018 5 лет назад

      TheLoneWolf550 Denmark is a country in Europe, AMERICAN ! -_-

  • @dedweight8292
    @dedweight8292 6 лет назад +21

    _Visibly struggling_ Must... Drink... Tea
    _Grabs Frogs Leg_ *OUI OUI*

    • @hazardperceptiontest
      @hazardperceptiontest 5 лет назад +2

      oh no
      the french are brainwashing our fellow mates
      next they'll be brainwashing the colonies
      prepare yourselves

  • @shadowman8535
    @shadowman8535 3 года назад +13

    France: ( *becomes Maginot line* ) what you gonna do now germany
    Germany: ( *goes around france trough English Channel* ) this

    • @billsmcdonald3856
      @billsmcdonald3856 3 года назад

      Mislav Malenica not sure the Germans had canal boats. Better of sticking to the English Channel if you ask me

  • @matiskrawiec
    @matiskrawiec 6 лет назад +2

    5:50 When even the Polish AI has managed to defend itself from Nazis and Soviets for longer than Maginot France, you know that France was given extra attention by programmers

  • @kirbyfanos123
    @kirbyfanos123 6 лет назад +12

    Only a real Frenchman would fortify the colonies too.

    • @cariox201
      @cariox201 6 лет назад +2

      schwarzbraun ist haselnuss cough you're right **looks away**

    • @oam6626
      @oam6626 6 лет назад +1

      schwarzbraun ist haselnuss no. A real Frenchman would simply surrender.

    • @cariox201
      @cariox201 6 лет назад +1

      Auto what country are you from? So i also say a random fake cliche that is a disgrace to your country?

    • @kirbyfanos123
      @kirbyfanos123 6 лет назад +2

      FazZno! *pissed en Français*

    • @cariox201
      @cariox201 6 лет назад +1

      schwarzbraun ist haselnuss *pissed en français too*

  • @anani9898
    @anani9898 6 лет назад +43

    15:11 Notice how Turkish ai holds France for a very long time :D

  • @patricksmith6673
    @patricksmith6673 2 года назад +10

    "I think the actual French AI is better than the..." France was ruled by AI confirmed

  • @darksuperganon
    @darksuperganon 6 лет назад +1

    I'm betting that, thanks to the Always War mod, France decided to dedicate like half their army to the ultra-important Indochina front.

  • @user-gf9iy6yq7o
    @user-gf9iy6yq7o 6 лет назад +34

    I was already drinking tea before clicking on this video. Does this qualify me to U.K citizenship?

  • @promc7318
    @promc7318 6 лет назад +7

    do the same thing with Italy to see if it is a french AI problem

    • @cariox201
      @cariox201 6 лет назад +3

      promc yeah i think it's a AI problem cause any player could rekt germany as france

  • @canadian__ninja
    @canadian__ninja 3 года назад +2

    I genuinely thought the AI was hardcoded to get killed until the last one.

  • @alvarovalle-inclan7049
    @alvarovalle-inclan7049 10 месяцев назад

    I swear, the whole length of this video cracked me up. I was on the floor the entire time, oh my god. 💀

  • @makhnovshchynaball9542
    @makhnovshchynaball9542 6 лет назад +69

    "This video is very French"
    "Prepare for-RETREAT!!!"

    • @makhnovshchynaball9542
      @makhnovshchynaball9542 6 лет назад +2

      Michaël really just any military conflict the french have ever been in since napoleon

    • @caboose3721
      @caboose3721 5 лет назад

      @@Michael-di7bg Putinland?

  • @TheMelnTeam
    @TheMelnTeam 6 лет назад +3

    This is kind of unreal. And here I was surprise when German AI went through Maginot to get to me as Belgium because I had walled the Germans without even joining a faction.

  • @TheAnon03
    @TheAnon03 5 лет назад +1

    I finished my tea just before starting this video, I AM NOT PREPARED FOR THIS!

  • @konobuzoggu239
    @konobuzoggu239 4 года назад +2

    drinking game: take a shot each time Spiff says "French AI"

  • @Cythil
    @Cythil 6 лет назад +32

    Boy... On paper France is strong as it is. I know that when I played previous versions of HoI I kicked butt with them. Which really got me questioning what sort of people they had in changer in France during the start of the war in real life. (As well as seeing some of the account on how superior, yes, you heard me, superior french tanks where to Germans ones.)
    Maybe it is actually accurate to history. Maybe France just had a really bad AI running everything at the start of the war... Darn time traveling Swedes putting poorly designed AI in changer of France just so they could make a game out of it...

    • @sindreherstad8739
      @sindreherstad8739 6 лет назад +9

      Cythil the french tanks had some flaw (mainly undercrewd) wich would make them better (in tank vs tank) than the panzer 2, but I would say the panzer 3 and 4 was at leest on par. Regarding why france died in ww2, as I understand france basicly had PTSD from ww1. They also had unrest with commis wanting communism. And a most troops were conscripts with wariyng will to fight. They also soread out ther superior numbers of tanks, whilst the germans focused them in spearheads wich allowed them to blitz thru the arden and thus to the channel and paris. And then I think some frenchmen (higher upps) "sold out france" to the germans and establishe vichy france

    • @Cythil
      @Cythil 6 лет назад +5

      Of course there where real reason to why France lost. Just that some of the reason given like there tanks sucked is not really valid reasons (as they where good tanks. Even if they had flaws to) And of course it was a combination of factors. But anyone who have played Hearts of Iron series will likely wonder at least a bit about how poorly manage there war effort was considering is not that hard to actually put up a fight with them. In one of my games I did not only steamroll Germany and Italy. I actually manage to take over USA after they declared war on me for my interventions in South America (I was playing world police in that game which apparently ticked of the Americans.)
      Of course after having defeated the Axis it is maybe not that odd that I would have the resource to take on USA (as well as me being a part of the allies which helped)
      But I do think that France could actually have beaten the Germans during the early days of WWII had they had the right management and played there cards right. Maybe not if you replaced the leadership on the same day that Germany invaded Poland. But even so France should not have been such a pushover as it was.

    • @knackiechan4011
      @knackiechan4011 6 лет назад +1

      m.ruclips.net/video/GByhK2HgLPw/видео.html For you People

    • @tommydoez
      @tommydoez 6 лет назад +2

      The reason France lost to the Germans was that they came from the french's under defended backside. Turns out the impenetrable mountains in Belgium wasn't impenetrable and France had their best troops cut off from the rest of France when the mountains were breached as they were defending the Belgium land beside the mountains.

    • @L0rd0fLight1
      @L0rd0fLight1 6 лет назад +1

      Cythil
      France lacked a lot of equipment and aircraft due to them spending insane amounts of money on the Maginot line, and don't foget the British also didn't think German tanks could move through the ardenne.

  • @shielded7226
    @shielded7226 6 лет назад +58

    when your country is a dissapointment in a game
    FeelsNadMan

    • @shielded7226
      @shielded7226 6 лет назад +2

      *FEELS NAD MAN*

    • @arfn1973
      @arfn1973 6 лет назад

      Shieldity *_CALM DOWN_*

    • @shielded7226
      @shielded7226 6 лет назад +1

      Firman N *F E E L S N A D M A N*

    • @arfn1973
      @arfn1973 6 лет назад

      Shieldity *_FEELS NAD MANSEPCITION_*

  • @johnnymchenry581
    @johnnymchenry581 6 лет назад

    I find it very fitting that a video about France struggling so hard has the music from Frostpunk.

  • @5lake
    @5lake 6 лет назад +5

    You'd think drew durnil was playing

  • @alehaim
    @alehaim 6 лет назад +6

    Did you mean the walk around it line

  • @personeater747
    @personeater747 3 года назад +4

    If everyone's a level 10 fort, no one is.

  • @11kungfu11
    @11kungfu11 4 года назад +2

    Smells diesel on the wind and runs away*
    HuEhUeHuehUe

    • @DagarCoH
      @DagarCoH 3 года назад

      but...but... the germans had gasoline tanks at that time...

  • @mohamedsabra4827
    @mohamedsabra4827 6 лет назад +23

    Make France the maginot line. Then play as France and see how long u can hold the line while at war with the whole world.

    • @vulturearmy3780
      @vulturearmy3780 6 лет назад +1

      Kaiser Wilhelm ll Forever if you got the Airforce to defend French Mainland

    • @tomvandaalen273
      @tomvandaalen273 6 лет назад

      Make a mod to see what happened if Germany lost WW1
      Oh, wait

    • @someinsignificantguy4433
      @someinsignificantguy4433 5 лет назад

      @@tomvandaalen273 the mods name is vanilla ;) or Führerreich

  • @burnaldo8995
    @burnaldo8995 6 лет назад +11

    16:17 Dude is spiffling away at France while im staring at South America xDD

  • @simbachvazo6530
    @simbachvazo6530 5 лет назад +1

    *Cries and sings the Marseille and the British Grenadiers at the same time*

  • @ARRx-et4gd
    @ARRx-et4gd 5 лет назад +3

    Nice concept, and very good video 😁
    But the France AI have a big problem xD

    • @grev7794
      @grev7794 5 лет назад

      No, it is not. It is hardcoded to abandon the Maginot line to ensure that AI Germany always win.

  • @NacoEU
    @NacoEU 6 лет назад +52

    The f in France stands for fail

    • @u_nray3755
      @u_nray3755 5 лет назад

      Naci hyuseinov And the N in Naci is for Noob ?

    • @willtattersall1940
      @willtattersall1940 5 лет назад

      Naci hyuseinov And the R stands for retreat.
      P.S I’m sorry that Ray was so brutal there, sheesh he must’ve hurt you bad

    • @darkaine7344
      @darkaine7344 5 лет назад

      Shut up, France is a strong country compare to UK (GoodBye Brexit :D) we have a better army than UK or Germany :p

    • @willtattersall1940
      @willtattersall1940 5 лет назад +4

      DarkLight 43 do you understand the concept of a joke or a stereotype?

    • @iminsecurebut1215
      @iminsecurebut1215 5 лет назад

      @@darkaine7344 the 3rd reich got ya in a war wile invading poland and litterally everyone and only 1 1/2 years for preparations. Now the real germany beats you in economic power. Wow france. Just Wow. Where is ur white flag?

  • @GodShrimpTaco
    @GodShrimpTaco 3 года назад

    When The Spiffing Brit becomes The Spiffing Frenchmen... oh what a day ladies and gentlemen, I'm going to have to grab a second cup of tea for this one

  • @ryanrong495
    @ryanrong495 3 года назад +1

    France has listened to Swiss :
    Just built a lot of 10 bunker

  • @Irishcrossing
    @Irishcrossing 5 лет назад +41

    >Has enormous military power
    >Has rich history of conquests
    >Still loses to wage-war-with-the-world Germany and useless Italy
    Laughs in frog

  • @nomore5038
    @nomore5038 4 года назад +3

    F for vanilla French ai with lvl 10 forts

  • @historiansayori2089
    @historiansayori2089 6 лет назад

    And in the realm beyond, Bismarck shed a tear and saluted The Spiffing Brit for his vain efforts

  • @commandertaco1762
    @commandertaco1762 5 лет назад +1

    Lets see germany try to go around this
    Germany: challenge accepted

  • @timoshenkodjugashvilley8632
    @timoshenkodjugashvilley8632 6 лет назад +17

    It kinda makes sense for France to lose, even if fully fortified. The defense of the forts requires soldiers, if those soldiers are defeated than there is no one left to defend the forts behind the frontline, so taking them is a walk in the park.

    • @cherrydragon3120
      @cherrydragon3120 4 года назад

      But those soldiers shud be hard to defeat while they're in those level 10 forts so it still kinda doesn't make sense

    • @joeyschmutnick5695
      @joeyschmutnick5695 4 года назад

      @@cherrydragon3120 but they're French soldiers

  • @buggy5258
    @buggy5258 6 лет назад +42

    I honestly surprised myself at France. I don't have the game and only heard how bad they are but God are they bad.

    • @Fluchtwert
      @Fluchtwert 6 лет назад +1

      Buggin quoi moi dans le jeu quand je joue france je détruis tout le monde Allemagne Italie union soviétique sans aide allié

    • @benjaminleguennic7349
      @benjaminleguennic7349 6 лет назад +4

      Buggin I don't know what they did with our IA but you've got to know that the French army was better than the German one, their victory was only strategic

    • @buggy5258
      @buggy5258 6 лет назад +3

      Benjamin Le Guennic Yes I do know that sorry if it seemed I was attacking real life France.

    • @the-colour-white9587
      @the-colour-white9587 6 лет назад +6

      here is a translation of the frenchman's words: "In his game he destroyed Germany Italy and the Soviets alone" sigh I wish all people would speak English online

    • @benjaminleguennic7349
      @benjaminleguennic7349 6 лет назад

      Buggin Nah, don't worry you are forgiven :))

  • @burgerfanman
    @burgerfanman 3 года назад +2

    History refuses not to repeat itself.

  • @ItsARandomDragon
    @ItsARandomDragon 5 лет назад

    I litterly forgot my tea but then i clicked the video and saw the intro, and then i remembered i made tea for my self, so THANKS MATE ,!!

  • @danielchera9214
    @danielchera9214 6 лет назад +22

    Why is Belgium and Switzerland attacking France, why is Germany almost only focusing on france and not poland, why is Romania joining the allies most of time first, why is nor way fighting Sweden, why do the french keep a white flag on all their forts, why is... you know I'm done. I hope paradox team has good day knowing they created this nation with a built in retreat switch.

    • @placeholdername3818
      @placeholdername3818 5 лет назад +2

      Because its none historical so everything is random. Sometimes Italy will form its own alliance and never join the Axis.

  • @aramhalamech4204
    @aramhalamech4204 6 лет назад +4

    loved the music at the end

    • @geraltzrivii4582
      @geraltzrivii4582 6 лет назад +1

      Oliver Cromwell "Soviet March" from Red Alert

    • @aramhalamech4204
      @aramhalamech4204 6 лет назад

      Geralt z Rivii Thx but I already knew.

    • @rivepest6158
      @rivepest6158 3 года назад

      @@geraltzrivii4582 thx did not knew that and hoped to find the answer in the comments

  • @timothy5723
    @timothy5723 3 года назад

    me: wait its all maginot? The Spiffing Brit: always has been

  • @erke7835
    @erke7835 5 лет назад +2

    I'm just disappointed that nobody noticed the Command&Conquer Red Alert 3 title music at the end

  • @apollon5205
    @apollon5205 6 лет назад +5

    man im french, but i love the memes

    • @Michael-di7bg
      @Michael-di7bg 6 лет назад

      Bonjours cousin de l'autre côté de l'Atlantique...

    • @ItsARandomDragon
      @ItsARandomDragon 5 лет назад

      Oh merde, i dont know alot of french... je parle ne pas bien francias

    • @cherrydragon3120
      @cherrydragon3120 4 года назад

      R.i.p france~

  • @natfrql02290
    @natfrql02290 6 лет назад +4

    0:52 I'm french and since that video, I cry all day long :'(

  • @agentsmith2400
    @agentsmith2400 4 года назад

    "What if the entire country is the Maginot Line ? All of France have level 10 forts..."
    Corsa : "Am I a joke to you ?"

  • @nikos4677
    @nikos4677 4 года назад

    Developer:How bad should we make France Ai
    Another developer: yes

  • @user_SirOssir
    @user_SirOssir 5 лет назад +2

    It's frostpunk theme on background!Yea?)
    (8:00)