OVERALL SCORE: 6.5 out of 10 points
MAIN ISSUE: Bloated Focus Trees with ahistorical content, delaying war in the process. Too much detail in some parts that are actually a problem and not a good point.
BEST FEATURE: Cheap price, with unit sprites + music included. Interesting focus trees (which could be better) despite the bad points about them.

IN-GAME REVIEW (short version): Well, this DLC is a mixed bag, so I will be short...

The Good Part:
- The DLC is cheaper than usual.
- Interesting and detailed Focus Trees
- Good art / sounds / music

The Bad Part:
- Focus trees are too big for relatively insignificant countries in the bigger picture of ww2
- A lot of ahistorical fan-based stuff added in (Byzantine "cataphracts" for a country that couldn't even provide maintenance for interwar tankettes)
- Comparatively with other (in real life) stronger countries, some of the minors are actually very powerful.
- Lack of flexibility and static modifiers that will take ages to get rid of, delaying you from war for years
- DLC is so detailed in some parts (faction management for example) that you need several runs to actually understand the entire system and to prevent from doing future errors
- Lots of bugs included, many of which could be easily noticed just by playing 10 minutes, proving there was no beta testing or anything at all

- The LONG version -
I gave a thumbs up because for 10€ I think it was adequate, but I didn't really like some of the features. With other countries, their focus are so obvious you can't really make an error about them that will ruin your entire run, sure, you can "perfect" your strategy and rush one or another tree of the focus, but you can't really make an error for the most part. A lot of people complain that it will take up to 1940 to actually declare war but they haven't played all of the countries or simply only go to war when everything is "perfect". I actually keep declaring war on Turkey before ww2 starts, around 1938-1939 as Greece. Don't have a problem either. The main issue is that for example, Greece lacked armored units almost completely and they got powerful and totally ahistorical buffs. "Theban Warriors", "Macedonian Generals", "Byzantine Cataphracts", and many other buffs... Totally ahistorical for a ww2 game, specially for a weak country like Greece. Plus I don't think they actually do much historical research for these DLCs. Comparatively with other countries, some of these are actually extremely stronger than they were in real life. Greek economy was kind of a joke comparatively with others in Europe... Their extremely limited industry couldn't even provide enough ammo for their army for a prolongued conflict. They couldn't even provide maintenance for their vehicles (most of the tankettes captured from Italy didn't even end up being used in combat because they broke down and could never be repaired). And Greece for example got more design companies than most of the big countries, with many of these design companies (representing design companies from other countries) receiving buffs to equipment unlike any of the original designers from their original country. It actually makes for a fun experience, despite the ahistorical feeling in the end, but this DLC felt more like a fan-based mod than an actual expansion...

[b]OVERALL SCORE:[/b] 6.5 out of 10 points [b]MAIN ISSUE:[/b] Bloated Focus Trees with ahistorical content, delaying war in the process. Too much detail in some parts that are actually a problem and not a good point. [b]BEST FEATURE:[/b] Cheap price, with unit sprites + music included. Interesting focus trees (which could be better) despite the bad points about them. [u][b]IN-GAME REVIEW (short version):[/b][/u] Well, this DLC is a mixed bag, so I will be short... [u][b]The Good Part:[/b][/u] - The DLC is cheaper than usual. - Interesting and detailed Focus Trees - Good art / sounds / music [u][b]The Bad Part:[/b][/u] - Focus trees are too big for relatively insignificant countries in the bigger picture of ww2 - A lot of ahistorical fan-based stuff added in (Byzantine "cataphracts" for a country that couldn't even provide maintenance for interwar tankettes) - Comparatively with other (in real life) stronger countries, some of the minors are actually very powerful. - Lack of flexibility and static modifiers that will take ages to get rid of, delaying you from war for years - DLC is so detailed in some parts (faction management for example) that you need several runs to actually understand the entire system and to prevent from doing future errors - Lots of bugs included, many of which could be easily noticed just by playing 10 minutes, proving there was no beta testing or anything at all [u][b]- The LONG version -[/b][/u] I gave a thumbs up because for 10€ I think it was adequate, but I didn't really like some of the features. With other countries, their focus are so obvious you can't really make an error about them that will ruin your entire run, sure, you can "perfect" your strategy and rush one or another tree of the focus, but you can't really make an error for the most part. A lot of people complain that it will take up to 1940 to actually declare war but they haven't played all of the countries or simply only go to war when everything is "perfect". I actually keep declaring war on Turkey before ww2 starts, around 1938-1939 as Greece. Don't have a problem either. The main issue is that for example, Greece lacked armored units almost completely and they got powerful and totally ahistorical buffs. "Theban Warriors", "Macedonian Generals", "Byzantine Cataphracts", and many other buffs... Totally ahistorical for a ww2 game, specially for a weak country like Greece. Plus I don't think they actually do much historical research for these DLCs. Comparatively with other countries, some of these are actually extremely stronger than they were in real life. Greek economy was kind of a joke comparatively with others in Europe... Their extremely limited industry couldn't even provide enough ammo for their army for a prolongued conflict. They couldn't even provide maintenance for their vehicles (most of the tankettes captured from Italy didn't even end up being used in combat because they broke down and could never be repaired). And Greece for example got more design companies than most of the big countries, with many of these design companies (representing design companies from other countries) receiving buffs to equipment unlike any of the original designers from their original country. It actually makes for a fun experience, despite the ahistorical feeling in the end, but this DLC felt more like a fan-based mod than an actual expansion...