The 1949 start date lets you get in on the action as the titular Iron Curtain is falling and the world is firmly congealing into two ideologically opposed blocs, while the other two dates let you deal with some set-piece crises like the Cuban Missile Crisis and the Vietnam War Each decade has its own set of branching Focus Trees, with obvious emphasis given to the post-war superpowers. The mod has three start dates: 1949, 1960, and an unfinished 1973 option – with around 20 years of content for many of the major players of the Cold War. Otherwise, CWIC absolutely nails the Cold War look and feel that it is striving for. It ladles on the atmosphere thick and it works, with the sole exception of the map colors – which look a little too much like the bright paint-blobs of EUIV – and the army-issue stencil fonts might feel aesthetically appropriate but are a bit hard to read zoomed out. There are scanlines and CRT Screens galore. It has a truly gorgeous looking background for the tech tree, and period-appropriate design for the menus, and Focus Trees icons. The mod has three start dates: 1949, 1960, and an unfinished 1973 optionĬlearly, a ton of work has gone into the look of the UI as well.

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