Hearts of Iron 2 is a must for WW2 strategists and anyone who asks "what if?"

User Rating: 9 | Hearts of Iron II: Doomsday PC
By fidosim | Review Date:
In a market that is filled to the brim with sub par World War 2 shooters, yet is surprisingly empty of good grand strategy games, Hearts of Iron 2 and its add-ons shine like a beacon of hope for strategy afficionados and history buffs everywhere. It is incredibly deep and satisfying, allowing you to play any country in the world and playing your own part in this incredibly violent and tumultuous period in history. Graphically, this game gets the job done. Much of the game is a series of maps showing the political and economic state of the world. It doesn't have the flash of RTS or mainstream strategy games, but Hearts of Iron is no mainstream strategy game. It's much more than that.

Gameplay is what you're looking for when you pick up Hearts of Iron 2. The game features incredibly deep and involved combat. Defending your country from advantageous terrain, avoiding attacking across rivers or marching through jungle, encircling and capturing enemy divisions, gaining air superiority, and choosing the time of day at which to launch an operation all factor into the combat. The game can be as easy or as hard as you want, depending on what country you play. Playing as the United States allows you to sit back and build up your industry, whereas playing a country like Poland is very challenging, as you risk being assaulted in 2 different directions by 2 different superpowers.

I highly reccomend Hearts of Iron 2 to true strategy fans everywhere, because it's so addicting and fun and yet it is often overlooked in favor of lame, flashy games. it is worth every penny.

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