User Rating: 8.6 | Hearts of Iron PC
Paradox has made an excellent WWII strategy game. It's taken time to work out some of the bugs, but as always, Paradox shows it's dedicated to supporting it's games. This game will make you think and keep you coming back for more. Be prepared for some very long nights when you first start playing. As others have said, there is a learning curve. Ignore much of what's said in the book and hit the forums and read. There's a lot of good stuff there. The animated icons were initially cool, but afterwhile you come to ignore the cool factor. The sound is so-so. But to be honest, you don't play this type of game to be wow'd by graphics and sound. (So ignore those ratings.) I recommend patching this to the most current, and picking up the C.O.R.E. mod. Once you play that, you'll most likely never go back to the original game.
