Hearts of Iron 2 (PC)

As many who read this review may know, Paradox Interactive is possibly the best creator of historical simulation games that there is. Paradox games are always faithful to the time period usually down to the minute detail, which is a unique pecularity in the world of gaming. Their World War Two simulation game, Hearts of Iron II, is no exception to this rule. Hearts of Iron II is also unique for allowing you to play any country in the world at the time on a handful of different world scenarios. These include "The Road to War" in 1936 before Hitler's occupation of the Rhineland; "The Gathering Storm" of 1938 after the Anschluss of Austria ...

Ok I am going to start this review by just laying on the table right now so i don't forget later, Hearts of Iron 2 is a difficult game to grasp and once grasped can take patience, so why do i love this game so much? Well its creators, Paradox interactive in all their games puts across a very high detail of accurate historical events and does so with the highest success. They also make their games up to the neck in game depth. Hearts of Iron 2 is a real-time strategy game with endless possibilities as you are able to change any aspect of government you want, ie what you are going to research, whether you shall encouage a 'free-market' or not and how ...

Who among us can honestly say that they’ve never wanted to play at being a commander in the second world war? Who hasn’t at one point or another wanted to be one of those men with bushy moustaches who pushes little models of aeroplanes around a big table with a picture of a map on it? Well, this PC game allows you to do just that (more or less, anyway. The moustache is not included). It’s a strategy game in which you get to control a country between 1936 and 1947 (assuming you can survive until the end). You primarily concern yourself with military matters, not having to worry about other aspects of government too much, although industry and the economy play a ...