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June 2016
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The editors liked
Grand strategy with unparalleled complexity and nuance
Your decisions have longlasting effects
Focus on bigpicture keeps pace up
Alternative history bugs will get a kick out of playing with all the possible outcomes
The game offers ultimate control over your country
Advanced battleplans with an excellent AI that is both adaptive and reactive to the war as it develops
As well as extensive political and country infrastructure options
All set on a map that beautifull
The editors didn't like
Tutorial is weak and doesn't prepare players for game's complexity
The only real con is the forced limit of twelve years maximum
Nine if you play on the second of the two campaigns. Combining this with the bland and generic options for the smaller countries of the time
It leads to a mismatch that isn't quite the sandbo
Published: 2020-10-15, Author: Jack , review by: wargamer.com
I like these new trees, even with the hang-ups I have when Paradox decides to kick things up to 11. I feel that the focuses that have come out in La Résistance and Battle for the Bosporus point towards a desire to make HOI4 more of a sandbox, which doesn...
Published: 2020-02-25, Author: Jack , review by: wargamer.com
Abstract: I struggled for some time to figure out how I felt about Hearts of Iron 4's latest DLC, La Résistance. Paradox has delivered several new HUGE new focus trees for some very interesting states (Republican/ Nationalist Spain, Portugal, and France/ Vichy Fran...
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Published: 2019-02-28, Author: Jack , review by: wargamer.com
Abstract: The key concept when discussing Man the Guns is depth. At launch Hearts of Iron 4 was a fun, yet oddly shallow look at World War 2, but the scope of the game has been broadened by substantial updates and expansions in the years since. The latest expansion...
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Published: 2018-03-19, Author: Joe , review by: wargamer.com
Abstract: Despite the fact that Hearts of Iron IV still has some fundamental issues with its design, the HOI team at Paradox Development Studios are certainly doing a great job distracting us by doubling-down on what actually works (and fleshing out areas of the wo...
Published: 2016-12-15, Author: James , review by: wargamer.com
Abstract: Creating games dealing with World War II, developers usually suffer from tunnel vision and concentrate on great powers such as Germany, Italy, Britain, France, Japan, the US and the USSR; other countries are conquest fodder. Paradox Interactive in the pas...
Published: 2016-07-11, Author: James , review by: wargamer.com
Abstract: After three years of meticulous preparation , the fighting can begin. For this part of the review, I've gone straight in with the '1939' starting option – trying out both Germany and Japan as they present very different starting positions.The German Gener...
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Published: 2016-07-04, Author: James , review by: wargamer.com
Abstract: Grand strategy games have always had two components: civilian and military. Although intertwined, one part usually dominants the other. Paradox Interactive's fourth rendition of its World War II series, Hearts of Iron, may hay hit upon a way where each co...
Abstract: Hearts of Iron IV (HOI IV) is the next iteration in Paradox Studio's game Hearts of Iron series (Hearts of Iron III was released in 2009). During the campaign you will focus on pre-war and wartime strategies. You can choose to begin the campaign in either...
Published: 2016-06-08, Author: Daniel , review by: gamespot.com
Grand strategy with unparalleled complexity and nuance, Your decisions have longlasting effects, Focus on bigpicture keeps pace up, Alternative history bugs will get a kick out of playing with all the possible outcomes
Tutorial is weak and doesn't prepare players for game's complexity
