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Hearts of Iron IV

Developer: Paradox Development Studio
Multiplayer: –
Price: €39,99 / £35,49 (original price)
Difficulty: ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ (5/5)

 

What is Hearts of Iron IV?

Paradox made a whole series in this game style: think of Europa Universalis and Rome. HOI is a WWII version. It is more than a strategy only, not without reason they call this ‘grand strategy’. As a player you lead a nation to and through battle, but there is so much more to is than war only.

There is a quite complex politics system in this game: be allied with other nations, or just friendly. Make a defense pact, of share technology developments. Make sure the people that live in your territory are satisfied and give attention to laws and government.

The game works with real-time news, based on the date that counts. So real events happen in the game aswell and affacts the entire situation (think of relationships between nations).

If this by itself is not difficult enough, let me tell you about the complex economic system in this game. I mean, fighting a war is expensive: your money doesn’t come out of the blue, you have to work for it. Digging resources, levy taxes, but also trade. Trade is a big thing in any game of these series.

Is it any good?

It’s hard to explain what a game like this is in just a few sentences like I tried above. There is so much more to this game. But complexity is often accompanied by demotivation. This game is addictive, it eats your hours alive and even when you’re in bed, you are thinking about what policies you are going to pursue. I was a big fan op EUIV and I am also fan of HOI. I like the fact there is more to do than only send your units to battle and await the outcome. The trading and politics systems are just my cup of tea!

However, one game turn, can take forever. I once did a game as the Netherlands, focussing on the Pacific – I played this saved game for over 4 months. Thing is, when you leave this game alone for more than two weeks, it is kinda hard to pick up where you left in a saved game. This is because there is so much going on, that you probably forget all kinds of important details after a while and you are hit in places where you forgot you were vulnerable.

Nonetheless: a brilliant game if you have the time for it and the patience to learn.

[Anonymous]

I play it from time to time but never finished a game.
At some point I loose the overview of my productions, factories etc. and I never know if I play it kinda wrong or if it just happends to take a looong time for everything.

I see the brilliance of this game and I enjoy watching those “What if the soviet union started the second world war” etc. videos but there are way too much games that eat my spare time… 😀

[HausserBG]

Thats is pretty interesting game, I play it from time to time,but when I start war I just forgot about production at time from time, finished many games of it since I play mainly Major nations. Its kinda hard, but if you play with someone its easier.

We can play sometimes if someone wants

[Anonymous]

Yeah there are a few others who are pretty keen on this too, its really good fun as a group but can get tiring after an hour or two for me.

[shorty]

Valk has a heart of iron! I felt the chill ! 🙂

 

[Real01]

Thanx for your review. I did not know the game before. Will have a look.

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