The world map is pretty plain, and then all your categories look like spreadsheets. Getting into the game, however is completely different. Whether it be soldiers, tanks or planes, if the insane, mustached, painter mentor did them, then he’s not as bad as the tutorial lets on. When it comes to art, the concept artwork in the loading screens are pretty cool looking. A pause button helps from time to time, but after a while, you start to understand how an accountant feels, looking over spreadsheets all day, wishing they were lion tamers. Even with the AI handling certain aspects, sometimes it’s just like spinning plates. There is so much data and information being spewed on the screen that it can be very overwhelming, even after the insane painter has mentored you. There’s never a question to the depth of the categories. The play mechanics of this game are the meat of the title. This also means that the campaigns end when you turn off the game. At any time you can create your own goals and just keep playing. For example, you could capture Poland, however if you want to focus on capturing other countries instead, the slightly unshaved, bad painter suggests you go right ahead. One of the more interesting aspects of the game is that, although you play campaigns with goals in mind, there isn’t a real goal to achieve to “win”.
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Instead it becomes a trial by fire and if you’re lucky you might capture Poland in an adequate time.
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It’s hard to fully understand if the jabs are suppose to be jokes since they don’t seem to be funny, but rather distracting, and after reading page after page of information about each category, I seem to remember the odd statements about Hitler’s mustache more.ĭespite all the tutorials, when you jump into the campaign it becomes fairly obvious that the more important, simple information, such as how to much your troops, were completely missed by the short, insane mustache man. For some reason, every tutorial takes jabs at either his mustache, his insane personality, or his bad painting. Since the campaigns are mostly aimed at controlling the Axis, your mentor is a nameless man, but it takes almost no time to figure out its Hitler. It’s all text though, so get your reading glasses out. Each level goes over each aspect and spends a great deal explaining each category. Recognizing that, in the menu there is an option for the tutorial levels. The AI handles the other fronts to let you focus on the Pacific.Īt the start the game is so in depth, it can be overwhelming. Here you control Fleet and Marines in an effort to conquer the Pacific. Last but not least is the Japan 1941 campaign. In Soviet Union 1941 you control Military and Production, while the AI controls Research, Diplomacy, Intelligence and Politics. You start from the ground up, getting your troops ready for war and spend much of your time on the research division.
In the USA 1936 campaign, you set US up to get ready for WWII and take control of Production, Research, Politics and Intelligence. The rest is controlled by AI so you can focus on moving troops, setting up battles, and taking over Poland and then beyond. Here you have control of Production, Research, Politics and Intelligence.
The first campaign is Germany 1939, where you get Germany ready for WWII. HoI3:TFH set you up with four campaigns to choose from with different objectives and controls. There’s so much data being created, that in many cases you can customize the data to read the information you find more valuable, whether it be information on border allies, Axis powers, or whatever you deem important to the mission.
Each topic has its own tab at the top of the menu and inside, each aspect is crammed with information. The game is broken up into Diplomacy, Production, Technology, Politics, Intelligence and Theatres. Sure, it may look like a lot of spreadsheets, but deep down, you control every aspect down to the nuts and bolts. Hearts of Iron has prided themselves with in depth strategy games. The first Hearts of Iron dates all the way back to 2002. Hearts of Iron III: Their Finest Hour is the latest expansion to Hearts of Iron III developed by Paradox Interactive.
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