Hearts of Iron III Reviews

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i love the micro managing

NEIN! NEIN! DO NOT LIKE COMPLEXITY!

Great Game

Bro this game is always crashing anytime i start game

historically accurate. covers the gamut from the political to the strategic.

I have played some other more popular paradox titles and figured this one was worth a shot despite some of the harsh reviews. I think if you can get to grips with this game, it's a very satisfying grand strategy experience. While the game lets you play as any nation you want, most of them are a very boring experience, play as any of the majors and you'll have as much as a hundred or more hours of fun. A lot of time has to be spent organising and preparing things, a casual gamer who just wants to jump right in and play is going to be in for a disappointment I feel. I will say that I had some minor performance issues to begin with but they were resolved quickly via the tech support forum. Scoring this game a 10 might not seem accurate but **** provides me with a hundred or more hours of entertainment, it deserves a 10.

I liked this game. But for a new player, I would recommend the "new" Hearts of Iron 4 instead. As far as Hearts of Iron 3, I just finished the game as Italy and won an "Operational Victory-- I wound up with most of Russia, all of Turkey and Yugoslavia and part of the UK, and all of Spain and much of the mideast and I nuked the UK--3 times. Pros--Its way of handling upgrading of your ships and units is elegant and just has you feed IC(industrial Capacity) to the units to ugrade them. I can see why many hardcore gamers liked it. It also gives you the feel that you are running the war and you can create a large variety of units depending on your strategy. For its time around 2009 it was a good game. Cons-- 1)You never get a peep of warning if the enemy alliance throws everything they have at your ally. I decided to invade the USSR to help the Germans finish off their unnecessary war. I slog my way through the Caucasus mountains and then scroll over to the other side of the map and France has been invaded by about at least 25 Allied divisions and I got no notification this happened maybe a week or two before I realized it. Every time a minor trade deal ends I get a notification--but nobody bothers to tell me about Operation Overlord? Really? 2) The computer inadvertently cheats when it comes to Gibraltar even though the rules state it can be closed if you control one side of it(see page 24 of manual). I lost 4 of Mussolini's beloved battleships because I needed to patrol the sea south of Spain because the fact that I controlled the Straits of Gibraltar on both sides was not enough to prevent about 3 major task forces from going through anyway! My first experience with this BEFORE I realized I had to patrol it was when the Brits landed 10 divisions about 150 miles EAST of Gibraltar and flanked my army in Spain. Also it lets neutral countries on your border allow the transit of enemy armies to attack you--with no notification that such a treaty was signed at all. 3) The Order of Battle will drive most people crazy. You need to put headquarters for Armies, Corps, and regions and select your leaders manually and most of the campaigns you have to order individual divisions to do what you want if you want it done right. 4) Micromanaging the air force is a bit of a task as well, and building airfields takes FOREVER. 5) There is a steep learning curve at first so if you want to play it, watch the videos of Robs's Red Hot Spot here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_21PRj57Qx8 . It will help a lot Still I liked the game and enjoyed my victory. While this game would be recommended by me if it was 5 years ago, now I say just buy Hearts of Iron 4 since it solved all of these problems and includes a lot more period speeches and eye candy and political decisions. If you like older games and want a challenge buy it when its on sale, otherwise, load up HOI4 and avoid a lot of the headaches!