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99 of 115 people found the following review helpful This game won't appeal to many people, August 18, 2009 By  Kiwi (Mississauga, Ontario Canada) - See all my reviews    = Fun:  This review is from: Hearts of Iron 3 (CD-ROM) The latest version of Hearts of Iron puts you in control of a country either before or during World War II. You control everything from diplomacy, politics and intelligence, to technology, production and most importantly, warfare. You can play as any one of more than 150 countries (including New Zealand - as a Kiwi, that was fun for me as New Zealand rarely shows up in any games in any meanngful way), all of which are populated by historical figures. All countries are broken into regions (there are more than 14,000 provinces in total) and each is accurately depicted in terms of available resources. Start as New Zealand, for example, and your cabinet will be composed of such contemporaries as Michael Joseph Savage and Walter Nash (bet you've never heard of them....). You'll find yourself short on crude oil but with an abundance of food to trade (and that's about as realistic as a WW2 scenario gets for New Zealand). As almost every other reviwer has pointed out, with good... Read more Help other customers find the most helpful reviews  Was this review helpful to you?  Report abuse | Permalink   Comments (6) 87 of 105 people found the following review helpful Simply flawed and practically unplayable, August 14, 2009 By  E. Liaras "liaras" (Cambridge, MA) - See all my reviews    = Fun:  This review is from: Hearts of Iron 3 (CD-ROM) I'm also a seasoned wargame player, and I wanted to add my voice to the criticisms by other users here. I have played every previous version of Hearts of Iron. They all had their share of problems, and I was hoping HoI3 would be a leap forward. Despite some small welcome improvements, overall I was grossly disappointed. Unlike what favorable reviewers claim, this game has fundamental problems that can't be fixed with just "some patches". Die-hard fans aside, I'm running out of patience with Paradox's approach, for a number of reasons. Of course this is a monster game, even more so than its predecessors; people who love wargames have a lot of patience, if the game proves rewarding. The scale essentially moved from strategic in HoI2 to operational in HoI3, which would understandably add detail and complexity. But there is a big difference between complexity and unplayability. Paradox's attitude is to keep adding all kinds of convoluted junk and then give the player the option... Read more Help other customers find the most helpful reviews  Was this review helpful to you?  Report abuse | Permalink   Comments (16) 33 of 39 people found the following review helpful Good concept, still rough around the edges, September 18, 2009 By  Pete (Charlotte, NC USA) - See all my reviews = Fun:  This review is from: Hearts of Iron 3 (CD-ROM) I'm a big fan of the HOI series, and I have spent a lot of hours in the last month playing HOI3. So I have gotten my money's worth. One of the troubles with Paradox games is that people get disgruntled after a hours and hours of gameplay without thinking how low the actual cost per hour is compared to a game that you play once in a weekend and then never touch again. So I think it's fun with all the new innovations, like the AI controlling units, the new research, the new brigade system, and so on. Now, another problem is that PI releases games that are poorly tested because they are a small company, and they rapidly patch and fix from there. There is also a substantial pool of talented modders that are hard at work. So there are a lot of bugs and some design flaws. But there are workarounds to a lot of them. If someone is playing a PI game without mods, well, then, they don't really know what they are doing. Ignore the arguments about getting what you pay for and... Read more Help other customers find the most helpful reviews  Was this review helpful to you?  Report abuse | Permalink   Comments (3)

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