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Hearts of Iron III

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GF Rating
8.8

5 ratings

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Game Details

  • Online Enabled Yes

Mild Violence, Violence, Online Game

Game Description

Hearts of Iron 3 lets you play the most engaging conflict in world history, World War 2, on all fronts as any country and through multiple different scenarios. Guide your nation to glory between 1936 and 1948 and wage war, conduct diplomacy and build your industry in the most detailed World War 2 game ever made.

  • Play as any nation from 1936 to 1948, more than 150 countries to choose from.
  • Control the oceans with aircraft carriers, submarines and battleships and use your air force to defend your skies, support your naval and ground forces, and to bomb your enemies.
  • Thousands of historically accurate real-world military commanders and politicians.
  • Realistic military command AI with unprecedented levels of interaction.
  • In-depth diplomatic and political system.
  • Historical accuracy combined with an unparalleled level of freedom of choice.
  • More than 10,000 land provinces makes the game five times more detailed than HoI2 and the most detailed depiction of World War 2 ever made.
  • Customize your divisions in detail with more than 20 types of brigades.
  • New economic system makes it possible to buy weapons from abroad.
  • Mobilization and reserves gives the option of surprise attacks, Blitzkrieg made real.
  • Government-in-exile makes it possible to continue to struggle from abroad with underground movements and uprisings against the oppressing power.
  • Strategic warfare system makes it more important to defend the skies and oceans against foreign attacks; leaving cities open to enemy bombing will now be devastating.
  • A completely new intelligence system, with several types of intelligence sources, makes it possible to get information about enemy reserves and troop movements.
  • Assign troops to “theatres” on the map to fight two-front wars more successfully.
  • The new AI system and more detailed map will allow for more strategic decisions.
  • Flexible technology system with hundreds of categories, where major powers get their own unique attributes

Critic Reviews

IGN Review (8.5 out of 10)

In the best way possible, Hearts of Iron III is exactly what I thought it would be: an unbelievably massive, obsessively detailed, defiantly hardcore military strategy game. I say "game" but perhaps "simulation" would be a more accurate descriptor. No other game I've played has come as close to mode...more

User Reviews

Average Member Rating: 8.8 out of 10

Best WWII Game ever made. (10 out of 10)

posted by gtincher on Feb 5, 2012
Member since Feb 2012
4 out of 4 gamers (100%) found this review helpful
I have played a lot of WWII games, this is the best. I am a fan of the Hearts of IRON series and Paradox in general. Heavily detailed all the way down to the chain of command and supply routes. Tens of thousands of regions that you move troops, tanks, and ships in. Dont let the complexity of the gam...more

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Specs & Requirements

Minimum OS Windows 2000/XP/Vista

Minimum Processor Intel® Pentium® IV 2.4 GHz or AMD 3500+ (quad core)

Minimum Memory 2GB RAM

Minimum Graphics NVIDIA® GeForce 8800 or ATI Radeon® X1900

Minimum Hard Drive 2 GB Available HDD Space

Minimum Sound Direct X-compatible sound card