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Hearts of Iron

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GF Rating
5.4

46 ratings

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Game Details

  • Release Date 11/24/2002
  • Publisher Paradox Interactive
  • Developer Paradox Interactive
  • Platform PC Games
  • Genre Strategy/Sim
  • Number of Players 1

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Game Description

Hearts of Iron is the first ever World War II PC game of true Grand Strategic scope. The game map spans the entire world and allows players to take the War to any new front of their choosing. Any nation in the world is playable, but the game focuses on the epic struggle between the great alliances of the new world orders Fascism, Communism and Democracy.
  • Epic gameplay - Global map with all the nations between 1936-1946
  • Scenario generator; Allows the players to modify and construct their own settings and campaigns and add national detail in thousands of combinations! Will assure great replayability and community activity!
  • Deep diplomatic model; Unique system to simulate political systems and their effect on neutral nations in relation to alliances.
  • Domestic political system.
  • Highly advanced research model; Change the course of war by getting superweapons and better production capabilities.
  • Real Time gameplay set to pause at any time. One minute of gameplay translates to one hour passed in reality.
  • Historical generals and political leaders. Thousands of real persons researched for individual detailed uniqueness.
  • Strategic level military system; over 100 different ground, air and naval forces fighting the total war on divisional level.
  • Optimized for Multiplayer - Hearts of Iron enables players to easily meet over the net through our proprietary Valkyrienet matchmaking service.
  • 2 hours of quality musical recordings in MP3 format.

Critic Reviews

GameSpot Review

Hearts of Iron takes the well-known conflict World War II and, rather than focusing on small-scale, tactical skirmishes like some other strategy and first-person shooter games, instead looks at the big picture. The game spans the entire globe from 1936 through 1947, roughly following the outline...more

User Reviews

Average Member Rating: 5.4 out of 10

I wanted to. (5 out of 10)

posted by Knojerakk (STERLING, VA) on Dec 4, 2012
Member since May 2009
1 out of 1 gamers (100%) found this review helpful
I wanted to like this game, seems like it could be fun. But the system crashes if you try to save, which doesnt work too well for a drawn out strategic game. I hope they decide to fix it.more

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Specs & Requirements

Minimum OS Windows 98SE/2000/XP

Minimum Processor Pentium 300 MHz

Minimum Memory 64 MB

Minimum Graphics 2 MB