"Hearts of Iron III" is not an unmitigated success, but it is a success. The changes to general management are welcoming to newcomers, but also let veterans focus on what they enjoy most. The air war is much improved. The naval war is still underdeveloped, but this is a nut that few sims of the era have really been able to crack.
Most importantly, it just feels right. From the race to advance your radio and decryption tech to detect enemy strong points to the ability to open new fronts via diplomacy or daring amphibious assaults, "Hearts of Iron III" is the best representation of the military and foreign relations of the period yet made for the computer.
GameGrin's Alex Hamilton writes: "There wasn’t much I could do to save Poland. To be honest there wasn’t much I wanted to do to save Poland. There was simply no way of me getting there in time to stop the German invasion. At least, that’s what I’m telling myself as I watch the ever-growing cloud of dust across the border."
There are certain inalienable truths in this world: music will get worse as you get older, politicians will lie all the time and Hitler will always invade Poland.
Continue Play's Noah Ellis suggests 5 games focusing on one of the lesser known areas of the Second World War, the vast Eastern Front.
