Posted on: February 19, 2015
addictedtosleep
Games: 269 Reviews: 23
Didn't age well.
Just meh. HOI promised grand strategy and the "ability to change the outcome of war. However, the ability to change the outcome is extremely limited. You can pretty much pick any nation in the world, but you are completely limited by both luck and their starting strength. Obviously, nations such as the US and Russia will always play better. This really trivializes any most other nations in the world. There is nearly no point to even try playing in certain parts of the world, because you'll spend the entire timeline doing nada, zilch, and nothing. Surviving the onslaught of Japan, China, while playing a tiny power is fun... Once. This game was improved upon by its successors, but the series never overcame this serious gameplay defect. Simply put, you must try to play out the war as it was in reality (you are a mimic). HOI2 is better, so there is really no point to play this game. Unless you must have one of the series from GOG or for nostalgia, move along. Rated 2 stars because it was fun at first, but it is definitely not a good old game.
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