I usually compare the costs of a game to what drinks would cost me at a party or a bar etc. If I spent 10 bucks would I rather spend it on a fun evening or on a particular game? HoI: The Darkest Hour is definately worth every penny! I ordered it when it was first released and aside from the fact that it came with A LOT of bugs, I really already enjoyed the game. To this day many players consider this game the best of the HoI series. It is very micro management heavy and if you never played a HoI game before you will definately spend a couple of hours on figuring out what the hell you are supposed to do. The graphics are dated as well, but this is one of those games that does not really rely on graphics. There are minor things however that could be annoying: For instance: It's easy to get lost on deploying your troops, a heat map for troop concentration would have been nice, for some nations there are way too many unnecessary commanders to choose from, when on the other hand for others there are not any commanders at all and the end game is usually very boring due to a lack of challenge. Playing Germany I actually never finished game after beating the soviet union. But until then, I guarantee you will have A LOT of fun!
