Hearts of Iron Platinum

List Price: $9.99 Discount Price: $3.37

Features:

• The world is yours -- as a military commander, you'll take World War II to any front you choose
• Forge alliances and make a stand against enemies, as you fight to decide if fascism, communism or democracy will sweep the world
• Control units and use your strategic skills to lead them to victory
• Win key WWII battles or invent your own, in other corners of the world
• Special Platinum Edition covers thousands of new scearios and has stronger AI for a tougher challenge

Accessories:
PC Gamer (1-year)	Games for Windows: The Official Magazine

Customer Reviews:

MILKING THE DONKEY [Posted on 2004-09-13]
This game is nothing more than the origioanl Hearts of Iron and patch 1.06 that it took them a year and a half to finally fix and the C.O.R.E. mod (both "free" downloads).

You can buy Hearts of Iron on ebay or Amazon.com for under $10 or less most of the time (seen it go for 99 cents) and then download the patch and the C.o.r.e. mod for FREE online at the official website.

This is nothing more than milking the donkey for those not smart enough to know Paradox's ways.

The only advantage this game would hold is for those without internet connections that would be interested in this type of game.

It has no real combat game to it, it's like real time Axis & Allies in slow motion with some Civilization tech specs included. The combat is abstract and "hands-off", you merely create divisions and send them into a "province" and it's a win or lose situation after that, just like Axis & Allies with pretty graphics.

Even after patch 1.06c it still has many bugs and problems like handicapping the AI so that it can have unlimited air superiority over the human player who is restricted to just (4) planes or faces numerical penalties for using more than (4) planes per flight group.

This is a great game [Posted on 2004-12-02]
Despite the fact tha this game is simply the original game plus free patches, it IS A GREAT GAME!

This is basically a computerized and complex version of Axis and Allies. I have played this game for many hours as many different countries and loved every minute of it. If you enjoy managing a coutry at the worldview level, then this game is for you. If you enjoy warfare at the stategic level, this game is for you!

Do not miss out on this game!

A VERY GOOD GAMe [Posted on 2005-05-07]
iam really seriously about this game it is one of the best games i have ever played

Pro:1.Very fun
2.easy to get started
3.it has everything correct
4.computer is very smart and can easliy beat you if ur not
careful
5.must use ur mind to defeat the comp
6.not for people who just likes to kill things

Con:1.the comp attacks ur sea ports for no reason
2.immpossible to defeat Great Britians navy
3.sea battles ends too quickly so before u no it u lost 12
battleships
4.it can make u very angry when u make a mistake and u lose
12 needed divsions against russia because they got
surrounded

it can make u very angry but u will not be able to stop playing

Worth picking up [Posted on 2006-09-26]
As listed on the Amazon page, this game is available for a really low price...it's definitely worth it.

You always hear with these strategy games that it's 'infinitely replayable.' I don't suppose that's true about most of them, and it's certainly not true about this one, but you can get a lot of different games out of this one scenario, and if you have an interest in wargaming, or WW2, or both, then you're likely to enjoy HOI because you can play the scenario from so many different perspectives. Want to play historically as Germany, the USA, or the Soviet Union? Go for it. Want to drive the USA into the Communist brotherhood, play as a pacifist USSR, or be a Japan who DOWs on the USA in 1936? You can do that, too, more or less.

It does all get a little old after a while, maybe because despite the plethora of different routes the game can take some things always happen - there's always a great war, for instance, Germany, the Allies, and the Soviet Union never completely abstain from conflict. It would be pretty dull if they did, I suppose, but I just mean to report that some things always occur, or almost always do, and it can make things a little repetitive.

I'm no hardcore wargamer, but I have heard complaints about the combat format, as well. I don't think it's realistic, not close, but it's absurd either. Sure some of the rules about engagement (like, no more than 24 defenders whereas you can attack with 100+) and the reliance on a province-based movement scheme could've been designed better. And the game is arguably too easy, the only way the AI can match an experience player is through all sorts of cheats (of course, there are few strategy games about which that could not be said). And there's limited multiplayer capacity, at best.

But these are minor complaints. The game is certainly enjoyable, and you'll get waaaaay too many hours of zoned out fun immersed in it.

..............UNBELIEVABLE!............... [Posted on 2006-11-02]
First real-time wargame I have ever played.Incredible attention to detail without getting bogged down in minutia.Ability to play even minor countries with neutral status makes this perhaps THE most comprehensive simulation of strategic warfare ever developed.Outclasses most games of this type,including Grigsby's World At War.RECOMENDED>

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