Like the first part, this game situate the gameplay at World War II, but the map spans the entire world and allows you to play one of over 175 countries during the course of World War II, not only the typical countries.

This game does not center in battles, instead you have to control the production, research, diplomacy, supply of no communicated regions, the infrastructure and a lot of features that makes this game a long learning curve.

You can play a free game, with all aspects of the game at your disposal or a scenario like Barbarossa, The Coral Sea, the Spanish Civil War, North Africa, and a few for the German Blitz into Eastern Europe and France and the Allied invasions of Italy, Normandy and Japan. While these scenarios teach the basics of combat, the production, research and diplomacy options are limited or entirely absent.

All of the major personalities in the war are here. Photographs or generals, government officials, etc. are all in the game with detailed descriptions.

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Alternate Titles

"钢铁之心II" -- Chinese spelling (simplified)
"День Победы II" -- Russian spelling
"HoI2" -- Informal title
"Gangtie zhi Xin II" -- Chinese title (simplified)
"Den' Pobedy 2" -- Russian title
"ハーツオブアイアンⅡ" -- Japanese spelling

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Part of the Following Groups

Merchant	Title	Platform	Price
	Hearts of Iron 2	Windows	$3.95
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User Reviews

Technology and combat systems have been improved drastically, otherwise it's like the original.	Windows	Va Jaa (18)
For WW2 buffs who wonder "What If...?"	Windows	APFelon (18)

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The Press Says

Game Vortex	Windows	Jan 12, 2005	90 out of 100	90
Strategy Informer	Windows	Jan 05, 2005	8.7 out of 10	87
GameZone	Windows	Jan 05, 2005	8.7 out of 10	87
Gaming Nexus	Windows	Feb 01, 2005	8.5 out of 10	85
Armchair Empire, The	Windows	Jan 30, 2005	8.5 out of 10	85
Game Captain	Windows	Jan 28, 2005	83 out of 100	83
GamersMark	Windows	Apr 06, 2005	8.2 out of 10	82
PC Gameplay (Benelux)	Windows	Feb, 2005	82 out of 100	82
Games4Mac	Macintosh	2005	80 out of 100	80
PC Action	Windows	Feb 04, 2005	65 out of 100	65

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Forums

Topic	# Posts	Last Post
Winter War Games	2	MZ per X (2943) Nov 09, 2010

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Trivia

The German version of the game features some USK censorship on the names. The leader of Germany becomes "Adolph Hiller" and the person at head of the airforce is changed to "Hermann Gorink".

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This entry was contributed by Xoleras (66420) and DarkDante

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