Hearts of Iron II

Description

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.

Alternate Titles

• "钢铁之心II" -- Chinese title (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

Part of the Following Groups

• Game Engine: Europa
• Hearts of Iron series
• Winter War games
• World War II games

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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)

The Press Says

Netjak	Windows	Feb 07, 2005	9.5 out of 10	95
Game Over Online	Windows	Jan 20, 2005	87 out of 100	87
Strategy Informer	Windows	Jan 05, 2005	8.7 out of 10	87
Gaming Nexus	Windows	Feb 01, 2005	8.5 out of 10	85
GameSpot	Windows	Jan 18, 2005	8.3 out of 10	83
Gamers' Temple, The	Windows	Feb 08, 2005	82 out of 100	82
Gamers.at	Windows	Jan 22, 2005	80 out of 100	80
GameStar (Germany)	Windows	Jan, 2005	79 out of 100	79
GameSpot (Belgium/Netherlands)	Windows	Feb 09, 2005	78 out of 100	78
Next Level Gaming	Windows	Jan 31, 2005	73 out of 100	73

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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".