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- Platform: Windows NT / 2000 / XP
- Media: CD-ROM
- Item Quantity: 1
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9 of 9 people found the following review helpful
Worth picking up
26 Sep 2006
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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.
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.
15 of 19 people found the following review helpful
This is a great game
2 Dec 2004
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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!
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!
4 of 5 people found the following review helpful
..............UNBELIEVABLE!...............
2 Nov 2006
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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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