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0.0 hrs last two weeks / 315.1 hrs on record (61.3 hrs at review time)
Posted: 17 Jul, 2020 @ 1:09am
Updated: 28 Nov, 2020 @ 9:04am

Overall


Pros:
- Big diversity;
- Several paths to follow;
- Fun with friends;
- Competitive;
- Challenger;
- Probably the best strategy game right now.

Cons:
- Too demanding;
- Germany is overpower;
- Lack of content without DLC's

Difficulty:
- Hard/Extremely Hard

Review

Apart from Age Of Empires, possibly Hearts of Iron 4 was the strategy game that I liked the most, this atmosphere of the second world war that the game creates is fantastic, from the preparation to the war itself.

Undoubtedly the best in this game, it is giving you different paths, from changing the goals of conquest to the very ideology that the country has (communism, fascism, among others) and that undoubtedly gives the player a enormous freedom.

The strategy is very, but very present in this game, you simply cannot choose a country that in practice is at a military, economic, social level more evolved than others and simply destroy everything, the game forces you to have a job behind , you have to choose your attack points, you have to pay attention to the factories because you have to continue to always have resources to manufacture equipment, among other.... That all in the end is interesting in this game, but I am sincere, I understand that the game is complex, but in the end it takes a long time to learn in how to play, I think it is a little demanding, I have about 60 hours and I continue to learn, this is not bad, but never having won a game, without counting obviously when was my alliance that led me forward, but being me destroying everything and everyone, it makes me draw two conclusions: either I am really, really, but really very bad player, or as I said earlier. game is very demanding.

Returning to the conversation about the victories, I decided to take a test, I chose to play as Turkey, I became a fascist, I joined Axis, and I was simply excited to see what happened. My conclusion? Germany is overpower, if the player does not oppose it, the game is simply over, it is impossible for the Allies to win, both in historical and non-historical. I understand that Germany was a gigantic power, but at least the historical one could be defeated, since that was the end of the war.

Speaking of non-historical, I think the game lacks content at a certain level, it is true that there are dlc's, but we have to think that not everyone has a wallet to buy them, and since the vast majority of countries do not have one Focus Tree dedicated, in a way as I said to a certain lack of content, that makes the game become repetitive after several hours if you like to play more with small countries.

Now, I will explain what I liked most about Hearts of Iron, the multiplayer, especially playing with friends, makes the game extremely competitive and this is spectacular, it is really fun and I think it will not let me criticize who has 1000 hours, because I'm quite capable of having them one day too.

In short, Hearts Of Iron 4 is a masterpiece in terms of strategy, it gives the player great freedom of choice, and forces him to think about the best way to win the game.

Final Evaluation: 88/100
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3 Comments
cckw 5 Aug, 2020 @ 2:37pm 
Yes ive played chess.
Leal 5 Aug, 2020 @ 2:32pm 
Did u ever play chess Lloyd? Just kidding, for a guy like me that the unique strategy game experience before hoi4 was Age Of Empires, was extremely hard to adapt to the several different thinks that u need to pay attention in hoi4.
cckw 5 Aug, 2020 @ 2:19pm 
"Extremely Hard" lmao. If you want hard play hoi3 or hoi2. Hoi4 is probably the easiest "strategy" game out there.