Hearts of Iron 3

"An Almost Total Disappointment"

Paradox completely blew the user interlace. Rather than tweaking and enhancing the very good Hoi2 GUI, they opted for a complete redesign. No longer does right mouse clicking do anything, you are forced to navigate through their menu system which is clumsily designed. The clock lacks resolution and I find I had to set on full speed just to keep the on screen action going. They also screwed up the intuitive trade system that hoi2 used. The new system is more difficult and... Read more

I enjoyed playing through this game it gave me a sense of achivement as I went through, It hasnt strayed to far away from its previous brotheren games and I liked that they didn't change it dramatically. I give it 7/10 but its a strong 7. Read more

Sad, could have been a gem, instead it's a rock.

Bad release, not too uncommon from Paradox when there games go gold, but this game as is, from the 1st release out of the box was unplayable really...now on the 3rd Patch it's better..but IMO HOI2 has more play ablitity in it's latest forms/mods...also it's the most ahistorical of all three HOI games least it seems to be that way, The tech tree is complex and vague at the same time, that's one of my biggest irks, also the new army formation, where you "build" division of... Read more

Where can i start, from the obvious ploy to omit important units from the previous versions of this game and roll them into sprite packs to be purchased for extra on top of the $40 i just spent to 18 hrs of gameplay having only simulated two months out of the 1936-1948 campaign.On to the ugly visuals of units that I use to enjoy so much in all of the other Paradox titles are gone and dead; i use to enjoy the model's animations but no more. The submarines look like odd... Read more