Hearts of Iron III: For the Motherland

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  1. hcookie
    Jun 21, 2012
    8
    I reviewed this game a year to go and revisited the game with the latest 3.06 patch. How much can change in a year? Plenty. Maybe it's because of all the negative feedback Hearts of Iron 3 got, maybe it's all the bad publicity for the much maligned Swords of the Stars 2, but somehow Paradox is starting to show some maturity and some corporate decency and instead of shovelling rubbish toI reviewed this game a year to go and revisited the game with the latest 3.06 patch. How much can change in a year? Plenty. Maybe it's because of all the negative feedback Hearts of Iron 3 got, maybe it's all the bad publicity for the much maligned Swords of the Stars 2, but somehow Paradox is starting to show some maturity and some corporate decency and instead of shovelling rubbish to consumers it's finally saying no poor quality control.

    Hearts of Iron 3 For the Mother Land Patch 3.06b revision 2 is probably the best patch Paradox has ever put it. The game is finally getting a long overdue map revision, that is closer to reality. The interface has been improved and polished to a high shine and the game is finally getting some decent Ai, sort of. While the AI still makes silly moves, the Ai at least provides the gamer a somewhat decent opponent. Sort of, if you're not too fussy that the pacific theater is still far from finished. But it's the largest step in the right direction that Paradox has ever taken. I'm rating this game and expansion an 8 from a resounding 0 from my previous review.

    I now highly recommend this game to any strategy grognard out there. There's still long ways to go to provide the strategy gamer a decent Pacific theater of operations, but it's come a long way.    … Expand

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  1. Gaming Nexus
    Sep 12, 2011
    42
    This is an end-of-life expansion for the HOI3 franchise. It adds some (minor) new features to the original, but does not do much to fix any major flaws. It is not worth 20 bucks to anybody but an HOI3 completist.
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  2. Da Gameboyz
    Jul 29, 2011
    55
    As such, if you're not a hardcore turn based strategy buff, stay away.
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  3. XGN
    Jul 10, 2011
    75
    The new Partisan system and Theatre Interface are just a few good improvements this expansion has to offer. However, only few of the older problems get fixed and the extra options will only make it harder for a newcomer to get into Hearts of Iron III. Gamers that are familiar with the franchise will however be happy that the most realistic WWII game ever, just got a little bit better.
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