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Hearts of Iron II: Doomsday

Hearts of Iron II: Doomsday contains everything that was in the original game while highlighting and expanding the period after historical World War II, including a hypothetical nuclear war between the Soviet…

70 1 November 2005 ESRB E

Hearts of Iron II: Doomsday is a real time strategy (rts) developed by Paradox Development Studio, released 1 November 2005 on Mac and PC (Microsoft Windows).

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What Hearts of Iron II: Doomsday is

Hearts of Iron II: Doomsday is a real time strategy (rts) game developed by Paradox Development Studio and released in 2005. It was published by Paradox Interactive. It is available on Mac and PC (Microsoft Windows). It carries an ESRB E age rating.

The premise, in the publisher's words

Hearts of Iron II: Doomsday contains everything that was in the original game while highlighting and expanding the period after historical World War II, including a hypothetical nuclear war between the Soviet Union and the Allies. The expansion pack features among other things a reworked intelligence model (which allows the player to use espionage, sabotage and other things in an "intelligence page" accessible through the main screen), improved AI and a scenario editor. Doomsday also features some other changes and additions such as: *Additional graphics such as bomber sprites *Escort Carriers *Hospitals that recover manpower losses *A "do not upgrade" button for divisions *The option of…
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How it plays

It is played from a bird view / isometric perspective. Its themes are warfare. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component. Available modes: Multiplayer and Single player.

How it was received

Hearts of Iron II: Doomsday holds a critic score of 70 out of 100. That places it above 33% of the 612 rated real time strategy (rts) games in our database, which average 72. Games released in 2005 averaged 67, so it scored 3 points above the year average.

What it launched against

Hearts of Iron II: Doomsday launched on 1 November 2005, within three weeks of Shadow of the Colossus, Need for Speed: Most Wanted, Call of Duty 2 and Sid Meier's Civilization IV. All of them reviewed better.

Released around the same time: Shadow of the Colossus, Need for Speed: Most Wanted, Call of Duty 2, Sid Meier's Civilization IV.

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When did Hearts of Iron II: Doomsday come out?
Hearts of Iron II: Doomsday was released on 1 November 2005 for Mac and PC (Microsoft Windows).

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