Hearts of Iron II
When Germany is defeated in 1945, the Allies and the new Soviet alliance fight for supremacy. World War III is drawing closer. Play as the ruler of one of 175 countries through World Wars II and III. As the…
Hearts of Iron II is a real time strategy (rts) developed by Paradox Interactive, released 4 January 2005 on PC (Microsoft Windows).
What Hearts of Iron II is
Hearts of Iron II is a real time strategy (rts) game developed by Paradox Interactive and released in 2005. It is available on PC (Microsoft Windows) only.
The premise, in the publisher's words
Hearts of Iron II is a 2005 grand strategy video game developed by Paradox Development Studio and published by Paradox Interactive for Microsoft Windows. A Mac OS X version was released the same year. It is the sequel to Hearts of Iron.
How it plays
It is played from a bird view / isometric perspective. Its themes are historical. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component. Available modes: Multiplayer and Single player.
How it was received
Hearts of Iron II holds a critic score of 84 out of 100. That places it above 81% of the 612 rated real time strategy (rts) games in our database, which average 72. Games released in 2005 averaged 67, so it scored 17 points above the year average.
What it launched against
Hearts of Iron II launched on 4 January 2005, within three weeks of Resident Evil 4 (2005), Resident Evil 4, Gran Turismo 4 and Cave Story. It reviewed better than 3 of the 4.
Released around the same time: Resident Evil 4 (2005), Resident Evil 4, Gran Turismo 4, Cave Story.
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