Boomtown Looks at Hearts of Iron 2: Doomsday

[Jason]

<strong>[ Review ]</strong>

<p>Boomtown has a short <a href="http://pc.boomtown.net/en_uk/articles/art.view.php?id=11158" target="_self" title="review">review</a> of Paradox Interactive's Hearts of Iron 2: Doomsday. They easily recommend Doomsday to strategy fans who haven't touched the original Hearts of Iron 2. They're not as sure about recommending the purchase for owners of the previous game, though.</p><p> </p><blockquote>However, if you already own Hearts of Iron II it gets a bit
complicated. I found myself playing the 1936 scenario more than the
1945 scenario because Doomsday is a very complex scenario. There are
tons of troops, tons of decisions to take and you haven&rsquo;t had the
chance to build anything up &ndash; you are thrown directly into WWIII. But
the new features work in the old scenarios as well so by playing those
I got the best of both worlds, so to speak.
</blockquote><blockquote>
Doomsday is still also a bit bug-ridden and while it doesn&rsquo;t affect
gameplay significantly hardcore fans will notice the problems.
Meanwhile the original Hearts of Iron II is by now a very solid and
well-balanced game. So you have to consider &ndash; do you want the new
features and new scenario or do you want a bug-free experience (which
is important not least in multiplayer)?
</blockquote><p> </p><p>In the end, they gave it a solid 8, mainly for the gameplay and durability. Read the review <a href="http://pc.boomtown.net/en_uk/articles/art.view.php?id=11158" target="_self" title="review">here</a>. </p><blockquote><p> </p></blockquote><p>Spotted @ <a href="http://www.shacknews.com/">Shack News</a></p>

 

[Naked_Lunch]

This game got me through the lack of Codex access throughout the past days

We should probably do a review of it soon.

 

[LlamaGod]

baby arm should probably do a review of it soon.

fixed

 

[Naked_Lunch]

I was thinking more along the lines of you doing it seeing you've done ab-so-fucking-lutley nothing for the site beyond pretending to try and do an interview and a couple of news posts back on the old forums.

oh yeah, I went there

 

[Jason]

I already wrote that awesome GalCiv2 review just last night. It has super exclusive screenshots and everything. Besides, I plan to spend the next 2 days doing stupid amounts of cheap drugs. Important business, you understand.

 

[Llyranor]

I want a HoI2DD and T2CM review.

 

[Jason]

What part of 'cheap drugs' didn't you understand?

 

[Naked_Lunch]

I can do a Hearts of Iron review if I was so inclined, but it would have to be after my Kohan restropective, American History Lux review (which I'll upload tomorrow for you guys to make fun of), my Ur-Quan Masters review, and my Space Rangers 2 thingy. Oh, and the UFO: ET interview.

 

[kingcomrade]

You should let me write reviews.

 

[Naked_Lunch]

No

 

[Drain]

Oh, and the UFO: ET interview.

When can we expect this one?

 

[Nicolai]

He'll just keep going "it'll be done tomorrow" until Vault Dweller winds up doing it.

 

[Naked_Lunch]

I have no idea. I emailed those wacky Czechs like two months ago and I haven't heard from them since.