Looking for a good strategic game.. Ideas?sc

krashkart · 11-04-10, 12:27 AM

HOI2 is pretty good. IIRC there is a Cold War mod available for it but I have no idea how accurate or complete it is.

Krauter · 11-04-10, 08:06 AM

Excellent.. Mostly just a grand campaign style.

On a personnal opinion level, what are the pro's con's of HOI2/3?

Raptor1 · 11-04-10, 08:16 AM

Let's see...

Hearts of Iron 2 has more mods than HoI3, currently.

Hearts of Iron 3 is less stable than Hearts of Iron 2, and it usually runs slower too. It used to be somewhat of a buggy mess when it was released, but most of this has been resolved.

Hearts of Iron 2 has battle scenarios besides the campaigns, Hearts of Iron 3 does not.

Hearts of Iron 3 is much more detailed, especially when it comes to units (The base unit level in HoI2 is a division, in HoI3 it's a brigade) and the supply system. On the other hand, this means HoI3 is also much more complicated.

HoI 2 is much more rigid when it comes to the course of the campaign (The war nearly always starts at the historical time, and things happen when they did historically). HoI3 is much more dynamic, with things happening because of game mechanics and not because they are scripted to happen.

These are the main differences.

Note that there are quite a few versions of HoI2, there's the original, Doomsday, Armageddon (Which is an expansion of Doomsday), Arsenal of Democracy (Which is a fan-developed improvement on Doomsday/Armageddon), Iron Cross (Which is an expansion to Armageddon or Arsenal of Democracy) and Darkest Hour, which is about to be released.

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Originally Posted by Krauter

Excellent.. Mostly just a grand campaign style.

There are quite a few of those, but none about the Cold War since the days of DOS games. Supreme Ruler: Cold War is about to be released, but I have no idea if it's close to what you want or if it will be any good.

There are a few games that model a NATO vs. Warsaw Pact war at an operational scale, though.

Happy Times · 11-04-10, 03:38 PM

The best mod for HOI2 is The Stony Road IMO, Arsenal of Democracy was a little dissapontment.
http://www.stonyroad.de/

HOI3 needs modding, i cant play it as it is.

Paradox bought AGEOD and their games are interesting, ive only played ACW but im going to try BoA2: Wars in America and Rise of Prussia. The others i think have only scenarios and i only play Grand Campaigns.

http://shopus.ageod.com/video-games-History.html

11-04-10, 12:27 AM	#1
krashkart Navy Seal Join Date: Jan 2010 Posts: 5,292 Downloads: 100 Uploads: 0	HOI2 is pretty good. IIRC there is a Cold War mod available for it but I have no idea how accurate or complete it is.

11-04-10, 03:38 PM	#4
Happy Times Ocean Warrior Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Finland Posts: 2,950 Downloads: 10 Uploads: 0	The best mod for HOI2 is The Stony Road IMO, Arsenal of Democracy was a little dissapontment. http://www.stonyroad.de/ HOI3 needs modding, i cant play it as it is. Paradox bought AGEOD and their games are interesting, ive only played ACW but im going to try BoA2: Wars in America and Rise of Prussia. The others i think have only scenarios and i only play Grand Campaigns. http://shopus.ageod.com/video-games-History.html