After the crash wiped out my progress in 1940 and corrupted my latest autosave, I was forced to re-fight a significant portion of World War II, which provided me with a choice that posed both moral and practical problems.
On one hand, I could play again through the period with my previous gathered knowledge and avoi... |
22 November 2012
18:41 GMT |
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Disaster struck just as I was performing well on the Western Front, pushing back the German war machine in France and even making some inroads into Belgium.
In Egypt I was regretting the decision to withhold reinforcements as my two lonely divisions were forced to abandon Alexandria and try and defend the Suez that ... |
21 November 2012
08:15 GMT |
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Germany took Denmark and I was unable to do anything about it, I just watched as the tiny northern country fell to its knees and became yet another base from which either Sweden or Norway could be invaded. I know that the assault on France will start in the middle of 1940 and I am eager to stop it if I can, as far f... |
20 November 2012
07:53 GMT |
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When World War II finally started, I decided to do the only honorable thing that could be done, something that in real life my country has never managed, and send my limited ground forces, no more than three full army groups with 15 divisions to try and slow down the German advance into Poland.
At the same time, I s... |
10 November 2012
18:51 GMT |
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There are times in grand strategy games when one comes to appreciate the advantages of running a totalitarian system, the sort of closed society where orders are obeyed, trains run on time and you can change all cabinet positions on a whim.
When playing Nazi Germany, I am able to minimize resource use and maximize i... |
9 November 2012
10:22 GMT |
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The temptation for everyone playing the Hearts of Iron III is to re-write World War II history and that means playing either the United States, in order to quickly bring democracy to Germany and Europe and then tackle the Russian Communists, or Germany, in order to see whether the country had any chance of winning th... |
8 November 2012
09:00 GMT |
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