AG writes: "What is important in Hearts of Iron II Collection is the grand, time consuming and, yes, difficult gameplay contained within. Make no mistake though, if your experience of strategy games doesn't go beyond the simplistic and high octane base-building and tank-destroying of Command & Conquer and the like, it's probably best to skip this one altogether.
Hearts of Iron II is a game built for those people who have the time and patience to become absorbed in the grand and complex scheming required to win - and with this new collection of expansion packs adding hours upon hours of content, anyone who has ever been intrigued by Hearts of Iron II but never felt compelled to in the past might just find this the perfect incentive to finally get stuck in. Just don't say that I didn't warn you about it being a massive time sink."
Paradox Interactive has today released details on the next two externally developed titles to be released under the “Europa Engine projects” label; Iron Cross and Darkest Hour, one of which is an expansion to the fan favourite Hearts of Iron II.
These games haven't been released. They're not even going to be released until the end of this year at the earliest.
D2D is onto the fifth and final week of it's 5 Year Anniversary $5 Game Sale, this time giving several war titles the Lincoln treatment.
Highlights include 90% off Battlestations: Pacific and over 80% off on titles Company of Heroes Gold and Supreme Commander Gold.
Ten games in all fill the war list, with 20 other titles from all genres still being offered at $5 including Bioshock, Mount & Blade and The Chronicles of Riddick: Assault on Dark Athena.
WOW! COH: Gold and World In Conflict: Gold for $10 is a STEAL! I already have the Original COH but none of the expansion packs so this is great!
Too bad D2D thinks the world is only USA, Canada, UK and Mexico. These region restrictions are an invite to piracy.
There's limitations and certifications you need to get to sell stuff in europe.
411mania talks about this week's game releases. Highlights include MagnaCarta II, Tales of VS., SingStar Queen, and Hearts of Iron III.
On Magna Carta II, 411mania writes: "Even though the title indicates that this is the second MagnaCarta game, it is actually the third in the series, the first being for the PC and the second for the PS2. Unfortunately, Atlus' release of the PS2 sequel a few years ago wasn't very well received - some were impressed with the visuals and a lot of people liked the story, but many found the combat system off and most agreed that the voicework was bad. Luckily, MagnaCarta II features a whole new cast of characters, a new storyline, and a different fighting system, so knowledge of the previous games are not necessary."
Aww it's just the import version of Magna Carta II I thought they would have brought it out here already :(.
