Hearts of Iron II

[cheddar cheese]

If you start from 1936, the earliest, you go to 1947. Its not just as simple as developing the Atomic Bomb either - It takes a hell of a lot of time and planning, as does the whole game.

 

[P38 Pilot]

Wow. Thats pretty cool! So CC do you have your pictures for the game?

 

[cheddar cheese]

Nope - I havent played it for ages cos I know im going to be defeated. So I figure that if I dont play it, I wont lose. Fwaha!

 

[plan_D]

You want to avoid war with the minor states such as Albania and Greece, just keep troops positioned on your shoreline. Concentrate on North Africa ... kick the Allies out of North Africa, the the Balkans, then the Middle-East.

 

[P38 Pilot]

Good plan

 

[plan_D]

I'm playing as Italy at the moment. It's April, 1937, and I have conquered Ethiopia and Albania. I've reorganised my entire military because it's all mixed up when you start with Italy, and I've developed my industry.

Next target is Nationalist Spain.

 

[P38 Pilot]

Cool. Good luck. I wish I had this game! Its sounds fun!

 

[plan_D]

I don't need luck, it's going to be pretty easy. They have no allies or political ties, and they're weakened from the Spanish Civil War. My air force is well organised with a Wing of three tactical bomber groups, a Wing of three naval bomber groups, two interceptor groups covering Rome, one interceptor group covering Naples (I'll move it to Sardinia to protect my bomber bases there) and four interceptor groups covering the French border in the Alps.

And my navy is just much bigger than Spains ! I'll attack from the Med and take the Baeleric isles, then use Ibiza as a base of operations against mainland Spain. Oh, I have a group of CAS aircraft as well. I'll have to remember my types then put 'em on here, for CC to drool over.

 

[cheddar cheese]

I havent played HOI in months...

 

[P38 Pilot]

So what is Germany doing during all of this?

 

[plan_D]

Nothing, it's April 1937. They're still building and waiting. The fact that the Spanish Civil War ended two years earlier than normal has allowed Germany and I (yes, I did support Natioanlist Spain) to have a good load of resources to carry on building.

 

[P38 Pilot]

Wow. What do the Allies have to say about you conquering all these countries?

 

[plan_D]

All these countries? You mean Albania and Ethiopia? Do you realise how unimportant those two nations are? They're not too happy, but they're not going to say anything to me over it. They're pathetic countries, but they're easily conquered and both have some good resources. Albania even has a little oil, and gives me a good toehold in the Balkans.

 

[CCM von Hausser]

I'm new here... but I'm a veteran about Heart of Iron 2 ...and now the new Doomsday

For your best pleasure I say you to run some games with the Vanilla version of the game (just to learn the ABC of the game) and then to use a MOD

 

[plan_D]

I annexed Spain in September 1938 after several invasion attempts, that took many months I finally got ashore. Once ashore victory was inevitable, I piled in the divisions and piled on the bombs.

Then came the lull, I sat and waited building my forces of motorised infantry and infantry. One other change was Germany kept to their promise in Munich, Czechoslovakia was left alone! But Germany invaded France in May, and I waited 'til June before I got involved. But I didn't assault France - instead I assault Gibralter and took it. Then I invaded Eygpt ... and after some long fighting I finally took Suez Canal. I had trapped a whole host of Royal Navy vessels in the Med to be wiped out by my planes. The RAF was shot out of the sky by the Luftwaffe and Regia Aeronautica ... and my tactical bombers and CAS smashed the British out of my way in the desert.

It's now 24 March 1941 ... Germany has attack Yugoslavia, who took my ill defended Albania from me. But Italy has Malta, Cyprus, Palestine, Lebanon, Syria and is poised to invade Iraq. And I'm pushing down East Africa to my troops in Ethiopia who are fighting a desperate battle against the British there.

The U.S have also joined in, two heavy bombardment groups flew from Aden to attack Italy but didn't make it across the Med. Unescorted they were caught by two groups of interceptors and shot to pieces.

 

[DerAdlerIstGelandet]

I need to start playing again. My last game I played with Japan and ofcourse won.

I find it too easy to win.

I have now played with Germany, USA and Japan and next I will play with either Italy or England.

 

[General Jefferson]

Hey, anybody still hooking up with this game?

I just started playing a month ago, and it's awesome, but it appears that this thread is rather old.

If anyone knows, I read something about a patch file that allows the game to advance beyond the 1947 cutoff date. I'm not sure if this was in reference to Doomsday or not. Anyone familiar with this?

 

[mkloby]

I need to start playing again. My last game I played with Japan and ofcourse won.

I find it too easy to win.

I have now played with Germany, USA and Japan and next I will play with either Italy or England.

Try Yugoslavia or Spain. I've had some of the most fun games with them.

Although - I haven't had time to play in a LONG time.

 

[DerAdlerIstGelandet]

Yeah I will try one of those small countries next. I just played again with Germany and I find it too easy.

 

[General Jefferson]

I've avoided playing one of the "bigs" due to the massive amount of information to keep up with. So far I've tried South Africa (quit by 1940 due to inactivity), Saudi Arabia (quit by 1940 due to poorly industrialized country that couldn't do squat), and I am currently playing China (great country so far).

Anybody have word about a patch file that pushes the Stop Date past 1947?