It’s time to take command and lead your nation through World War II, the largest conflict in world history. Hearts of Iron III lets you take charge on any front, as any country, and through a variety of scenarios. Guide your nation to glory in the most detailed game based on World War II ever made.

The new expansion Hearts of Iron III: Their Finest Hour will improve many areas of the game. Expanded espionage system with new and reworked missions including new covert operations that can be performed on the map and new battle plans mode where you can load historical plans, draw your own and share with allies in real-time during multiplayer.

About Hearts of Iron III:

Game Overview:
Detailed espionage will let players green-light covert operations, while their military commanders will gain traits and, with them, personalities. Naval landings can now be planned with specialized assault craft. But this is just the start – we’ve also got new elite units for each nation (Rangers! Gurkhas!) Plus, a new game mode letting players start with a clean slate and drop straight into the business of producing units and technology. Simulations are great and all, but we appreciate that sometimes, you just want to run a war.

Publisher: Paradox Interactive

Developer: Paradox Interactive

Platforms: PC

Release Date: Already released

Stay tuned to Gamingbolt.com for more news and updates.

Paradox Interactive have today released compilation collections for Magicka, Hearts of Iron III and Cities in Motion, as was announced earlier.

Magicka Collection:

• Magicka
• Magicka Vietnam expansion
• Magicka DLC:s including; Survival Kit, Caverns and Marshlands, Nippon, Final Frontier, Frozen Lake, Watch Tower and Robe Bundle

Hearts of Iron III Collection:

• Hearts of Iron III
• Hearts of Iron III Semper Fi expansion
• Hearts of Iron III For The Motherland expansion
• The complete Hearts of Iron III Spritepacks comprising of – German, US, Soviet, German Infantry, Japanese Infantry, Soviet Infantry, Soviet Music, German II, MegaGerman

Cities in Motion Collection:

• Cities in Motion
• Cities in Motion Tokyo expansion
• Cities in Motion German Cities expansion
• Cities in Motion DLC:s including Design Classics, Design Marvels, Design Now and Metro Station

Paradox Interactive have today announced compilation collections for three of their most popular franchises, all set to release on PC on November 22nd. Magicka Collection has a recommended retail price of $19.99/€19.99, Hearts of Iron III Collection $29.99/€29.99 and Cities in Motion Collection $39.99/€39.99

Included within the Magicka Collection are:
• Magicka
• Magicka Vietnam expansion
• Magicka DLCs including Survival Kit, Caverns and Marshlands, Nippon, Final Frontier, Frozen Lake, Watch Tower and Robe Bundle

Included within the Hearts of Iron III Collection are:
• Hearts of Iron III
• Hearts of Iron III Semper Fi expansion
• Hearts of Iron III For The Motherland expansion
• The complete Hearts of Iron III Spritepacks comprising of – German, US, Soviet, German Infantry, Japanese Infantry, Soviet Infantry, Soviet Music, German II, MegaGerman

Included within the Cities in Motion collection are:
• Cities in Motion
• Cities in Motion Tokyo expansion
• Cities in Motion German Cities expansion
• Cities in Motion DLC:s including Design Classics, Design Marvels, Design Now and Metro Station

The answer to those questions is: yes and no. Yes, it is very enjoyable, and worth its price tag. But no, it doesn’t fix all the flaws of HoI3. Some improvements have been made to the original game- the AI is not much better, and the game now supports multi-core processors, so the graphics have been given a much needed boost too. Neutrality has been improved, which fans of the original game would find to be a huge plus.

The biggest improvement of all, though, is the addition of the Partisan system. Via the Partisan system, you can control the population in several ways “behind the scenes” even if you’re not in power. You can undermine their decisions, or undermine a particular ideology. It adds to the depth of the game greatly, and gives you all the more reason to invest more time into the game.

Politics is probably the thing that For the Motherland does best. Internal politics, trying to stay in power for as long as possible, while also building your nation’s strengths, and with the Partisan system to boot, the game gets an unprecedented level of depth and hooks you to itself in more ways than one.

Combat has been improved greatly as well, with the addition of war goals and the Theater mode. War goals are, well, war goals- you set specific goals in terms of political ruling or territorial expansion, and work towards those goals. This gives the game a great focused feel, and it keeps you in the heat of things at all times. With the Theater system, you can make changes to the fronts you or your allies are fighting on. You can make instantaneous decisions, like changing your stance from a peaceful diplomatic deal with one country to helping them in war against another.

However, there are a lot of flaws in For the Motherland. For one, the resource collection is illogical and distribution is a little scattered. The game is, like all Paradox games, full of bugs and glitches. The events in the game are not all historically accurate and the game tends to get a bit boring sometimes. Also, the fact that you cannot play this without having both, Hearts of Iron III and the first expansion pack might turn off some people.

However, the game boasts of a lot of replay value. The depth and complexity of the game make you want to come back for more and the newly added Battle Scenarios, which are like mini campaign which you can hop in to play for short doses of fun, add to that replay value greatly.

All in all, Hearts of Iron III: For the Motherland is a great new expansion pack for an already enjoyable game. The flaws are a little irritating at times, but the new additions are good enough for you to ignore the bugs. Just be ready to spend a lot of money on the original game and the other expansion pack to play this one, if you don’t have them already.

This game was reviewed on the PC.