Arsenal of Democracy: A Hearts of Iron Game

If you like authentic ww2 real time strategy gaming, this one is for you

I played this game for hundreds of hours as a CD long before Steam. This is a fully updated HoI II with many mods from the community added. HoI 4 has thrown me off of that series. I fully prefer darkest hour, which includes WWI and there is a mod that allows the player to connect the two war eras, which in the vanilla game are seperated.

In AofD there are far fewer provinces, making the map too simple. The tech tree is simpler than Darkest Hour. With my MS 11 computer the window is just too small to play. All that aside, what I do like are the hypothetical scenario campaigns like the US divided by a victorious Confederacy among others. But not being able to see more than a very small screen prevents me from playing it. Back to Darkest Hour. I give it a positive review for what it was back in the day.

There is, in my opinion, no better game simulation of WWII grand strategy.

While this game will always hold a special place in my heart and I do recommend it as an overall experience, in my mind Darkest Hour is simply a better version of AoD. THAT BEING SAID, this game is part of my childhood and honestly incredible. Might be on the more dated end but credit must be given where it is due. ALSO it's leagues better than Hearts of Slop 4.

I played this when I was 8 years old. Now im 18 and I play hearts of iron 4. For anyone who remembers this gem I salute you.

better than hoi4

One of the best WW2 strategy games, extremely in depth and high detail and has that old school feel that newer versions of this game (HOI) don't offer

Enjoyable

You can be ahead in every conceivable metric and still consistently lose every single battle possible. It makes no sense and quickly becomes pointless and obvious that your decisions strategically DO NOT MATTER in the slightest. Garbage no matter what anyone tries to say about this trash.

I really enjoy the detail on most things. I can choose among dozens of real Generals which is something that really cannot do on HOI4.

there are some bugs here and there but nothing that will destroy the experience.

This is the game I play to relax and "waste" my weekends.

if you have played any hoi game this wouldnt take to long to learn keep in mind they MIGHT still be updateing (please correct me in the comments)