This was pretty much my experience playing the game. Throughout the game you'll be observing incremental changes of data, make small adjustments, and continue the simulation. This would have been great for a real life computer programmer who can sit long hours in front of the computer without much visual stimulation and be able to observe text based data for hours on end. For others, it is a complete nightmare.

I've tried to love paradox, I really did. I played all three Europa Universalis series, Victoria and the Crusader Kings. They're all equally repetitive and data focused. I thought I was stupid for not being able to enjoy the game. But I later found out that it's not about me being stupid. It was just a matter of preference.

Paradox fans argue that Hearts of Iron is suppose to be an 'action-based' series and that people who want more action should play that instead. LOL That's a load of bollocks lol lol lol Calling Hearts of Iron an 'action-based' game is like an African villager calling Cheetah the fastest thing in the world, not having seen airplanes or trains or cars in his or her life. The game is equally slow, except instead of 'build textile' buttons, you get 'build tanks' buttons.

lol@times

This game is awesome.

Relatively steep learning curve but once you get the hang of it, it'a really very fun and addictive.

My first pass with it felt a lot like what's described in the video - you're pretty overwhelmed and confused but then things click and actually get quite busy as you're managing multiple fronts, political intrigue, uprisings, etc.

YMMV of course...

Awesome review, doesn't reflect my opinion of the game, but awesome none the less

Great review style. I really like the tea-toddling whiny braggart salesman pitch, it works very well. There are some absolute gems in this one too, so I'll wait for all the auti...intelligent people to chime in about it.