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I’ve played as a communist France and a fascist Great Britain and even almost managed to create a democratic Germany (thus negating the entire war). Your choice of political representative is by no means static - put the right policies into place and you can overthrow it with a stance of your choice. The running of your nation is done by your representative political party, which can be moderated by governmental decrees. From Liberia and Albania to Brazil and Portugal - every nation on Earth is playable (though whether they’ll survive long is another matter altogether). Players who like to root for the underdog will be pleased to know that Paradox have lifted the restriction on what minor nation you can play as. There are seven major factions: America, Japan, Great Britain, France, Italy, Russia and Germany, each with their own special traits, bonuses and penalties. The latter drops you right into the thick of it at the outbreak of war while the former allows you to prepare your chosen nation for a number of years in advance. At release there are two scenarios available - 19. Hearts of Iron IV places you in control of a nation during the build-up to the greatest conflict mankind has ever seen. The masters of grand strategy have certainly made large strides towards that goal, but does it pass muster? Well I did in Hearts of Iron IV and I can tell you that it’s pretty bloody glorious.Ī sequel to the hard-as-nails Hearts of Iron III, this new instalment has seen developers Paradox Interactive go all-out to try and make an accessible successor that still retains the series’ lauded depth and detail. Sherman, however, never single-handedly turned France into a communist paradise and then won the Second World War by 1941. Reviews // 6th Jun 2016 - 6 years ago // By Alex Hamilton Hearts of Iron IV ReviewĪmerican general William Tecumseh Sherman once said that “war is hell” and that its glory “is all moonshine”.