For everyone else the game is nearly inaccessible, with a learning curve that brings new meaning to the word steep. Hardcore strategy fans and history buffs will love Hearts of Iron III. This can help a new player to gradually learn the game, but a first-timer will find this overload of detailed information staggering. Players can, however, set the AI to control certain aspects of the game, freeing themselves up to focus on other parts. Even when they do explain things, the tutorials consist of walls of text that can be a lot to take in. Tutorials are present, but strangely only cover about half of the game, with some important things, such as combat, apparently omitted altogether. The problem with this game is that it's simply too complicated for all but the most die-hard strategy fan. Should the player come to arms with another country - which is likely given the time period - they also control their armed forces on a large scale, choosing which provinces to attack or defend, and with what forces. This expansion for Hearts of Iron IV adds dedicated national focus trees to the minor powers around the Black Sea and the Aegean. Description Requirements Latest News Reviews. You can not run this product without this game. Players control all aspects of running their country, from developing their military power to politics, diplomacy, espionage, scientific research, and trading. This product requires the base game Hearts of Iron IV: Cadet Edition on Steam in order to play. The game takes place between the years of 19, letting you pick any country that existed at the time, and guiding it through the years of the war. Hearts of Iron III is a grand strategy war game, a real-time strategy of epic scale and scope. This Is a fantastic example of a game meant for fans of the genre.