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don't know if this is asked before but can you download it and than put it on cd yourself ? it's because the pc i play my dd games on it's not connected to the internet
Dutch Rommel said:
I believe you can. Download the data file, burn it to a CD, then copy the data onto your other PC. Then install.
thanks needed to know before i'm going to buy it and it wouldn't work it would be quit a bummer
Hmm after a decade it might only cost 1 euro, just like EU1. But it won't be free.
Summer time then it will be completed it arrives when feel for something else..and then you remember Armageddon. 
late night
zzz
Dont play hoi2 now But get some sleep.
late night
zzz
Dont play hoi2 now But get some sleep.
Have just read through all of the posts on this thread and I do have some comments. The game isn't perfect, and probably never will be. I have been computer gaming for decades and the comments about bugs haven't changed, though there seem to be more bugs in the games I have seen over the last five years. Why? Many of the older games were very linear, and a developer could play the linear storyline over and over to find bugs. Most of the newer games are open ended, with almost infinite paths to follow, and the beta testers cannot possibly play all of the paths, so bugs come up unexpectedly when suddenly tens to hundreds of thousands of people are playing the game. And it happens to most of the really good games out there.
Don't believe me. Look at Morrowind and now Oblivion. And I remember playing Arena, the first of the Elder Scrolls games and seeing thousands of bugs reported. Master of Orion had plenty of reported bugs. Space Empires V. Anyway, go to any game forum and you'll see the same thing. Complexity breeds problems.
I didn't think much of the box of HOI either. I saw pictures of sprites going into provinces and thought "oh please" I started playing Avalon Hill games when I was a kid, and the hexed up maps seemed to be more roomy and complex than the map I saw in HOI. And I played Steel Panthers and the Operational Art of War which looked infinitely more complex. But the thing I really wanted that none of those games delivered was the ability to control all of the factors of a nation at war, including building what I wanted in order to wage war.
I Bought HOI2 because it was on sale for $19.99 at Compusa and I thought I'd try it for that price. It's everything I was looking for in a grand strategy game. Sure there were bugs and problems, and there were some things I would like to see changed, but overall it's a wonderful game that met my expectations, and I will buy any expansion Paradox puts outs, and HOI3 if there is one.
Pay for patches. Anyone remember Dos 6.0 by Microsoft? Buggy as hell and they released a free patch, Dos 6.1, that was just as buggy. Then they charged $10 for the 6.2 patch that actually fixed most of the problems. So Paradox did not invent that practice either.
Don't believe me. Look at Morrowind and now Oblivion. And I remember playing Arena, the first of the Elder Scrolls games and seeing thousands of bugs reported. Master of Orion had plenty of reported bugs. Space Empires V. Anyway, go to any game forum and you'll see the same thing. Complexity breeds problems.
I didn't think much of the box of HOI either. I saw pictures of sprites going into provinces and thought "oh please" I started playing Avalon Hill games when I was a kid, and the hexed up maps seemed to be more roomy and complex than the map I saw in HOI. And I played Steel Panthers and the Operational Art of War which looked infinitely more complex. But the thing I really wanted that none of those games delivered was the ability to control all of the factors of a nation at war, including building what I wanted in order to wage war.
I Bought HOI2 because it was on sale for $19.99 at Compusa and I thought I'd try it for that price. It's everything I was looking for in a grand strategy game. Sure there were bugs and problems, and there were some things I would like to see changed, but overall it's a wonderful game that met my expectations, and I will buy any expansion Paradox puts outs, and HOI3 if there is one.
Pay for patches. Anyone remember Dos 6.0 by Microsoft? Buggy as hell and they released a free patch, Dos 6.1, that was just as buggy. Then they charged $10 for the 6.2 patch that actually fixed most of the problems. So Paradox did not invent that practice either.
scifier said:
I think in the last 5 years with the explosion of the game industry and the internet being so prevalent worldwide many game companies spring out of nowhere and release games that have not been fully tested. Using the consumers as testers and promising patches for the reported bugs they save time on development. I can not recall a game that has come out in recent years that has not needed a patch, and indeed many games have a patch in the works upon release. It's laziness and greed on the part of publishers, as most developers would take the extra time to debug a new engine or complex game. The industry is eating away at quality for quantity, and we are lucky that at least most game companies care enough (Paradox) to continue these fixes and enhancements. For now.
New developers' diary:
http://www.gamersgate.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=67&Itemid=11
http://www.gamersgate.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=67&Itemid=11
WarDog said:Doesn't everybody want higher resolution???
Native Res crapy lcd, like myself?
Oh G0d bring back Trinitrons!!!!
Edit: PDX, plz support the following: 4:3, 8:5, 16:9... anymore?
I just want the AI to stop producing like crazy when manpower is going down to xxx .....Pleaseeeeeeee and screen resolutions...
But otherwise thnak you Paradox for such a great game
.....Pleaseeeeeeee and screen resolutions...But otherwise thnak you Paradox for such a great game
mib said:
The upgrades to the air/naval combat system sound beautiful. Thanks Paradox!
I especially appreciate the fact that fleet detection is tied to fleet size, so a lone raiding Bismarck or Graf Spee is very difficult to spot and catch. EXCELLENT!
Does anyone know if Paradox has plans to sell a CD version of HoI-II-DD-Armageddon through http://www.paradoxshop.com/ like they did with Victoria-Revolutions?
Joppeius said:
Still, I´m sure it is many many manhours of work... $5 ist not SO much to pay for it...
lets not forget, because of so many users, all the software is actually inexpencive, compared to so much work behind it...
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