Games like hoi

[jalapen0]

hey all. I loved hoi2. Not so much hoi3. I'm looking forward to hoi4. In the meantime, are there any other world wide ww2 games that are not as simple as risk, but not crazy hard? I don't care for theater style games. I prefer the entire world with every major in the war. I'd also prefer something newer with a more modern ui. Thanks.

 

[Grallak]

Other than Supreme Ruler 1936, no, can't think of any.

 

[jalapen0]

Thanks. I never was able to get into supreme ruler. Not sure why. Just not my thing I guess.

 

[Grallak]

I don't blame you.

 

[novapaddy]

hey all. I loved hoi2. Not so much hoi3. I'm looking forward to hoi4. In the meantime, are there any other world wide ww2 games that are not as simple as risk, but not crazy hard? I don't care for theater style games. I prefer the entire world with every major in the war. I'd also prefer something newer with a more modern ui. Thanks.

Surely you have played Darkest Hour? THE best game ever??

 

[Grallak]

Surely you have played Darkest Hour? THE best game ever??

That is a HOI3 dlc lol

 

[novapaddy]

That is a HOI3 dlc lol

Oh you must have blinkers on? Darkest Hour is a paradox game, see Classic Games. You can play from 1914 to 2000 with some of the mods? Or play WW1 and WW2 separately.

I don't believe you have never heard of Darkest Hour and only in relation to Hoi3. You must be kidding me yes?

EDIT: Sure the Kaiserreich mod has nearly 2,000,000 views.....

 

[ausfatcat]

Darkest hour is a hoi 2 game, updated before hoi 3 I believe

 

[Fenian]

Gary Grigsbys World ar War is a turnbased grand strategy which is quite fun - sort of axis and allies level of complexity

 

[jalapen0]

I have darkest hour. Its not too bad and I have clocked a few 10's of hours with it. I want to like GG World at War but its so old and the ui really put me off even years ago. Is there anything newer? Even a hex game would be ok.

Btw dude above must be thinking finest hour for hoi3. Not darkest hour.

 

[jalapen0]

Guess Not much out there which is a real bummer. Maybe I'll load up hoi2 or dh. Thanks anyways.

 

[safe-keeper]

There is always board games. If you can hunt down Europe Engulfed, it's great. Reminiscent of Axis&Allies, but a couple notches more advanced .

 

[jalapen0]

I wish but I have no one to play that with.

 

[Axe99]

Battlefront.com put out Strategic Command 2 (and Strategic Command 1), which looks to be 'not as complicated as HoI, but WW2 strategic warfare'. It's on my list of games to check out if I get around to it, but with 9 May and 6 June fast approaching, it probably won't be for a long while! Other than that, there's a 'Making History' game - I tried that as it was on a steam sale, but was pretty underwhelmed.

If you're looking for a good board game, World in Flames is my out-and-out favourite, it's tops .

 

[jalapen0]

I would look at wif but they still have not developed an ai for it.

 

[Axe99]

I would look at wif but they still have not developed an ai for it.

Ah, sorry, I was referring to the board game (on which the PC game is based - but you're dead right, it's lacking an AI - if it ever gets one, I'll be all over it).

 

[GermanPower]

hey all. I loved hoi2. Not so much hoi3. I'm looking forward to hoi4. In the meantime, are there any other world wide ww2 games that are not as simple as risk, but not crazy hard? I don't care for theater style games. I prefer the entire world with every major in the war. I'd also prefer something newer with a more modern ui. Thanks.

If you are looking for something like HOI4 you aren't going to find it. There's not a single game that does what it looks like its gonna do. For better or worse. Its a unique puppy. So what you are seeing them do you wont' find the same enjoyment with other titles. I only assume because you are asking on the HOI4 game (Trying to find a replacement)