Hi, what do you people think about the way war is represented in hoi? We all know that gulags or concentration camps are not a part of hoi but they were a part of real world war ii. Millions of civillians lost their lives in wwii (especially in city bombing campaigns ) and a number of atrocities were commited against civillians during and after the war (only think of the example of Poland which lost 20% of it's population)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Occupation_of_Poland_(1939-1945)
Many world leaders like Chamberlain wanted to avoid war at all cost exactly because they remembered the horrors of world war i and the effect it had on men returning home (the shelling syndrome - today's ptsp; The lost generation etc.).
Now hoi and many other war games are made in such a way in which war is represented as fun. Millions of virtual soldiers are sent to death (not for real but virtually) and no one has a problem with that. HOI burns down agressiveness so if Hitler had HOI to play he would probably never have invaded Poland much less the Soviet Union
Still the question is should war games (hoi3) be made in a more realistic way which shows the burden of war on the country's population. It is known that world war ii was one of the most cruel and genocidal wars in history but those aspects were largely neglected in hoi which when played creates a somewhat positive view of wwii .
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Occupation_of_Poland_(1939-1945)
Many world leaders like Chamberlain wanted to avoid war at all cost exactly because they remembered the horrors of world war i and the effect it had on men returning home (the shelling syndrome - today's ptsp; The lost generation etc.).
Now hoi and many other war games are made in such a way in which war is represented as fun. Millions of virtual soldiers are sent to death (not for real but virtually) and no one has a problem with that. HOI burns down agressiveness so if Hitler had HOI to play he would probably never have invaded Poland much less the Soviet Union
Still the question is should war games (hoi3) be made in a more realistic way which shows the burden of war on the country's population. It is known that world war ii was one of the most cruel and genocidal wars in history but those aspects were largely neglected in hoi which when played creates a somewhat positive view of wwii .
