The game focuses on economic interaction, military, political and diplomatic worldwide 1936-1948. You must stay tuned to everything that happens on screen because every detail on the battlefield will be vital. Prepare yourself to confront the enemy, think of all the possible strategic options, place your regiments in the right places and order them to invade or defend at the right time. Once you enter the military campaign, you will be clinging onto every pirce of data as if your life depended on it. It's much more than a simple strategy game. The maps, graphics, scenarios and the atmosphere that envelopes everything in Hearts of Iron 3 will have you hooked straight away. The two previous instalments of Hearts of Iron were very well received by its audience, and were notable for their loyalty to the true history of World War II.