I'm so excited!
Gamersgate sent me an email informing me that I get some sprite art for the game if I pre-order. Fighting off my misgivings about picking up a paradox game at release, I click through to pre-order the game. I'm confronted with ridiculousness.
The payment provider who I am apparently locked into will not except visa or mastercard credit or debit cards from the US, so I'm screwed out of the pre-order. Gotta love it when companies flat out refuse to take your money.
If you want some info about the game (and various video clips of development versions), check it out here:
hoi3.com - Hearts of Iron 3
Some observations:
- They've made the game "3d"... I have mixed feelings about it. It's mainly the map that's in 3d, I don't think unit graphics are.
- It looks like they've really tightened up the interface significantly.
- There's a much more reasonable military command and control structure in the game now.
- It looks like they doubled the number of territories.
- I think I read that the game is going to be less event-based and more emergent. That would be great, but I'm afraid the AI will blow it.