Recent reviews by Duchess

The Halo: CE multiplayer port is trash.

They didn't update the graphics, nor did they include little things like notifications for in-game VOIP, among others. Weapons can't be switched out (at least, for me) and zooming-in is glitched so that it keeps un-zooming.

It makes me wonder if the developer play-tested the game prior to launch...

This game is blatant spyware. I will never buy another Fraxis product ever again.

Mediocre.

The game feels like amateur hour; whether that's due to the size of the developement team or their apathy, I know not. So many fundamental aspects of the game are either bugged or simply non-functional, and that's after more than TWO YEARS since release. I won't list a collection of all of the bugs/errors, as you can easily find them on the forums.

Even simple, yet glaringly obvious textual errors and incorrect translations are left untouched, something which would take all of an hour to rectify. Ultimately, the attention to detail expected from a 'finished' game is not found in Hearts of Iron IV. It perplexes me as to how the developer could release such a game without a sense of embarrassment.

Hopefully once other competitive developers enter into the monopoly Paradox has on historical 4X, we'll see quality improvement. If not, then it's due time to let Paradox's boat sink.

Meh.

The controls are absolutely horrible, plus there's no way to configure mouse or joystick movement. Do not buy.