Been waiting for this for like 7 years. Hope it's going to be as awesome as it looks.

Best episode yet, I think. The story moved forward more in this one episode than the entire rest of the season.

Only bits I didn't like were the skeletons from Army of Darkness and the fireballs. Also minus one point for not including coldhands.

I was glad Tyrion's storyline ended the was it did, but is he really gone forever. I would assume he was not an important character from the books to the main story, but he is a fan favorite so...

You mean Tywin, right? Tyrion's storyline is clearly not over.

I voted pro-EU D66 (liberals) on Thursday. Very glad to see they got the most votes.

There is not true north and south in fh2 land. Some devs a firm believers that the poles will soon switch place and everything will be fine.

Geographic north and south are not magnetic north and south, in fact, geographic north corresponds roughly (1000 km away) from the magnetic south pole (generally called the magnetic north pole to avoid confusion).

Still, if the orientation of the minimap is the best thing people can come up with to complain about, you should consider your update pretty successful.

Now, the position of the Sun on the other hand should be in the correct place, as it is the only way you can determine actual north. Whether the north points to the top of your screen is totally irrelevant. It's like holding a map upside down and saying the map is wrong - the map is fine. So, judging from the minimap, the shadows are pointing to the right, which means the Sun is rising on the left side. Since this is early morning and the Sun rises in the east, the sea is in the north, which is correct.

It's pretty well made, but the design of some of the maps is rather frustrating, being either completely or almost completely linear for vehicles. The resulting battles feel like you're fighting in tunnels, barely being able to fit 2 tanks in the narrowest sections. Added to this that you cannot hit the enemy main base defence tower without being exposed to it and the entire enemy complement of vehicles and the fact that repairing the main base defence is much more efficient than damaging it, makes the entire map unplayable. Add air strikes and a scoring system that heavily favours defending teams to the mix and you end up with a very frustrating whole.

Yeah you need a pretty new PC to run HoI3 decently. Especially in later games when you get more and more units in the world it goes slower and slower. Alternatively you can get Hearts of Iron 2. It's basically the same game, except you have less provinces in the world. (Again make sure you get the latest version and all add-ons.)

(Do note you can change game speed, playing through peacetime on normal speed is very slow indeed.)

These games are indeed quite complex, but once you know how they work they are a lot of fun. Play the tutorials in the game first, then try a small country that's in a safe place. (Neutral Portugal should be fine.) Try and see how the basics work. Then you'll need the wikis.

http://www.paradoxian.org/hoi3wiki/Main_Page

http://www.paradoxian.org/hoi2wiki/index.php/Main_Page

Try and read every guide on the wiki, it's a lot, but it's really really helpful.

Then try a game as one of the large countries. I'd advice either the USSR or Germany, as you won't have to bother with naval warfare. (Building ships requires a lot of industrial capacity and you can lose them very quickly, so if you don't know what you're doing you can lose a lot of power very suddenly.) The USSR is easier, you have more time before war starts, you have only one front and you can win by simply throwing in more units. As Germany on the other hand you progress is guided a lot. You get events to help you along (especially in HoI2). Still, winning battles requires you apply blitzkrieg tactics, which is something you have to figure out too.



Torenico:

Why don't you use your troops at the coast to break through to the north east and surround the allied troops around Zagreb? Seems to me, taking the coast will put you in a position you cannot possibly hold.