Paradox Entertainment has been making real-time strategy games that are based around true strategy, rather than mere tactics or zergling hordes. Different, unique, often misunderstood and without exception buggy, they've found a niche market. Hearts of Iron 2 is not in that niche. It is different and unique, but it's the best World War II strategy game ever, and it certainly isn't buggy (though not perfect). It melds strategic and tactical depth with history and the realistic limitations of the nations involved - as they starve for resources, rush desperately along varying paths in the technology tables and desperately try to avoid losing armies to encirclements as they watch their manpower drop day by day.