And that makes the game - I’m not going to say unpredictable, but when a human starts doing it it’s extremely challenging and extremely fun." There’s all of this weird stuff that happens. "I’ve seen the United States join the Axis. "I’ve seen a Berlin/Moscow Axis where everyone else fights against those two," Andersson said. The potential to explore alternate histories, especially in the game's multiplayer mode, is enormous. When the game is completed, players will be able to begin a game in 1936 playing as just about any nation in the world and roll the clock forward from that point, all the way to 1948. We have these weird countries that you've never heard about before the game starts, but then you realize that’s where your grandmother’s sister's cousin's roommate’s friend is from." "We let the Romanians play Romania," Andersson says, "and we let the people with Prussian heritage play Prussia. "There’s no other game, on the grand strategy level like this, that’s been done." What makes Hearts of Iron 4 so ambitious is that, like other Paradox titles before it, the game seeks to model not just the major powers that fought during WWII - nations like Germany, France and the Soviet Union - but medium and small nations as well. "There’s been a few hardcore wargames, like War in the Pacific and War in The West and so on, but they focus on specific theaters. "There’s no other game, on the grand strategy level like this, that’s been done," Andersson said. Now, 18 years later, he's helping put the finishing touches on one of the most ambitious WWII strategy games ever made. You want to stay?'" He was half-way through the game, planning for Britain's air assault and amphibious landings at Normandy, when that same producer turned to him and told him he'd gotten the job. We're going to play some Axis & Allies here in the office. "The producer at the time said, 'Okay, well the interview is finished.
It's no surprise then that back in 1998, when he was applying for a job with the company that would eventually become Paradox Interactive, his final interview actually concluded with a board game. It's what led him along the path to become a game designer. Andersson has always had a head for strategy games.
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