▁up ▁being ▁the ▁best ▁grand ▁strategy ▁game ▁in ▁some ▁time ." ▁ ▁It ▁was ▁also ▁review ed ▁in ▁Kot aku , ▁with ▁the ▁rev iewer ▁writing ▁it ▁was ▁" over wh el ming ▁in ▁both ▁its ▁depth ▁and , ▁more ▁important ly , ▁its ▁complexity ," ▁and ▁arg uing ▁that ▁some ▁players ▁un famil iar ▁with ▁the ▁franch ise ▁might ▁find ▁the ▁game ▁interface ▁too ▁complex ▁to ▁navigate ▁easily . ▁ ▁I GN ▁wrote ▁a ▁positive ▁review , ▁describing ▁it ▁as ▁" an ▁incred ibly ▁complex ▁World ▁War ▁II ▁simulation ▁that ▁will ▁require ▁potentially ▁hundreds ▁of ▁hours ▁to ▁master , ▁both ▁in - game ▁and ▁pour ing ▁over ▁w iki ▁articles ▁that ▁read ▁like ▁an ▁econom ics ▁text book ," ▁but ▁writing ▁that ▁" the ▁pay off ▁is ▁brilliant ▁for ▁those ▁willing ▁to ▁put ▁in ▁the ▁time ▁to ▁learn ." ▁The ▁review ▁pra ised ▁the ▁layout , ▁writing ▁" th anks ▁to ▁an ▁unus ually ▁striking ▁look ▁and ▁clean , ▁easily ▁navig able ▁interface , ▁the ▁biggest ▁challeng es ▁He arts ▁of ▁Iron ▁ 4 ▁presents ▁us ▁with ▁are ▁the ▁good ▁kind : ▁strateg ic ▁planning , ▁division ▁composition , ▁and ▁fine - t uning ▁economic ▁and ▁political ▁policies ." ▁I GN ▁went ▁on ▁to ▁conclude ▁that ▁He arts ▁of ▁Iron ▁IV ▁ ▁" is ▁a ▁strong ▁cont ender ▁for ▁the ▁title ▁of ▁ult imate ▁arm ch air - general ▁game . ▁The ▁biggest ▁problems ▁I ▁can ▁point ▁to ▁are ▁almost ▁all ▁performance - related , ▁putting ▁a ▁slow , ▁fr ustr ating