How to play Hearts of Iron II: Doomsday on Mac

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Game summary

Hearts of Iron II: Doomsday contains everything that was in the original game while highlighting and expanding the period after historical World War II, including a hypothetical nuclear war between the Soviet Union and the Allies. The expansion pack features among other things a reworked intelligence model (which allows the player to use espionage, sabotage and other things in an "intelligence page" accessible through the main screen), improved AI and a scenario editor. Doomsday also features some other changes and additions such as: *Additional graphics such as bomber sprites *Escort Carriers *Hospitals that recover manpower losses *A "do not upgrade" button for divisions *The option of automating the production sliders *Submarines have separate stats for convoy raiding and naval combat *An extended timeframe — the game end date has been changed to 1953 *New technologies to bring the game into the cold war era *An included scenario editor *The ability to trade divisions between nations *The ability to attach escorts while recruiting divisions
First released: Nov 2005

Play Hearts of Iron II: Doomsday on Mac with Parallels (virtualized)

The easiest way to play Hearts of Iron II: Doomsday on a Mac is through Parallels, which allows you to virtualize a Windows machine on Macs. The setup is very easy and it works for Apple Silicon Macs as well as for older Intel-based Macs.

Parallels supports the latest version of DirectX and OpenGL, allowing you to play the latest PC games on any Mac. The latest version of DirectX is up to 20% faster.

Our favorite feature of Parallels Desktop is that when you turn off your virtual machine, all the unused disk space gets returned to your main OS, thus minimizing resource waste (which used to be a problem with virtualization).

Hearts of Iron II: Doomsday installation steps for Mac

Step 1
Go to Parallels.com and download the latest version of the software.
Step 2
Follow the installation process and make sure you allow Parallels in your Mac’s security preferences (it will prompt you to do so).
Step 3
When prompted, download and install Windows 10. The download is around 5.7GB. Make sure you give it all the permissions that it asks for.
Step 4
Once Windows is done installing, you are ready to go. All that’s left to do is install Hearts of Iron II: Doomsday like you would on any PC.
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