Check this out. Polish Wasteland Interactive has taken a serious try to beat Hearts Of Iron series with this project. I really don't know if this project was never ready, at least development has been painfully slow. http://bitterglory.com/index.php?option=com_frontpage&Itemid=1&lang=en
Just look at the screenshots there, it does not even come close to the graphics of HOI, Game play and realism I think will even be a far stretch for them to compete. It actually reminds me of the old Allied general games.
Yes it does Wasn't Allied general same series as Panzer general? Then there were also People's general. Great games, all of them. Panzer general II was my number one for long time and I can't describe how much time I spent modding that game. Just don't shoot this down, not yet .
Yes it was allied General focused on the allied side and Panzer general focused on the German side, but there was also fantasy general with wizards and warlocks, and pacific general.
