Stronghold 3: Gold is the long-awaited third instalment in the award winning castle-building series. Plus it was well implemented both in regards to balancing and squashing of bugs.64bdbb59a4 38 Stronghold 2 v1.3.1 ENG. Added many new features compared to the original, while still maintaining a clear vision. Originally posted by HazardousMoose:stronghold crusader for me. Stronghold 3 - the burning hay bale towers were a good idea but that's about it. I haven't played this game in a LONG time but can remember how I though Stronghold Crusader was a HUGE improvement. Stronghold - A good first start but, as I recall, the castle building was sort of clunky. For my tastes, there's too much micromanaging. After the patches and the new Steam version, I can see that they added quite a few good new features to the game. Stronghold 2 - I really hated this game when I bought it new due to bugs and DRM that made it essentially unplayable.
The new Steam update was done well too bad multiplayer is dead for the most part. If you want moats and laddermen battles, this is the Stronghold to get. They took all the good featues of Stronghold 2, such as automatic wall repair, and got rid of the nuisance features like jail and gong. The fantasy units are imaginative but not overpowering enough that you can win by just producing them. Stronghold Legends - Arguably the most balanced of all the Stronghold games (ok-so they should nerf the bats a little). The mercenary tent gives you additional troops to choose from, the fire balista is everone's favorite item for burning an enemy's castle to the ground, and of course, assassins ! For some REALLY epic battle, try Extreme where the death count can reach over 10,000 !! I am biased since I've played this game the most between Stronghold Crusader, it's add on skirmish trail, and Extreme. The balance is off with the Horse Archer/Moveable Shield being overpowering. Stronghold Crusader / Stronghold Crusader Extreme - Basically the same game with Extreme adding a few extra features. Unfortunately, the balance is off and multiplayer, when I played it more often, had severe lag problems. Stronghold Crusader 2 - the new units promised to add a tactical aspect to the game that was missing in other games in the series. I think Stronghold 2 has a bit too much micromanaging for my taste. I like the battle aspect of the game and view the economy as a means to building my army. doesn't care, after all it cheats like all hell. Just attack with some mantlets and you win(wall hoardings are actually better than towers!!) + the difficulties of acutally maintaing a high tax economy. Talking of defensive capabilities, that's IMO the biggest problem with stronghold crusader 2, man towers are worthless in this game. This ment you actually needed a significantly greater army to take a castle, so it became so much more important to mess with your opponents economy. But IMO it's the best stronghold regarding the strongholds you can create, having some of the strongest defensive capabilities, with massive towers, gates, hoardings for towers and walls that could only be destroyed by siege weapons instead of by soldiers. Plus it was well implemented both in regards to balancing and squashing of bugs.Īnd while I really enjoyed Stronghold 2's honour system it IMO suffered most from its map pool.