Crusador game

For its time, Stronghold offered a move away from the general rinse-repeat of base building that was so common in RTS games of the era.

For that reason, it tends to hold a pretty large place in the hearts of many gamers of the era who enjoys its more bombastic, aggressive style and stone. Though it can feel a touch slow and dated today, for a release in it helped to add an extra layer of intrigue and invention. Given many strategy games since have followed the removal of traditional base building, too, this was an intriguing change.

I once correctly identified that a PCZ caller was playing Stronghold by hearing the gentle mooing of cows in the background. This told me a I'd been playing the game for far too long, b so had he. A bacon sandwich RTS, as I like to call them - one that isn't overburdened by micromanagement, allowing you you take time to sit back and munch your plate of bacon sarnies. And perhaps drink a pot of tea. So we thought we'd try and do Stronghold in two parts, and Crusader is effectively part two.

And part two is the best description for it, because Crusader is much more than an expansion, yet doesn't add quite enough to qualify as a new game altogether. Graphically, and to a large extent in its economic system, it's the same as its predecessor, but in this case the action takes place in the harsh Syrian deserts on the path of the Crusades rather than on the green fields of home. Twenty missions divided into four chapters make up the campaign mode, which allows you to play as both the European and Arabian sides, as well as teaching you to master the sneaky yet vulnerable new Arabic units.

But it's the skirmish options that make up the real meat of the game with a mission 'skirmish trail' where you play through increasingly difficult scenarios, forming alliances and defeating multiple enemies along the way.

Although you'll be using many of the same economic units, the desert environment means that fertile land suitable for farming is pretty scarce and controlling the oases - where the best land is found - is essential for mounting a successful campaign.

Fire is also an ever-present danger, as well as being a primary weapon of the Arabian forces. Stronghold: Crusader Movie 1 An Arabian army scouts this castle for weaknesses. Stronghold: Crusader goes gold Take-Two announces that the follow-up to last year's castle sim will be in stores at the end of the month. Stronghold: Crusader Preview We take a look at the successor to Firefly Studios' siege-based strategy game Stronghold.

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Thank you. GamesintoPC providing single and direct link games without any error. Stronghold Crusader 2 is Real-time strategy video game developed and published by Firefly Studios. It was released on September 23, for PC.