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Summary: Sequal to Stronghold with AI skirmish in Singleplayer mode!
Review: * Relive the heroic battles of the historic Crusades in FOUR distinct campaigns - Lead the heavily armored European Knights as Richard the Lionheart and command vast Arabian armies as Saladin, the Sultan of Syria. * Attack the strongholds of fierce rival lords while forging an impregnable bastion of defense during intense Skirmish Mode! * Either multiplayer or Singleplayer mode againts the computer AIs, no need for humans players if you wish, a great improvement over its first Stronghold precessor. * Experience ruthless medieval combat in a hostile land where Assassins silently slay their victims, Horse Archers combine deadly accuracy with frightening speed, and common Slaves can shift the balance of power! * Protect and defend thy loyal subjects from the horrors of Greek Fire with Water Pots, Fire Watchmen, Moats, Killing Pits and more! * Storm enemy barricades with over 25 units including Arabian Swordsman, Teutonic Knights, and Grenadiers! * Witness unparalleled siege weaponry including mobile Fire Ballista, imposing Siege Towers, crushing Trebuchets, and destructive Mangonels just to name a few! * Design challenging new scenarios to thwart thy friends with the full-featured map and scenario editor! * Crush thy friends in an ultimate crusade for the crown! Battle up to 8 computer and human lords in multiplayer Skirmish Mode via a LAN or over the Internet.
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Summary: Fabulously addicting
Review: Anyone who likes real-time strategy (Starcraft, Age of Empires) will love this game too. Especially if you were the kind of defensive player who enjoyed putting up walls and towers more than mobile armies (although both have a role in Crusader). The economy is significantly more complex than most of the previous games in this genre, so it will take some practice to get good enough at building a stable economy that you can concentrate on warfare. (E.g. training crossbowmen requires: you are popular enough to have free peasants; you have crossbows, and leather armor; having weapons requires an armory to store them; crossbows require someone to make them, who in turn needs wood from woodcutters; leather armor requires a tanner, who needs to get cows from a dairy farm. Any one of these links can be broken, especially during warfare, and suddenly you can no longer make more crossbowmen.) Compared to their first release (Stronghold), the minor tweaks have improved the game. A mercenary camp lets you build an army at the beginning, instead of waiting until the midgame. Trees and potential farmland are now limited to an oasis (this being the middle east instead of England), which has the effect that there are now resources to fight over from the very beginning. But don't just take my word for it. Firefly/GOD offers a free demo (of both Stronghold and Crusader) with a few very playable, very fun levels. Get the demo and try it out! You can decide yourself whether you like the gameplay enough to purchase it.
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Summary: Better Than The Original
Review: Endless hours of gameplay is all I have to say. I have yet to tire of this game. You have to be concerned with all of the micro-management of the original Stronghold. You're opponents are more challenging. One aspect of this game that is very challenging is that most areas are arid (desert) regions, so finding areas to grow food can be difficult. Don't worry, that's what makes it more fun. Resources are scarce and enemies are plentiful and vicious. The Wolf, the Rat, the Pig, and the Snake are all back, along with a few new characters to get on your nerves, in a good way. For those who may have not played the original, you will want to buy this after you have played Stronghold, or you may be disappointed. You don't have to play the original to appreciate this game but it helps. For those who are new, the idea is simple: keep your people fed, protected, and happy, and they will serve you well. Build an army, make sure there is enough money in the treasury, keep an eye on your rations, maintain sufficient resources on your stockpile, stock your armory with weapons, and eliminate your enemy. It is a wonderful real-time war game, that requires you to focus on more than war. The regular one-player story mode has about 50 missions, so it will take you a while to complete that aspect. All of the other modes will keep you occupied if you get bored with that, and if you are totally bored, create your own maps and scenarios. I use the term bored losely because it is almost impossible to do with this game.
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Summary: My kingdom for a Woodcutter's hut....
Review: Fans of the original Stronghold already know that this series offers real time strategy as you build a booming economy and crush your foes with Medieval troops. Well, this is the same thing...only more so. Perhaps the most important addition is the Mercenary Post, where you can purchase the services of Arabian troops to augment your Crusader forces. This sequel is rare in the fact that while it has advanced greatly, it has also lost nothing in the process. I just wish I was as good at controlling troops as I am at building economies....Buy this game. Do it! Do it now!
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Summary: crusader
Review: I am a long time gamer this is the best game I have played better then all diablos
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Summary: Simply the best rts game to date.
Review: I am very particular about the games I buy, This is without a doubt the best stradegy game I've ever played. This game is not only good , but will keep you entertained for guite a while because there are so many options to choose from. I agree with some of the other reviewers, I played this game for 8 hours, never got bored,because the time just seemed to past by, highly addictive. This game just keeps you so in to it, you don't want to stop , just remember there are 4 main objectives, to getting you going in this game,taxes,food protection, and religion. Make sure your popularity stay above 70 until you get your castle established pretty well. I kept the tax level to no taxes, until I got every thing going to my advantage, then you can go up to above mean taxes if you wish. Try this game out , I seriously don't think you will be disappointed.
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Summary: VERY FUN GAME BUT
Review: I beat strong hold and loved when I heard crusader was coming I rushed out to buy it it was fun the levals are ok still has the same idea as stronghold wich i loved ,grapics are good and gampelay is greaat but were is the plot it just like you are playing a bunch of levals for no reason since im one of those peaple you like a good plot in a game it got a little boring.I still play it and I woud recomand it to some peaple but if you like a plot then buy the first one.
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Summary: NOT MUCH FUN AT ALL
Review: I can't believe all the great reviews. I guess the developers come in here and write reviews to promote their lousy game so people will buy it! The graphics were a bit disappointing, there is no level progression, some levels start with an AI opponent that all but prevents you from getting your castle started. It's too difficult to select your own units, when you click on enemies to attack it gives a move command but not an attack command. You have to keep clicking over and over... same problem when trying to attack buildings. Basically, the game [lacks]. It's a good idea though so I gave it a 2. Hopefully next time the artists will spend more time building good art, the coders will build a faster graphics engine (which doesn't require a 2GHz machine to display their bitmaps), and the units will have larger selection boxes (so you can click to attack them). It would also be nice if you could rotate your maps smoothly, not at fixed 90 degree turns (the technology has been around for a while guys) it's not that hard to put together. If you are really starving for another real time strategy, and are ready to pull out some hair in frustration, then this is the game for you.
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Summary: BEST STRATEGY GAME
Review: I enjoy anything from strategy games to role playing games, and this game is one of the best I've played. The graphics are excellent, and the historical scenarios are challenging. I recommend this game to anyone who is interested in strategy games. This game is definitely a winner; I hope that firefly studios will come out with an improved version. 5 ***** to STRONGHOLD CRUSADER!
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Summary: Amazing sequal!!!
Review: I had purchased the original Stronghold and had found it great within a very short while. Once I saw Stronghold Crusader on the store shelf at a fairly low price, I couldn't go wrong. This is a heck of an amazing game and I reccommend it to anyone who enjoys castle building, stratgegy games and the ability to play online. This game may also suprise you in that if you may not normally like strategy games but like this one. If you are familiar with this series, you may know what I mean when I say some of the improvements are assassins who scale walls to slice apart enemies, fire throwers to throw fire at enemies, slaves to burn down buildings and horse archers who ride around throwing arrows. You also could set up a mercenary post to hire even more great warriors, so this game is full of surprises. My suggestion--Buy and enjoy!!!
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