You can set up custom matches picking a map, setting up opponents and picking who is what color. You’ll find yourself getting caught off guard sometimes going against an AI, sometimes resulting in you losing the match. It definitely feels like a Stronghold Crusader game, Firefly studios stuck to the roots of the original while adding some other features which definitely gives it a newer experience than what the last game in the crusader series provided.Ĭombat Is Pretty Fun, The Trials Are Challengingįor the most part I’d say that the computer opponents are pretty well balanced and they can definitely sometimes become a threat. Woodcutting camps produce about the same amount of wood as in the last game but some main buildings, such as a mill, costs way more wood making wood the most valuable resource in the game. Some of the resources needed to create certain buildings have changed. There are some new buildings such as candle making stations and what not which fit the game pretty well. You still need to make woodcutting camps, apple farms, dairy farms, wheat fields, bakeries, etc to build up your economy. You instead can purchase catapults and other siege equipment and the engineers will already be good to go and to be used. Sieging enemy keeps is basically the same, though you no longer need to train engineers in order to utilize siege equipment. The crossbowman are a bit overpowered in this one, if you have a couple of towers filled with crossbowman then you’re pretty much good to go on the defensive side when it comes to computer opponents.

There are a few new troops in the game and for the most part the troops are pretty balanced. Arabian troops only require gold to train but they’re a bit expensive whereas the troops in the barracks are a lot cheaper but they also require weapons to be made by your peasants in order to train them. You’ve still got arabian troops in the mercenary posts and crusade troops in the barracks. There are a lot of elements that are familiar with this one in the context of there being the same troop types and the same core mechanics of the overall gameplay. The animations can sometimes go out of wack.Combat Is Pretty Fun, The Trials Are Challenging.

Why didnt stronghold 3 have skirmish