The timer gets confused if you ALT-TAB out of the game to do something else, thus telling you to get a snack when you return to the game. Anti Poop-Socking: Your scribe (advisor) would occasionally say things like "How about a snack my liege?" or "You have been playing for a long time." depending on how long you have played.Anti-Cavalry: Downplayed with Pikemen: while one is enough to kill the Horse Archer, it takes two of them to kill a Knight.Which can cost you many a tight mission when the enemy Archers are all firing as a group while your own are. In Stronghold 3, archers tend to really get kills going once they're firing.A garrison of crossbowmen is more expensive, has a shorter range and slower fire rate, but can take down any unarmored soldier in one shot, and heavily-armored ones in two-three.Annoying Arrows: Both played straight and subverted:a small squad of archers can only take down weak, single targets, but make some dozens and station them on top of a tower to mow down pretty much anything not wearing metal armor.Unlike in Stronghold and Stronghold Crusader (where the bears are standing on hay), the bears in Stronghold 3 are on hot coals. And I Must Scream: The Dancing Bears in Stronghold 3.For example, in Stronghold 2 you have Lady Seren, " The Lamb" and Angus McLoud,"The Bull", while Stronghold 3 has " The Jackal". Continued on, though other motifs and sobriquets have crept in as well.Additionally, Crusader's most difficult battles pit the player against King Richard Lionheart. Each required much more varied tactics than the last. Animal Motifs: The four main enemies in the original Stronghold are called " The Rat," " The Snake," " The Pig" and " The Wolf." The Wolf has a growly voice and paces around, The Rat has a squeaky voice and is twitchy, The Pig actually oinks and grunts and The Snake uses Sssssnake Talk.
Stronghold legends requirements full#
Full plate armor didn't exist until the late 14th century and wasn't that prominent until the 15th, even though the in-game dates (and the Crusader spin-offs) indicate that these games are set in the 11th and 12th centuries. The most recurring one is probably the presence of full plate armor on some units and nearly all of the character portraits.
Stronghold legends requirements series#
The Stronghold game series provides examples of: Not to be confused with the early nineties fantasy strategy game of the same name. Stronghold Warlords (2020), set in Eastern Asia, featuring four nations (but not limited to): the Chinese, the Japanese, the Mongols and the Vietnamese.ĭespite relatively poor production values (from Stronghold 2 onwards at least) and somewhat daft AI, the series has a large following and is notable for bucking many Real-Time Strategy gameplay tropes in favor of more realism.
While the game receives mixed review, it is unanimously accepted to be an improvement over the previous Stronghold game.