Company/Developers – Take 2 and Gathering of Developer / Firefly Studios Homepage Genre – Real Time Strategy / City Builder
Introduction
This time last year we certainly were spoilt for choice at Christmas. I remember having to choose which games I really wanted most, as I either didn’t have enough money to buy them myself or I overextended my “wish list” from Santa. Christmas 2002 however seems a much sorrier affair for the PC gamer, with the likes of Zoo Tycoon, Harry Potter and the Sims to choose from. In fact, this is the first year I’ve had to take chances on titles I haven’t heard much about, otherwise I’d be still sitting here clicking the ‘send and receive’ button in Outlook Express every 5 minutes in the hope of some entertainment from a email.
Stronghold Crusader is one such game that I heard hardly anything about before taking the plunge (released back in September 2002). There it sat on the shelf, the front design of the box not appearing particularly inspiring, looking for a home. Further inspection at the back revealed a much better prospect. The graphics looked reasonable, it looked like Age of Empires, and it concentrated on castle building and siege tactics, so I thought why not? After all, I can always take it back and claim my specs weren’t good enough! He he he...
Compatibility
Stronghold Crusader is not exactly a demanding game, in terms of graphics at least. If you have good amounts of memory and good speed processor near to mine you’ll have no problems. The game runs extremely smoothly, even with almighty battles involving hundreds of troops.
