Reviewers Liked
- Siege weaponry
Reviewers Didn't Like
- Not enough variety or creativity in troop options
Stronghold Crusader 2
69
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Expert reviews and ratings
80
Firefly Studios is releasing new content for Stronghold Crusader 2 at a good pace, with this being the third dlc pack since the game's release last September. Each dlc pack extends the single player game by one mission strand, and introduces two new...
By GamingShogun on
80
Nostalgia is strong with Stronghold Crusader II, bringing back some very fond memories. Jumping in is easy, staying awake after 2AM while playing is the hard part given that some matches can take hours to complete. My brother and I once played a match of...
By nerdreactor.com on
70
With Stronghold Crusader 2, there's not so much a plot as opposed to a series of battles you must win which are referred to as ‘Skirmish Tales' in the...
By CGM on
50
A game with the mechanics of both Total War and Sim City can be good, but Stronghold hasn’t executed the core mechanics of either well enough to fit the bill. Taking the magic out of an often-fantasy-filled era is not the true crime here; it’s that Stronghold fails to improve upon the formula of its previous titles.
By HardcoreGamer on
60
Stronghold Crusader 2 understands the art of the troop blob, but that alone doesn't make it a good game. Its lack of interesting units, underdeveloped castle-building options, and terrible tutorials hold the game back. Blob warfare is still fun, and directing an army never gets old. But man cannot live on blob alone.
By GameSpot on
64
The Stronghold series isn't like Total War, doing a hundred different things; it just needs to get the castles and combat right. On the evidence of Stronghold Crusader 2, Firefly is moving in the right direction, but it still has a way to go.
By PCGamer on
88
RTS games just don't rule the world the way they used to. It wasn't all that long ago that it looked like the future of PC gaming was going to be an endless series of “Warcraft”, “Command and Conquer”, and “Age of Empires” clones. It didn't quite turn...
By Gaming Nexus on
60
I personally liked the Hermit's forces better, simply because of their overall aesthetic design. The new castle designs for the Hermit showed a much more Middle Eastern flavor, which is nice in contrast to the last couple of dlc characters being mostly...
By GamingShogun on
80
The Princess and the Pig DLC pack for Stronghold Crusader 2 is how DLC used to be handled a few years ago, it adds more to the game without breaking the original game, nor does it make the original game worthless to those that do not own the dlc pack....
By GamingShogun on
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