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Stronghold Crusader (2002)

Firefly Studios

PC (Microsoft Windows)

3.99 from 280 ratings

550 members have it in their collection · 15 playing now · 81 backlogged · 42 wish listed

Stronghold: Crusader is the successor to Firefly Studios's 2001 game Stronghold. Crusader has much in common with the original Stronghold, but differs from its predecessor in the fact that the game is no longer set in a pseudo-Europe, instead being set in the Middle East during the Crusades. The game features a multitude of new Arabian units that can be … Read more
Stronghold: Crusader is the successor to Firefly Studios's 2001 game Stronghold. Crusader has much in common with the original Stronghold, but differs from its predecessor in the fact that the game is no longer set in a pseudo-Europe, instead being set in the Middle East during the Crusades. The game features a multitude of new Arabian units that can be purchased in a new building, the mercenary post. Though the Arabian troops do not require any weapons to produce, they are rather expensive. The game was also released as Stronghold Warchest. This version was a compendium of Stronghold and an enhanced version of Stronghold: Crusader, containing additional characters and an additional Crusader Trail. Stronghold Warchest was only released in limited number of countries (i. e. USA or Poland), meaning players in the rest of the world have never encountered the second Crusader Trail, or second set of characters. This changed when an updated version of Stronghold Crusader, Stronghold: Crusader Extreme was released in early 2008. Read less
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Details

Developers
Firefly Studios
Publishers
Take-Two Interactive
Genres
Real Time Strategy (RTS), Simulator, Strategy
Themes
Action, Fantasy, Historical, Warfare
Series
Stronghold, Stronghold: Crusader

Release dates

  • Jul 31, 2002 (Worldwide) PC (Microsoft Windows)

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Rating distribution

5 stars
97
4 stars
108
3 stars
55
2 stars
14
1 star
6
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ApramPepo

Review ApramPepo 4/5 · Mar 12, 2021

A below average RTS, A very good Castle Sim.

Stronghold Crusader is my Childhood.

I used to play it almost Daily doing all crazy stuff, making maps, editing the AI's castles, I used to enjoy it a lot back then while not noticing much flaws aside from Changing the colors.

I recently replayed it alongside the original Stronghold and i didn't have so much fun playing it.

The 2 …

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Stronghold Crusader is my Childhood.

I used to play it almost Daily doing all crazy stuff, making maps, editing the AI's castles, I used to enjoy it a lot back then while not noticing much flaws aside from Changing the colors.

I recently replayed it alongside the original Stronghold and i didn't have so much fun playing it.

The 2 games are filled with AI problems from the ground up, and while the stupidity of the AI can be fun most of the time it can be irritating and Annoying in others.

I did enjoy building a Castle and seeing how everyone goes on their days doing their basic stuff but I also did not enjoy the RTS and how it functions.

TL:DR is the title.

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Peculiarnewbie

Review Peculiarnewbie 5/5 · Apr 27, 2017

The RTS for me

This game is probably the one game i had the most playtime out of. it is clearly not a perfect RTS game, but it's a perfect RTS game for me. A focus more on building the castle instead of micromanaging troops. great resource system. Just enough troops variety. Other people are looking for different things on an RTS, but not …

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This game is probably the one game i had the most playtime out of. it is clearly not a perfect RTS game, but it's a perfect RTS game for me. A focus more on building the castle instead of micromanaging troops. great resource system. Just enough troops variety. Other people are looking for different things on an RTS, but not me.

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