Stronghold Crusader Extreme
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| Studio |
 Firefly Studios
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| Publisher |
 Gamecock Media Group
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| Senior Developer | Simon Bradbury | ||
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May 27, 2008 | ||
| platform | Windows | ||
| genre | Real-time strategy | ||
| Game mode | Single player , multiplayer | ||
| control | Keyboard , mouse | ||
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| medium | 1 DVD-ROM , download | ||
| language | German | ||
| Current version | 1.4.1-E (HD) | ||
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Stronghold Crusader Extreme is a medieval castle and economy simulation by British game developer Firefly Studios for Windows that was released on May 27, 2008.
Stronghold Crusader Extreme represents the fifth part of the Stronghold series and is a modified re- edition of Stronghold Crusader from 2002. Besides minor changes in content, it offers a significantly increased level of difficulty, which should be a new challenge even for experienced Stronghold players. In addition, Stronghold Crusader Extreme contains the content of Stronghold Warchest , an expansion only released in North America.
Gameplay
The core of the game principle was taken from Crusader . The first major major innovation is the possibility of mass battles of up to 10,000 units. The faster construction of a correspondingly large armed force is made possible by a new type of building, the so-called outpost. These cannot be built by the player himself in normal modes; they are already distributed on the map before the game. Depending on the setting and execution, the outpost can regularly create new troops of a type free of charge at regular short intervals. The second major innovation is a self-regenerating command bar, with which special actions, such as a hail of arrows or the creation of free troops, can be triggered. The longer you wait, the stronger actions can be obtained.
Missions
In addition to the Skirmish mode known from Crusader , Crusader Extreme brings a so-called extreme crusade, which consists of a total of 20 newly designed individual missions. This represents the core of the game and is characterized by a very high level of difficulty right from the start. A campaign with a special plot comparable to the other parts of the series is not included.
publication
The game was officially released on May 27, 2008. The current version of the original game has also been added to the original edition. Initial problems with the large numbers of troops were resolved over time with patches. At the end of 2012, like Stronghold and Stronghold Crusader , it received an HD patch that upgrades the graphics resolution to modern standards. In July 2017 the patch 1.4.1-E was released, which contains bug fixes and allows further higher resolutions to be selected.
reception
The game is said to have lost its appeal, especially in the battles, which have become too confusing due to their size. (Metacritic: 45 out of 100). Many trade magazines described the new missions as "unplayable" and "unfair" and therefore gave very low ratings compared to the other parts of the game. In addition to these points of criticism related to the principle of the game, a price that was perceived as inappropriate for the few changes - especially with regard to the almost six year old graphics - caused dissatisfaction.
Web links
- Stronghold Crusader Extreme at MobyGames (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Announcement on onlinewelten.com.Retrieved on July 21, 2013.
- ↑ Presentation of the new additional promotions on fireflyworlds.com (English). Retrieved January 27, 2013.
- ↑ Stronghold Crusader Extreme on spieletipps.de.Retrieved July 15, 2012.
- ↑ a b Stronghold Crusader Extreme on ign.com (English). Retrieved February 17, 2013.
- ↑ Patch 1.2.1 on 4players.de.Retrieved on July 21, 2013.
- ↑ HD Patch on fireflyworlds.com (English). Retrieved July 21, 2013.
- ↑ New Patch. July 5, 2017. Retrieved July 14, 2017 .
- ↑ Metacritic : Average rating (English), based on 11 articles. Retrieved August 18, 2012.
- ↑ Criticism on monstersandcritics.de ( Memento of the original from October 23, 2008 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved July 23, 2012.
- ↑ Test on pcgames.de.Retrieved on June 11, 2012.
- ↑ Reviews on computerbild.de.Retrieved on July 23, 2012.
