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Anybody playing Stronghold 2? When it came out, I played it for about ten days straight. I then gave it to a friend, so I don´t have the temptation of it lying around.
For those of you who don´t know it:
The game is about building a castle, which will get attacked pretty soon. So you need soldiers to defend it. They need weapons, so you build swordmakers, archeries and so on. everybody needs food, you build farms. Pretty soon, you have a big village around your castle and a little army. And all of it is a lot of fun and a pleasure to look at. Everybody is busy, there´s lots of activity, and you can influence it all.
There are two campaigns. You can choose to fight a lot, and skip most of the "building part" of the game. Or you get a whole island with lots of different problems you have to solve. Both campaigns can be very difficult, but the game is never unfair. If you have figured out how to solve the current problem, you win.
And you can play defending, besieging or attacking real castles and strongholds too. But I haven´t tried that yet.
The graphics are very good. Sometimes you can just watch it and be amazed, only to be awoken to the arrival of an army attacking your castle. The fights can be a bit problematic, if you have huge armies. Then it´s just a rain of arrows and lots of noise and carnage. It´s better to have an army of specialists so you are prepared for the tricks the enemy might pull. |
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