If you want more you can create new missions for you and your friends with full-featured map and scenario editor. Stronghold features single-player campaign consisting of 21 story-based missions. Set in Medieval Europe, Stronghold challenges you with the daunting task of protecting your land from invasion, while keeping Lords, ladies, Jesters, Chicken, and much more.Ĭhoose from four separate game modes: play the economic (non-combat) campaign siege famous historical castles test your castle building prowess in the "Siege That" challenge mode or use the freebuilder mode to peacefully design your ideal castle. In addition, the powerful new units bring some well-deserved excitement into the matches, which were somewhat dull in the previous installments.Establish your settlement, build your castle, and engage in siege warfare to defend your people in Stronghold, a unique "Castle Sim" combining the best aspects from City Builder and a Real-Time Strategy Game. In the end, Stronghold Legends may have steering a bit from its usual ways, but it does hold on to the core mechanics even with the newly added magical elements. Furthermore, once you reach a certain amount of points, the game ends and you win, although you can change the conditions from game the setup menu, or choose one of the other game modes, such as capture the flag. To win the game, you must hold on control over a power circle, which provides you with points as long as it is under your control. In skirmish mode, you can take control of one of the three available races, each one with its own special abilities, looks and advantages. Hence, you can find out the story of Vlad Dracul or King Arthur and his round table knights, as well as live through the many adventures of Dietrich. Follow the story of three legendary heroes from historyĪs far as the campaign part is concerned, the game provides you with three large campaigns, each one of which involves a famous warrior or leader from the medieval era. Thus, you can build harpoons to do massive damage to the dragons, as well as organize your defense in order to avoid the possibility of the creature breaking loose over your main settlement and bringing your economy and food supply to a halt. You are, however, informed whenever one of the opponents starts hatching a dragon egg, so you do have time to prepare yourself by taking the appropriate measures. Thus, beside having to worry about your enemy's army, you also have to watch out for a potential game-ending visit from a dragon, which is capable of roasting entire buildings in a matter of seconds, if it goes unchallenged. Stronghold Legends, on the other hand, takes a sudden turn towards a more fantasy approach, by throwing some magic and fantastical creatures into the mix, such as werewolves and powerful dragons. Unleash the power of dragons upon your foes In addition, you also have total control over your kingdom's economy, since you can set the desired taxes and the amount of food every citizen is entitled to.
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The Stronghold series gained popularity thanks to its very well polished castle simulation features, which enable you to build an empire from the ground up and achieve supremacy over your enemies.