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Don't Spend All Your Money In One Place

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: February 01, 2008
Author: Amazon User

'Stronghold Warchest' is a great game, but 'Crusader Extreme' is soon to be released in 2008 which will be the 'Warchest' package and a WHOLE lot more.

Still the best Stronghold game!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 4 / 4
Date: January 12, 2007
Author: Amazon User

Despite sequels and what other versions of the sequels they put out there this is still the best Stronghold. Another of my favorite RTS games. This one will have you playing over and over again. You will find yourself repeating the same scenarios just to see if you can do better. This game is starting to get hard to find and prices are going back up. Truly the castle game we all dreamed of as kids come to life. Endless hours of fun!

Dont Buy Only This!! BUY THEM ALL! (Stronghold,Stronghold Crusader,Stronghold 2 And Stronghold 2 legends!)

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 2 / 6
Date: February 24, 2006
Author: Amazon User

I Just Love This! I really i have Them All!All of The Strongholds. Soon 'Stronghold 2 Legends' When It Comes To Stores!

Great Play

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 6 / 6
Date: December 18, 2005
Author: Amazon User

An interesting game to say the least. I love the RTS games like Warcraft and Age of Empires. While Stronghold is similar in many ways, it is also very unique. Whether you build your own or play in one of the historic castles, this game really captures the daily life of a castle in peace and war without being overly complicated. The warchest contains the original Stronghold, and the expansion pack Crusader. This is certainly worth the money and has lots of replay value.

DO NOT READ THIS BUY IT NOW!!!!!!!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 6 / 9
Date: May 29, 2005
Author: Amazon User

This game is so good stop reading now and order.It is like no other game i have played before.In the game you BUILD YOUR OUN CASTLE and use tactics to defend and attack all the while maniging your city.it is hard to start not knowing what to do but after that its all fun. If you wanna try the demo for free go to gamespyarcade.com and get a free acount and download it free.But thats a wast of time because its not good its very good.

Bad Game Ahoy!!!!!!

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 1 / 102
Date: March 28, 2005
Author: Amazon User

This game is bad. Period. I played it at my loser friend's house (He's obsessed with it) and immediately hated it. It completely ruined my day. I'll probably never go over to his house again. It is boring and is faulty. The graphics are terrible and there is no strategy involved whatsoever. The designers must have been on crack when they made this game. I wouldn't play this game again if my life depended on it.

Excellent game.

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 19 / 19
Date: April 14, 2004
Author: Amazon User

I bought this game while I was waiting for the release of Lords of the Realm III. I am very glad I made the purchase. This game has provided much entertainment. I really enjoy designing the castles, placing archers and crossbowmen on the walls and towers and placing engineers with pitch pots to shower the enemy with liquid fire. There is also a lot of management and strategy needed to succeed. For example You can only build a large castle with a large supply of stone. I also like the fact that if you dont have one item you could over produce and sell another in order to gain money to buy what you need. I would strongly recomend this game to Medieval strategy game fans. After playing Lords of the Realm III, I am really glad I bought Stonghold Warchest because while Lords of the Realm III sits in my garbage can, Stronghold sits in my PC.

Hours of FUN, FUN, FUN

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 15 / 16
Date: March 05, 2004
Author: Amazon User

This pack includes the original Stronghold along with Stronghold: Crusader. Think of this as WarCraft II in medieval times. The game begins with a nice introduction and has an easily navigated menu system. It is a one player game but can be played over a network or Internet connection.

Play is very straightforward and there are help menus throughout. Game play is very fluid and exciting. It includes a set game with various campaigns to defeat the baddies. It also includes stand alone attacks and a great map editor. I can't say enough about the map editor as it lets you do 3-D terrain design (up to a point) and provides plenty of options. Perhaps the only disadvantage is that like all of these games the AI is limited and at times you find yourself yelling at the soldiers, "How can anyone be that dumb - take cover!"

Perhaps the coolest thing about this is being able to fight battles at real historical castles in Europe. They provide a brief historical description of the castle and its history and then you can kick derriere.

An added bonus is that there is a strong following of the game and an online community with whom you can exchange maps, engage in battle, participate in contests, etc. If you feel you are up for a medieval challenge and enjoy WarCraft, StarCraft type games this one will provide you with lots of entertainment.

One of the best games I've played

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 8 / 8
Date: February 24, 2004
Author: Amazon User

Let me start off saying that this game is absolutely superb. Although I did have to struggle a bit in the beginning learning some of the buttons and controls, it was worth it. This game is complex and simple at the same time -- which tells you that it is a special game.

You start off with small wooden keeps, which you must defend with archers and lightly armored foot soldiers. Slowly, you gain the ability to more advanced soldiers, like Crossbow men and macemen, and many more. The economic side is pretty straight forward, in order to make money you must raise taxes. But you can trade goods for gold or vice versa through a building which you will get in the middle part of the game. So if you have excess wood that you won't need, you can trade it for gold or something else.

Trust me, you will lose sleep over this Stronghold. Many hours will be consumed by this game, which is saying a lot these days. Buy this game, you won't regret it.

Superb

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 15 / 15
Date: January 26, 2004
Author: Amazon User

I first bought Stronghold at the end of 2001 after playing, and instantly loving, the demo. My father and brother also played the demo and felt immediately compelled to buy the game. More recently, the sequel Crusader came out (demo also available), and ups the ante yet further.

This game reminds me in ways of Lords of the Realm II. Stronghold is far more reliant on economy than most RTS games, but this is by no means a shortcoming and the economy is not unwieldly in the least. The game truly is a gem and among a very small group of games that have successfully implemented real-time castle construction.

Requirements: It actually ran "ok" on a P2 350 with a decent bit of ram. I have since upgraded to a Celeron 1000 (pathetically slow in today's terms, I know) with 512 ram, and this game runs perfectly.

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