The coloration in Stronghold 1 is one of a kind, that mild green color of grass and forests combined the soundtrack relaxes my mind and frees me from stress...🌳🎶
Meeen, indeed this is most relaxing game and in that terms I feel that as most entertaining in the very healthy way of its meaning. My God, I just realise that this game should maybe be researched for that healthy outcome for people? You know, nowadays we have so overstimulating games and I feel that those times were golden to just have nice time spending by PC. But I also think this is bs , I could have biased feeling because of nice childhood memories ;)
@@owcaandroid I don't find Stronghold Crusader relaxing, mission 80 had me sweating for solid 4 hours lol. It is indeed very stimulating, just in a different way. The charm of Stronghold comes from its simple mechanics, humor, great soundtrack. You could find similar games nowadays, but they're mostly indie. Have to dig deep...
The original and crusader were the best. I did enjoy the 3d graphics and I really liked the Crime mechanic in ST2. I hope for a Stronghold 4 in Europe again though.
I really love stronghold 2, the game mechanic it's so unique, you not only build your own unit and attack, you need to watch your people too, your area need to stay clean from poop so your people didn't easily get sick, you need pest control, thieves need to be punish in the jail or public execution to give example to your people and gain respect, you can give your people entertainment like jousting or circus, if you rich enough, your lord can open big meal in his castle and your lord also can having an empress, it's all a really nice touch for me But unfortunately Stronghold 2 no longer can running smoothly in my PC, it suddenly close to windows
there were some good ideas in stronghold 2 - i personally really loved having a bedchamber and separate food buildings for the lord - the honour system was a good idea. i just wish they had kept the original 2d style....
kind went downhill once it became 3d - they had some good ideas in the later games but they never recaptured the magic from the original. I would love a new stronghold game made fully 2d with beautiful hd sprite-work and all the units and building chains from stronghold 2. Imagine having all the building done in the original 2d style but much higher res and from all sides, so you could rotate the map without your town looking strange.
I agree, Stronghold 2 and up were not good. First and crusader were their best games by far. Crusader 2 was good enough to be playable but the rest weren't imo.
Warlords really picks up where Stronghold 2 and 3 fell short - finally giving this one a go, love it but annoying the Skirmish trail doesn't save so I make sure to save a game each newly unlocked Skirmish. Had the same issue with Crusader 2 :( Still can't deny the first Stronghold and Crusader are the best and a proper new edition needs to follow their isometric style in upgraded graphics like the upcoming Definitive Edition of Stronghold. Hoping a Crusader DE is Stronghold DE does well. Need to retry Stronghold 3 again, most advanced physics but most limited in gameplay too. Curious if Firefly will incorporate some innovations from Kingdoms into Stronghold DE.
I spent countless hours on Stronghold & Stronghold Crusader in my youth in the early 2000s. They were magical. The newer versions seem to have been overworked? I tried downloading one of the iPhone versions and it feels like they’ve added way too much and it’s lost its original feel. I feel a bit lost navigating around on a tiny screen for the amount they’ve put in 😂. Loved Firefly’s early work better, will see if I can find those nostalgic games again!
I played all Warcraft RTS games . Somehow for Warcraft when it went 3D the game just works. Same goes for C&C, it works on 3D. Wonder why the Stronghold games just fails when it went 3D. They should go back to 2D. I'm sure it's the game's strong feature.
Does stronghold was hand-drawn pastel style cell shading. Sprites when done right look really amazing. The company that took over the game over saturated the colors and lost the soft charm of the originals.
nothing compares to sh1 and crusader, still I love sh2, partly because of nostalgia I guess... I was actually impressed by the graphics back then (I didnt know many other games haha) and I found the special units really cool
Absolutely true, Most of the 3D RTS games feel very buggy and unsmooth and unnecessarily complicated unlike the good old 2D Games just look for the best selling RTS City builder with the biggest active playerbase in 2023 and you'll find it's the Definitive Edition of the good old Age of Empires 2
The BIGGEST issue of the 3d games is the complete lack of life. Paesants are reduced to probes and drones of sc2. In the 2d game plenty of them existed just to give life to the castle. It made the games into a generic rts.
Was just searching for a music mod for Rimworld. A Stronghold music mod popped up & a memory was triggered. I can't remember which it was that i played but this was a great TY to see the progression though the years.
The best thing they can do is to just expand the options of Stronghold Crusader by adding even more lords, more soldiers, editing characters and bigger landscapes, creating lords etc.
been replaying SH crusader since the past 3 months and then I'm going to move to SH crusader 2 and then to Warlords. Wish they made a native Mac Port though, I have to use wine to play.
I loved Stronghold from 2001, i used to play it on my ibm aptivia 2170 with pentium 3 700mhz 128mb ram😊 I aslo played Stronghold 2 (new pc) Stronghold 3 was fun, but they gave up patching the game and just left it😡😡 was so many bugs and crashes and they just left it broken.
Firefly really missed the selling point of their game badly: designing castles in detail. Walls, crenellations, many variations of towers, that was their selling point ever. Ofc it went downhill with 3D.
stronghold might be the only game franchise in history to have sacrificed graphics, beauty, sfx, ost, voice actors for gameplay. it's usually the other way around. The first game was beautiful but had not a lot going for it, crusader was a bit sandy and then stronghold 2 was perfect but it was the ugliest piece of shit i ever laid my eyes on
Hasta el día de hoy juego a Stronghold Crusader. Tengo las versiones en HD pero realmente me gustaría que le hicieran más mejoras gráficas, más definición y tal vez mayor tamaño en general. Stronghold 2 y 3 me parecieron hermosos en lo gráfico y lo sonoro (la música es una maravilla), pero no los disfruté tanto como Crusader y Crusader Extreme.
As much as I like Stronghold to have more civilization. I think it's better to limited it to Europe and middle east. Cuz I am also Age of empires fan and I dont want stronghold copy age of empires.
It was always baffling to me how they managed to make every game after the original (and crusader) look worse and worse. To me, none of the sequels come even close to the style and look of the original.
SH2 was pretty decent despite the bad reviews at launch. It’s the only 3D version I liked. And of course the first SH. I never really liked the desert theme of crusader.
Same. I mean shc had the skirmish mode and smoother economy, so I understand why it's so popular, but the atmosphere in sh1 was so amazing... I also feel strong nostalgia for the campaign... only problem after finishing the campaign there's not much left to do. I also feel the same about sh2...sh1 is still on top for me
Which one did you play the most?
Stronghold Crusader
Stronghold Crusader Extreme - (2008 )
Stronghold HD the best by far
Stronghold kingdoms
Crusader 2
nothin can beat stronghold cursader
I agree
Stronghold HD was also good but it lacks skirmish mode
I agree 💯
Of course
I miss my childhood ❤
The coloration in Stronghold 1 is one of a kind,
that mild green color of grass and forests combined the soundtrack relaxes my mind and frees me from stress...🌳🎶
Until you hear that people are leaving the castle, and a big attack is coming 😂
Exactly the outcry in agony of the enemy troops getting burned alive is the music to my ears :D
WOOD NEEDED
Meeen, indeed this is most relaxing game and in that terms I feel that as most entertaining in the very healthy way of its meaning. My God, I just realise that this game should maybe be researched for that healthy outcome for people? You know, nowadays we have so overstimulating games and I feel that those times were golden to just have nice time spending by PC.
But I also think this is bs , I could have biased feeling because of nice childhood memories ;)
@@owcaandroid I don't find Stronghold Crusader relaxing, mission 80 had me sweating for solid 4 hours lol. It is indeed very stimulating, just in a different way. The charm of Stronghold comes from its simple mechanics, humor, great soundtrack. You could find similar games nowadays, but they're mostly indie. Have to dig deep...
The original and crusader were the best. I did enjoy the 3d graphics and I really liked the Crime mechanic in ST2.
I hope for a Stronghold 4 in Europe again though.
Indeed. SH2 and crusader were the best and nostalgic
Evolution is actually a very fitting description. Because Stronghold has been developed very slowly and aimlessly since part 1 (and its add-on).
I really love stronghold 2, the game mechanic it's so unique, you not only build your own unit and attack, you need to watch your people too, your area need to stay clean from poop so your people didn't easily get sick, you need pest control, thieves need to be punish in the jail or public execution to give example to your people and gain respect, you can give your people entertainment like jousting or circus, if you rich enough, your lord can open big meal in his castle and your lord also can having an empress, it's all a really nice touch for me
But unfortunately Stronghold 2 no longer can running smoothly in my PC, it suddenly close to windows
there were some good ideas in stronghold 2 - i personally really loved having a bedchamber and separate food buildings for the lord - the honour system was a good idea. i just wish they had kept the original 2d style....
Yeah I agree stronghold 2 was great minus the random crashing online
kind went downhill once it became 3d - they had some good ideas in the later games but they never recaptured the magic from the original. I would love a new stronghold game made fully 2d with beautiful hd sprite-work and all the units and building chains from stronghold 2. Imagine having all the building done in the original 2d style but much higher res and from all sides, so you could rotate the map without your town looking strange.
You know 2d is much harder than 3d right
That'll be a lot of work on the graphics
@@santiagoindisguise7289 what are you on about? Harder on the graphics...
I got news
@@santiagoindisguise7289it's not hard on the graphics. It's only more tedious and time consuming on the artist doing it. Hence why they went 3D.
I agree, Stronghold 2 and up were not good. First and crusader were their best games by far. Crusader 2 was good enough to be playable but the rest weren't imo.
I don't understand why no one talks about Stronghold Legends. I spent HUNDREDS of hours on it and consider it the best one.
I know stronghold crusader is everyone's favorite but you should all give Stronghold Legends a try its so unique and fun to play.
Its best :)
Stronghold 1 was the first game I got and played as a kid way back in around 2010 or something, and it was amazing as it is today.
Among all the games, Stronghold 2 was the most realistic and entertaining.👍❤
Strong hold crausider extreme was the best among them ❤️
Warlords really picks up where Stronghold 2 and 3 fell short - finally giving this one a go, love it but annoying the Skirmish trail doesn't save so I make sure to save a game each newly unlocked Skirmish. Had the same issue with Crusader 2 :(
Still can't deny the first Stronghold and Crusader are the best and a proper new edition needs to follow their isometric style in upgraded graphics like the upcoming Definitive Edition of Stronghold. Hoping a Crusader DE is Stronghold DE does well.
Need to retry Stronghold 3 again, most advanced physics but most limited in gameplay too.
Curious if Firefly will incorporate some innovations from Kingdoms into Stronghold DE.
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Going for 3D was a mistake for Stronghold. I would put full force on a massive 2D version with recent CPU power
I spent countless hours on Stronghold & Stronghold Crusader in my youth in the early 2000s. They were magical. The newer versions seem to have been overworked? I tried downloading one of the iPhone versions and it feels like they’ve added way too much and it’s lost its original feel. I feel a bit lost navigating around on a tiny screen for the amount they’ve put in 😂. Loved Firefly’s early work better, will see if I can find those nostalgic games again!
I played all Warcraft RTS games . Somehow for Warcraft when it went 3D the game just works. Same goes for C&C, it works on 3D.
Wonder why the Stronghold games just fails when it went 3D.
They should go back to 2D. I'm sure it's the game's strong feature.
Does stronghold was hand-drawn pastel style cell shading. Sprites when done right look really amazing. The company that took over the game over saturated the colors and lost the soft charm of the originals.
when they went 3d the series lost its soul...
nothing compares to sh1 and crusader, still I love sh2, partly because of nostalgia I guess... I was actually impressed by the graphics back then (I didnt know many other games haha) and I found the special units really cool
wtf, I never even knew there was a stronghold 2 or stronghold legends
The 3d games are hideous.
I agree with you. 3D games are not even closely good as OG StrongHold 2002
Absolutely true, Most of the 3D RTS games feel very buggy and unsmooth and unnecessarily complicated unlike the good old 2D Games
just look for the best selling RTS City builder with the biggest active playerbase in 2023 and you'll find it's the Definitive Edition of the good old Age of Empires 2
@@Shockload Aoe2 is great but Aoe 3 graphics blew me away when I was a kid like no other game.
True true
The BIGGEST issue of the 3d games is the complete lack of life. Paesants are reduced to probes and drones of sc2. In the 2d game plenty of them existed just to give life to the castle. It made the games into a generic rts.
I kept coming across mixed or negative reviews for the 3D sequel of the stronghold games. Are the bugs fixed or still there?
Was just searching for a music mod for Rimworld. A Stronghold music mod popped up & a memory was triggered. I can't remember which it was that i played but this was a great TY to see the progression though the years.
The best thing they can do is to just expand the options of Stronghold Crusader by adding even more lords, more soldiers, editing characters and bigger landscapes, creating lords etc.
Stronghold: Warlords is underrated! It's so fun!
I wish they create new stronghold game that you can choose any empire to play
I'd say this is a video of strongholds devolution.
Stronghold, the original… it was a god damn masterpiece. They wasted all the potential unfortunately
how?
been replaying SH crusader since the past 3 months and then I'm going to move to SH crusader 2 and then to Warlords. Wish they made a native Mac Port though, I have to use wine to play.
Stronghold 2 released in 2005 not 2010..
I loved Stronghold from 2001, i used to play it on my ibm aptivia 2170 with pentium 3 700mhz 128mb ram😊
I aslo played Stronghold 2 (new pc)
Stronghold 3 was fun, but they gave up patching the game and just left it😡😡 was so many bugs and crashes and they just left it broken.
Stronghold 2001 and Stronghold Crusader 😍😍
the music of this game is amazing.
I have been playing it since my childhood days when I was 8 years old
1 + Crusader.
No other one is as cool.
Why 3d games seem like colors are glowing.
You know you could have disclosed that this was a paid advertisement.
haha
Great video! I started to record Stronghold gameplays myself too! Peace 🔥
Was really hoping for a 4k video...
Damn..didnt know stronghold still have new games. I need to sell my macbook and build a pc. 😂
So many releases yet they just needed to update the first one.
Now they release a "definitive" Edition, it's a reskin you will pay for that's it.
Firefly really missed the selling point of their game badly: designing castles in detail. Walls, crenellations, many variations of towers, that was their selling point ever. Ofc it went downhill with 3D.
You forgot to include stronghold 2 deluxe edition
Can I download it on iPad ?
You should do this again since the definitive edition has come out.
Old ones are better then the new ones
I played Legends and Stronghold 2 a lot but Stronghold 3 graphics really turned me off from the game.
Why stronghold become darker each years ?
Оно эволюционирует, но в обратную сторону
Bagaimana cara download stronghold terbaru?
stronghold might be the only game franchise in history to have sacrificed graphics, beauty, sfx, ost, voice actors for gameplay. it's usually the other way around. The first game was beautiful but had not a lot going for it, crusader was a bit sandy and then stronghold 2 was perfect but it was the ugliest piece of shit i ever laid my eyes on
Is it your "N" key doesn't work?
My “N” is “n”ot worki”n”g
What about stronghold 3 gold editon?
Stronghold Crusader 2 is just the best
Урезанное продолжение первой части крестоносцев😂
i love the stronghold legends❤
Just one in only stronghold crusader
Hasta el día de hoy juego a Stronghold Crusader. Tengo las versiones en HD pero realmente me gustaría que le hicieran más mejoras gráficas, más definición y tal vez mayor tamaño en general. Stronghold 2 y 3 me parecieron hermosos en lo gráfico y lo sonoro (la música es una maravilla), pero no los disfruté tanto como Crusader y Crusader Extreme.
I agree, Crusader is a timeless classic.
Neither has ships...
You habe a spelling mistake in the titel. Its called Devolution.
I see
Yes, I too love Stroghold
The only 2 you spelt correctly were Kingdoms and warlords which is an insult to the superior games in the series
Ty. Didn’t noticed the misspelled lol
Btw Stronghold Crusader is the legendary game of the whole series
@@gamenation4k yes 🙌 my favourite
Stronghold crusader 1 hd/ extream 1
Stronghold warlords 2
Stronghold crusader2 3
Stronghold 2 4
Stronghold legends 5
Stronghold 3 6
@Game Nation 4k : Plz review soul blood
Sure.
Great Video!
Glad you enjoyed it
stonghold 1 and crusader 1 are the only good ones, the other look cheap and bad
Where to download it for free
As much as I like Stronghold to have more civilization. I think it's better to limited it to Europe and middle east. Cuz I am also Age of empires fan and I dont want stronghold copy age of empires.
It was always baffling to me how they managed to make every game after the original (and crusader) look worse and worse. To me, none of the sequels come even close to the style and look of the original.
Stronghold 2 is from 2005
Original best my opinion 👌
its evolving,
just backwards
The only game, the more it evaluates, the worst it gets...
stronghold crusader is the best.the end
stronghold crusader KINGDOMS 2012 THE BEST
SH2 was pretty decent despite the bad reviews at launch. It’s the only 3D version I liked. And of course the first SH. I never really liked the desert theme of crusader.
Same. I mean shc had the skirmish mode and smoother economy, so I understand why it's so popular, but the atmosphere in sh1 was so amazing... I also feel strong nostalgia for the campaign... only problem after finishing the campaign there's not much left to do. I also feel the same about sh2...sh1 is still on top for me
The first game is still the best, 2 and 3 just removed features that the first game had and made it way worse
Stronghold crusader remains the best
Stroghold* like 3 times .. really bro
Лучше stronghold extreme ничего так и не придумали
how to download to computer? Please tell me! 😊
Which one do want to download?
@@gamenation4k allll bro, please do make a video hehe
they’re all available on Steam, except Kingdoms I think
i'm so not up to date with the series
Stronghold Crusader ftw TRIBLADE2002
who comes from 2024🎉
I hate stronghold warlords it's warlords feature
Lots of graphics ruines games sometimes
Sc best game in world
Only strong hold crisader 1 is best
Stronghold Crusader 1.0 was very very very good. Now all of them are sucks.
Stronghold 1 the best
so it was an add
🔥🔥
Sjajna tema
"Evolution"
Stroghold.
Stronghold Crusader is the best of the series, dont play warlord it trash
Crusader was peak, everything after is meh.
Sadly shitty game except of first 2 games and Stronghold Crusader extreme.
Stronghold 2d best
#توفيض_التدخل_العربي
prefiero la version vieja
The 3D ones look awful, like cheap mobile games.
can barely understand your accent jfc
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