Posted on: October 19, 2020

rosswald
Verified ownerGames: 465 Reviews: 2
Great game turned into piece of junk
They did, though, start the process back with Stronghold 2, and continued With Stronghold Crusader 2... However, in the "extreme" version, the only extreme thing is amount of cheating instead of strategy. The missions, starting with the first one, are set up in such a way that you have to pause-unpause to build even basic walls and units before the continuous waves of attacks start. AI, of course, has unlimited money and produces units at fascinating speed, To mitigate this, they devised a "clever" trick - a legitimate cheat menu where "superpowers" are available (from summoning units to "air strikes"), the only limiting factor being the scale which has to recharge before you use those superpowers again. So, instead of making the game strategically challenging, they introduce impossible setup, cheating AI, and cheat menu for players. Way to put the last nail in the coffin of any stragety and to the whole series. The only redeeming value is that we get to play original Crusader in HD, but that, of course, is "hidden" if you are not aware that the game installs all versions at once and only makes shortcut for "extreme" crap.
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