For me it's a five star game. One of my favourite. I didn't particularly liked the second, but the original Stronghold Crusader is in my heart. The only pet peeve for me is that you actually get two games with the purchase: Stronghold Crusader HD (the classic) + Stronghold Crusader Extreme (a 2008 remastered). While I adore the classic, I just hate the Extreme version. They could have improved the AI, the graphics or whatever, but no. No, with this version they decided to add self-spawning troops. In my opinion, this demeans the whole nature of the game. In the new version they also extended the limit of troops/peasants to 10000, and added two new buildings and special 'Powers', but the game worked perfectly fine also without them. So...Was it really necessary? The good thing is that you're not forced to play this extreme version, you can play the classic (I use a 1440p monitor just fine) - by downloading it in the extras of the game - and then launch it in GOG Galaxy through the More -> Other menu.
