Thats it. The game is fun. No more to be said. Now seriously, this game has a lot to offer, from story, albeit it being predictable, thats vrapped in the right kind of Metal, crazy and funny at the same time. The only real problem the game has are its mechanics based around commanding troops, that are just horrendous on higher difficulties, and its hack and slash combat not being more worked on, and though being very enjoyable, looks like an afterthought. The game boasts great soundtrack compiled from many greatest heavy metal bands in history and then some. This soundtrack plays during story missions or through radio in your car. When it comes to driving, though its not great, it aint terrible either and it also lets you get lose in the music and enviroment. And those are awesome. Metal practicly shines from every corner, setpiece, character design or just efect. So what can I say about a game that won my heart. It is a flawed gem, that needs to be played, and depending on your relationship with metal ends up in either your heart or your trash can.
Ok, so first things first. I am very much biased in this review as Robin Hood is a childhood memory from elementary school where evry computer had this game installed for some reason. And young me loved it. But its only when I found this as an adult that finally aprecciated the game fully. There has never been a better game depiction of Robin Hood and his Companions. Each one is distinct enough that you carry them with you every mission. Especially Brother Tuck is hilarious. though because every companion has a special ability, it makes the generic ones useless, unless you want meat for the grinder, or plan to skill up your special characters. When it comes to mission design in many cases there is more than one way to get to where you need to be. There is only a few maps, so you will be revisiting them with new guard paths and new scroll quests. Sherwood is very homely as a base, thats it. Its usefulness is very much about making stuff for your characters or skilling them up in archery, slinging or melee combat. The last thing I need to highlight is czech voicover and subtitles. Under CD Project many games got Czech localisation in many cases fully dubbed over. This was one of those games, and dubing even after years is more than decent. The same cant be really said about english though. Its floppy at best, boring at worst. It almost sounds like it was dubbed on couch at home. And thats about it. I think this game is great to play through at least once. It may not be game you pick up again any time soon after beating it however. But as a product of its time, cinematics hold great, gameplay is easy to pick up, and story is more then decent.
