Robin Hood: The Legend of Sherwood

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Similar to the Commandos series and from the makers of Desperados, not to be missed if you enjoyed any of them.

Warning: Activated view cones cause a stuttering on win10. Rating: 6 out of 10 (if the game works correctly) Those who like Commandos or Desperados will certainly like Robin Hood. The addition of sword fights makes this game more casual than the other games from Spellbound, but that is not necessarily a bad thing, and might be a better solution to failures than constant quicksafe and quickloading. The game is definetly not bad, but the reason why I won't play this game in the near future is, that the stuttering with activated view cones. Pros: + Spellbound gameplay (stealth and puzzles) Cons: - character portraits look cringeworthy - view cones causing stuttering

If u have a low end pc, and get lag on combat just change resolution to 640x480 and remove all the games graphics options like effects and shadow, will run perfect!

I should have known better, having already purchased the game in my youth to get my Commandos fix and having gotten bored with it. Years later, I tried it again at GOG, again to scratch a Commandos itch, thinking I might be able to appreciate the game better, but alas, history repeated itself. At face value, this is Commandos in the Middle Ages, but the story is cartoonish, as are the characters, the repetitive ambush missions are an irksome, frequent intermission between missions, and it's far too easy to slash your way through problems with some swordplay or staff swinging. It has the ingredients of a good game, but the whole just doesn't seem to gel together, and even the innovative features, like leaving your Merry Men in their training camp, becomes unwieldy and cumbersome after the novelty wears off. The fact that I had to use a third-party program so that the game was even playable (the infamous field of vision slowdown) didn't help at all. Not one of my finest purchases, and the lowest common denominator of a strategy game, I'm afraid.