Stronghold Crusader Extreme
- Operating system: Windows 2000 or newer
- CPU: Pentium III 1 GHz ( 2.5 GHz recommended)
- RAM: 256 MB ( 512 MB recommended for multiplayer )
- HDD: 850 MB
- VGA: 128 MB or more RAM
Stronghold Crusader Extreme is a medieval castle and economic simulation of the British game developer Firefly Studios for Windows, which was published on 27 May 2008.
Stronghold Crusader Extreme represents the fifth part of the Stronghold series and is a modified re-release of Stronghold Crusader from the year 2002. It offers smaller content changes a significantly increased level of difficulty, which itself is supposed to represent a new challenge for experienced Stronghold players. In addition, in Stronghold Crusader Extreme is the content of Stronghold Warchest, a published only in North America expansion, included.
Gameplay
The core of the game concept was acquired by Crusader. The first major main innovation is the possibility of the mass slaughter of up to 10,000 units dar. The rapid development of a correspondingly large force is permitted to do so by a new building, the so-called outposts. These can not be built into the normal modes from the players themselves; they have already been distributed ahead of the game on the map. The outpost can create free new troops a type depending on the setting and execution at regular short intervals. The second major innovation is a self-healing command bar with the special actions, such as a hail of arrows or the creation of free troops can be triggered. The longer you wait, the stronger actions can be retrieved.
Missions
In addition to the Skrimish mode known from Crusader Crusader Extreme takes a so-called extreme crusade, which consists of a total of 20 newly designed single missions. This represents the core of the game and is characterized by a very high degree of difficulty from the start. Is comparable with the other parts of the serial campaign special action is not included.
Publication
On 27 May 2008 the game was officially released. The original edition was also the latest version of the original game added. Initial problems with the large masses of troops were solved with the help of patches while. The end of 2012, such as Stronghold and Stronghold Crusader, an HD patch which enhances the video resolution on modern relationships received.
Reception
Especially at the to become confusing because of their size battles the game is said to have lost its appeal. ( Metacritic: 45 out of 100). Many trade magazines described the new missions as " unplayable " and " unfair" and awarded thereby compared with the other parts of the game very low ratings. In addition to these game -related principle criticisms made above all for the few changes - particularly with respect to the almost six year old graphics - as unreasonable price for the perceived dissatisfaction.
- PC Games: 50 % (10 July 2008)
- World Games: 57% ( 22 July 2008)