7.2 /10 1 Votes
45% Metacritic Series Stronghold Publisher Gamecock Media Group | 5/5 Download Initial release date 27 May 2008 Developer Firefly Studios Platform Microsoft Windows | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Genres Real-time strategy, Simulation Similar Firefly Studios games, Real-time strategy games | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Stronghold: Crusader Extreme is an updated version of 2001's Stronghold expansion, Stronghold: Crusader by Firefly Studios. Crusader Extreme is set in the Middle East during the Crusades era.
Stronghold Crusader Extreme has additions of larger armies of 10,000 men, new buildings and missions.
It also contains an updated version of the original Stronghold Crusader, which includes everything except for outposts, the god powers and the Extreme Crusader Trail. However, if the official HD patch is installed, outposts can be built on maps on the original Stronghold Crusader part of Stronghold Crusader Extreme.
Reception
The game was generally well received by the public for its additions of new characters, campaigns, and other features, but game critics criticized the game for extreme difficulty, lack of new audio, and not having graphical quality up to par for a game released in 2008. GameSpot gave the game a 3.5 out of 10, and 1UP gave it a D-.
