What Gamespot Users have to say about Stronghold 2
- Rating:9
Awsome graphics, sound, and gameplay
this game is one of a kind control your castle, raise an army everything. all siege equiptment in medieval times is in this game. amazing graphics zoom in up to about 2 feet in front of a character and the character won'... Read Full Review
2 of 3 users found the following review helpful - Rating:7.8
its a good game, if you like management, its alot more complicated than stronghold 1 mind......
pros: -build your own castle -the editor is very in depth (you can even edit certain sounds) -more than one fighting animation per unit (eg. a swordsman will strike with his sword,stab with his sword, bash with his sh... Read Full Review
0 of 1 users found the following review helpful - Rating:3
such a long wait and such a disappointment.
I was anxious to play this game ever sence i heard about it. When i bought it all i cold say was wtf...poor Ai, horrrible bugs and a lackluster story make this the worst game in history. I could tell the editors did a ho... Read Full Review
2 of 2 users found the following review helpful - Rating:7
better of the 3 for graphics but still lacking something..
having played both the old SH and SH'crusaders this one is better of the 3s in the term of graphics and more indepth historic game play but its still lacking something to make it grand the only real draw back i find i... Read Full Review
2 of 2 users found the following review helpful - Rating:4.3
Just not fun! The worst in the Stronghold series, and worst Castle Sim out there. Just stay away from Stronghold 2!
If you played any of the other Stronghold games and thought about picking this one up because you liked the others well save your money. This game was a huge disappointment. I enjoyed the original Stronghold games and ... Read Full Review
5 of 6 users found the following review helpful - Rating:3.5
Something went wrong when Stronghold went 3D...
Ok I am reviewing this pitiful game because you should be warned of its disastrous effects, I felt betrayed that Stronghold and Stronghold Crusader were solid games and then my dreams were dashed on the rocky shores of c... Read Full Review
4 of 5 users found the following review helpful - Rating:10
A degree of complexity hitherto reserved to TBS games has been applied wonderfully in this RTS.
Those kind of titles always have been trying to exploit a niche market that consists in the kind of gamer that wants to "do-it-all". Not many souls can enjoy the subtleties of running a medieval economy that is not spamm... Read Full Review
4 of 7 users found the following review helpful - Rating:7.5
OK but Fun- Crusaders was better!
Siege and Defense AI needs to be better - smarter. I would suggest they develop characted AI's for the computer players- agressive, defensive and such to mix it up more. And for a professional game, the cut scenes were... Read Full Review
1 of 1 users found the following review helpful - Rating:7.3
A simple yet fun game of castle building.
I have been playing Stronghold and Stronghold Crusader since they came out all those years ago and I loved them. So it was with great anticipation that I picked up a copy of the new version, installed it and sat back ... Read Full Review
4 of 4 users found the following review helpful - Rating:9.1
"Simply amazing"
I strongly agree among other reviewers that this is indeed one of the greatest real-time strategy/castle sim out. I believe gamespot under estimated this game by far, personally I find this game is an evolution to the s... Read Full Review
1 of 3 users found the following review helpful
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