I must say, I was really excited for nothing about Stronghold 2. The game does add alot of features that I love in my castle sims, but, due to the poor framerate on any system I have seen it on you rarely get to enjoy the new items and features. Someone surely should have caught the poor framerate issue as it appears to be a problem in the beginning of the campaign. Other then that the sound and graphics are not at all impressive which leaves me at a loss with the framerate issue. The sound acting is poor and the storyline is weak at best. But if you just love to play castle this is a good game. It will surely be better if they release a patch soon that solves the framerate issue. My advice, is to wait until a new patch comes out so you can actually enjoy playing the game....and by patch I mean beyond 1.1.
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
Stronghold 2: Man the parapets If you’re not of the age to remember when living in a castle was the day to day business, then Stronghold 2, from firefly studios, will be the closest thing you can get to without litera... Read Full Review