Stronghold HD on GOG - gog.la/WoodNeeded Stronghold Crusader HD on GOG - gog.la/CantPlaceThatThereMilord THE LIST - docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1_K3ziSxT9zcUUGCddS4sF1uNJTWHSbOwB1CQX2Rx4Uo I was wrong about rally points. The original game doesn't have them, but Crusader DOES. They're aligned to number keys for the unit, and not a traditional click like I expected so I missed them.
@@ripred42 What a suggestion. I reviewed Lego Harry Potter recently and all I could think about the whole time was how low-quality this game is compared to the PS2 version of Chamber of Secrets! I'd love to see Mandalore play it!
Stronghold is the definition of comfy. It's pleasant to listen to, pleasant to play, pleasant to look at, and has many pleasant peasants for your omnipresent pleasure.
Ah yes, economic missions where you can't build walls or troops and the map is infested with wolves. Aggro one of them and the whole pack rushes your keep and kills everyone in sight
Dragon's Dogma wolves. So many silly Pawns, slaughtered needlessly due to their own ineptitude. ... And also my own lack of giving a shit. But at least they aren't those ffffffffffffffffffucking harpies.
These games are personal to me. When I was a child I would sit in a wooden chair next to my father, watching him play both Stronghold I and Crusader. It was really the most exciting part of my days, waiting for him to get off work to come home and play Stronghold. I have strong associations with almost everything about these games because of that. A couple of months ago, my father was killed by a drunk driver and I wish more than anything I could go back to one of those nights and experience it just one more time. I miss the happiness and ease of life I experienced in those days.
The thing that I love the most about Stronghold Crusader are the AI‘s. Every enemy has his own personality and building style, his play style is also fitting to his personality. For example The Caliph is a aggressive phyromanic motherf+cker. So he does use a lot of fire slaves, fire balistas and horse archers. For defense he does use high towers (for more range) and fire traps. I never fund another game with such an AI.
The Pig is the most lopsided lord because he spends all his resources into launching an early game attack with fast troops forcing you to plan your defenses immediately, but he otherwise has subpar economic capabilities. It really keeps you on your toes.
It's a little like what EA did with CnC: Generals Zero Hour subfactions, where there is one general more focused on toxins, another focused on energy weapons, one on stealth etc.
I remember first playing Crusader with my dad when I was 9. We were always messing around with custom battles, trying to build the biggest castles. Just 2 years later my dad passes away, and ever since then I've revisited Crusader on a weekly basis. Stronghold Crusader: Always in my heart, until the day I die.
At first glance, I read this as "I remember first playing Crusader when my dad was 9." ...Needless to say, I was a tad concerned... I felt even worse for writing this comment after reading the remainder of what you'd said. I'm so sorry to hear about your father. If nothing else, I hope my blunder brings you a bit of levity.
More evidence that gamer dads are good dads. A testament to how much you love your dad, and how video games helped. While my father was not good at video games, in fact he was abysmal at them. He still played them with me. IMO a dad who plays video games with their kids (or really any parent or any kind of game) is something to be encouraged. A very touching and beautiful story.
@@Omnicide101 When you're a Japanese business owner looking to open up a new location in Fukushima, but you realize you can't because it's an irradiated wasteland: [C A N ' T P L A C E T H A T T H E R E M ' L O R D]
When youre trying to plug up a hole in your walls when an enemy attacks. "Can't place that there m'Lord" "Can't place that there m'Lord" "Can't place that there m'Lord" "Can't place that there m'Lord" "Can't place that there m'Lord" "Can't place that there m'Lord" "Can't place that there m'Lord" "Can't place that there m'Lord" "Can't place that there m'Lord" "Can't place that there m'Lord" "Can't place that there m'Lord" "Can't place that there m'Lord" "Can't place that there m'Lord" "Can't place that there m'Lord"
@@Zlonk7 You dont need to do that just click on one work house, pause it and turn the sleep mode off and on ( ? this icon) and then continue playing, Its gona make people around the fire new workers and like that you are gona have many workers in just one woodcutter or on a farm and anywhere else
_"Prepare for battle! My banner will fly atop your keep before this day is out."_ _"My Victory is at hand! The desert will run with bloooood, before this day is out."_ _"The desert is a cruel place to fight mi'lord, are you sure you have the heart for it?"_ Years later, still remember the voices.
If I ever get cancer I will try to get make a wish to fund a strategy game where one faction, all voiced by the cast of stronghold, fights another all voiced by the cast of dawn of war 1
@@sernoddicusthegallant6986 Pfft. I'd fund an FPS where every voice and sound effect was Brain Blessed SHOUTING. Then, I'd use the money from that to make a strategy game where every faction and sound effect was Brian Blessed SHOUTING and the music was acapella renditions of other strategy game songs by Brian Blessed. Then, as I lay dying and not playing either of them 'cause I suck at those kind of games, I'd use the money to make two games to release post-humously. One would be a fighting game where every character was Brian Blessed in a different one of his film roles using copyrighted audio I'd buy the rights to with my shedload of cash. The other one would be my magnus opus: a Black Isle style RPG with full voice acting where every character was Brian Blessed SHOUTING except for one: Minsc would appear in the intro with his original voice actor, and then he would get possessed and as Brian Blessed shouted from his larynx he would die from the pure power of the man who should have voiced him initially, and Boo would slowly chew his corpse before a fade to black and you wake up in Candlekeep. As Brain Blessed. With no option to change your name. As a Bard. SHOUTING.
I remember sitting in my air-conditioned room imagining the heat of the desert while planning my strategies in this game. I was probably 15 years old then. I have the warmest memories with it. It was such a good game! This is a fine and fair review.
Quick fact, depending on the languages you choose the map changes, in Spanish the game uses the map of Spain, this only applies to original languages that came on the game
Everyone remembers the adviser, back in school me and my lads randomly spouted advisor quotes in his voice, utterly confused a ton of people who didn't know the game. I love this madlad advisor
@@aryabratsahoo7474 When you add up all the vids he's done on the expansions it's probably close to or over three hours at this point. And TW:W3 vid coming out at some point too. Weirdly the fact that Mandalore isn't (by his own admission) the most l33t player makes his opinion super valuable to me. People like LegendOfTotalWar and Kerkovich have great channels and info but they're so super-in-depth on the single player and multiplayer metas (respectively) that they have complaints and praise which, while completely valid, just don't apply to me. I know reviewing recently/yet-to-be released games isn't the focus of the channel so I appreciate that he does it for TW:W.
God the advisor's lines will pop into my head at the slightest provocation. I feel your pain. Though Warcraft peasants are worse for me. Yes, Mandalore? Okayyy. Job's done!
Having never played any Stronghold game (until an hour from this comment, seeing as I just bought Stronghold + Crusader), the Warcraft units are stuck in my head, but it's not nearly as bad as Command & Conquer, especially Generals.
The sound design is so impressive. If you hear something that's not background noise or flavourful sounds, it's usually important. An important unit dieing, fire that just got started, etc. The music ramps up when you move your units towards the enemy or when they send troops to you. I love this game
Though Slaves existed back then most of the work was done by Serfs (not to be confused for slaves as they are not owned but are so in dept that they have to serve their lord) and Peasants (Peasants can range from the stereotype of poor and to Merchant and well off)
@@forickgrimaldus8301 Serfs were slaves, subject to physical punishment, selling, raping etc. You might argue that serfs were given a homestead to manage for themselves, but so were a lot of slaves.
@@Vanamutt nope different states of servitued, a Serf isn't owned a Slave is property, being a serf means very limited freedoms but you aren't the property of the Land Lord the best way to describe Serfdom is that you are indebted heavily to the Lord and he has a lot of power and authourity on where you can work and what he can do with you. Saying they are the same is not true, you can Sell a Slave, but you can't sell a Serf Again its an important destinction also bare in mind, Slavery in the Near East can be more in name only than litarly Property, the Mamluks for example were very powerful yet are classed as Slaves despite having power along with the Sultan. (They eventually came to Rule Egypt)
@@forickgrimaldus8301 Yeah, all that falls apart when you take in to account the judicial system at the time. It's like me calling slaves indebted servants. Same shit, different names.
@@Vanamutt not really they are still classified as a different group if they are really the same they wouldn't be called Serfs but Slaves again I am repreating myself, LORDS OWN SLAVES NOT SERFS, to say they are the same isn't accurate at all, you could say that Serfs had similar experiences with Slaves but they can never be SOLD to others or Traded to Far Off Lands, thats why the Feudal Lords Used More Serfs than Slaves, You Have to still Feed and Give Housing to Slaves, For Serfs You Don't hence they are in the Long Run Cheaper. The Idea that they are the same Likely comes from a Marxist Thought as they often use Slavery as a Byword for Oppression for Example Wage Slave and Used the Feudal Structure in a Similar fashion to the Class Structure.
The games set in 1066 so for the England military map it’s very weird as that’s the same time England was invaded by the Vikings and the Norman’s at the same time
Honestly, it's suprising how well these games aged visually and gameplay wise. They just play so nice and fluid, everything kinda explains itself well, there are no major UI or control issues, even lack of A-move isn't that big of a deal. And the visuals... backed with that soundtrack - 10/10. Also, interesting note: this game was EXTREEEMELY popular in Poland - back then not many people spoke or read english (in PL), and this game came out with full PL voice acting - and believe me, it was as good, if not better than the original. I kinda miss those times - full PL voice acting in games was rare, but done VERY well, with professional voice actors and with people that cared. Nowadays... quantity went up significantly, quality though... one of the Battlefield games in recent years was voice acted by youtubers - it was really, really bad idea... Anyway, thanks for great video and big nostalgia injection. I still remember the announcer lines after all these years - he really BURNED them into your brain :D
Same for Russian localization, it was done insanely good! Even to this day memes from advisor's lines are used in the russian web portals related to games. Brings back so many memories!
The reason the archers come out first with the ladders in waves during sieges is to try and simulate traditional medieval siege warfare, where the archers were used to draw fire and engage the enemy while battery rams, towers, and ladders were brought forward against the enemy's walls/gates.
@@flachzange1614 Case in point; Little Red Riding hood ends with grandma being cut out of the wolf's belly, and the wolf being drowned in a well. [kids cheering]
Just to point it out: In Crusader you can actually set rally points. For both unit buildings, press the numbers in order of the unit, so 1 is for the first unit you can train, 2 for the second and so on.
19:31 If i remember correctly these boulders were both hitscan and projectile, because I think it could damage building with clicking on it and then additional damage from boulders
OMG, my parents do the same thing. Every time they see me playing something more or less looking like Stronghold they are like " Is this stronghold?" and then do a phrase from a game lmao
This is my childhood. The music in both games is phenomenal, the voiceacting cheesy, but fun and holy damn is it relaxing and challenging at the same time, especially on higher difficulties. Every now and then, my childhood friends and I come together for a big LAN-Party over a weekend and play match after match until we eventually get all to wasted and fall asleep. Good times, GG firefly for creating a timeless classic.
*Stronghold:* *Buy* *Stronghold Crusader:* *Buy* *Stronghold 2:* *Buy* *Stronghold Legends:* if you like 2 *Buy* it. *Stronghold 3:* NEVER EVEN THINK ABOUT CONSIDER BUYING IT, EVER. *Stronghold Crusader 2:* *Buy* *Stronghold Next:* *Let's wait and see.* I feel it'll be a great game.
@@mohammadalkhudaidi Yeah I noticed that, and it annoyed me. But other than that it's a great game! I think even Legend have the same problem since they are relatively the same game.
I remember playing this game alooot at my aunt's house when i was arround 11 years old ,she would freak out when she walks in and sees all those people burning and screaming and i would switch to another less violent game , and that game would be GTA vice city, nothing wrong with driving a car around the city, little did she knew HEUHEUEHEU!
Jesus how did i never bear of this game growing up? It’s right up my alley. I feel cheated. Like something that would have been a major point of my development in tastes was missed.
Ullrich Pfeiffer God I feel so ripped off. My friends only played empire earth and age of empires 2, with a sprinkling of battle for middle earth and age of mythology. I’ve always been bad st those fast twitch RTS games (still can’t get into AOE2) but I love these slower paced more economy based RTS games like settlers. This seems so perfect for me. Would have lead me to discover Things like Anno and dungeon master earlier. Ugh if only
jpc1918 I never really bought games when I was younger. I got what was handed down to me. So when i finally got an RTS it was AOE2 because everyone had that. I literally never even heard of this. It’s insane.
Stronghold has a special place in my heart. I used to spend hours just using the freebuild mode in the original game to make maps. It was like a zen garden experience. Amazing music and pretty great voice acting. It's incredible how well the graphics have held up over two decades later, as you've said, and I always appreciated the amount of details they put into them and the animations. The soundtrack is still in my personal music collection and I play it a lot, actually! "Two Mandolins", "Sad Times", and "The Maiden" were my favorites. "Stained Glass" and "Under an Old Tree" are also really good. And yeah. That guy's voice is burned into my brain as well. CAN'T PLACE THAT THERE, M'LORD. CAN'T PLACE THAT THERE, M'LOR-- CAN'T PLACE THAT THERE--
Dear god, I loved Pikemen. They are the best barrier troops you could ask for and just butcher knights like it's no one's business. They also looked very snazzy and sleek, but not overly elite like Swordsmen, which made them excellent to decorate your castle with. Crossbowmen were a bit similar.
I love this game, been playing it a lot when I was a child. Loved the voice acting, too. Oh, about the voice - this game has a GREAT Russian localisation, which made it a lot more accessible for me as a kid.
Honestly my dad introduced Me to stronghold crusader when I was kinda young, growing up watching him play it. When I got my pc and found his old pc games this one of my all time favorites. I may be a little biased but this game truly is a 10/10 from me.
I'm honestly shocked how few videos on Stronghold 1 there are. I thought it was a beloved classic that people wouldn't be shutting up about if anything.
Just recently installed this game right after I saw this review. Haven't played it for years, getting back to it will be a first timer playing it. Thanks MandalorGaming!
Stronghold was supposedly based on Castles games. But Castles did not have the instant build. Instead you lay out your blueprint and artisans start building while you defend them with your military and insure that there is enough supplies. I miss that mechanic and is searching for another game that does the same. Most important was if your archers where on the walls while they were being built, it would lift them up, increasing their range.
my favourite kind of taxes also, it triggers a peasant opinion, something like "Please, please lower the taxes, i can't feed my children", which has a random chance at anyone, and is extremely funny (in my opinion) to hear it from priests
One little thing: At 18:33 you mentioned that the buildings can't make rally points. The buildings can make rally points, and you have individual rally points for each unit type in each building, which you select by pressing the numerical keys and placing down with the mouse.
I would say I can't believe I read that in the adviser's accent, but then I also somehow was completely able to hear him saying "Please subscribe to MandaloreGaming's UA-cam channel, Sire!".
Probably the two most-played games of my childhood, and I still enjoy the odd Crusader every now and then today. These games were the gold-standard of early-2000s isometric RTS games, with such a timeless art style. It's a shame all the 3D sequels weren't that good.
Every once in a while, my Mom will randomly go "CANT PLACE THAT THERE MY LORD, MOOOORE WOOD IS NEEDED, THE GRANARY IS FULL SIRE" to remind me of what she had to go through for most of my middle school years
This is the coolest review I've ever watched my lord. Seriously, it is such a narrative beautiful and ridiculously detailed review. You can tell the reviewever has personal connection to the game. Ah man, this brings back memories
Even with the sequels, I feel no other game has captured the satisfaction of building supply chains and having a little medieval terrarium like these two. Anno and Settlers come close, but I've felt like neither require you manage logistics in the same way, whereas here I felt like the people themselves mattered - not just the buildings.
the thing i remember most about one of the sequels, don't remember which, is siege ladders that couldn't be removed except by demolishing the wall and rebuilding. And wolves that could climb over those indestructible ladders to eat your peasants when you thought they were safe behind walls. These ones were vastly superior to any of the sequels in my recollection. Loved these games back in the day. hearing the advisers voice gave me memories ^-^
I came instantly. This series has been my childhood. While others played AoE, I played Crusader. Vor entye par bringing back these great memories, vod. Parjai cuyir an!
For those who have problem finishing Extreme, "Wood cutter hut" trap can block the spawning enemies and gates, giving you plenty of time to destroy them with stone rain
Highly reccomend Legends. It's a wild ride. It improves on some things, has ugly horrible bloom graphics, and has a special place in my heart. Stronghold 2 is a very safe, very underwhelming sequel. It has several improvements, but Firefly got swallowed by it's own formula. Still would reccomend checking them out on an exceptionally cheap steam sale. I had a great time playing both games and Medieval 2.
Stronghold 2 had so much potential, yet it messed up SO BAD on the single player military campaign (wich is a shame cos i thought it was awesome but in reality only the economic side of the game worked right)
The problems with Stronghold can be illustrated with a small example: Neither the original Stronghold (2001), nor Crusader(2002) had the option of choosing your player colour. While that might be weird since earlier games had, it's not really a big deal. However, none of Stronghold 2 (2005), Stronghold Legends (2006), Stronghold Crusader Extreme (2008), Stronghold 3 (2011) and Stronghold Crusader 2 (2014) added it. That's 5 games, the last of which was in 13 years after Stronghold, none of which added this small QOL improvement. Stronghold 2 added various economic systems like dung, crime and honor, as well as a few military units and the ability station troops inside of towers. Legends added actual factions with different myth units. S3 and SC2 might have added either nothing, or a few military units. But on the whole, Stronghold never had any refining or updating of core mechanics. The army system that Mandalore criticised in this video? The one without formations and mostly about troops clumping together? Never got changed either. Different people might prefer different games in the franchise. Or perhaps more accurately, different versions of "the Stronghold Game". Because despite loving Stronghold and Crusader, and having played everything before Extreme (and owning everything before SC2), I have to admit Firefly studios has innovated about as much as Piranha Bytes.
11:57 Well, he fulfilled his promise. If you excuse me now, I need to hop onto my Squig and join up the big Waaaaagh; at least the green-thing will think that's what I'll do, yes-yes?
If only you could understand the Russian language you would be blown away how good the localization of the game was back then. It was done by professional voice actors who worked on the television and sounded so nice and clean, damn makes me want to play it again.
You actually can make rally points in Crusader by pressing the the number correlating to the unit for which you want to make a rally point. For example, if you want to make a rally point for archers, you just click on the training groud, press 1 and a small flag should appear which you can place wherever
Dude....this game took over my life as a child, I remember trading one of my guitars for my friends laptop with this game on it. What is the 2019 equivalent to Crusader? lol wow, 'Greetings, Megadeth' .. that's enough to draw me in. "the advisor's voice is burned into my head" tell me about it..
Watched this video a long time ago. I've realized you can set rally points by choosing numbers on your numpad for each unit. So you can set up rally points for each unit in the game. Whether it is from the Barracks, or the Mercenary camp.
No FUCK YOU leatherhead, tell you what how about you get out of that jabroni outfit I get to my underwear and we wrestle here. Show you who's boss of this gym.
Stronghold HD on GOG - gog.la/WoodNeeded
Stronghold Crusader HD on GOG - gog.la/CantPlaceThatThereMilord
THE LIST - docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1_K3ziSxT9zcUUGCddS4sF1uNJTWHSbOwB1CQX2Rx4Uo
I was wrong about rally points. The original game doesn't have them, but Crusader DOES. They're aligned to number keys for the unit, and not a traditional click like I expected so I missed them.
MandaloreGaming, спасибо что ты есть
Review Harry Potter chamber of secrets
@@ripred42 What a suggestion. I reviewed Lego Harry Potter recently and all I could think about the whole time was how low-quality this game is compared to the PS2 version of Chamber of Secrets! I'd love to see Mandalore play it!
You said in Crusader you cannot make ralley points, but you can actually
the advisor in german is even better quote die bauern lieben euch sire unquote
I remember playing this when I was a kid and every time I opened it, hearing "Greetings, Lady Sarah", I swear I've never felt more important XD
Greetings, Lord Charles!
I feel you ^^
You are Lady Sarah
I got told happy birthday and merry christmas at the main menu as well lol
Greetings; Lady Sarah!
Greetings, Lady Sarah!
A fair critique! Thanks for the review Mandalore!
...Even if you did hurt the Adviser's feelings :(
K
My first Stronghold was Stronghold 2
Hello Firefly! I hope you do a Space Colony 2 Soon ;]
Oh my, firefly I love your game
How do you feel about Ssethalore?
_"We have survived the enemy's onslaught!!"_
But sir, isn't this castle made of wood?
Was fire the best idea?
xdddddd
To the stocks with you!
... that are also made of wood
@@gingerbud123 hey, 2 in 1.
Don't worry we soaked them an earlier they're all moist now.
CAN'T PLACE THAT THERE M'LORD
WOOD NEEDED
A BEAR! A B-A B-A B-A BEAR!
OUR GOLD STOCKS ARE DWINDLING
OUR FOOD STOCKS ARE VERY LOW SIRE!
Perturabo is better
Saying "freedom impaired" won't take away what you did in those quartz mines, Mandy.
It's all written in the Treaty of Canem sire
You dare speak against the servitude of scelerisque lac!
@@Scott_Sterling Yes m'lord.
Relax, those weren't real people they were just serfs.
“Honest pay for honest work”
"No taxes is good taxes, that's my motto" repeated so often during childhood might have subconsciously influenced my adult political views
@Daniel More like Libertarian
I've used this word like 5 times in my life, have the 6th.
"Yikes"
@@knavenformed9436 Cringe
@Daniel You should learn what words mean before you try to use them.
I mostly heard a lot of: "Please lower the taxes, lordship, I need to feed mah children."
Stronghold is the definition of comfy. It's pleasant to listen to, pleasant to play, pleasant to look at, and has many pleasant peasants for your omnipresent pleasure.
I appreciate your alliteration.
Comfy plague simulator.
lol
*OMNIPLEASANT*
and pitch
"These aren't Age of Empires wolves - These are STRONGHOLD wolves."
Ain't that the truth...
Nice KC pfp
@@Nick-qf7vt You too. :)
Ah yes, economic missions where you can't build walls or troops and the map is infested with wolves. Aggro one of them and the whole pack rushes your keep and kills everyone in sight
Lions in Stronghold Crusader were fun too
Dragon's Dogma wolves.
So many silly Pawns, slaughtered needlessly due to their own ineptitude.
... And also my own lack of giving a shit.
But at least they aren't those ffffffffffffffffffucking harpies.
These games are personal to me. When I was a child I would sit in a wooden chair next to my father, watching him play both Stronghold I and Crusader. It was really the most exciting part of my days, waiting for him to get off work to come home and play Stronghold. I have strong associations with almost everything about these games because of that. A couple of months ago, my father was killed by a drunk driver and I wish more than anything I could go back to one of those nights and experience it just one more time. I miss the happiness and ease of life I experienced in those days.
I know it's not much from a random stranger on the internet, but I'm sorry for your loss, and hope you're doing alright.
I just saw this. Thoughts with you.
Hope you are doing good 😊
"Your people will still give their life to drop some cheese or bread, so you cant save everybody" Not all heroes wear capes
"CHEESE! CHEESE FOR EVERYONE!"
After all these years, we still don't have enough wood.
Alex P Until I finally learnt to spam buy hundreds of wood and dozens of woodcutters at the start of the game lol
@@v4enthusiast541 me 2 😂😂😂
Trump went to build the wall but advisor guy was like Stone needed. Not enough stone m'lord.. MOAR stone is needed sire!
No trees mi'lord.
No trees mi'lord.
The thing that I love the most about Stronghold Crusader are the AI‘s. Every enemy has his own personality and building style, his play style is also fitting to his personality.
For example The Caliph is a aggressive phyromanic motherf+cker. So he does use a lot of fire slaves, fire balistas and horse archers. For defense he does use high towers (for more range) and fire traps.
I never fund another game with such an AI.
He doesn't make just a castle he makes Hell around castle
The Pig is the most lopsided lord because he spends all his resources into launching an early game attack with fast troops forcing you to plan your defenses immediately, but he otherwise has subpar economic capabilities. It really keeps you on your toes.
It's a little like what EA did with CnC: Generals Zero Hour subfactions, where there is one general more focused on toxins, another focused on energy weapons, one on stealth etc.
I think you mean "pyromaniac" and "found".
I remember first playing Crusader with my dad when I was 9.
We were always messing around with custom battles, trying to build the biggest castles.
Just 2 years later my dad passes away, and ever since then I've revisited Crusader on a weekly basis.
Stronghold Crusader:
Always in my heart, until the day I die.
Friend of mine when we were 9 let me install his copy to my hard drive, then we proceeded to build endless versions of Helms Deep.
Great memories.
What a wholesome comment
God bless his soul
At first glance, I read this as "I remember first playing Crusader when my dad was 9." ...Needless to say, I was a tad concerned... I felt even worse for writing this comment after reading the remainder of what you'd said. I'm so sorry to hear about your father. If nothing else, I hope my blunder brings you a bit of levity.
More evidence that gamer dads are good dads. A testament to how much you love your dad, and how video games helped. While my father was not good at video games, in fact he was abysmal at them. He still played them with me. IMO a dad who plays video games with their kids (or really any parent or any kind of game) is something to be encouraged. A very touching and beautiful story.
i use the scribe guy saying "a message my lord" as my phone's text notification
what a king
BRUH I need to do that.
genius lmao I need to do that as well
Stealing this idea
My friend did the same, and he has it like that to this day XD
There's SO MUCH untapped meme potential in this game.
i definitely agree
*[C A N ' T P L A C E T H A T T H E R E M ' L O R D]*
@@Omnicide101 When you're a Japanese business owner looking to open up a new location in Fukushima, but you realize you can't because it's an irradiated wasteland:
[C A N ' T P L A C E T H A T T H E R E M ' L O R D]
*looks at wife* wood knee did
YES MI'LORD?
When youre trying to plug up a hole in your walls when an enemy attacks.
"Can't place that there m'Lord"
"Can't place that there m'Lord"
"Can't place that there m'Lord"
"Can't place that there m'Lord"
"Can't place that there m'Lord"
"Can't place that there m'Lord"
"Can't place that there m'Lord"
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"Can't place that there m'Lord"
"Can't place that there m'Lord"
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"Can't place that there m'Lord"
Also when you build a million woodcutters to clear every tree on the map when you need more farms
@@Zlonk7 You dont need to do that just click on one work house, pause it and turn the sleep mode off and on ( ? this icon) and then continue playing, Its gona make people around the fire new workers and like that you are gona have many workers in just one woodcutter or on a farm and anywhere else
throw in a random "People are leaving the castle"
Thank, now I'm stuck with the sounds for a while now
@@linadedic4521 therea trick like that? I play this games for more than 10 years and i just knew that
_"Prepare for battle! My banner will fly atop your keep before this day is out."_
_"My Victory is at hand! The desert will run with bloooood, before this day is out."_
_"The desert is a cruel place to fight mi'lord, are you sure you have the heart for it?"_
Years later, still remember the voices.
Can't forget everytime you loaded a save at night and forgot to lower the volume.
*LOADING!*
@@uristboatmurdered6051 Oh god, stop! I'm getting flashbacks of every loud or awful video game intro I've ever heard..
I WIN, YOU L... *PEASANT!*
If I ever get cancer I will try to get make a wish to fund a strategy game where one faction, all voiced by the cast of stronghold, fights another all voiced by the cast of dawn of war 1
@@sernoddicusthegallant6986 Pfft. I'd fund an FPS where every voice and sound effect was Brain Blessed SHOUTING. Then, I'd use the money from that to make a strategy game where every faction and sound effect was Brian Blessed SHOUTING and the music was acapella renditions of other strategy game songs by Brian Blessed. Then, as I lay dying and not playing either of them 'cause I suck at those kind of games, I'd use the money to make two games to release post-humously. One would be a fighting game where every character was Brian Blessed in a different one of his film roles using copyrighted audio I'd buy the rights to with my shedload of cash. The other one would be my magnus opus: a Black Isle style RPG with full voice acting where every character was Brian Blessed SHOUTING except for one: Minsc would appear in the intro with his original voice actor, and then he would get possessed and as Brian Blessed shouted from his larynx he would die from the pure power of the man who should have voiced him initially, and Boo would slowly chew his corpse before a fade to black and you wake up in Candlekeep.
As Brain Blessed.
With no option to change your name.
As a Bard.
SHOUTING.
Hearing Mandalore's composure completely shatter while talking about being "covered in lions" will always be one of the best feelings.
Stronghold has one of the most memorable soundscapes in videogames. I can still remember each distinct sound and noise to this day.
I kinda agree; though age of empires 2 takes this spot for me....I memorized literally every detail in the sound design; music; etc..
arrows being shot, units grunting when hit, the stonemason working, the woodcutter unloading the planks.....
For me it was Command and Conquer generals, i can still hear the USA soundtrack.
Felsbrocken my dad joke to me other day while playing aoe2, he said prostaghma and I’m like wrong game.
Majesty was that for me but still they have similar energy
The voice work all sounds like something out of Monty Python.
*C U L T U R E*
@@bluesap7318 *INFIDEL*
Fun fact : the woman voice cast is actually a man.
Naw it's just how medieval people sounded
That’s how all English people sound
I remember sitting in my air-conditioned room imagining the heat of the desert while planning my strategies in this game. I was probably 15 years old then. I have the warmest memories with it. It was such a good game! This is a fine and fair review.
Warmest memories.
I see what you did there.
You're a clever one.
I've got my eye on you. Maybe both eyes. Haven't made up my mind yet.
I like your Stalker pic.
@@Pat315 Thank you!
21:20 benefactor
Quick fact, depending on the languages you choose the map changes, in Spanish the game uses the map of Spain, this only applies to original languages that came on the game
@red x17 No it doesn't, the missions are still the same
BaaS In any case that is really cool
@@PanjaRoseGold it definitely is
Yep France has it too
The germany one is funny because its not the borders of the hre but of modern germany instead.
Everyone remembers the adviser, back in school me and my lads randomly spouted advisor quotes in his voice, utterly confused a ton of people who didn't know the game.
I love this madlad advisor
Yes man, whenever someone gave me extra food in school I said 'double rations!'. Good times 😌
Based libertarian adviser.
@@LarsOfTheMohicans ahahah
11:56 "I'll make an extensive Total Warhammer video one day and no one will stop me. Not even you Irish Basilisk."
Well he wasn't lying.
Very much indeed, this caught me so of guard I started a new Dwarf campaign
Looks like Irish Basilisk failed
I underestimated the word "extensive"
@@aryabratsahoo7474 When you add up all the vids he's done on the expansions it's probably close to or over three hours at this point. And TW:W3 vid coming out at some point too.
Weirdly the fact that Mandalore isn't (by his own admission) the most l33t player makes his opinion super valuable to me. People like LegendOfTotalWar and Kerkovich have great channels and info but they're so super-in-depth on the single player and multiplayer metas (respectively) that they have complaints and praise which, while completely valid, just don't apply to me. I know reviewing recently/yet-to-be released games isn't the focus of the channel so I appreciate that he does it for TW:W.
God the advisor's lines will pop into my head at the slightest provocation. I feel your pain. Though Warcraft peasants are worse for me. Yes, Mandalore? Okayyy. Job's done!
I've ALWAYS had the Orc voices in my head.
Work need doing?
Work work.
"Where shall my blood be spilled!?"
...uh, I just need you to mine some gold, dude.
Having never played any Stronghold game (until an hour from this comment, seeing as I just bought Stronghold + Crusader), the Warcraft units are stuck in my head, but it's not nearly as bad as Command & Conquer, especially Generals.
DABU
LOKTAR
SWOBU
WHY ARE YOU POKING ME AGAIN
ME NO SOUND LIKE YODA, DO I?
work, work.
ＤＥＥＰ♂ＤＡＲＫ♂ＡＧＥＳ
Oh shit, I'm sorry.
Yeah boss
@@salted6422 Sorry for what?
@@AbadiSpectre Hmm?
Sometimes, the ages get so dark, they tear the skin.
The sound design is so impressive. If you hear something that's not background noise or flavourful sounds, it's usually important. An important unit dieing, fire that just got started, etc.
The music ramps up when you move your units towards the enemy or when they send troops to you. I love this game
I'm so glad you mentioned the Crusader Soundtrack. It's absolutely fantastic.
Indeed
Oh hey a childhood favorite of mine. This is a good day.
Yes! Tear in my Eye!
I would leave my skirmish games running for up to three days! I was obsessed with this game. Man I must've sank thousands of hours into this.
@@The818carlos me too man me too xD
Did Extreme actually manage to break Mandalore's composure? That is awe inspiring
I still hear the crossbowmen shouting "ATTEEEEEEEEN-SHUN!" in my sleep.
Oh no "Men at arms ReDAY" haunts my dreams.
@@fornalotta8767 How about "Meeee Lord"
@@fuyukaidesu8885 Yes layge is a better one.
I still say thats quite a run. Like the Welsh archers when something is far away... It's engraved >:/
FORWARD
FOR VALOR
TO GLORY
We don't say "slave." We prefer "person with freedom disabilty"
Always cracks me up :D Great video for old classic
Though Slaves existed back then most of the work was done by Serfs (not to be confused for slaves as they are not owned but are so in dept that they have to serve their lord) and Peasants (Peasants can range from the stereotype of poor and to Merchant and well off)
@@forickgrimaldus8301 Serfs were slaves, subject to physical punishment, selling, raping etc. You might argue that serfs were given a homestead to manage for themselves, but so were a lot of slaves.
@@Vanamutt nope different states of servitued, a Serf isn't owned a Slave is property, being a serf means very limited freedoms but you aren't the property of the Land Lord the best way to describe Serfdom is that you are indebted heavily to the Lord and he has a lot of power and authourity on where you can work and what he can do with you.
Saying they are the same is not true, you can Sell a Slave, but you can't sell a Serf
Again its an important destinction also bare in mind, Slavery in the Near East can be more in name only than litarly Property, the Mamluks for example were very powerful yet are classed as Slaves despite having power along with the Sultan. (They eventually came to Rule Egypt)
@@forickgrimaldus8301 Yeah, all that falls apart when you take in to account the judicial system at the time. It's like me calling slaves indebted servants. Same shit, different names.
@@Vanamutt not really they are still classified as a different group if they are really the same they wouldn't be called Serfs but Slaves again I am repreating myself, LORDS OWN SLAVES NOT SERFS, to say they are the same isn't accurate at all, you could say that Serfs had similar experiences with Slaves but they can never be SOLD to others or Traded to Far Off Lands, thats why the Feudal Lords Used More Serfs than Slaves, You Have to still Feed and Give Housing to Slaves, For Serfs You Don't hence they are in the Long Run Cheaper.
The Idea that they are the same Likely comes from a Marxist Thought as they often use Slavery as a Byword for Oppression for Example Wage Slave and Used the Feudal Structure in a Similar fashion to the Class Structure.
fun fact: the military map changes depending on which version you have, like england for the english version and germany for the german one
And also there's Japanese version as well
Italian too
theres also poland
The games set in 1066 so for the England military map it’s very weird as that’s the same time England was invaded by the Vikings and the Norman’s at the same time
Honestly, it's suprising how well these games aged visually and gameplay wise. They just play so nice and fluid, everything kinda explains itself well, there are no major UI or control issues, even lack of A-move isn't that big of a deal. And the visuals... backed with that soundtrack - 10/10.
Also, interesting note: this game was EXTREEEMELY popular in Poland - back then not many people spoke or read english (in PL), and this game came out with full PL voice acting - and believe me, it was as good, if not better than the original. I kinda miss those times - full PL voice acting in games was rare, but done VERY well, with professional voice actors and with people that cared. Nowadays... quantity went up significantly, quality though... one of the Battlefield games in recent years was voice acted by youtubers - it was really, really bad idea...
Anyway, thanks for great video and big nostalgia injection. I still remember the announcer lines after all these years - he really BURNED them into your brain :D
Same for Russian localization, it was done insanely good! Even to this day memes from advisor's lines are used in the russian web portals related to games. Brings back so many memories!
And same for the German Version of the game!
To be honest after this review I reinstalled this game because I remember how good polish dubbing was
The german version was also very good!
The spanish dub is also excellent. I usually play with the original voices, but with this one I make an exception.
Stronghold had such an impact on my childhood man, I love this game to death and beyond
same
The reason the archers come out first with the ladders in waves during sieges is to try and simulate traditional medieval siege warfare, where the archers were used to draw fire and engage the enemy while battery rams, towers, and ladders were brought forward against the enemy's walls/gates.
Just look at how much character this castle sim from 2001 has. Gotta love the oldies.
"The story is clearly for kids aged 10-12"
Also the story: 4:30
Sanza Bear Piggiez
Did you ever heard a fairy tale before? They are full of violence and kids love them.
@@flachzange1614 Case in point; Little Red Riding hood ends with grandma being cut out of the wolf's belly, and the wolf being drowned in a well. [kids cheering]
@@BlurbFish
The drowned part is from another story where a wolf eats many baby goats.
Just to point it out: In Crusader you can actually set rally points. For both unit buildings, press the numbers in order of the unit, so 1 is for the first unit you can train, 2 for the second and so on.
Barrack have rally points.1 2 3 4 etc for every unit type.Great video once again!
Thanks Obama!
h to select castle,
s to select stockpile
Hey hey people, Mandalore here.
what are you implying
Why do I read this in Seths voice?
Wow, what an original joke
Mandalore would never stoop so low as to play League
Mandalore just got off his drugs and uploaded again. It makes so much sense
19:31 If i remember correctly these boulders were both hitscan and projectile, because I think it could damage building with clicking on it and then additional damage from boulders
It kills units on click and buildings on hit
Greetings, MEGADETH 🤘
KILLING FOR RELIGION!!
SOMETHING I DON'T UNDERSTAND!!!!
Killing is my business... and business is good!
Welcome to our fortress tall
I'll take some time to show you around
Impossible to break these walls
Technology, the battle's unfair,
You pull the hammer without a care
@@Darksky1001able I wonder if Dave still agrees with that
2 of my favourite games from my childhood. My mum still quotes this game almost daily "we're on our way". Nearly 20 years she's been quoting it
Best mother ever
OMG, my parents do the same thing. Every time they see me playing something more or less looking like Stronghold they are like " Is this stronghold?" and then do a phrase from a game lmao
This is my childhood.
The music in both games is phenomenal, the voiceacting cheesy, but fun and holy damn is it relaxing and challenging at the same time, especially on higher difficulties.
Every now and then, my childhood friends and I come together for a big LAN-Party over a weekend and play match after match until we eventually get all to wasted and fall asleep. Good times, GG firefly for creating a timeless classic.
*Stronghold:* *Buy*
*Stronghold Crusader:* *Buy*
*Stronghold 2:* *Buy*
*Stronghold Legends:* if you like 2 *Buy* it.
*Stronghold 3:* NEVER EVEN THINK ABOUT CONSIDER BUYING IT, EVER.
*Stronghold Crusader 2:* *Buy*
*Stronghold Next:* *Let's wait and see.* I feel it'll be a great game.
I would like to point out that Stronghold 2's FPS depends on in-game speed.
@@mohammadalkhudaidi Yeah I noticed that, and it annoyed me. But other than that it's a great game!
I think even Legend have the same problem since they are relatively the same game.
DO NOT BUY CRUSADER 2.
ITS CRUSADER 1 BUT MUCH WORSE. DO NOT BUY CRUSADER 2
@@desertdevil6451 Yeah it doesn't feel as good as Crusader, but it's not a bad game either.
What about stronghold kingdoms?
I remember playing this game alooot at my aunt's house when i was arround 11 years old ,she would freak out when she walks in and sees all those people burning and screaming and i would switch to another less violent game , and that game would be GTA vice city, nothing wrong with driving a car around the city, little did she knew HEUHEUEHEU!
Michel attallah hmmmmmmmmmm , your name is intriguing .
Out of the frying pan, into the fire. 😅
More game need to implement name voice acting for some common name like “MEGADEATH”
Greetings Sir Flying Poo!
no way! im so happy! one of my favorite reviewers and one of my favorite RTS franchises!
Jesus how did i never bear of this game growing up? It’s right up my alley. I feel cheated. Like something that would have been a major point of my development in tastes was missed.
It really was. Those were the first real LAN parties we did. The first all-nighters with friends from school. All of that.
Ullrich Pfeiffer God I feel so ripped off. My friends only played empire earth and age of empires 2, with a sprinkling of battle for middle earth and age of mythology. I’ve always been bad st those fast twitch RTS games (still can’t get into AOE2) but I love these slower paced more economy based RTS games like settlers.
This seems so perfect for me. Would have lead me to discover Things like Anno and dungeon master earlier.
Ugh if only
jpc1918 I never really bought games when I was younger. I got what was handed down to me. So when i finally got an RTS it was AOE2 because everyone had that.
I literally never even heard of this. It’s insane.
@@Jimbo55151 you ever play supreme commander?
tehwubbles literally tried it for the first time last year. Loved it but haven’t gone back. Need to. Same with grey goo
Stronghold crusader is my dad's fave game. He still plays to this day
Can't like this video twice m'lord
Likes are flowing through the treasury Sire
You can make a new account m'lord.
Yeah you can, I dislike everytime so you can like it twice!
Stronghold 2 is good, loses a bit of the charm the classics had. And.... we don’t talk about 3.
....did it go the same route that Empire Earth took with their 3?
@@terrypennington2519 far worse
@@terrypennington2519 Playing Stronghold 3 is a sin
How bad, we talking battlefront 2 bad, or halo 5 bad?
Stronghold 2 wasnt very good either.
Stronghold has a special place in my heart. I used to spend hours just using the freebuild mode in the original game to make maps. It was like a zen garden experience. Amazing music and pretty great voice acting. It's incredible how well the graphics have held up over two decades later, as you've said, and I always appreciated the amount of details they put into them and the animations.
The soundtrack is still in my personal music collection and I play it a lot, actually! "Two Mandolins", "Sad Times", and "The Maiden" were my favorites. "Stained Glass" and "Under an Old Tree" are also really good. And yeah. That guy's voice is burned into my brain as well. CAN'T PLACE THAT THERE, M'LORD. CAN'T PLACE THAT THERE, M'LOR-- CAN'T PLACE THAT THERE--
COMMAND US SIRE!
FORWAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAARD!
I wanted you to make a Stronghold review for so long omigosh
THIS ARMOR IS HEAVY
Wtf. Never played the game in english, only in german. Just by reading those lines I already knew which unit this was about
Dear god, I loved Pikemen. They are the best barrier troops you could ask for and just butcher knights like it's no one's business.
They also looked very snazzy and sleek, but not overly elite like Swordsmen, which made them excellent to decorate your castle with.
Crossbowmen were a bit similar.
PIKEMEN FORWARD
SHOULDER PIKES
WE AR DUH MACEMEN
On the the player, the mighty player , the *lions* sleeeeep to niiiight
Daddy nooooo
I love this game, been playing it a lot when I was a child. Loved the voice acting, too. Oh, about the voice - this game has a GREAT Russian localisation, which made it a lot more accessible for me as a kid.
18:34 that's wrong, you can press ctrl+number to make a rallying point for the unit with corresponding number
I needed to scroll way too low to find this comment. Too many casuals around here...
@@vulekv93 i've been playing for how long and didn't know this?
@@thatguybrody4819 I didn't know this either, and I've played this game for around 4 years....
Played for years before finding out. Gamechanger.
Think he meant rally points from buildings. But yeah, this is legit true.
I really love Stronghold Crusader. Arguably put more time into this game than AoE2, Red Alert, & Battle Realms combined when I was a kid LOL
Deus Vult
Dude, described mine and my brother's childhood
Stronghold Crusader and AoE was my games. Definitely played those games for many hours.
Holy shit, someone else that knows about Battle Realms!
Honestly my dad introduced
Me to stronghold crusader when I was kinda young, growing up watching him play it. When I got my pc and found his old pc games this one of my all time favorites. I may be a little biased but this game truly is a 10/10 from me.
I am a RTS (and RPG) fan in general and played it just recently so I'm not biased.
It's a solid 9/10!
I played this game when i was younger
Its good to know someone did a review about it
I'm honestly shocked how few videos on Stronghold 1 there are. I thought it was a beloved classic that people wouldn't be shutting up about if anything.
Just recently installed this game right after I saw this review. Haven't played it for years, getting back to it will be a first timer playing it. Thanks MandalorGaming!
Same haha, I'm enjoying it quite a bit.
Stronghold was supposedly based on Castles games. But Castles did not have the instant build. Instead you lay out your blueprint and artisans start building while you defend them with your military and insure that there is enough supplies. I miss that mechanic and is searching for another game that does the same. Most important was if your archers where on the walls while they were being built, it would lift them up, increasing their range.
"Based on" is key
"Crueler than cruel taxes"
Sounds like a start.
my favourite kind of taxes
also, it triggers a peasant opinion, something like "Please, please lower the taxes, i can't feed my children", which has a random chance at anyone, and is extremely funny (in my opinion) to hear it from priests
Great review as always, but the editing at 10:20 had me in stitches
Subtle, but effective
One little thing: At 18:33 you mentioned that the buildings can't make rally points.
The buildings can make rally points, and you have individual rally points for each unit type in each building, which you select by pressing the numerical keys and placing down with the mouse.
Thank you for the video Sseth
m'lord
wait a minute. Sseth and mandalore are the same guy??
@@mocca3633 no..
@@mocca3633 yes
I would say I can't believe I read that in the adviser's accent, but then I also somehow was completely able to hear him saying "Please subscribe to MandaloreGaming's UA-cam channel, Sire!".
Probably the two most-played games of my childhood, and I still enjoy the odd Crusader every now and then today. These games were the gold-standard of early-2000s isometric RTS games, with such a timeless art style. It's a shame all the 3D sequels weren't that good.
Every once in a while, my Mom will randomly go
"CANT PLACE THAT THERE MY LORD,
MOOOORE WOOD IS NEEDED,
THE GRANARY IS FULL SIRE"
to remind me of what she had to go through for most of my middle school years
This is the coolest review I've ever watched my lord. Seriously, it is such a narrative beautiful and ridiculously detailed review. You can tell the reviewever has personal connection to the game. Ah man, this brings back memories
Even with the sequels, I feel no other game has captured the satisfaction of building supply chains and having a little medieval terrarium like these two. Anno and Settlers come close, but I've felt like neither require you manage logistics in the same way, whereas here I felt like the people themselves mattered - not just the buildings.
Whenever Mandalore uploads i feel happy inside.
He should make 3rd channel.
By Ohrmazd you're right.
Lvl. 1 fort
Lvl 50 citadel
That's just how stronghold works
95keat I understood that reference
@the shrubberino I CLAPPED WHEN I UNDERSTOOD YOUR REFERENCE ABOUT CLAPPING
One of my favorite games on my old PC. I used to spend hours just building out the perfect castle.
Joseph Anderson led me here after his Fallout 76 video and I am not disappointed. These videos are great
Ummmmm excuse me, but the Snake doesn't betray you he holds true to the exchange - the Rat is the one that ambushes you.
Metal Gear?! It can't be...
!
U really think snake wanted to make a truce? That was all his scheme he tried to assassinate u while u would be walking to that meeting
He takes the county of the rat despite the truce that said the county would be ours with no resistance from his side
the thing i remember most about one of the sequels, don't remember which, is siege ladders that couldn't be removed except by demolishing the wall and rebuilding. And wolves that could climb over those indestructible ladders to eat your peasants when you thought they were safe behind walls. These ones were vastly superior to any of the sequels in my recollection. Loved these games back in the day. hearing the advisers voice gave me memories ^-^
I've always liked the ranged combat on how it looked in this game, the way the arrows fly with that motion blur effect, just looked satisfying
I came instantly. This series has been my childhood.
While others played AoE, I played Crusader.
Vor entye par bringing back these great memories, vod. Parjai cuyir an!
Same, i played Crusader for so long
For those who have problem finishing Extreme, "Wood cutter hut" trap can block the spawning enemies and gates, giving you plenty of time to destroy them with stone rain
no fun
10:19 The dude strapped to the stretching bench looks like the renowned "dungeonmaster" Van Darkholme.
Who
@@MandaloreGaming A Wizard.. my lord...
@@MandaloreGaming Gachimuchi Milord.
@@MandaloreGaming
You're a wizard, Harry.
He looks more like really blurry pog champ
Highly reccomend Legends. It's a wild ride. It improves on some things, has ugly horrible bloom graphics, and has a special place in my heart.
Stronghold 2 is a very safe, very underwhelming sequel. It has several improvements, but Firefly got swallowed by it's own formula. Still would reccomend checking them out on an exceptionally cheap steam sale. I had a great time playing both games and Medieval 2.
Stronghold 2 had so much potential, yet it messed up SO BAD on the single player military campaign (wich is a shame cos i thought it was awesome but in reality only the economic side of the game worked right)
Stronghold 2 isnt safer. They tried to make it more citybuildish which alienated some.
The problems with Stronghold can be illustrated with a small example: Neither the original Stronghold (2001), nor Crusader(2002) had the option of choosing your player colour. While that might be weird since earlier games had, it's not really a big deal. However, none of Stronghold 2 (2005), Stronghold Legends (2006), Stronghold Crusader Extreme (2008), Stronghold 3 (2011) and Stronghold Crusader 2 (2014) added it. That's 5 games, the last of which was in 13 years after Stronghold, none of which added this small QOL improvement.
Stronghold 2 added various economic systems like dung, crime and honor, as well as a few military units and the ability station troops inside of towers. Legends added actual factions with different myth units. S3 and SC2 might have added either nothing, or a few military units. But on the whole, Stronghold never had any refining or updating of core mechanics. The army system that Mandalore criticised in this video? The one without formations and mostly about troops clumping together? Never got changed either.
Different people might prefer different games in the franchise. Or perhaps more accurately, different versions of "the Stronghold Game". Because despite loving Stronghold and Crusader, and having played everything before Extreme (and owning everything before SC2), I have to admit Firefly studios has innovated about as much as Piranha Bytes.
@@Haccoude That's not fair towards PB. The jetpack is a cool addition.
@@Haccoude Spot on, they even reuse the same audio files between games for multiple things.
11:57
Well, he fulfilled his promise.
If you excuse me now, I need to hop onto my Squig and join up the big Waaaaagh; at least the green-thing will think that's what I'll do, yes-yes?
The music of Stronghold 1 brings a tear to my eye.
timeless
Crusader is still my favourite RTS of all time. It might not be the most complex, but for me it's always been the most fun. Just love it.
The first game was ahead of its time, it was the first game I ever played as a kid and it’s still one of my favourites. Still really enjoyable.
I remember playing this game as a kid. Except it was in Russian. Boy was I confused but I still loved it.
If only you could understand the Russian language you would be blown away how good the localization of the game was back then. It was done by professional voice actors who worked on the television and sounded so nice and clean, damn makes me want to play it again.
@@nsaJUDGER Is it bad that I actually learned russian off it and ended up essentially installing Russian (Basic) into my brain?
19:10 that sound.. and him swinging his sword.. I cant stop laughing
LOL
and the sigh. lol
sums up the aura of extreme quite well. the knight is only missing the "deal with it" shades
You actually can make rally points in Crusader by pressing the the number correlating to the unit for which you want to make a rally point. For example, if you want to make a rally point for archers, you just click on the training groud, press 1 and a small flag should appear which you can place wherever
WHAT
:O there are like 2-3 youtubers who i am happy when they upload , your videos are work of art!
Dude....this game took over my life as a child, I remember trading one of my guitars for my friends laptop with this game on it. What is the 2019 equivalent to Crusader?
lol wow, 'Greetings, Megadeth' .. that's enough to draw me in.
"the advisor's voice is burned into my head" tell me about it..
Watched this video a long time ago. I've realized you can set rally points by choosing numbers on your numpad for each unit. So you can set up rally points for each unit in the game. Whether it is from the Barracks, or the Mercenary camp.
I'm really glad sseth decided to start taking his meds again.
I am worried though. He has been gone for an uncomfortable amount of time. Must have blacked out in the desert before regressing to Mandalore.
Thank you for reviewing this, I played this game so much as a kid and is still one of my favourites to this day
A classic. This game will always be close to my heart. My personal annoyance is that voice lines don't have a cooldown so you hear them way roo often.
Oh look! A game that I actually played before Mandalore did a video on it.
Woah...
10:19 I'm a performance artist of *DEEP* ♂️ *DARK* ♂️ *FANTASIES* ♂️
FUCK YOU
No FUCK YOU leatherhead, tell you what how about you get out of that jabroni outfit I get to my underwear and we wrestle here. Show you who's boss of this gym.
F**king slaves! Get your ass back here!!!!!
GachiHYPER
love that near the end mandalore Almost Breaks character from laughing.
simply wonderful.
Its cool hearing him talk about wanting to make a Marathon video in the QnA knowing that he does it 3 years later with extreme attention to detail.