Stronghold Crusader 2

Fantastic Game!!!!

Great Game

11 Years after launch, bugs reported at launch are still present. Mouse cursor randomly vanishes on full screen. Windowed does not actually fit the window and cuts off UI. Random crashes. UI elements sometimes disabled for unknown reasons (e.g. does not show the overlay of cost of building walls etc). Elements completely re-used from the 23 year old 2002 Stronghold Crusader, such as voicelines, which are completely jarring different volume and voice acting. Multiple expensive DLCs required to get achievements. Cheating AI instead of real difficulty. The list goes on.

Nostalgia

Sequel to a classic, Stronghold Crusader 2 follows the same logic as the original but with new graphics which are awesome, but terrible balancing changes. Many might disagree but the AI in this game felt insanely agressive which is fine by itself but the balancing is also way off. I have 12 candle shops producing 40 candles combined? 20 farms just to run out of food in 30 seconds. Winning in this game is more frustrating than it is rewarding

as good as the previous crusaders
but i wish we could have played it with 8 players online not just 4 players online

best strategy games

good

im enjoying it

Gameplay is okayish I guess. I was expecting a decent models, animations, and voice actor but nah.

The prettiest game I ever played! It's unbelievably balanced, like, really good! There are no unbalanced troops at all! The Shar is my favourite character in a videogame!

Great Game

Good GAME

One of the best strategy games im a settlers Player in the past now the storghold series is better 2x
There you have 3 best strategy series
1. Stronghold
2. Age of History 2&3 (when multi on 3 aveliable)
3. Settlers

Good

great game

Good strategy game, however it's one of the harder rts games out there due to the amount of micromanagement it have which pales other rts games such as warcfract 3 and Generals command & conquer. Still good and most importantly its a CRUSADE.

Game is 11 years old and makes my pc go vrooooo like I've booted up skyrim with 25k graphics mod. This isn't normal. Also the characters are absolutely horrendous (and the animations are stiff as fuck) and gameplay is somewhat worse than the older titles (legends, crusader, 1). Also blue rating on steam is probably due to the fact people loved the original crusader, but this sequel is a 5/10 at best

after a few hours , my system crashed
internet is good and my system is mid

very good even this already aged

I really want to like this game, really want, but sadly, I had to choose "Not Recommended" Choice for this game, All because this game is so bad optimized even in my rig, not to mention I'm using RTX 3050 laptop series with intel core i5 11400H and 32 GB RAM and samsung 970 Evo plus SSD which I can play Cyberpunk 2077, Hogwarts Legacy and most of AAA games smoothly even at high settings but this one, I am a fan of Stronghold Crusader series, I was played since Stronghold Crusader 1 at my pentium 4 PC back then and I want to get nostalgic by buying this one, but all I had is just unoptimized game like this one, I'm so sad, trully sad, I was hope I could play this game so smoothly because I just love its graphic, its gameplay, but sigh... again, sorry to say, I had to refunded this game because this game is so bad optimized in PC

very good

NOT for multiplayer, its a stalemate ALWAYS and you will get bored or crushed.

outstanding game very addictive

im disappointed. nothing new here . bug , lag ,bad npcs and more

good game

The game is quite old and many thing is missing those small detail i love in stronghold / stronghold Crusader but it still the best castle built that you can really use the wall.

The game is a bit boring with those limit of unit and building for me but i can understand may be during it release and limit of engine. But overall game is still fun for me enough i buy it since day one and most of DLC but finish it in 2025 ~ ~ which is took 10 years graphic look quite old already but not bad.

The thing I'm still hate about game is path finding and group unit during assualt but i'm enjoy the fight when assualt the castle overall it great game but many thing is missing here and there but not that bad. I hope warlod will be ok

Used to play Stronghold Crusader 1. Idk why the first series is much better. But this one actually good too, but something feel missing...

Amazing game!!! IF you think you're good at strategic games try this especially challenge strong lords like richards,wolf,saladin with difficulty high and see who's the boss.

This might veyr picky but having a building limit that decreases according to the players (including CPU players) on the match is just ridiculous this kind of game. Even the troop limit, just a deal breaking situation. No thanks!

Grown up playing Stronghold Crusade in my dad laptop that accidently destroy, lol. Playing Stronghold 2 had high expectation to be better. Yeah...just few hour of playing im done for. To sum up my quick review this game Stronghold 2 convince me to believe this massive rip off , uncanny, no budget , rtard knockoff version of it. It was soo bad that the only I play another hour is to give it a chance. Imma stick with stronghold crusade . No Diddy, I be honest here.

while waiting for SC:DE, this game is worth to play.

A strategy in every sense of the word. But I wish we could dig trenches like in the First Crusade game and it would be easier to manage troops on the wall.

Now that the crash bug for Os11 is fixed, yay!

This not the rework of the first part with removed exploits and added quality of life changes. It has it's own specifics and rebalancings, it's worth playing if you played SC1.

as it stands i love the game however it is quite literally crashing, CONSTANTLY. its unplayable YEARS after release and is a disgrace. almost worse than the 3rd game which is saying A LOT. don't waste your money like i did sadly.

great and addicting sometimes

I remember playing this as a kid. Not sure if it was exactly this one, but I kind of remember it having good 3D graphics and models for that time, and your leader / hero standing on the roof of the little square building. That square building was what gave it away for me, and unlocked that memory from the depths of my memory.

Not bad as 3 part or "Warlords", but just a simplified version of first Stronghold Crusader.
At least a good visual.

this game cant load or save i try follow guidance from developer to fix this problem but didnt work

I connected more with the first version

That's not bad either

I loved Stronghold Legends when I was a young kid playing on a disk in my laptop. I LOVED reliving that game with new features and maps with Stronghold Crusaders 2! What I loved the most about Stronghold Legends, however, is the different types of kings, creating brand new architecture and overall vibe, something I haven't been able to replicate in this game. Still a fantastic game :)

Aside from the fact that a lot of the mission are far unbalanced, to top it all off I just played one where there are this archers in my base that I click to attack yet my troops dont ever attack them. And yes, you guessed it right, the archers can attack me.

Graphics are god awful, and no, I don't mean old, they are way way worse than the original strongholds, it has no spirit to it.
Spent more time trying to quit the game rather than playing it cuz it was crashing my entire pc.
Idk how this many people gave it a positive review but here we are,

If they'd refund me and give me 5 bucks on top of it, I might consider playing through the campaign.
NO BUY PLS NO GOOD.

I played this games on various platforms since its begininnings. Still my go to if I need simple fun. :)

Actually i really like this game, but currently i felt so lag when i played this game. I use Ryzen 5 7640 HS RTX 4060, Is there any tips to fix this probem? if not i hope FireFly should optimise this game!.

Wish it was like the first one, but it's not, only shallow soulless copy of it...

4/10- ugly downgrade
play stronghold definitiv instead

I bought this game on sale for a few bucks along with a few other older Stronghold games. This one gets a bit of hate from the OG players but lemme tell you. I AM HOOKED.

Hands down my favorite RTS game so far besides R.U.S.E..

The castle defense mechanics are awesome all the while growing your Kingdom, collecting wood, mining resources, growing food, and running your market.

The learning campaign and Skirmish Trails are a blast. I'd almost recommend getting the DLC as I did not, and I'm nearly done with the trails after 30+ hours. I need more so I will be gettting the DLCs soon for sure.

The custom map maker is very intuitive and easy to learn. I've made 2 maps so far for me and my buddy to co-op against AI and it is a blast.

Definately worth the few bucks on sale. Amazing game :D

Great fun with alot of replay.