6:42 "gla postal service" "nothing stops the mail"

Just commenting to give a special like to "motion blur sucks, everyone hates it".

Despite not playing it yet, I can already tell the 'feel' of the game seems in a far better place then it was when we saw the preview. I'm glad stronghold seems to have recovered

i have a good feeling about warlords,also do paraworld next

6:32 that's a catapult, the inferior siege weapon.

The number 1 thing I was looking for in a new Stronghold game was fixing the way you can stack infinite troops on stairs and such, which completely nullifies their defensive utility in creating chokepoints on the walls themselves. From what I've seen, they haven't lifted a finger to address it.

Stronghold is back baby!

A strong foundation for a Stronghold remake :P

When you posted the preview, I commented about the lack of color variety in the game. From looking at the footage, I can immediately say, the game looks much more colorful to me, and actually very pretty!

Sigh just make a stronghold game with 2d pre rendered graphics already

geniall!! nao conhecia, achei lindo demais

I remember checking the firefly website every day waiting for stronghold 2 and being tremendously disappointed. same happened for 3.

0:30 that quote about Crusader 2 is hilarious. I liked GameTrailers back in the day (particularly the pop fiction series), but how could they get it so wrong. I wouldn't call the "two players controlling the same base" a novel idea, since some RTS games have done it long ago - like Starcraft 2 and Age of Empires2. I'm not sure if you can do it with the latest Steam versions of Age2, but I recall playing that with a friend on the CD version long ago.

Why Stronghold Crusader still feels better?I still think that was the best game. East is Rich and varied in culture. Firefly must have prepared more and brought same variety in game. I guess I will wait for return if my favorite AI The Wolf.

Crazy, finally a review that doesn't say that Firefly got it wrong and that was bad. Don't forget that Fire Fly Studios is a small development studio, and it did a really good job of that. Sure you can fine-tune a few little things, but it's one of the best 3D parts in the series. Thank you for the Review ^^

How do you increase troop limit in singleplayer skirmish? the devs mentioning about tweaking it on manual. how many maximum troops to deploy? thats why i hav second thoughts to buy the game.

Can i ask? How are the troop and building limits? Ive been looking around many reviewes but there doesn't seem to be a proper thingy that shows it, since in the 3 v 3 Firefly video it was seriously low [for Multiplayer tho] so i was wondering how is the limit on Singleplayer Skirmish?

Could you do a video on Shadow Tactics?

OK Why The Hell Is This Channel So Underrated :(

Cannot wait for a 40k mod for this game.

Did they manage to add move&attack ? Or is it still janky meele combat like in SH-2-C?

Hey Zade, thanks for doing this review. Had I just seen IGN's shallow take, I may not have given this a chance. Could you do a review for Stronghold Crusader 2? I've played Crusader 1 for hundreds if not thousands of hours, but crusader 2 didn't even get to 20 hours. I'm kinda hoping for some inspiration to go back and give it another chance, because I apparently completely forgot I even played it.

I really didn't like the warlord system. It felt like a step back from the estate system in Stronghold 2, since it takes away the personal control and hands it off to an AI that may not do what I wanted it to. I like having the ability to micro the aspects of my domain's economy in detail, so the food rationing being split up is great, but the housing changes don't seem like a good addition because there's a certain optimal path to getting the best population boom without any negatives, which takes the nuance out of the system completely. This is a carry over from Stronghold 3 and Crusader 2, but something about the siege gameplay just feels sluggish and boring but I've never been able put my finger on it. Maybe I'm just an old school fanboy but Stronghold 2 is still the best 3D release in my opinion.

Zade, you ever going to check out Ai war 2?

Do a review on Battle Realms

I'll wait for a sale it seems

yeah fyi @Zade if you want to review Shadow Tactics its 90% off right now

As long as I can clearly tell what the units are one the screen it doesn't matter to me what the graphics are.

dude have you not played Stronghold Crusader 2 before? most of the new things you talked about were already a part of sc2 like the coop mode

This game has to have some of the most polar reviews I've seen in a while!

That looks like it may be a to aggressive temporal antialiasing (taa), but hard to tell from the video. TAA is amazing, but some devs implement it poorly. Also as a fan of object based motion blur, it really has no place here, and full screen motion blur as it appears here (whether through bad taa implementation or motion blur) is in nearly all cases a bad idea.

They are heading in the right direction but still not enough to reach the quality of Stronghold 1/Crusader 1.

I don't like how the scope was reduced, it used to be a massive game, massive armies, thick tall walls where you could put thousands of units on top of them, now the armies are what, 50 man strong?

I just spent $12 on this game. It seems to be worth that much, as a Stronghold fan. Great review!

I don't see wheat, flour, or bread? Can you make wheat, flour, or bread? I want to make wheat, flour, and bread!

So there's basically no campaign story?

From what you tell me Zade this sounds great but for some reason it just doesn't look right. I can't put my finger on it though. Guess I'll give it a try and refund if it's not convincing in the end

Viking city builder trailer feels like a scamy mobile building game.

I think stronghold Franchise should stick to isometric visuals. They are much more pleasing to eye

Hey Zade, you should check out Tom Clancy's EndWar

As long it doesn't crash for no reason and if its fun to manage the game. Then I say its a ok game.

The first Stronghold had charm, this one, looks more like a "product"

What advice would you give in which game Ukraine, India plus NATO can play against the "new axis" China, Iran, Russia?

I think theyre ready to remake the original stronghold..

that all aside - the most important question - does it try to scare ya at 03:00 in the morning? jk

The hardest pill to swallow with Firefly is that we will never get a proper remake of Stronghold 1 ala’ “Definitive Edition” like AoE did which makes me endlessly sad cause there’s nothing any of their 3D games can do to look even 1% as charming. I still play the originals cause they still haven’t made a game to match them. And unfortunately it seems they never will, especially with the new Unreal 5 announcement.. next game is guarantied to look even more generic.

The horrendous animations kind of kill this game for me after getting used to the high-quality animations of Total War, Company of Heroes 2, and Ancestors Legacy.

Looks cheesy so I left it. Might check it out now.

I have been throughly enjoying this one actually, significantly better than Crusader 2

This painted towers and black walls looks so strange. Crusader 2 is more organic, coherently looking game. in the artistic sense.

Opponent AI? Pathfinding? Unit balance? Multyplayer? Big things to skip out on. Also, although the art direction and lighting are good, besides the effects you really should have mentioned the animations. They look... Not impressive. The game still looks pretty good, a better release than Crusader II and a worthwhile game in all likelihood, although unfortunately nothing special.

I personally do not like non-3D games in modern times. IMHO, 2.5D or isometric (engines, not the art design) are moronic choices, engineering-wise. Its OK to want to look in a certain way, but be 3D for God's sake. This doesnt mean I wont play 2.5D or 2D games. Classics are classics. But they were made 2D or 2.5D only due to technical limitations, not because anyone engineer or software developer would ever consider those better than 3D.

i think it should be cheaper

This looks like a game that came out in 2005 or something, not 2021. Also doesn't look anything like a Crusader game. Might be a decent game on its own but i expected more by this point.

Why does it look like it's both night and day ? It's quite awful.

The game is a massive step from Stronghold Crusaders 2 and it shows. I do believe that there is still polish that is left to be desired for. Considering Firefly had an official discord, this is the first time they are directly interacting with fans, so feedback on bugs and issues will be easier to facilitate. Cheers!

this game looks so meh like i would just pass and i hope some of the older games get remasters and interface updates

Tbh what I see and what you say seem to be so unrelated to me. Maybe I am just way too focused on the old titles but this game looks like gimmicky, boring, forgettable, 6euro trash from some suspicious key site. I will certainly give this game a shot in like half a decade when it is on sale for the aforementioned 6 euro. I got crusader 2 for 2 euro and regretted even that.

SHAME ON YOU FIREFLY! 7 F* YEARS AND THEN WE GET THIS SHIT!

It's very meh overall tbh. -Super small maps -Limited build space -All castles end up looking the same -All factions are the same -only 4 different enemy lords -no real castle design -warlords end up being the main focus -graphics are outdated -Boring campaign missions -very few skirmish maps. -every game felt the same no real strategy. Campaign felt like going through the motions and doing the obvious.

this game looks even worse then I have expected.What is this ? 2003 , or 2021 ?.This is Bsss.Why dont they make Stronghold in a beautiful 2D ?

The art style is such a turn off. Looks like a cheap mobile game