Although the Stronghold series has had its ups and downs, it still arouses great emotions in many enthusiasts of real time strategies, who follow with interest the reports about its subsequent installments. The latest one, currently in production, is the Stronghold: Warlords. For the first time it was presented at this year's E3 fair. Now, almost three months later, we can admire her next trailer, prepared by FireFly for PAX West 2019, which starts today in Seattle. You can see it below.
STRONGHOLD: WARLORDS IN A NUTSHELL:- Developer: FireFly Studios;
- Publisher: FireFly Studios;
- Genre: RTS;
- Target platform: PC;
- Release date: 2020
They do read the reddit, they said as much in their 13 things you need to know about Stronghold Next. They dont seem to respond too often however. I don't really expect a 2018 release as they don't seem to have anything to show yet. They can't even reveal the setting. 16th September, 2017: SH2 Steam edition release date announced Firefly Studios has announced that Stronghold 2 will be available from October 5th, 2017 on Steam! Those who own the original game or the Stronghold Collection on Steam, will automatically receive the game as an update.
The latest trailer of Stronghold: Warlords focuses on gameplay and above all combat. Therefore, we have the opportunity to observe fightning soldiers, crumbling walls and spectacular explosions, sometimes caused by... oxes. However, the trailer also featured some peaceful shots, presenting landscapes or subjects working in the eponymous strongholds.
Stronghold: Warlords is supposed to be a kind of a breath of fresh air for the series, at least in terms of focus on reality. For the first time we will move to the Far East. The game will cover a considerable period of time - from the 3rd century BC, i.e. until the recently fashionable Warring Kingdoms Period, to the 13th century and the emergence of the Mongolian Empire. The creators promise, among other things, improvements in the behavior of units in relation to previous installments, improved system of building and the addition of recruitment options of controllable commanders. Each of them is to have individual abilities and help to better control the battlefield, guard borders, create weapons or flank the enemy.
Stronghold: Warlords will be full of sieges, obviously.
Stronghold: Warlords will appear next year only on PC.
Another full-fledged installment of Stronghold, a popular strategy game series developed by FireFly since 2001. As always, the game takes us to medieval times, and allows us to assume the role of a lord with a small castle and a poor village at his command.
Strategy|Economic|RTS|the middle ages|Ancient history|war strategy|China|Japan
publisher: FireFly Studios
Game mode: single / multiplayer
Multiplayer mode: Internet
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Stronghold Next for PC is a real-time economic strategy taking place during medieval times. The game was developed by FireFly, the authors of all previous installments of the series.
Plot
Stronghold Next takes us to medieval times, and gives us a fief to care for and control. We begin with a poor village and a small castle, while our objective is to use these meager means to build a powerful country.
Mechanics
The game doesn’t deviate from the genre standards, and the gameplay mechanisms were left without major changes. As always, the gameplay focuses on building and expanding new settlements, building bigger and bigger fortresses, and laying sieges to other lords’ dominions. The game mainly focuses on economic and constructions aspects. Castles can be designed at will and constructed from a number of ready-made elements.
Village management also gives us a number of options. We can construct houses, sawmills, markets, farms, etc. i.e. structures that will give our subjects work, food, and money. Of course, the battles are still here – a large emphasis was placed on various siege techniques.
Game Modes
Stronghold Next offers a singleplayer campaign, single historic missions and a sandbox mode, allowing the player to build castles without being constricted with any objectives. Aside from that, authors prepared a multiplayer mode.
Expectations: 8.4 / 10 calculated out of 202 players' votes.