Osta Stronghold HD

Can't place that there Mi'lord

Wood needed

The axe cutter dude is probably the most blood thirsty, savage, over powered unti in the whole game. I've seen that guy do crasy ♥♥♥♥ just to get fire wood for me including killing enemy axe cutters, destroying enemy catapults to collect the wood that the catapult is built with, and taking arrow fire just to get the last tree of the land. I respect these men.

10/10

Greetings, Sire ! Your Stronghold awaits you !
Best RTS I know.
Build a damn castle, set up economy, build up strong army and CRUSH ANYONE WHO STANDS ON YOUR WAY.
Has long campaign, amazing plot and missions are quite hard (at least last ones are).
Also, free building mode and additional campaigns. Historical sieges ! A lot of things.
Nostalgia, men.

A game where I get to play a basterd lord of my fictional stronghold Scrotumshire, striking fear into my peasants, forcing them to live in filth and suffering while keeping the nobles fat and filled with wine. Pretty much sounds like a Game of Thrones set up.

11/10

When this game first came out, I played it incessantly. It was clear from the beginning that the devs put a lot of nuance and original thought in this game. The campaign is really fun and brings a lighthearted story as you build your castle and prevent it from being overrun.

The music is excellent and brings an authentic mood and flavour to this game, as does the voice acting.

The graphics are dated but as a medieval castle sim they aren't a drawback. The HD rerelease adds very little to it, however.

As I'm sure the publisher found out this game proved to be successful and they released a string of games in this series. Quite honestly the move to 3D didn't do much and actually took away from the authentic feeling that came with this game. I didn't find the 3D graphics that good in the 2nd stronghold. The crusader series was equally interesting and unique and the Crusader Extreme release was insanely frustrating and crazy what with the AI rushes.

The only maddening thing about this game is that sometimes it is difficult to accurately gauge where to build stone for your castle wall. You sometimes need to draw down the wall option to allow you to see the ground, because I have spent hours building a castle only to have it overrun in seconds because the enemy AI ran through a small breach that was otherwise undetected. Other than that a very good game overall. Sad to see that the franchise has not improved over time...

Retire my lord?

This game is just as good as I remember it. The screams of invading soldiers as burning pitch is dumped onto their heads is still as satisfying now as it was all those years ago.

Even after more than a decade

still struggling to complete mission on normal difficulty.

watching my whole castle destroyed by 3 bandits then wolf pack comes along and pawned them makes me feel good

would try again and get my castle destroyed 10/10.

Can't place that there, M'Lord!

..... Now with steam trading CARDS!

Still one of the best Castle Building Strategy games around. So much fun had with this game that I've played it through multiple times. Unfortunately the game is no multiplayer friendly as they forgot to include Fog-Of-War!

Lots of economy building and castle building really fun.

Stronghold... I played it around 8 years ago and buyed it now on Steam and i still love it!

It's old (14 years) but still very fun and gives me a nostalgic feeling.
I don't know if the graphics were good at 2001 but i like them and now with the HD edition you can play the game in higher resolutions up to 2560x1600 which is very good.
Also the game music is awesome and fits perfectly in this game.

If you like to build castles you should definitely buy this game and also you should try Stronghold Crusader (not Stronghold Crusader 2) because its awesome too, if not the best of all Stronghold games!( ´・ω・`)

This game is fun, nicely made, and a classical game which is really good. It is my second best in the stronghold, series SH2 coming first. Personally, I would recommend this as you can build imaginatevly, and have a nice castle in the countryside, on a hill, or peacfully in the middle of the sea. (Need to build a map for that.)

Get this game and you won't regret it!!!

This game is the MOTHER of every other Stronghold game ( I mean it's the FIRST Stronghold you could buy ) everyone who loves the middle age, knights..fights and economical gameplay should BUY this game.

OUR GRANARY STOCKS ARE GROWING SIRE!

CAN'T PLACE THAT THERE, MILORD

such an amazing game. I remember playing this when i was alittle kid i loved this game so much.

THIS REVIEW IS FOR STRONGHOLD 2 (since it doesn't have its own page -_-)

Singleplayer sucks i'll be honest but if you get multiplayer working (with gameranger i believe) it can be a blast. So long as you have several hours to play and a handfull of friends you're good to go. I like to put down some "gentlemen's rules" though as Knights are overpowererd so i limit them to 5 per player. I also only play on my own maps as a i feel most maps are inbalanced (typically due to an excess in stone supply). Overall a decent game but not for the solo experience.

WE ARE THE MACE MEN!

This game is and always will be great. It seems like I come back to it once a year and play through the campaign and its fun every time.