Kieron Giacopazzi of Brash Games writes "Ten years on since it’s release, Stronghold still has few competitors, the Total War games perhaps coming closest but only really beginning and ending at the battles, not the actual building of the castle itself. One duff sequel later and we finally get given a successor that on the face of it gets a lot of things the original game did right".
John of GAMElitist.com - "I’ve been burned a few times when buying games. It happened more often when I was a kid. There were times where I spent around $20 on a game and ended up playing a slideshow or a very underdeveloped game that only hooked me because of its fantastic box art."
Great article. The worst game purchase I ever made was that horrible Street Fighter: The Movie game when the PlayStation first launched. It was my first ever console - a leap forward in possibility - and I could have had WipEout, or Tekken. Nope. Shitty, awful Street Fighter: The Movie it was. Uggh.
Firefly Studios and 7Sixty have confirmed that the Mac version of Stronghold 3: Gold Edition is now available. The Mac version of Stronghold 3: Gold Edition has been developed by Mac specialists Virtual Programming, it will feature all the content contained in its PC counterpart alongside cross-platform multiplayer with PC users.
FireFly Studios has released a new update for castle construction simulator Stronghold 3, which owners of the game can now download on Steam. This update rebalances the economic systems and makes a number of other tweaks and fixes.
