The creeper unit, for instance, can not only scale walls, but also infect other units with its vampirism, and it's immune to arrows, which nullifies the longtime archer advantage in the game. Some of these fantasy units are designed to counter some of the established Stronghold strategies. We've already mentioned dragons (the super units of the game), but there will also be werewolf catapults, frost giants, and hero units, such as individual knights of the Round Table, each with a special power. For example, you may realize that you're going to lose a territory, but you still want to bleed your enemy as much as possible so as to improve your odds in a following battle.Ĭombat will be a mix of conventional units, such as knights, archers, and spearmen, and fantastical creatures. This will allow for some strategic decision-making on your part. In other words, you'll be able to see a map of territories, and you'll battle for control of each territory. There will also be a new gameplay mode, which is described as Risk-meets-Stronghold. There are twice as many units compared to Stronghold 2 (and four times compared to the original Stronghold), as well as three different castle styles and landscapes. With three distinct campaigns, there will be a lot of content in Stronghold Legends. Meanwhile, Dracula's campaign will deal with Vlad's historical battles with the Turks before it merges with the vampire myth. The Arthurian campaign will tie together all the familiar lore, from the Round Table to Merlin, while the Rhine campaign will feature valkyries and other appropriate creatures.
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There's King Arthur, of course, which is a natural fit for the series a Rhine campaign, which is basically based on The Ring of the Nibelung and a Transylvania campaign, which features everyone's favorite impaler, Vlad Tepes, better known as Dracula. Stronghold Legends will have three campaigns, each based on a popular legend. Swords meet sorcery and stranger things in this Stronghold sequel. So now in addition to worrying about knights and catapults, you'll also have to worry about dragons, werewolves, and other creatures. Stronghold Legends takes some of the familiar castle-building and medieval-warfare gameplay of the series and transplants it into three fantasy settings. After having played with European history in its first three games, the Stronghold series is turning an eye toward myth and legend with Stronghold Legends, the latest strategy game from Firefly Studios and publisher 2K Games.