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JLB1987 · 01-26-2012, 07:47 PM

Hi f3ature, welcome to the forum.

I read this with interest, as I recently bought the original Stronghold and Stronghold: Crusader in a GOG.com sale, and am yet to play Crusader. Unfortunately, this review feels more like an overly-long description that you'd find on the back of the games box, rather than a real review. Don't just list a series of the features the game has. Properly describe each one, and differentiate the difference in game modes. Don't just list a series of units in the game. Give some examples, and how they do or don't balance the gameplay; no one is going to go through that list and go away thinking they've learnt something about the game. Even the paragraph where you describe the gameplay, you don't do a very good job; for example, why *are* fights "very interesting in this game"? All you do here is give the vague aim of the game, which most people probably could have guessed anyway.

Needs a complete re-write. One star.

01-26-2012, 07:47 PM	#2
JLB1987 Sex machine Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: Dorset, England Posts: 395 Rep Power: 3	Re: Rate my review: Stronghold: Crusader Hi f3ature, welcome to the forum. I read this with interest, as I recently bought the original Stronghold and Stronghold: Crusader in a GOG.com sale, and am yet to play Crusader. Unfortunately, this review feels more like an overly-long description that you'd find on the back of the games box, rather than a real review. Don't just list a series of the features the game has. Properly describe each one, and differentiate the difference in game modes. Don't just list a series of units in the game. Give some examples, and how they do or don't balance the gameplay; no one is going to go through that list and go away thinking they've learnt something about the game. Even the paragraph where you describe the gameplay, you don't do a very good job; for example, why are fights "very interesting in this game"? All you do here is give the vague aim of the game, which most people probably could have guessed anyway. Needs a complete re-write. One star.