Stronghold 2 is a real time strategy computer game released in April 2005 in which the player develops a stronghold in the medieval ages. It is the sequel to Stronghold, released in 2001, also by Firefly Studios.
The game engine was enhanced over the original Stronghold
to provide full 3-dimensional graphics. Other changes include new
military and peace campaigns and the addition of crime and punishment,
allowing players to torture unruly peasants. A number of new characters
were also introduced.
Gameplay
In
the game, the player plays as a knight who rules over a medieval
castle. With his available resources, the player places building or
features, including many different kinds of food production, industry,
civil, or military buildings and defences. Available peasants
automatically choose jobs whenever a building requires one, so player
micromanagement is minimal, he mostly needs to set up the various
buildings in an efficient way while providing safety for his peasants.
Military units are directly controlled individually or in groups,
sometimes quite large with sieges or battles involving many hundreds on
each side. One welcome addition to the original stronghold is the
inclusion of estates, that a player can "buy" with his accumulated honor
(gained by popularity, holding feasts, dances, jousting, etc.). Estates
are semi-independent villages (without castle fortifications) that
produce their own goods that the owner can send through carts to his
castle or his allies. The inclusion of fully 3D-rendered graphics
allowed Stronghold 2 to include tower interiors as battlegrounds for
units, and the ability to go observe castle inhabitants very closely,
which is useful considering the new features of waste & rat
management. As in the original Stronghold, players can choose very
different styles of play modes: Kingmaker, Siege, War Campaign, Peace
Campaign, Freeplay, Custom scenario, and in Multiplayer (Hosted by Gamespy). An extensive map editor allows for endless replayability.
The story is set in the Medieval ages, Sir William recruits Matthew Steele (the player) as his page.
Sir William was captured by unknown enemies but was later saved by
Steele. Managing to escape, Sir William and Steele returned to his
encampment. Sir William then teaches Steele how to manage his own town
and castle (as you progress you can upgrade your encampment with better
fortifications) he assigns you two non-playable advisers who guide you
through the rest of the game. (1) Tom Simpkins who guides you
economically, giving advice such as "build a number of farms to produce
food". (2) Constable Briggs who guides you in battle by warning about
attacks and advising on strategy in sieges and such. At the time of
Steele being taught how to run a successful town, Olaf,
leader of the Norse led his army to the lands where people had settled.
During that time, Steele has to find a way to escape Olaf's army. After
he defeats Olafs troops Sir William then takes him to the castle of
Lady Seren aka the Lamb, were you then have to siege the keep and free
Edwin (aka An English Traitor), Edwin then makes you a knight and gives
you some land for the next mission. When you arrive in the borderlands
you see that there are many problems there, one being that Sir Grey is
under siege, some monks are being trapped by wolfs, and there are many
bandits harassing the towns. After you relieve the monks, Sir Grey, deal
with the bandits, and assault the Bull, you go back to the monastery,
only to find Olaf entrenched in a fortress there. When Olaf's fortress
is leveled, you are attacked by Edwin. You track Olaf to Edwin's county.
There you kill Olaf, conquer six or more counties, and siege Edwin, who
begs you to spare his life. You honor his request, putting him in the
stocks. Shortly after you move into Edwin's castle, you are assaulted by
the Hawk, Lamb, and Hammer. In the midst of battle, The Lamb changes
sides. When the enemy is defeated, you are posed with a choice. Follow
the Hawk and the Hammer, or the Lamb and William.
If
you follow the Hammer, you will first have to kill The Lamb. After, you
defeat Sir William. Last, you have to make a race to kill the king
before the Hawk or the hammer do so to achieve the Crown and gain rule
over the country.
If
you follow Sir William, you will have to save the Abby of the Lamb from
being captured by the Hawk and the Hammer. After, you will have to help
William in his fight against the Hawk. The Hawk is killed in this
battle, but the Hammer fires a crossbow into sir Grey's chest, killing
him. In the next mission, you siege the Hammer and capture him. In the
ending cutscene, the Hammer is seen in a wooden cage, suffering as a
child throws vegetables at him.
In
this mode, the player is alone on one of the included maps or a map the
player has downloaded or created. The land is free of enemies unless
wolves or outlaw camps are included. Whenever the button F1 is pressed,
the player can trigger an invasion of any selectable size to test the
player's stronghold.
The
player can play either the Fallen King campaign or the Sim campaign,
depending on his/her style of gameplay. For more details, check the
Storyline section.
Stronghold
2 multiplayer, is the online version for Stronghold 2. The current
online patch is 1.4.1 made to fix the constant crashing and lag
selling(giving extra gold because of the lag) and made to speed up game
play.
Stronghold 2 multiplayer is a race basicly, a race who will be the best in the end. The top 3 every year since 2005
2005 * FsK|Time-[AoG]The Pope-FsK|Chi-town
2006 * 4H|Time-[AoG]The Pope-4H|Chi-town
2007 * 4H|Time-[AoG]LODA-KING CHAOS
2008 * 4H|Eragon-4H|Seth-4H|FeaR
2009 * [|WoV|]ERAGON-Æ||Ignite-[AoG] Halli
Stronghold has a very strong community and has very many clans.
The
3 greatest clans in stronghold's history were Army of God-AoG...The 4
hoursemen-4H...Sacred knights of Valhalla-SkV Every clan known to the 4H
and the Aog currently active in stronghold alphabetical order.
- Aegis
- Army of God
- Rest in pieces
- Warriors of Varden
Some clans stand for something.
- The AoG tried to keep glitches out of use in the game.
- 4H tried to take in only the most polite players.
Notable Achievements which changed 150 play.
- 4H|Time thought of constant dances giving 200 honor every few minutes.
- [AoG]The Pope discovered bread is more effective than apples.
- [AoG]
Archbishop and 4H|Tom the True discovered locking out pegans from
out of the kitchen(not used by majority until 2008).
- 4H|FeaR finds the firebug.
- [AoG]The Pope invented no market games
Notable Players
- 4H|Time known for being the best in most of stronghold's history
- [AoG]The Pope an excellent rusher and master of economy
- [AoG]LODA known for making excellent use of archers
- [AoG]Archbishop a man who somehow can kill 100 troops with 40
- SkV|SAW who was the most offensive player in stronghold, never staying in his castle
- SION Being the best no market player in strongholds history
- 4H|Legion and [|WoV|]Destroyer who made an economy of excellence
- 4H|Graf Zeppelin was the best volcano defender in stronghold for 2 years
- [AoG]Fortune was the only person in the area of clans who did not use bugs at that time
- KING CHAOS making by far the smallest castle in stronghold history and still having an excellent economy
On
January 4, 2007, a single player demo was released, featuring the
tutorial and three missions, equivalent to one chapter. The problems
were already patched in the demo making it immune to the majority of
bugs and crashes which plagued the original release before the patch.
Source: Wikipedia
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