Events as a tornado, or a locust invasion, are at the order of the day. Pick your hero - Battle as Richard Lionheart or the Sultan of Syria, one of the two possible single-player campaigns you can go for in the base game. Choose your heroes as knights of the Crusade of freedom fighters of Arabic roots, as you erect your troops of deadly force and destructive tools in order to combat enemies and the fate of the land. Keeping it 100% true to the roots of the genre, Stronghold Crusader 2 is repurposing the old school elements of RTS, combining it with city building and other types of gameplay for an amazing experience overall. A new 3D engine powers up this magnificent game, offering the most real-like castle building, and destruction, that has ever been made by Havok Physics.

I personally can't really say what would be the best of the bunch though, but I wouldn't necessarily start from the newest.From a 12-year gap between the second and the original title, now comes a new Stronghold game that’s happening in the desserts of the Middle East, somewhere around 1189. I think for newcomers anything beyond Tropico 3 will be a good start. And while you don't really control your troops, there's little combat too with rebel militias. In addition to building your city, you get to issue edicts on things like same sex marriage, drug legalization, child allowance, free housing etc. Tropico is a long running franchise about playing a dictator.

Though the city building itself is bit limited, the maps are pretty small. You are faced with many tough choices even while trying to get so far. It will get really tense when the harsh winter comes. I'm personally a big fan of city building/management games with a clear campaign, rather than more sandbox approach à la Cities Skylines (which is of course an excellent game).įrostpunk is the most atmospheric city builder for sure, it has an emphasis on survival aspect.

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