Gameplay: I really enjoyed playing through the “story” missions, and had a bunch of fun fielding tons of troops to overwhelm my enemies.
There are a few suspect things, like the fact that you can field Ninjas that actually run up walls and Spiritual Monks that deal area effect damage. It’s pretty historically accurate to the best of my knowledge, although I’ll admit I’m much more of a mythology nerd than I am a History nerd.
Plot: The plot of the game comes from various snippets of history from a few Far Eastern countries, like Vietnam and ancient Mongolia, plus China and Japan. Today I’ll be reviewing Stronghold: Warlords! For more information about the game visit all I’m back with a game from a genre I don’t get to play very often, that of real-time strategy. A 10% DLC launch discount is available until May 25, 2021. The Stronghold: Warlords – The Art of War Campaign paid DLC is available on Steam for $4.99 USD. Euvino, digital art book, and feature length making of the game documentary is available for $49.99 USD on Humble Bundle. A Stronghold: Warlords Special Edition that includes the soundtrack composed by Robert L.
Stronghold: Warlords is available on Windows PC through Humble Bundle and Steam for $39.99 USD.
A much more extensive list of changes in the 1.4 GB update can be viewed here. In addition the v1.3 update includes a plethora of general fixes, AI improvements, map editor improvements, achievement updates, one-click multiple troop recruitment, and several other changes. Flows Like Time is a 3 player medium map with larger build areas and battles across river crossings. Lost Kingdoms takes players to a long forgotten land where empires once stood, but now nature dominates and features larger build areas. Tick jungle hills and a battle of the elements takes place in Thunder Strikes. Thunder Strikes, Lost Kingdoms, and Flows Like Time are the three maps in the pack. This update not only includes the developer’s first round of optimizations, but also the first official free multiplayer map pack. With the DLC release comes a free v1.3 update to the base Stronghold: Warlords game. Mischief in early game skirmishes is a trait of the Rat Warlord while those who like to take their time will enjoy the Panda Warlord’s unique anti-archer protection and industry-boosting edicts. The new Rat and Panda Warlords add new tactical challenges to the core gameplay. As Sun Tzu’s story progresses through new maps, gameplay, and two new warlords, players are set to face many new challenges. Designed for both series veterans and skilled warlords, players will experience several years from Sun Tzu’s exploits through tactical scenarios and strongholds.
The paid DLC features six new missions full of fresh challenges and historical conflict.
Starting in the ashes of the Western Zhou dynasty in 6th Century BC China, The Art of War Campaign comes to a head with the Battle of Boju. This v1.3 update includes 3 new maps for all players and follows a previously released roadmap of updates planned for the spring and early summer. Independent PC game developer Firefly Studios released the third major update to their castle sim RTS Stronghold: Warlords and a paid Art of War DLC. Stronghold: Warlords v1.3 and Art of War Paid DLC