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Platform: PC
Publisher: SouthPeak Interactive
Developer: FireFly Studios
Category: Strategy

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Product Details:

Your castle walls are being smashed by siege engines, an enemy catapult surrounded by troops is rumbling ever closer, your villagers are starving, wolves have been spotted in a nearby cave and your barracks are desperately empty... just another typical day for a medieval lord in FireFly Studios' Stronghold® 3. Since first launching in 2001, the Stronghold series has become one of the most respected in its genre thanks to its mix of precision village building, fastpaced real-time gameplay and dramatic sieges with hundreds of enemies swarming over your castle. Stronghold 3 promises to be the best yet, with a keep full of fantastic new features that ensure old and new fans alike experience a gritty slice of medieval life.

Create realistic castles and intricate village economies with the improved building system
For the first time in the Stronghold series experience the drama of a night time siege
Realistic physics, cutting edge graphics and lighting bring castle sieges to life in stunning detail
Story-driven gameplay engages players across two campaigns: combat or economic
Besiege other castles online in a range of action-packed multiplayer modes
Play through epic

Specifications:

Minimum

Connectivity: Requires the Steam Client to Install & Play
Number of Players: 1-8 Players
DirectX: DirectX® version 9.0c
Hard Drive Space: 5 GB Free
Operating System: Windows® XP SP3/ Windows® Vista SP2/ Windows® 7
Processor: Dual Core CPU - 2.0GHZ
RAM: 2GB RAM
Video Card: 256 MB ATI HD2600 XT or better, 256 MB nVidia 7900 GS or better

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IMPORTANT NOTICE: This game requires a 3rd party client to download, install and play.

Stronghold 3

Gameplay:

3.9 out of 10

Graphics:

5.8 out of 10

Sound:

5.9 out of 10

Lasting Appeal:

3.1 out of 10

Overall Rating:

3.4 out of 10

Gameplay:

3.9 out of 10

Graphics:

5.8 out of 10

Sound:

5.9 out of 10

Lasting Appeal:

3.1 out of 10

3 out of 1718%of customers would recommend this product to a friend.

22 Your castle walls are being smashed by siege engines,an enemy catapult surrounded by troops is rumblingever closer, your villagers are starving, wolves havebeen spotted in a nearby cave and your barracks aredesperately empty... just another typical day for amedieval lord in FireFly Studios' Stronghold® 3.Since first launching in 2001, the Stronghold serieshas become one of the most respected in its genrethanks to its mix of precision village building, fastpacedreal-time gameplay and dramatic sieges withhundreds of enemies swarming over your castle.Stronghold 3 promises to be the best yet, with a keepfull of fantastic new features that ensure old andnew fans alike experience a gritty slice of medieval life.

Gameplay:

3.9 out of 10

Graphics:

5.8 out of 10

Sound:

5.9 out of 10

Lasting Appeal:

3.1 out of 10

Overall Rating:

3.4 out of 10

Gameplay:

3.9 out of 10

Graphics:

5.8 out of 10

Sound:

5.9 out of 10

Lasting Appeal:

3.1 out of 10

3 out of 1718%of customers would recommend this product to a friend.

Summary of Customer Ratings & Reviews

Gameplay:

3.9 out of 10

Graphics:

5.8 out of 10

Sound:

5.9 out of 10

Lasting Appeal:

3.1 out of 10

Gameplay:

3.9 out of 10

Graphics:

5.8 out of 10

Sound:

5.9 out of 10

Lasting Appeal:

3.1 out of 10

Overall Rating:

3.4 out of 10

Gameplay:

3.9 out of 10

Graphics:

5.8 out of 10

Sound:

5.9 out of 10

Lasting Appeal:

3.1 out of 10

3 out of 1718%of customers would recommend this product to a friend.

Product Reviews

Another miss

Overall Rating:

3 out of 10

Gameplay:

6 out of 10

Graphics:

6 out of 10

Sound:

6 out of 10

Lasting Appeal:

1 out of 10

Posted on:2/13/12

drkxx

Location: Seattle, WA

This game is perfect for: party gamers

This franchise is bleeding out. No skirmish mode - an impacting oversite, leaves little left for those who enjoy AI skirmish games. So if you don't intend to play real opponents (which there are very few of btw), this one's a bust. Too bad, looks like a good build otherwise...

Overall Rating:

3 out of 10

Gameplay:

6 out of 10

Graphics:

6 out of 10

Sound:

6 out of 10

Lasting Appeal:

1 out of 10

2 of 3 found this review helpful.

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about it (stronghold 3)

Overall Rating:

10 out of 10

Gameplay:

10 out of 10

Graphics:

10 out of 10

Sound:

10 out of 10

Lasting Appeal:

10 out of 10

Posted on:12/3/11

WorldDomination

Location: indiana, fort wayne

This game is perfect for: casual gamers

This game is recomended for good strategy players like me i love nothing but strategy and everything was so well put up, and the graphics my god the graphics were amazing. If you like strategy you will love this game.

Overall Rating:

10 out of 10

Gameplay:

10 out of 10

Graphics:

10 out of 10

Sound:

10 out of 10

Lasting Appeal:

10 out of 10

4 of 9 found this review helpful.

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Really just a graphics update at heart...yet...

Overall Rating:

2 out of 10

Gameplay:

2 out of 10

Graphics:

4 out of 10

Sound:

3 out of 10

Lasting Appeal:

2 out of 10

Posted on:11/6/11

Loyalist

Location: WV

This game is perfect for: hardcore gamers

missing several features (Kingmaker) and fiddling with some mechanics from Stronghold 2. Just like the film industry is doing, this is at heart really just a remake of a better game (in stronghold 2). I dusted off my copy of Stronghold 2, and played that until this release. I was VERY mistaken to have bought Stronghold 3. BUGGY is not strong enough a word for this thing. Once I realized that troops were dismantling my castle walls..... I simply uninstalled the game. After all of the crashes, I only had a few hours of game play in at that time (over four days). Honestly, I spent more time attempting to diagnose the problems, and restarting than actually PLAYING the game. Can I say I played the game enough to give it a fair review? maybe not..... but then again; I hated it so much after just a few hours I deleted it. Now I have the task of deciding who I could possibly hate enough to give this game to..... I don't think I hate ANYONE that much!

Overall Rating:

2 out of 10

Gameplay:

2 out of 10

Graphics:

4 out of 10

Sound:

3 out of 10

Lasting Appeal:

2 out of 10

4 of 6 found this review helpful.

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It's mistake - fake game...

Overall Rating:

1 out of 10

Gameplay:

1 out of 10

Graphics:

1 out of 10

Sound:

9 out of 10

Lasting Appeal:

1 out of 10

Posted on:11/3/11

Annaas

Location: DE

This game is perfect for: party gamers

This game is more buggy than possible. Youtube movies about this game are fake - real is soo bad...

Overall Rating:

1 out of 10

Gameplay:

1 out of 10

Graphics:

1 out of 10

Sound:

9 out of 10

Lasting Appeal:

1 out of 10

4 of 7 found this review helpful.

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The Real RTS Failed on Release

Overall Rating:

3 out of 10

Gameplay:

1 out of 10

Graphics:

9 out of 10

Sound:

7 out of 10

Lasting Appeal:

1 out of 10

Posted on:11/2/11

Rastis

Location: Tri Cities MI

This game is perfect for: hardcore gamers

Well I am an old RTS fan from the beginning,War Craft,Star Craft, Ext. Stronghold did what none of the rest have done. But like every PC release it's released before it's ready. A fact is small companies have big great ideas with little money to get it done. I don't want a return, just please hurry and get it DONE. Other wise the DTB (Ditch The ?itch Weekend LAN) guys aren't going to buy to play. :)

Overall Rating:

3 out of 10

Gameplay:

1 out of 10

Graphics:

9 out of 10

Sound:

7 out of 10

Lasting Appeal:

1 out of 10

1 of 2 found this review helpful.

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Don't waste your money. Big letdown.

Overall Rating:

3 out of 10

Gameplay:

3 out of 10

Graphics:

7 out of 10

Sound:

6 out of 10

Lasting Appeal:

1 out of 10

Posted on:11/2/11

Airbrushguy

Location: OOB Maine

This game is perfect for: hardcore gamers

Super fast summary.
CONS: NO single player vs AI. Online Multiplayer is spotty, and D/C's in game (with no save on either end). The map selections are still tiny, just like previous games in the series. By the time your castle is built, you are in the other guys front yard. There is no way of changing the game's speed, (single player), and the beginning ( building up your resources and economy) takes literally an hour. Buggy AI in campaigns where animals can attack you on a tower and kill you instantly ala "super wolves". mouse cursor is still weird , in the sense that where you click is not where the cursor is selecting. Real fun in a battle..

PROS: Graphics are pretty, lighting and weather effects are cool. Still has some of the humor Stronghold 1 was famous for. I suppose you could play it as a SimCity esque castle building sim if you wanted to play the game badly enough..

I made the mistake of buying this on steam before a lot of reviews were out, and had I even bought the physical copy in store, I would likely feel bad giving the disc away for free to a friend.

Overall Rating:

3 out of 10

Gameplay:

3 out of 10

Graphics:

7 out of 10

Sound:

6 out of 10

Lasting Appeal:

1 out of 10

2 of 3 found this review helpful.

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Epic Failure!

Overall Rating:

2 out of 10

Gameplay:

2 out of 10

Graphics:

5 out of 10

Sound:

2 out of 10

Lasting Appeal:

2 out of 10

Posted on:10/30/11

ScubaSteve101

Location: NJ

Way to go, you ruined an awesome game! hats off to you!

Overall Rating:

2 out of 10

Gameplay:

2 out of 10

Graphics:

5 out of 10

Sound:

2 out of 10

Lasting Appeal:

2 out of 10

4 of 5 found this review helpful.

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FIREFLY.....Seriously..........

Overall Rating:

1 out of 10

Gameplay:

1 out of 10

Graphics:

3 out of 10

Sound:

3 out of 10

Lasting Appeal:

1 out of 10

Posted on:10/30/11

Zacco

Location: Pittsburgh

Tisk Tisk. Fire Fly should be ashamed for putting this out. The biggest problem I have is there hardley any "in game settings". (Expert,Intermidiate,Novice) You dont have any time to establish your castle or stronghold before the enemy is knocking down your walls,marching in, and killing you. I put Archers on my towers and the enemys take them out in one shot like they were standing right in front of them without any cover. And your villagers must be on downers or something. They move very slow and do not produce product fast enough.Seems like i have to build 10 farms just to feed 20 villagers. And where are the linked trails like there was in Strong Hold Crusader!!!???? Spend your money elsewhere. :(

Overall Rating:

1 out of 10

Gameplay:

1 out of 10

Graphics:

3 out of 10

Sound:

3 out of 10

Lasting Appeal:

1 out of 10

5 of 6 found this review helpful.

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Very fun

Overall Rating:

8 out of 10

Gameplay:

8 out of 10

Graphics:

8 out of 10

Sound:

7 out of 10

Lasting Appeal:

7 out of 10

Posted on:10/28/11

kamikazegee

This game is perfect for: casual gamers

I am a big fan of stronghold 1, but not stronghold 2. I got this game today and so far I love it. I am a big medieval fanatic so that may be why, but still, it is fun. My only complaint is that the gameplay is a little slow, but that doesn't take away from me liking it. I would recommend this game to everyone!