VIDEO CARD: NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GT or AMD Radeon HD 2900 XT (512 MB VRAM) PIXEL SHADER: 3.0. Once your skills have been perfected put them to the test in skirmish mode or take the battle online with up to eight human and AI players. Here are the Stronghold Crusader 2 System Requirements (Minimum) CPU: Intel Core 2 Duo E4400 or AMD Athlon 64 X2 3600+. Raise morale with the Sergeant at Arms, charge in with the Sassanid Knight, use Archers to launch an arrow volley or scale castle walls with the deadly Assassin. To dominate the battlefield you will need to command more than 25 unique unit types, mastering their special abilities. Become the greatest Lord by managing your desert economy and seizing control of vital oases. Lead your forces into battle as either Richard the Lionheart or the Sultan of Syria in two historic single-player campaigns, with dynamic events such as tornados and locust swarms. Playing as a brutal Crusader Knight or Arabic freedom fighter, you must use a deadly array of troops and destructive siege equipment to decide the fate of the holy lands. True to its roots this new Stronghold will define old school real time strategy, combining RTS and city builder gameplay. Crusader 2 will recapture the original game’s addictive, fast-paced gameplay and authentic castle simulation. After 12 years Stronghold returns to the deserts of the Middle East circa 1189, with a new 3D engine and realistic castle destruction powered by Havok Physics. Stronghold Crusader HD features several campaigns documenting the First, Second and Third Crusades, as well as conflicts within the individual Crusader. Tell me that it's less buggy than S3 and I'll at least get it on sale.
Honestly I'll even accept 'It's better than Stronghold 3.' Give me that much. Stronghold Crusader 2 is the long awaited sequel to Stronghold: Crusader, the original ‘castle sim’. Stronghold Crusader was a huge timesink to me, and I'm very passionate about the crusades, something that is almost never touched upon in video games.