STRONGHOLD Is Back, Better Than Ever! - Stronghold: Definitive Edition

[@PixelatedApollo1]

Wishlist Stronghold: Definitive Edition before its release on November 7th by using my link: bit.ly/Stronghold_PixelatedAp... Gather resources, construct mighty castles, protect your townsfolk, manage your gold, raise armies and wage all-out war!

[@MrKirkCaptain]

invalid URL bro edit: nvm the link in desc. works

[@brianthomson6512]

stairs and towers go hand in hand, or maidens with long hair but im not sure maidens are in the game. many bowmen are always a good thing. faster the wood comes in sooner the world turns. are there gardens still? a little beauty helps happiness, probably take gold though, cant remember. bigger storage both food and resources are handy otherwise they just stand by their shops.

[@KalihariKanarie]

@@brianthomson6512 I never do the gardens. Although it looks nice, I go more for the dungeons and torture pole and the stocks. Only reason being, the work goes faster and the Archers are more accurate. 🙂

[@brianthomson6512]

@@KalihariKanarie whatever floats your boat, that's always fun too. been many years since i played, it kept me busy for a time that's for sure, anyway have fun and enjoy.

[@seandilallo8718]

This was my favourite game as a child!

[@dakotah4866]

Same here

[@ChrisCrous-bq1cf]

Same...

[@TheAurelianProject]

Same. This game got me into history even if the game isn’t quite historical

[@Gitsmasher]

I think this game can be used to teach kids of how basic industry works😅

[@Jazbaraly]

Same, hurts to see him not build more lumberjacks and bakeries dough (pun intented) 😅

[@mr.notsonice]

2 wheat farms, 1 mill, 8 bakeries and you have the food to feed a pop of 100 on double rations. Man I remember stacking crossbowmen like crazy cus they're seriously OP.

[@exkyo4121]

Yes but with a granary stuck to the bakery, he's farm where very far from granary so very low efficient :)

[@frabre1810]

​@@muhammadfaiziqbal6096too bad they dont feature in the first game.

[@koreancowboy42]

​@@exkyo4121 however that's the issue with the game considering with most of the maps played its very limiting and that if I put all the things near the farms. For example I have enough farms and 1 windmills and 8 bakery. I'd have to put the food granary next to the bakery which will have to be next to the windmill with where all of the supplies platform is and if I put the supplies platform next to only the food making then what'd that do to all my other buildings like the armory, weaponry etc. They'd have to travel twice as much to reach it and come back to their forges. Like the game doesn't make it easy to manage anything when it comes to focusing the build plots for the supplies and granary. So either my granary and building plot is gonna be near the farms and bakery and windmill or I gotta have the granary near the bakery then my building plot near the keep so that all my buildings can equally get the same results.

[@bulldog6545]

Slowly and methodically destroying enemy ai was so satisfying lol

[@CrzyWzrd4L]

@@bulldog6545Nah, archer and macemen spam took EVERYONE out early while being inexpensive.

[@Fungus8mycrab]

"Nothing's going to be hurting us." *Cows then proceed to be struck down by a strange malady.* Sounds about right

[@martinb4272]

The graphics, in their simplicity, was and still is so picturesque - way better than much of the 3D that came after. The trees moving with the wind mesmerised me then and still looks beautiful.

[@SonOfSalop]

Yessss. All the memes are coming flooding back. CAN'T PLACE THAT THERE MY LORD!

[@commisaryarreck3974]

Wood needed Need more wood my lord

[@SonOfSalop]

@@commisaryarreck3974 No food distributed this month

[@SirXrofer]

I remember getting the first stronghold crusader in a cereal box as a kid. I love to see them still building upon one of my favourite games!!! ❤️⚔️

[@MoBettaBeef]

This game and then crusader was everything when I was a kid. And the quotes live on till this day!

[@user-tn2ym5hd5g]

Stronghold crusader is one of the best games every made to this day

[@MrCiris989]

Hey Apollo, the more peasants you have around the camp fire, the faster your food reserves deplete. You can adjust food rations to offset the penalties for taxes or vice versa. The more food variety gets you higher happiness boost. One ox per stone/iron query Great video, i cant wait to see you play more.

[@ThunderingVipers]

This is so refreshing to see

[@samanyupalthi]

Srsly you just said the same thing i said on an earlier video!😑

[@Highretrogamelord]

I hope to see a Stronghold Crusader: Definitive Edition.

[@GFE.]

and it must be as good as age2de and age1de or even better this one is good but not that big imporvements that we should have got

[@algaam7407]

They better put all their effort in Stronghold: Definitive Edition rather than make a Stronghold Crusader: Definitive Edition (the latter being less immersive in my opinion).

[@xpodx]

Me too, and supports 8k and higher, unlocked fps etc

[@chiefmagua7160]

@@algaam7407 crusades are very important part of history, most of all they changed castle building and siege warfare, so SC is immersive enough

[@algaam7407]

@@chiefmagua7160 I agree that crusades are an important part of history. The problem with Stronghold Crusader is that there are no arab villagers, imams, mosques etc, so that in the end it looks like crusaders vs crusaders battles instead of crusaders vs muslims.

[@LispyJesus]

Some tips from my childhood I remember: -Don’t build hovels until your out of workers around the campfire and need more. They are just unproductive mouths to feed. Even when you need soldiers, just keep 2-3 around the fire. They’ll respawn as you hire soldiers. If your flush on food keep a lot they are taxed. -build quarries and ox to a 3:2 ratio. 3ox 2 quarry. They’ll make constant full trips but you’ll never have a stockpile sitting at the quarry. -produce extra stone, and sell it on a market building (if this has it I mostly played crusader) -produce a variety of food, more variety is more happiness and you can raise taxes. Mainly build wheat farms to mill and bake, it’s the most productive. But get enough of every other food type to keep the happiness bonus for taxes

[@LispyJesus]

You can also adjust rations by clicking on the granary. Multiple farms feed one mill feeds multiple bakeries. 🎉You can do a lot with the relationship between food/taxes/happiness.

[@nighthowk117]

I never put granery next to the stockpile, distance to both is actually very important in this game

[@gamecrusade4783]

Holy shit now way! I loved this game so much as a kid. Stronghold and Stronghold Crusaders shaped so much of my childhood.

[@wyattjenkins7898]

I played all the strong hold games from crusaders to stronghold legends. Absolutely a great game series. Huge part of my childhood

[@junechevalier]

I’m still humming the Stronghold tune until today since I was a kid. Now there’s a remastered Stronghold?!?! :o it’s been more than a decade since I last played it

[@brentacusg7191]

Buddy....you need a refresher fr fr! Don't forget to build more stockpile space so you have room for all your other goods, like hops. You can't build near the enemy forces - That's why you were having issues placing towers mid-attack. And don't be afraid to spam wood! Place granary near apple/dairy farms and hops/wheat near stockpile to cut down on travel time. Beer and diverse diet will offset a decent tax on your population to fund the war effort. Hope that helps! Keep em coming!

[@thomaspuister8229]

The stockpile is full my Lord! Archers on the walls.

[@Jordy268]

"Wood needed" God, that took me back in time again.

[@LispyJesus]

“The stockpile is full m’lord” oh it was driving me nuts

[@stanisawzokiewski3308]

some tips build with pathways in mind, building in groups of 4 or 6 buildings with space between next groupings of buildings. crossbow good. catapult spam good. Place buildings close to their regular visiting spots. food making-food storage, weapon making-armory etc. If youre not getting enough of what you want, just build more of the thing that makes it. Use the resources you are given INVEST BUILD MORE Win with overwhelming force

[@commisaryarreck3974]

For Stone towers your men are going to need a way ONTO the tower, I don't see an entrance at the bottom. Height is also a vital advantage since hitting someone on top of a stone tower is a lot harder then shooting down at someone with no cover You need to build stairs, either to get on the walls or directly onto the tower You also cannot build or repair shit close to enemies since...that'd allow you to just cheese everything

[@charlesjohnson6777]

Wow man blast from past, stronghold legends was like 1 first games I ever played and got into as a kid lol 😅

[@JimmyJaxJellyStax]

I found it helpful to buy 200+ wood with the starting gold, make 16+ woodcutters to keep that flowing, set up food, archer, tanner production. The hops+brewers+inns will help popularity and gold, easier to manage than normal or above rations food. For food, 4 hunters, 4 dairy - work into getting wheat+mills+bakers set up (2 mills eventually). deploying all 10 archers and pikeman asap, getting more archers and macemen asap after (at-least 2+ iron mines) 4+ houses to start, 4 more soon after - not letting pop cap away soldier production - expanding inns first, then food. 100 popularity for fastest spawning (still quite slow). Starting cutters can honestly stay where they are once they level the entire forest, wood is less needed after 70%+ into the mission so slower but continued production is fine

[@epmtotalwar]

More wood is needed. The people loathe you m'Lord. The granary is empty sire. I've been quoting lines from this game in everyday life for about 20 years.

[@MattZaharias]

This was absolutely one of my brother and I's favorite games growing up. I'm so glad to see it get a remaster, because it deserves it. I always loved watching all of the villagers doing all their different tasks and the actual resource logistics, and I love the fact that a modern game like Manor Lord is following suit.

[@RedScorpion92]

I use to think I imagined the intro where it said greetings lord and said your profile name , the fact it actually did was such a sweet feature at the time.

[@SJPrestige]

middle school/highschool days man the soundtrack for this game is calming and at the same time makes you feel like you really in the middle ages definitely a classic..

[@FrostRare]

The graphical style here is so well fitting. It gives off this Canterbury Tales, medieval storybook-esque realism/renaissance painting style feel. If they were to make it today, I would hope they’d make it like this.

[@Sardar_bhai]

Build stone cutter and iron quickly.... Because you can seel them .. even if u don't need them and place the workshops as close as possible.. it will increase the production speed

[@franciscoapolinar2316]

This is absolutely my favorite series I love the first 3 original creative and slower paced games the first stronghold was an absolute masterpiece I really hope they continue to revamp these older titles

[@battlebots1]

The Stronghold soundtrack puts my heart at ease like no other. SH2 (and Crusader and Legends) was my childhood. I've beat the SH1 campaign but can't wait for the definitive edition!

[@latter-daysaintbatman2679]

Sir Longarm.....Why does that name seem so familiar.... Seems like he is a character from the historical based show, the Hollow Crown....during the Age of Plantagenet England.....

[@unhommequicourt]

no it s just a joke based on his personality, as woolsack. Longarm is ambitious while woolsack is too soft

[@robertrodriguezharo1906]

So many good memories. Thank you Apollo, I'll love to get again my hands on it again.

[@lukecollins7524]

Never has a soundtrack brought me back to being 7 years old, more than this.

[@MrCiris989]

Hell yeah! This is one of my all time favorite games.

[@obi-wankenobi5416]

I believe I still have all of the stronghold games on CD somewhere! So many memories, begging my mom to buy me the first game at staples

[@mullerreus145]

If they remaster stronghold two I'll cry, have so many hours on that game from back in the day

[@BrickDaniels-qu7bz]

The timing of this is perfect.

[@CasualFriedEggEnjoyer]

God what a throwback. This and Civ 3 was my childhood.

[@GengarUseHypnosis]

Thanks for this loved the strongholds

[@KalihariKanarie]

I love Stronghold. I Started with the first Stronghold. It was similar this one. Can't wait for the new release, I love that they brought back the original concept of the game.... But I felt like trolling.. Seriously.. lol. When you were going on about "Where do I get the gold"? I was like, Dude, lift the taxes and give your people extra rations. Lol. They will still love you.... Like I said, this is for me the ultimate strategy game. I am currently still playing Stronghold Crusader HD... Thanks for the video...

[@viperswhip]

I think Homeworld being so successful really helped boost these remasters.

[@MattZaharias]

Homeworld Remastered needs a remaster oh, LOL. I have always loved that game series, but the most recent version on Steam still crashes periodically for stupid reasons during skirmishes and it destroys saved games as a result.

[@NovaEnigma]

I grew up with the Stronghold series🥲

[@sirdudeman6106]

Stronghold 2 had the best city management mechanics of any game I ever played. Kingmaker was a great mechanic also

[@SirLongarm]

Yes. I‘m loving it. A better profile picture

[@WotanStudios]

Steam multiplayer would be sick I hope they make the maps bigger so the castles aren’t so close they fire on each other

[@mockcosine4479]

With a steam workshop that'll become a reality either way.

[@JustSomeGuy117]

About time you get back from buying cigarettes

[@knightofsvea604]

Fun fact: all the voices in Stronghold orginal is made by one guy 😅

[@wairuachristain9243]

"Welcome back my lord"🙏 just Vietnam flash backed my mind

[@liquidcrow]

So underrated. Glad they're bringing this back to life!

[@Sardar_bhai]

Stronghold crusader was my childhood favorite game❤❤❤❤

[@xpodx]

Still my favorite

[@diedeckeinnovationgmbh8400]

Dude thats a childhood treasure! Have you ever tried Castle Strike?

[@gregg7617]

Build houses for more people and troops , Look around for gold , And build a mine , Build crops lots , Assign more people to Different tasks , Build more carts for your mines 5 per mine , Build a friggin market and exchange goods !

[@kotletschabowy4169]

It looks extremly promising, I just hope local dubbings will remain, these set so much mood in original

[@thelastdragonbornn]

Brings back memories from childhood

[@greghoyt4061]

Looks great. The only thing that’s missing is a single player skirmish mode, like the one they had in Crusader. That should’ve been a no-brainer for this remaster, imo.

[@mkgaming1510]

Love from India ❤❤

[@frenchmonk94]

Now this was a trip to some nostalgia and I'm all for it :D

[@jamesgg7175]

Spam hunting lodges more the better , most efficient way of stock pilling food quickly

[@fortheorlingas1456]

I have the disc version and it transferred over to my Steam account. This game is my jam! I beat the whole campaign.

[@chazanderson4532]

Man I love this game. Hopefully with mods we can get unit collision though. It always killed me that 1 ladder would get up and then a thousand enemies are up at the same time...

[@AR-yd2nd]

Firefly doing something actually good with this goated IP. Didn't expect that.

[@Hail.layla-ym3sh]

I believe that stronghold is stronghold I really can't notice the defrins but still one of the best games ever I am playing it from 11 years and still playing it until today ❤❤

[@josephcontreras5626]

Thank you Apollo for breaking this great news!! Love the gaming videos and genre of the content.

[@FrostRare]

It looks gorgeous. Only thing it’s missing is lighting… idk why they don’t put it in. Whatever. I’m happy af

[@odynith9356]

Used to play stronghold 2 so much back in the day.

[@milothemarauder]

Fuck yes! I love these games!

[@manfredthegreat]

I really hope they make this for Stronghold Crusader aswell. With functioning Steam Workshop and Multiplayer.

[@gregg7617]

Build a market and armoury , Fletcher's and such !

[@daveshilling6610]

After stronghold crusader 2. It went down hill

[@majorianus8055]

Really excited!

[@covid-19gamers55]

Can someone explain the difference between HD Stronghold edition and the Definitive edition please? Many ppl say it’s a remaster but I can’t see any ground breaking changes vs HD version.

[@AdamRusiecki]

Stronghold 2 had so many improvements I wished to be included in this Remaster

[@davidharwell3580]

Loved the game as a child only thing I see would of built a straight wall across to the rock out cropping then straight down so had better room for quick defenses.

[@AlonbF9182]

Love this game series when i was young , truly awesome game

[@brandonclay5328]

Oh dang! I can't wait I love stronghold!!!!!

[@bulldog6545]

I played a lot of Ztronghold Legends back in the days

[@s11x]

Hopefully they will continue making new games with this 2D artwork

[@josephdebono1862]

I have the original, but it has stopped working properly on my computer, is there a way of getting it fixed, maybe a reinstall? My OS is 7 so I understand I will have to upgrade that next year for Steam to work..

[@Sardar_bhai]

You can incease thr ration from granary... And increase tax... It will balance the popularity

[@MrStkiwi]

Apollo i have been waiting soo long for farthest frontier!!!!! Please upload it

[@theaccentman8439]

Looks good

[@TheAurelianProject]

Wow this game was my childhood

[@lolbenz]

my old stronghold cd broke 5 years ago lol

[@teeheeteeheeish]

You gotta build stairs to get onto walls and into towers

[@drpow6244]

Press space when building walls to see gaps.

[@laoscuridad9275]

man I missed this! it was my favorite!

[@enlightenment3916]

Isn't it great when apollo uploads a video

[@allysmith1062]

Wooood neeeeded, food stock are runnin loooow m'lord... We must build a waaaallll 😄 classic stronghold gameplay

[@martinb4272]

Wolves are on the prowl, my liege.

[@eddieharr]

SO EXCITED FOR THIS! LOVED this game!

[@executivemoment]

Original Stronghold is definitely lacking in units (merc camp with suitable units from western europe) and AI lords. Wish they add some dlc-s (expansions), so we can have bigger options in multiplayer. And to make multiplayer competitive dev should make option for players to choose one of the castle designs that they will defend through all the match… and to have limited resources in materials and manpower. This will make games much more dynamic and prevent players from building endless walls stacked with tons of units. The idea is to have games lasting to max 45 min, not sieging one castle for eternity. That way you can defeat enemy players by killing their lord or draining them out of resources or manpower. Adding ranked multiplayer will keep the players

[@vikingsword3485]

Never underestimate the classics

[@anor_naur]

The only important question is whether they are adding skirmish to Stronghold or not!

[@retrobusrise4873]

did they nerf archers and shields combo???

[@IKillo-vl2li]

Such a classic

[@raskolnikov6443]

This and Crusader are amazing games

[@destruct0503]

I can tell apollo never played the original stronghold games lol

[@Sardar_bhai]

Build a very big stockpile and market to seel and earn gold