Well, I would imagine this game comming out in 2004 and the animation would be still so-so... I can't imagine playing this game and I would NOT consider buying it at all (bad animations, seems like all you will do is using catapults + burning poles to get rid of enemy and you will probably try to avoid military fights because the animation is really horrible... they probably should consider making trailers better
I haven't read up on the game, but I'm really looking forward if they finally changed troop overlapping and removed instant wall repairs ( exspeically during a siege attacks). Those were kinda a turn-off gameplay wise.
I wonder what this will look like playing in 1920x1080 res... Anyways, I loved SH:C, if this game has a good feel to it, I wouldn't mind the graphics.
ife pllayed stronghold crusade 1, till the freaking end.. but then came two.. it really sucked.. but when i see this it doesnt looks so NEW or EPIC.. idk its maybe the trailer but yea.. i STILL GONNA BUY IT!!
add: thou I do have to agree with one of the posters, the whole gate house going down to a ram is silly, if it was seiging ok, but just a door being bashed in? Might want to fix or have a patch ready for release. That's a bit to much even for me :) But overall? I can't wait!
Looks great to me! big fan of the series, I think the graphics fit what they are trying to represent, it wasn't all shiny armor and color's back in those days. Going for the realistic look here works well indeed! can't wait!
@SuperThecrap For me graphics don't matter much. I loved and still love Stronghold and Stronghold Crusader (i'm still playing them ) :)) and now I'm glad that Stronghold 3 doesn't require a good pc to run it , because my pc is a little old :)
Why would a gatehouse collapse like that? You went through the trouble to make walls realistic, breaking "brick by brick", but the gatehouse getting destroyed looks like a canned animation.
@zerilis Ever consider that the Twin Towers were steel skyscrapers engineered to collapse in exactly that manner so as not to topple over and crush other buildings, and not a 13th century stone gatehouse a fraction of the size? Or maybe that's beside the point; it just looks lame the way it does. I'm not a structural engineer, but I'm pretty sure if I take a battering ram to the portcullis, all of the stone holding it in place doesn't turn to confetti. Maybe you're just trolling. I should hope.
The trailers aren't that great but I couldn't care less, for a Stronghold game, it look like it's going to be interesting, graphics are good (if you want stunning visuals and a cinematic experience, play an FPS or action adventure) and the physics look like they'll give catapults, etc more importance rather than for just getting the walls down quickly.
@SuperThecrap Thanks lol! It's get annoying hearing everyone complain about graphics which just aren't as important in an RTS. Gameplay is and always will be the most important thing in any game and has always been great in Stronghold (well Stronghold 2 had issues but it was still ok and is fixed in 3).
I'm look forward to the night time features and the grid free castle building, circular walls, free rotation, this is what's more important, graphics can always be modded or done up in patches.
i thought the title was "Stronghold3 Military Trailer" and not Stronghold2 Trailer.. i mean take a nother year.. i dont care but realy make an new Military Gameplay..
"Stronghold 3 For those asking about the walls. It takes a long time to destroy them - in the video they have been hit several times before collapsing. Don't worry, it's still tough to destroy walls."
I for one think that they should make this clearer in the trailers.
@Belial1247 I love these graphics.and most peoole thinks this is stronghold 2 without even playing it.even if it was 2d I would love it but these graphics arent bad.at least they are enough for my shitty pc to run
@SuperThecrap Right? Since when does the quality of gameplay relate to the graphics. Just so long as you can tell the difference between your guys and theirs graphics shouldn't matter beyond a little glamour. If this game is even half of any of its predecesors I will be happy, and play the game until its disc's utter destruction like I have with every other stronghold game I've ever owned
@zZANEz people here wants a game with bf3 graphics and stronghold 2 glitches.I could even play on crusader graphics with awesome gameplay.as long as its fun its worth the money.I dont think the graphics look bad also.I like it and my shitty pc can run it.I cant wait for the storyline
ok guys the first game was ugly and it ROCKED, i will admit this is a bit disappointing looking, however if the game-play is solid like the first one, i smell a winner
The destruction looks ok, the game play is the same old stronghold we love, the walls and other stuff look absolutely awful, its so pixely it looks like its from the 90's as an attempt at cutting edge graphics.
First Stronghold and crusader game were so good..They were legendary.. I'm a big fan of this game but after crusader, this game is just a disappointment and i think graphically very similar to stronghold 2 and legends..I'm waiting hopefully but there is something change in this game..
Looks like it could use a little polishing...but ill be extremely happy as long as they get back to the basics that were in Stronghold 1 and crusader. Excessive castle maitenance and chaining all the damn buildings together was so...SOOOOOOOOO un-fun.
Oh blast. Speaking as a serious Stronghold fan, this looks.. awful :( Like an amateur tech demo, relying solely upon floaty, poorly refined physics as a gimmick while gameplay and visuals have fallen by the wayside. Somehow so.. simplistic, and ugly.
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kapec241yt 1 month ago
Well, I would imagine this game comming out in 2004 and the animation would be still so-so... I can't imagine playing this game and I would NOT consider buying it at all (bad animations, seems like all you will do is using catapults + burning poles to get rid of enemy and you will probably try to avoid military fights because the animation is really horrible... they probably should consider making trailers better
hollycz 5 months ago
@hollycz Is it just me or are you stupid? The animation is fine, hell the animations in SH2 were fine and these are better.
TidesOfInfamy in reply to hollycz (Show the comment) 4 months ago
it looks good to me, either way i have a huge boner for medieval times. Sometimes i feel thats when i should have lived
WhiteBattleBull 5 months ago
Remembering Stronghold makes me feel like the kid I was back then when i played Stronghold 1 and the even better Stronghold Crusader
Im gonna cry ;)
Mastakilla91 5 months ago
looks good, classic stronghold is back!
pigeonpsycho 5 months ago
i am so gonna play the fuck out of this game ALSO WORK HARDER FIREFLY I AM ALSO EXPECTIN CRUSADER 2
vlad007001 5 months ago
I haven't read up on the game, but I'm really looking forward if they finally changed troop overlapping and removed instant wall repairs ( exspeically during a siege attacks). Those were kinda a turn-off gameplay wise.
I wonder what this will look like playing in 1920x1080 res... Anyways, I loved SH:C, if this game has a good feel to it, I wouldn't mind the graphics.
FinalHour0 5 months ago
MW3!!!!!!!!!!!! :D
TreFZger96 5 months ago
@TreFZger96 Yes good idea lets all buy a game from the company thats trying to turn FPS into a p2p franchise.
oogibah in reply to TreFZger96 (Show the comment) 5 months ago
JIZZ IN MY PANTS
Stronghold is the best game series of all time.
TheVerinen2 5 months ago
ife pllayed stronghold crusade 1, till the freaking end.. but then came two.. it really sucked.. but when i see this it doesnt looks so NEW or EPIC.. idk its maybe the trailer but yea.. i STILL GONNA BUY IT!!
RICOOABC 5 months ago
Looks great , thumbs up if you think those dislikers dont know anything in middle age games
MrHakou2010 5 months ago
@MrHakou2010 The castles and walls look like shit, just be honest.
Trololololoish in reply to MrHakou2010 (Show the comment) 5 months ago
@Trololololoish u r not stronghold fan then
go play tetris
MrHakou2010 in reply to Trololololoish (Show the comment) 5 months ago
stronghold best rts
pigeonpsycho 5 months ago
just pre-ordered, woo :D
MrNorbo95 5 months ago
OMG its awesome!
robindelang2 5 months ago
Original Stronghold was one of the reasons why I love RTS genre.
MixrEzzk 5 months ago
This game looks great who cares about graphics it's about gameplay
mrjoey841 5 months ago
Zero appeal to me :( and it's sad to say.
albero781 5 months ago
i seriously hope this is incomplete game footage were seeing. I'd like to see WAY better animation from moving and fighting units
deathjam 5 months ago
@deathjam its not out yet so no it cant be.
SuperThecrap in reply to deathjam (Show the comment) 5 months ago
terrible trailer, bound to be a good game tho.
TheChemicol 5 months ago
add: thou I do have to agree with one of the posters, the whole gate house going down to a ram is silly, if it was seiging ok, but just a door being bashed in? Might want to fix or have a patch ready for release. That's a bit to much even for me :) But overall? I can't wait!
chaintm 5 months ago
@chaintm yeah that sucks.it would be harder to see which gatehouse had its gate destroyed if there was many of them tho.
SuperThecrap in reply to chaintm (Show the comment) 5 months ago
Looks great to me! big fan of the series, I think the graphics fit what they are trying to represent, it wasn't all shiny armor and color's back in those days. Going for the realistic look here works well indeed! can't wait!
chaintm 5 months ago
@chaintm an you are one of the few intelligent "real fan" here.everyone judges this game by its graphics.it pisses me off.
SuperThecrap in reply to chaintm (Show the comment) 5 months ago
@SuperThecrap For me graphics don't matter much. I loved and still love Stronghold and Stronghold Crusader (i'm still playing them ) :)) and now I'm glad that Stronghold 3 doesn't require a good pc to run it , because my pc is a little old :)
Sarmizegetusa106 in reply to SuperThecrap (Show the comment) 5 months ago
@Sarmizegetusa106 of course.you are indeed a real fan of this game unlike many others where they judge it by graphics.and yes I have a bad pc too :)
SuperThecrap in reply to Sarmizegetusa106 (Show the comment) 5 months ago
jesus fucking christ this is the greatest game ever fucking made ever in the history of ever made games ever EVER fuck you
pigeonpsycho 5 months ago
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Awesome!!!! can't wait!!!!!!!!!!
elirev5 5 months ago
Why would a gatehouse collapse like that? You went through the trouble to make walls realistic, breaking "brick by brick", but the gatehouse getting destroyed looks like a canned animation.
ptoner87 5 months ago 6
@ptoner87 Ever watch footage of the twin towers in New York collapsing dumbass?
zerilis in reply to ptoner87 (Show the comment) 5 months ago
@zerilis Ever consider that the Twin Towers were steel skyscrapers engineered to collapse in exactly that manner so as not to topple over and crush other buildings, and not a 13th century stone gatehouse a fraction of the size? Or maybe that's beside the point; it just looks lame the way it does. I'm not a structural engineer, but I'm pretty sure if I take a battering ram to the portcullis, all of the stone holding it in place doesn't turn to confetti. Maybe you're just trolling. I should hope.
ptoner87 in reply to zerilis (Show the comment) 5 months ago
remember this isnt a combat ONLY rts, its also a castle building sim. freaking haters...............
loudpanzer 5 months ago
that looks fucking horrible =(
SirCiabattasemmel 5 months ago
@SirCiabattasemmel Then don't buy it, no one cares about your opinion. And besides, you never even played it yet.
skylar15123 in reply to SirCiabattasemmel (Show the comment) 5 months ago
holy fuck this looks like complete shit..
jdoane1989 5 months ago
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@jdoane1989 Well noone cares what you think.
skylar15123 in reply to jdoane1989 (Show the comment) 5 months ago
graphics suck? go see stronghold crusader and than come watch this
nour5629 5 months ago
the whole entire gatehous falls apart still? The gate should be the only thing that breaks, but oh well.
Lef0rt 5 months ago
I just love it...
MrShokowsky 5 months ago
idk, this game is looking kind of crappy
Xinthose 5 months ago
stronghold 1 best Strategy ever,
now it time to see if stronghold 3 can get the title :P
thegapaman 5 months ago
I hope the game is better than the trailer haha :D
MyNegativeCreep 5 months ago
This trailer is appalling
Mulvers01 5 months ago
Only ONE problem for me: It still looks ugly that the gatehouse seems to have no problems then just collapses from the last hit =(
Trough, the walls and the log physics are AWESOME!
TigerAceCrew 5 months ago
@TigerAceCrew yeah thats my only problem too but it would've been harder to see the gate broken from a camera in that angle with such action.
SuperThecrap in reply to TigerAceCrew (Show the comment) 5 months ago
The trailers aren't that great but I couldn't care less, for a Stronghold game, it look like it's going to be interesting, graphics are good (if you want stunning visuals and a cinematic experience, play an FPS or action adventure) and the physics look like they'll give catapults, etc more importance rather than for just getting the walls down quickly.
CountDrahkir 5 months ago
@CountDrahkir finally someone who is intelligent here!
SuperThecrap in reply to CountDrahkir (Show the comment) 5 months ago
@SuperThecrap Thanks lol! It's get annoying hearing everyone complain about graphics which just aren't as important in an RTS. Gameplay is and always will be the most important thing in any game and has always been great in Stronghold (well Stronghold 2 had issues but it was still ok and is fixed in 3).
I'm look forward to the night time features and the grid free castle building, circular walls, free rotation, this is what's more important, graphics can always be modded or done up in patches.
CountDrahkir in reply to SuperThecrap (Show the comment) 5 months ago
@CountDrahkir of course.what they want is a bf3 graphics game with glitches of stronghold 2! they didnt even played the game yet.
SuperThecrap in reply to CountDrahkir (Show the comment) 5 months ago
1:13 ... uh nice buggy physics there...
OriginalityDaniel 5 months ago
i thought the title was "Stronghold3 Military Trailer" and not Stronghold2 Trailer.. i mean take a nother year.. i dont care but realy make an new Military Gameplay..
Deadcontroll 5 months ago
@Deadcontroll how does this look like stronghold 2? did you played this yet? "oh graphics suck" WTF stop complaining people
SuperThecrap in reply to Deadcontroll (Show the comment) 5 months ago
graphics is not the point in this game at all. but the trailer looks a bit ugly though
MeandmagiC 5 months ago
I think all of the critical people need to realise something, THIS IS BETA FOOTAGE; It will all be tweaked and looking brilliant by its release.
keithps3sucks 5 months ago
I think it looks fantastic, it fits the gamestyle perfectly :D
its not about having ''GOOD Grapichs'' its about having fitting grapichs
userstupidname 5 months ago
@userstupidname
i think its a massive leap from sh2 thats for sure.
TheChemicol in reply to userstupidname (Show the comment) 5 months ago
everyone like the comment below mine
MrNorbo95 5 months ago
On Stronghold 3's Facebook page they said this:
"Stronghold 3 For those asking about the walls. It takes a long time to destroy them - in the video they have been hit several times before collapsing. Don't worry, it's still tough to destroy walls."
I for one think that they should make this clearer in the trailers.
MasterlyApprentice 5 months ago 29
@MasterlyApprentice No wonder the walls look like they are made of pebbl- Wall collapses as a bunch of pebbles Me: O_O
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teph1256 in reply to MasterlyApprentice (Show the comment) 5 months ago
Look So Awful....
TheBaldwin007 5 months ago
Physics seems laggy, and unrealistic as hell. And entire big gate just crumbled.. :S
mixuz91 5 months ago
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MasterlyApprentice 5 months ago
Sorry but the graphic looks strange.
Also the effects are very boring.
Firefly... Stronghold 2 was bad... and you really think this would be better ?
Belial1247 5 months ago 3
@Belial1247 did you played it? its not about the goddamn graphics open your eyes!
SuperThecrap in reply to Belial1247 (Show the comment) 5 months ago
GODDAMNIT WHO CARES ABOUT GRAPHICS?I remember "old fans" saying that.now they are like "omg bad graphics this will suck".did you played it yet?
SuperThecrap 5 months ago 18
@SuperThecrap Okay i respect your comment. But i think a Game for 50€ (in Germany) needs a good graphic. And not some first-try-effects.
Belial1247 in reply to SuperThecrap (Show the comment) 5 months ago
@Belial1247 I love these graphics.and most peoole thinks this is stronghold 2 without even playing it.even if it was 2d I would love it but these graphics arent bad.at least they are enough for my shitty pc to run
SuperThecrap in reply to Belial1247 (Show the comment) 5 months ago
@SuperThecrap Thats true, all right. But I think there some effects etc. what the could make better =)
Belial1247 in reply to SuperThecrap (Show the comment) 5 months ago
@Belial1247 like blood for soldiers maybe? still I have already preordered it! I cant wait
SuperThecrap in reply to Belial1247 (Show the comment) 5 months ago
@SuperThecrap Maybe ^^ Mhhh okay... i think i will buy it its on sale in steam next year =D
Belial1247 in reply to SuperThecrap (Show the comment) 5 months ago
@Belial1247 next year? because of all the games coming out these days?
SuperThecrap in reply to Belial1247 (Show the comment) 5 months ago
@SuperThecrap I will not spend 50€ for another game this time. ;-)
Belial1247 in reply to SuperThecrap (Show the comment) 5 months ago
@SuperThecrap Right? Since when does the quality of gameplay relate to the graphics. Just so long as you can tell the difference between your guys and theirs graphics shouldn't matter beyond a little glamour. If this game is even half of any of its predecesors I will be happy, and play the game until its disc's utter destruction like I have with every other stronghold game I've ever owned
zZANEz in reply to SuperThecrap (Show the comment) 5 months ago
@zZANEz people here wants a game with bf3 graphics and stronghold 2 glitches.I could even play on crusader graphics with awesome gameplay.as long as its fun its worth the money.I dont think the graphics look bad also.I like it and my shitty pc can run it.I cant wait for the storyline
SuperThecrap in reply to zZANEz (Show the comment) 5 months ago
@SuperThecrap 3d kill stronghold graphics... the first stronghold is still beautiful, but in isometric 3D (in fact, in 2D)
teph1256 in reply to SuperThecrap (Show the comment) 5 months ago
@teph1256 3d only makes it better if used well.and yes the first game looks beutiful too.
SuperThecrap in reply to teph1256 (Show the comment) 5 months ago
ok guys the first game was ugly and it ROCKED, i will admit this is a bit disappointing looking, however if the game-play is solid like the first one, i smell a winner
jessetattoo 5 months ago
@jessetattoo I thought the first game was really quite beautiful :]
BrightOnimicon in reply to jessetattoo (Show the comment) 5 months ago
personally i don't see these trailer, i want only ht final game, from these the game appears a bit ugly, but in other no... boh..
kayuz6 5 months ago
the detail is good but i don't like the graphic..
so i'll wait for the game.. hope it's better than the video..
adiera01 5 months ago
is this the Stronghold 2 of 1.6 patch
lallerasd 5 months ago
The destruction looks ok, the game play is the same old stronghold we love, the walls and other stuff look absolutely awful, its so pixely it looks like its from the 90's as an attempt at cutting edge graphics.
spirit774 5 months ago
This looks pretty bad, ala 2001 :(
jamie199104 5 months ago
First Stronghold and crusader game were so good..They were legendary.. I'm a big fan of this game but after crusader, this game is just a disappointment and i think graphically very similar to stronghold 2 and legends..I'm waiting hopefully but there is something change in this game..
NiGhTViCTim 5 months ago
@NiGhTViCTim
legend looked so much shittyer than sh2 for some reason..
TheChemicol in reply to NiGhTViCTim (Show the comment) 5 months ago
@TheChemicol yeah i think so...crusader was the best..
NiGhTViCTim in reply to TheChemicol (Show the comment) 5 months ago
@NiGhTViCTim i agree
TheChemicol in reply to NiGhTViCTim (Show the comment) 5 months ago
Looks like it could use a little polishing...but ill be extremely happy as long as they get back to the basics that were in Stronghold 1 and crusader. Excessive castle maitenance and chaining all the damn buildings together was so...SOOOOOOOOO un-fun.
jased30 5 months ago
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I dont like the graphic
ChrisioNe 5 months ago 12
Stronghold 3 is coming!!! Oh yeah!
xXCrazyDeeXx 5 months ago
I like this!
93dani 5 months ago
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Oh blast. Speaking as a serious Stronghold fan, this looks.. awful :( Like an amateur tech demo, relying solely upon floaty, poorly refined physics as a gimmick while gameplay and visuals have fallen by the wayside. Somehow so.. simplistic, and ugly.
Jakkaroo 5 months ago 28
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Yesh, this will be great! :))
Commander783 5 months ago