You know I was really looking forward to this game, so on a personal level I’m immensely disappointed with what critics have had to say about it so far. Its Metacritic score of 44/100 and Metacritic user review average of 3.5/10 hardly scream “BUY ME”, and the general consensus is that while the developer tried to go back to what made the original Stronghold such a classic, they released an incomplete, buggy mess of a game which is only very occasionally enjoyable.
We were going to review Stronghold 3 ourselves, but I doubt that after reading through what some critics have had to say any MyGaming writers will be willing to waste precious gaming hours on this one.
I just got word that Hugo has wrapped up his review, so you can expect to see it up in the next day or two.
Stronghold 3 review roundup
Cheat Code Central 3.7/5
The folks at Firefly knew what they had to do to win back Stronghold fans, and they mostly did it: Everything that annoyed people about Stronghold 2 is gone, and some great new features have been added. Nonetheless, Stronghold 3 needs a few patches and maybe a price cut before it can starting winning new fans for the franchise.
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Ten Ton Hammer 41/100
This game has done everything in its power to make you want to quit before you experience it all. Read more
Games Radar 4/10
Stronghold 3 is a bizarre third outlier, clinging to an aging formula but making changes that actually feel like a step back. The real crime here isn’t that Stronghold 3 is a bad game, it’s the disservice done to a series that has provided so much joy in the past, ruining our nostalgia. Somewhere, a child in a tree fort is weeping. Read more
Game Informer 4/10
I wish I could say something positive about Stronghold 3. The closest I can come is to call it Stronghold 1 with better graphics. Even that is unfair to the 2001 original, which at least worked on a basic level – a task sadly above Stronghold 3’s capabilities. As much as I wanted to like this game, I can’t recommend it in good faith to anyone.
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Game Spy 1.5/5
I could go on with this litany of problems: random peasants that incessantly block the placement of structures, a ridiculously shallow tutorial, stability problems – but there’s no need. Stronghold 3 is a very bad game that simply feels like it was hurriedly cobbled together and released with a minimum of testing. Read more
Destructoid 2/10
Buried beneath bugs, control issues, harsh mission design and even harsher economic balancing, there seems to be a shadow of the old Stronghold as we remember it; sometimes you’ll even have a minute of fun here and there. Read more
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