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Stronghold Legends

Lead as fantasy characters throughout history: King Arthur and the forces of Camelot, Siegfried and Dietrich in the German Ice Campaign, and unleash the fury of the forces of evil in Vlad Dracul’s Transylvania.

53 13 October 2006 ESRB T

Stronghold Legends is a real time strategy (rts) developed by Firefly Studios, released 13 October 2006 on PC (Microsoft Windows).

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What Stronghold Legends is

Stronghold Legends is a real time strategy (rts) game developed by Firefly Studios and released in 2006. It was published by 2K Games. It is available on PC (Microsoft Windows) only. It carries an ESRB T age rating.

The premise, in the publisher's words

Lead as fantasy characters throughout history: King Arthur and the forces of Camelot, Siegfried and Dietrich in the German Ice Campaign, and unleash the fury of the forces of evil in Vlad Dracul’s Transylvania.
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How it plays

It is played from a bird view / isometric perspective. Its themes are action, fantasy, historical and warfare. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component. Available modes: Co-operative, Multiplayer and Single player. There are 60 achievements to unlock.

How it was received

Stronghold Legends holds a critic score of 53 out of 100. That places it above 9% of the 612 rated real time strategy (rts) games in our database, which average 72. Games released in 2006 averaged 65, so it scored 12 points below the year average.

What you need to run it

The minimum specification calls for 1.6 GHz Equivalent Intel or AMD Processor, 1 GB RAM and 256 MB Video Card. At 1GB of RAM, it will run on essentially any working PC — that is below what a budget laptop ships with today. Install size is roughly 3GB. Both tiers are compared side by side on the requirements page, and you can check your own parts against them without installing anything.

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What it launched against

Stronghold Legends launched on 13 October 2006, within three weeks of Bully, Pokémon Diamond Version, Neverwinter Nights 2 and Need for Speed: Carbon. All of them reviewed better.

Released around the same time: Bully, Pokémon Diamond Version, Neverwinter Nights 2, Need for Speed: Carbon.

Official trailer

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Quick answers

Stronghold Legends — frequently asked questions

When did Stronghold Legends come out?
Stronghold Legends was released on 13 October 2006 for PC (Microsoft Windows).
What are the minimum PC requirements for Stronghold Legends?
At minimum, Stronghold Legends needs 1.6 GHz Equivalent Intel or AMD Processor, 1 GB RAM, 256 MB Video Card graphics, 3 GB available space of storage.
How many GB is Stronghold Legends?
The PC version needs about 3 GB of storage, going by the storage line in the system requirements ("3 GB available space"). Updates can add to that, and console versions have their own sizes, which are not listed here.

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