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Posted March 09, 2021
Besiege Great Khans, Imperial warlords, and Shōgun commanders in the newest installment of the legendary RTS series. Stronghold: Warlords is now available on GOG.COM along with a 10% discount that will last until 16th March 2021, 6 PM UTC!

Take command of the warriors from East Asia as they lay siege to castles and fortified cities across 31 campaign missions, multiplayer, skirmish, and free build modes. Also, be sure to read our interview with the game's lead designer!

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Posted March 10, 2021
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SuperLibby72: I have both games on disc which are DRM-free already.
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Plokite_Wolf: Both use SecuROM v7.

They pushed the SH2 and SHL Steam Editions hard for the Steamworks multiplayer and Workshop integration, and they'll only consider doing Steam-to-Galaxy crossplay if there is enough interest from the latter's userbase.
Are you sure? I have the Stronghold Collection and none of them have DRM.
Posted March 10, 2021
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ValamirCleaver: Because this game is focusing on east & southeast Asia?
So why not do both then? Like have some levels in the style shown in the game as it is now, and other levels with knights in medieval castles. It doesn't have to be just one or the other.
Posted March 10, 2021
Too bad it doesn't have DRM-Free multiplayer.
Posted March 10, 2021
@GOG
people seem to not get stronghold HD added in their library that is supposed to be included with the purchase of the special edition
https://www.gog.com/forum/stronghold_warlords/did_buy_the_special_edition_but_did_not_get_stronghold_hd
Post edited March 10, 2021 by alexandros050
Posted March 10, 2021
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SuperLibby72: Are you sure? I have the Stronghold Collection and none of them have DRM.
I was referring to the individual disc releases from 2005 and 2006 respectively. I don't know what the retail version of the SH Collection was like.
Posted March 10, 2021
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ValamirCleaver: Because this game is focusing on east & southeast Asia?
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Ancient-Red-Dragon: So why not do both then? Like have some levels in the style shown in the game as it is now, and other levels with knights in medieval castles. It doesn't have to be just one or the other.
Because artwork is freaking expensive? Because it the game models peculiarities inherent to the Asian setting that would not transfer well to a European medieval setting and require extensive redesign and remodeling? Because that would leave the game with two disjointed settings which have no proper historical reason to overlap in the time period in question?
Posted March 10, 2021
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SuperLibby72: Are you sure? I have the Stronghold Collection and none of them have DRM.
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Plokite_Wolf: I was referring to the individual disc releases from 2005 and 2006 respectively. I don't know what the retail version of the SH Collection was like.
In the past many Disk-rereleases or magazine versions were DRM-free.
Posted March 10, 2021
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Ancient-Red-Dragon: And it seems like you can't play as knights in medieval castles in this game? I'm not sure why they wouldn't include that feature. That's a pretty huge thing to omit.
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ValamirCleaver: Because this game is focusing on east & southeast Asia?
why? that is boring
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Ancient-Red-Dragon: So why not do both then? Like have some levels in the style shown in the game as it is now, and other levels with knights in medieval castles. It doesn't have to be just one or the other.
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BitMaster_1980: Because artwork is freaking expensive? Because it the game models peculiarities inherent to the Asian setting that would not transfer well to a European medieval setting and require extensive redesign and remodeling? Because that would leave the game with two disjointed settings which have no proper historical reason to overlap in the time period in question?
nah artwork is not expensive
maybe they should have just stayed with knights then and make a new series for these asian things
Post edited March 10, 2021 by Orkhepaj
Posted March 10, 2021
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Orkhepaj: nah artwork is not expensive
maybe they should have just stayed with knights then and make a new series for these asian things
That's true actually. I just made this drawing of a knight like in two minutes or so, and it wasn't expensive at all.
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Posted March 10, 2021
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Orkhepaj: nah artwork is not expensive
maybe they should have just stayed with knights then and make a new series for these asian things
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timppu: That's true actually. I just made this drawing of a knight like in two minutes or so, and it wasn't expensive at all.
oh same clean style as i have , nice
Posted March 10, 2021
Looks fantastic, with a neat setting!

Not sure if this holds true with the actual game but at least in the trailer - that Western person faking an Asian broken-English accent is just cringe. I don't know why they felt the need to do that. It not only sounds stupid, but is insulting to many people groups. I say this as an Asian-American. Am I offended? No. But it's just sad at this point.
Post edited March 10, 2021 by thuey
Posted March 10, 2021
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thuey: that Western person faking an Asian broken-English accent is just cringe
The VO is actually Rae Lim: https://www.imdb.com/name/nm5893797/?ref_=nm_mv_close
Posted March 10, 2021
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thuey: that Western person faking an Asian broken-English accent is just cringe
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Plokite_Wolf: The VO is actually Rae Lim: https://www.imdb.com/name/nm5893797/?ref_=nm_mv_close
Sorry if I wasn't clear. I'm talking about the male in the trailer.
Posted March 27, 2021
Stronghold 2 and Legends are long overdue for a release on GOG. What's the holdup? Let's get 2 and Legends released, already! Missing money in your coffers as a consequence of not releasing them on GOG, as of yet.
Posted March 27, 2021
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torham: Too bad it doesn't have DRM-Free multiplayer.
Not just too bad, it's also a shame. Shame on this developer/publisher and shame on GOG for accepting DRMed modes in games. While I am currently boycotting GOG (see the corresponding topic), specifically due to what I see as a shift towards DRM, I have to say more generally that when games like Stronghold: Warlords do this DRM scheme, it is absolutely a deciding factor between buying and not buying if I am on the fence.
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