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For all intents and purposes conquering is still the bread and butter of the gameplay, so it's really sad to see that it has suffered the most in this remake. The actual battle mechanics are much the same as in the original. The battlefield is divided by several impassable islands of land. In each attacking lane created by these "islands" you can have one of the following troops: peasants the weakest bunch, but they're faster moving , footmen kind of like your infantry , archers, knights and catapults heavy artillery.

The entire strategy of every fray comes down to making sure your ranged units are out of enemy reach, and that your knights and footmen are strong enough to withstand the shower of boulders and arrows and get to enemy ranged units first. In all honesty, there are some more advanced skirmish options available, but I wasn't compelled to use them ever because I was winning all the time. The sad truth is the battles look and play too simply.

The battlefield is represented like a board game and the units look like chess figures. That's not bad per se, just as long as the clashes required a little more strategic thinking, which they don't. As it stands, this aspect of the game's core gameplay component is just weak.

The same applies to the tactical map. There is nothing wrong with the map itself. You attack adjacent territories, move troops around and recruit new ones to join either your campaign or the Territorial Army. You have to make sure your borders are defended before advancing further. But the enemy AI is so woefully incompetent it will lie down and die for you to conquer England! Considering there wasn't an option in there to up the difficulty level I'd say this is the easiest PC game I've ever played.

Granted, I was already quite familiar with the basic concepts even though I haven't played the game for fifteen years , but I'd still go out on a limb here and say that a ten year old would have no trouble beating Robin Hood: Defender of the Crown in no time. What's more, after acquiring certain special items that help you become better at mini-games like the legendary sword for castle raids it will be that much easier to hurt the other lords by robbing them blind and making sure they don't have enough money to recruit new forces.

The game's difficulty is raised by a notch or two if you take in account that you'll have to pay the ransom for King Richard 10, gold pieces to secure peace in England, but it's really not that difficult to do so once you've gained control of most of the territories and the other nobleman are at your mercy. Robin Hood or not, you will collect taxes from everyone who's living on the conquered territories, the more territories you have the more money you'll get after each turn. After playing a game like Shogun: Total War and all its expansion , one can only feel disappointment over the unrealized potential of Robin Hood: Defender of the Crown.

What should've been the crowning jewel to tie the good writing and decent graphics together, turned out to be its most disappointing feature.

Because of the unchallenging gameplay and poorly designed AI the single-player game is terribly short, too. You cannot up the difficulty level and there is certainly no multiplayer mode. You know what that means of course; there is virtually no replay value! I fail to see why anyone would pick this game up after beating it once.

Game or Patch Questions? Visit FileForums. Magazines Banners. Robin Hood Defender of the Crown. See even back then we have remakes of games! The story and setting of Robin Hood: Defender of the Crown is pretty darn awesome. The game has you playing as Robin Hood who has to deal with Prince John and that no-good Sherriff of Nottingham as they are up to their old tricks. This time though, they are trying to seize the ultimate power and take the whole of England for themselves.

Robin Hood is not going to take this and he will reunite England and fight off these chumps! The presentation of the game is a bit of a mixed bag. The CG cut scenes are pretty awesome and move things along nicely. The rest of the game though has a rather low-quality design to it, even for the time period. It is not a horrible looking game, but there is certainly a blandness to it, especially the overhead map portions.

The sound effects ranging from the music, ambient sound and voice acting all do a serviceable job in my opinion. We've got the latest on this strategy action game set in 12th-century England.

Cinemaware releases the first screenshots from its upcoming game Robin Hood: Defender of the Crown. Cinemaware releases some new concept images from its upcoming remake of the classic Robin Hood game. Two playable demos are available for Cinemaware's browser-based version of the classic action role-playing game. Cinemaware announces the development of its upcoming 3D sequel to the classic strategy game. Screenshots inside.