  Nothing Like Expected, 2004-10-27
This game is nothing like Age of Empires or it's ilk as described by other reviewers. In single player mode you are led by your nose through a series of basic objectives in each of the three campaigns. It is quite boring and even on high difficulty settings easy to complete. The graphics don't seem to be written very well and on my high spec card there are still a lot of irritating vector problems. If you need to refer to the manual it is all soft - the accompanying manual is brief to say the least. This may be a good multi-player game but for a single player like me, it is a zero.
Castle stike not a flop, 2005-02-14
wow. after playing the game for about 10 minites i realised it was good. ok there is a limited amount of buildings and the campains are hard but who cares. the grapics and game play make it better than age of empires and the massiveness it just mind boggerling.
ok so bad bit. not many. and for its price (£5 feb 2005) it is great. with a story line and a good 3d grapic engine i hope you buy it
Castle Strike hits the spot!, 2004-04-05
This is a superbly crafted game - the seige weapons are awesome, the zoom-in camera a real plus and I've been playing online with people in Europe. As an RTS game it's as good as Age of Empires (if not better) and the missions will keep me going for weeks of bleary eyed play. Fantastic!!
Mediaeval Battling at its best, 2006-02-22
I originally bought Castle Strike for my son to play but got so caught up in the game that we now regularly share missions and strategies.
The basics of the game are easy to learn and comprise castle and village construction (beautiful graphics and effects) and the building of a suitable army of various mediaeval troops. All this is controlled by serfs gathering resources for you to use.
The gameplay can be either 'Campaign' where you are given a quest to achieve (there are three campaigns each with eight main quests), or 'custom' where there is a bewildering array of possibilities that will keep me occupied for many weeks.
The only complaint that I have with the gameplay is the repetitive nature of the Castle/Village building process which must be gone through before any real action can take place, although once battle commences the sheer adrenalin rush more than makes up for it.
Overall this is an excellent RTS game with only a few minor bugs to mar the enjoyment.
castle strike? whats tht?, 2005-01-12
Castle Strike? They kept this game quiet! and wrongly so. If you like Stronghold, Stronghold Crusader, AOE, Settlers series, any real time strtergy then this is one of those games that must be in your CD rack. Especially at only £7 (12-01-05)The game is set in the medieval times, nowhere in particular. There is a 27 game campaign to complete, the irst three being the well crafted tutorial, guiding you through the basics. The control system is a hybrid mixture, a little AOE, and a little unique. It is still simple to navigate though, and building resources etc is easy. It is a resource gathering game, with villagers, and an array of military units. The game is really half real time city byuilding stratergy, and half epic 3-d battles; as in Medieval Total War. Thats right the game is in 3-d (not terribly impressive) but still 3-d. The most impressive part of the game is the seige weaponary, such a choice, and so destructive!! Brilliant, neighbouring castles beware, does my arsnal look big in this? An excellent, well crafted, well thought out game, a new breed of real time stratergy. Combining both city building skill, and battle skill in one game. A must have!
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