'There is a guy called a Dervish,' said Harris of a lithe dual-sabre wielding character. Active abilities will have a cool down, such as the Dervish. The Crusader and Arabic factions will receive 10 new units and new units will either have passive and active special moves. Other units include the Templer, Horse Archer, Christian Sergeant, Healer, Dervish and more. 'The castle goes into panic as the slaves set the farms alight at the edge of the castle. 'They've got torches and what you do is, you get a group of them to run towards the enemy's castle,' said producer Paul Harris. Finally, the Slave Driver 'motivates' the group of slaves. The other horseback class, The Chargers, can counteract the damage of the Horse Archers by charging them down. The agile Horse Archers can fire arrows with a 360 degree range of fire. Players will also be able to free-build castles and walls.Ī few new notable classes such as the Assassin can stealthily run to enemy's castles gate and allow player's troops through. Dynamic events will also occur, such as a locus swarm and a tornado, which will hilariously spout people out of its top. Where the last game engine was very restrictive of rotations and only had two zooms, the player can now rotate the view anywhere. With the new 3D engine, gamers will receive an overhauled user interface, physics and AI. Firefly said that it isn't aware of another game in the genre where two people are on the same team sharing the same resources. We are aiming to make it the best RTS of 2014.'Īccording Tannahill, the game combines all of the aspects of a city builder with real time strategy style, 'Which are two quite complex things, so when you split them between each other it really is quite fun to play that way.' Resources to share include in-game items such as wood from chopping trees, water, crops and animals. We'll have voice over Steam chat so we can talk all over. We control the same castle, but I might build the economy and you might build the military side. 'So that is one of the big features that we have. 'With multiplayer we've got teams of AI, but one of the cool things is we've got multiplayer co-op, where you basically share the same castle,' said marketing manager Nick Tannahill. Firefly Studios is offering a unique co-op experience by allowing two players to work together within its castle sim real-time strategy game, Stronghold Crusader 2, the team told Polygon.

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