GoG just called me out...

[Bulldog13]

I popped open my email and saw an email for the latest specials.

I saw Stronghold and thought "F*ck Yeah! I'll rock me some knights this weekend."

Clicked on Stronghold and it sent me to Stronghold alright. It was completely not the game I was expecting.

I was completely thinking it would be this http://www.hotud.org/component/content/article/37-strategy/22128-castles-ii-siege-and-conquest

GET OFF MY LAWN!

 

[simonizor]

I don't get it. You expected a game that has a completely different name than the one you clicked on?

 

[Bulldog13]

I was thinking Good Old Games...ya know from the early days. It just didn't occur to me to think of 2001 as the good old days, when I think of the "old days" I think of the early 90's...haha.

Hence, "GET OFF MY LAWN!"

 

[Ipreferspam]

GoG has been selling Castles and Castles 2 for some time 😉

http://www.gog.com/en/gamecard/castles_castles_2

 

[shortylickens]

I miss Castles.
🙁

 

[Cheesetogo]

Stronghold is really good. Get it anyways.

 

[CPA]

Castles and Stronghold were both awesome.

 

[Bulldog13]

It is king of amazing that Castles, Stronghold, and Lords of the Realm eventually grew into Total War.

You know what else blended into that...Battle Chess on DOS.

Am I missing any games ?

 

[acx]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fantasy_Empires

 

[Bulldog13]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fantasy_Empires

YES. YES. Awesome. Good call.

If you look hard enough, there is a taste of this: http://www.hotud.org/component/content/article/37-strategy/19711

 

[shortylickens]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fantasy_Empires

Holy crap! How the dick did I miss that?
Looks like something I very much would have wanted to get into back then.

 

[JujuFish]

I was thinking Good Old Games...ya know from the early days. It just didn't occur to me to think of 2001 as the good old days, when I think of the "old days" I think of the early 90's...haha.

Hence, "GET OFF MY LAWN!"

GOG actually has games from as recent as 2008 (King's Bounty: The Legend). So, I guess less than 3 years is all it takes for games to become old. 😛

 

[BladeVenom]

Speaking of old fantasy castle games, does anyone else remember Siege by Mindcraft?

 

[Bulldog13]

Speaking of old fantasy castle games, does anyone else remember Siege by Mindcraft?

Looking at screenshots of that game, unfortunately, I somehow missed out on it. Which is weird because it looks like the type of game which would have been 1st on my list.

I am thinking of a fantasy castle game. I remember it would line almost 2d units on the left and right side of the screen when one had army combat. I also remember it put you into first person view when you raided a castle. Does anyone recollect an older game like this.