Recent reviews by Lumbridge

I'd not recommend buying this game unless you only want to have some fun with your friends. Online gameplay is basically only one strategy, either make tons of crossbowmen or lose. Singleplayer is really the worst part, I don't quite understand how the AI works in this game. You can destroy every building and they can still produce more units than you. Some have posted that the AI "cheats" and I think that's quite accurate, based upon everyone's encounter with the games AI.

I'd suggest you stay to the first Stronghold Crusader, since the second obviously has it's flaws.