The original isometric Stronghold Crusader was released in 2002, a year after Stronghold, and both were well received.

Was This is a great time to return to the Stronghold series. A particularly good example of the so-called interfaith monotheism was the long period of the Crusades, when a load of steel-clad princes was cooked in the sun, while hundreds of servants killed distraught locals in spectacular sieges. The holy place where people of all religions have come together to massacre each other in the name of the same God.