Robin hood defender of the crown ps2 game

Game Revolution. It's a dated PC game ported to a next-gen console instead of a totally revised, retooled product. The folks at Cinemaware may have had their finger on the gaming pulse 20 years ago, but now they're just living in the past. User Reviews. Write a Review. Positive: 0 out of 3. Mixed: 1 out of 3. Negative: 2 out of 3. Good game, with one great flaw: something about the control mechanisms for some of the minigames does not jive. I mean, I like aerobic Good game, with one great flaw: something about the control mechanisms for some of the minigames does not jive.

I mean, I like aerobic activity like anyone else, but when you find you're breathing hard after a tough battle and your fingers are aching that's not good. The game concept is unsound and out of date. I loved "Defender of the Crown" on my C in the 's, but this game is an abomination compared to its noble roots.

One thing that may put some people off is the difficulty. For a console game, the strategy portion of this does not hold back and right from the start this is one very challenging game.

I feel that Robin Hood: Defender of the Crown is a decent console-style strategy game. It has turn based sections, battling, diplomacy, and some fun mini-games so there is a lot of content here.

The story is fun too and something that you will probably want to see out right until the end. It may be very hard in the beginning, but if you can stick with it, I feel that you will have a fun time with this one. The new Cinemaware team promise 3D jousting, real-time strategy in the form of 3D castle sieges and massed land battles, plus Risk -style resource management across a map of old England - the aim to oust Prince John and return King Richie to the throne as the eponymous Bob Hood.

Unfortunately, we've a long wait for the final game - well over a year. Still, you could always download the old game on your favourite Amiga or Atari ST emulator. Browse games Game Portals. We talk to game designer Morgan Gray about the upcoming game based on Cinemaware's classic Defender of the Crown. Cinemaware recently showed us a great deal of its upcoming strategy game, Robin Hood: Defender of the Crown.

How does the game live up to its legacy? Read on, and GameSpot visits the Cinemaware offices to learn more about the studio's upcoming game, Robin Hood: Defender of the Crown. New concept art inside. You must win the battle with the horse charging down the barrel first and then you must aim your lance to hit the opponent. Fans of Heath Ledger's A Knight's Tale will recall that one point is awarded to a body blow, two points for the head and three for sending the knight flying off his horse.

There are three things to be won: one for prestige, one for money and one where you can take someone's county away from them; the medieval version of the Thursday night poker game. By now, you might be thinking Crown sounds like a fantastic product, but there is a 'but' to all of this.

It's not deep enough. For starters, there isn't enough depth in the turn-based strategy portion. Crown is focused on the isle of England, which is like a small playground to larger titles like Medieval: Total War. There aren't enough random events going on. It would have been nice if you could train lieutenants, cultivate the land or do some other domestic tasks to expand the depth of the game. I understand the developers wanted to keep the original pick up and play fun, but what was pick up and play two decades ago isn't the same level of pick up and play now.

There could be more minigames too. Crown really boils everything down to three modes of play: archer raid, sword raid or jousting. If you count the catapult battle sequences, that's four mini-games and lots of chess battles. The Robin Hood mythos surely could have afforded us a few more scenarios than that.

And the thing is, much of the time, I found the minigames more engaging than the actual battle.