Defender of the Crown: The Legend Returns

I am a die hard fan of the original game. I still play it to this day. I was awaiting the release of this remake. I am sad. The retro mode is good, but unfortunately it offers the original Amiga version, while the DOS version was improved and more playable. Also I keep getting the same event every turn. Maybe a bug. But overall not good. The classic mode plays much better. Just siege and tournament are simply badly implemented and the raid is just too simple. The graphics seems better, but the charm and atmosphere is somehow lost. The new mode - the roguelike deckbuilder dice game. Well interesting idea,. but thank you - it's completely different game, that has nothing to do with Defender of the Crown.

Reine Nostalgie für mich, denn das Spiel habe ich auf dem C64, Atari ST und Amiga gespielt. Die Umsetzung hier ist definitiv nicht gelungen, die Minigames sind so per Maus viel zu schwer. Der "neue" Modus hat mit dem eigentlichen Klassiker einfach gar nichts zu tun. Und gleich der erste Durchlauf im Klassik-Modus dauerte, obwohl gar nichts in den Minigames gelungen war, führte nach knapp 30 Minuten zum Sieg. Hurra?

Absolutely love it. Just the thing i never realised i needed in a remaster. So now how about Moonstone? Mega Lo Mania? Last Ninja? I could go on and on but those three with the same love and attention Defender of the Crown has got would be a dream come true.

I used to play this game back in the day on Amiga. Actually, that's the game that made me dream of having my own Amiga. I discovered it while visiting family, a year later I worked a summer job during spring break and bought my Amiga. And now almost 40 years later I am an IT architect. This game is special to me. I don't want to leave a bad review, but I can't recommend buying the game before a few improvements happen. I didn't have high expectations, I just wanted this game to be "Defender Of The Crown", playable natively on a modern computer with modern graphics. The Classic and Kingdom modes "kind of" deliver that, I am not complaining; but to be honest, I had expected a little better than that. I realize now that the company's previous title "Greenventory" is relatively pixelized, that seems to be their style. Ok, but judging by the screenshots, even "Greenventory" seems better graphically. Regardless, I had hoped it would be beautiful, but it isn't really. It is playable, and it has the same vibes as the original. But like for example the fights when you raid or save the lady, honestly that less than half-baked; that's Retro Mode on a higher resolution, so-to-speak. The original music is too absent and is barely recognizable in the Classic and Kingdom modes But then the really annoying thing is the controls. In 2026, it's still too much asking to be able to define which keyboard keys and mouse buttons do what. It's not like there's dozens of commands. When you besiege a castle, the way you adjust the catapult is by moving the mouse down. But seriously, you have to move your mouse down several centimeters/inches on your desk 3-4-5 times for each shot, meaning you pull, lift your mouse to put it back higher on your desk, and repeat several times. Have they played their own game ? What about using the mouse wheel, wouldn't that be more intuitive and modern ? And in raid mode, you move left and right with A and D. That's it, no configuration, don't think of using the cursor or anything else. If you are going to create a remake of an old game, with the intent of bringing it to modern standards, and you are not really changing the game itself. Well then, I would hope that the promise is at least configurable controls and modern graphics. I am not difficult, I am not asking for the game to be different than it was, but the visuals should be there and you should be able to configure your controls. Especially for the catapult, that's really a bad design choice. In fairness, the Kingdom mode is new and adds a new things, but please make the game playable and pleasing to the eye, that's all you had to do.

So that's where I remember that tune from! Seems like a pretty faithful remake so far. The game kicked me in the balls immediately just like the original. Cons: - I had to look at in-game encyclopedia to figure out what vassals were. I feel the concept that should have been in the tutorial since it seems so core to building up your army.

This is a weak thumbs up. It is fun, and it does bring back some memories, but I don't think it is as good as "Defender of the Crown, Heroes live forever" which came out in 2007. I bought this version hoping for a version that was much improved over the original, or at least better than the "Heroes live forever" version. I probably should have refunded it, but by the time I checked out all the versions included with this, I ate up more than two hours of play time. The mini games ok, but this wasn't worth the $16.99 I paid for it. If you can get it on sale for $5, it would be worth it. It is nice that they include the original version, but you can get an emulator and play that for free. I'd say 5/10 at it's current price point.

Every year or so I will revisit defender of the crown it is a classic that I loved as a kid. Now I have a version that is easy to get to and has all the nostalgia factor i need. Thanks for making this game I am loving the trip down memory lane. This game does exactly what it promised it would do. Cheers