Defender of the Crown: Heroes Live Forever

The Good
You get cards you can play during battle for an advantage - a nice feature I don't recall from any of the older versions. Most features are adapted solidly from the classic version, but not much new there. The battle screen is animated and battles are round-based, which is nice but adds little to actual gameplay.

The Bad
The biggest disaster: the AI is terrible. Just stand back, watch them kill off each others army after army at the richest territory and then strike their main castles! A close second: The epic atmosphere and "movie" sequences even the C64 version managed are gone. Bounce out has more.

Asking Robin for help requires your army to travel there - usually a waste of time or impossible. Other than in some older versions, the "spice" features like joust and raiding are of negligible impact, instead of being part of a winning strategy. The Honour system is botched in that losses can be ignored as it builds up from various sources much too quick. Even what little strategy usually is needed when deciding which territory to conquer is gone.

The Bottom Line
Another loveless clone, ok as free side dish, like, at work, but not challenging and not worth your money. I'm glad I got it for free.