Reviews

• gamedeal user

  Feb 16, 2020

  [h1]THE GAME IS GOOD, BUT THE STEAM VERSION ISN'T! FIX BELOW![/h1] The negative recommendation is not for the game. This game is an RTS classic, but since it's two decades old, it doesn't like newer PCs and operation systems. Valve did nothing to counter this, and put the game onto the store page without necessary fixes. Because of this, the game has huge lag spikes that make it impossible to play. There are 2 solutions: 1. Download fixing mods from the internet (ModDB, WinDxd etc.) This is the page where I downloaded it from: https://www.moddb.com/games/robin-hood-the-legend-of-sherwood/downloads/robin-hood-performance-fix1 2. Buy the GoG version, because that version is already modified for newer Op Systems If you bought the game already on Steam, download the fix from the site above (read the file placement instructions carefully!), if you not, then do not buy it on Steam, but go to GoG and buy there. It is sad that the users need to fix an otherwise great game themselves to make it playable, because Valve doesn't give a damn about the state of games on its store. Edit: it's soon 2022, and my review still stands. Kind of a shame really
• gamedeal user

  Feb 19, 2019

  Its one of my most favourite games from my childhood. But the devs who put this on steam did not do anything to make sure that it is playable on windows 10. Had to download a ton of patches from 3rd party websites. No point supporting these devs here
• gamedeal user

  Mar 15, 2019

  Awesome game. Played when I was a kid so try it now again. Game has many lag issues with windows 10, at least for me. Tried changing font and adding windows xp compatibility non of them worked. The final solution was to follow this guide from NovHak from gog forum. 1) Get the latest dgVoodoo 2 (google it) 2) Copy the contents of its MS directory to your game directory 3) Run the dgVoodoo2 setup executable 4) In the DirectX tab, select your emulated video card of choice (I suggest "dgVoodoo Virtual 3D Accelerated Card") 5) Check the "Fast video memory access" check box 4) Click OK (will apply changes and close the setup program) 5) Run the game Works like a charm, hope it helps to everyone needing it.
• gamedeal user

  Feb 11, 2021

  dont buy the steam version, even with unofficial hotfix the steam version is bugged. GOG version works perfectly.
• gamedeal user

  Nov 28, 2017

  requires about 30 minutes of work to get it running without stuttering. Otherwise its good. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Getting playable FPS The user ScottiePrimo from the GoG forums found a fix regarding the low FPS. 1) Download the following... http://188.138.113.72/SHARE/rpollice/DSWin8.zip 1.1) Unrar the downloaded file (DSWin8.zip) and you should have two files in the extracted folder (ddraw.dll and aqrit.cfg). 1.2) Place these two files into your "Steam\SteamApps\Common\Robin Hood" directory (in with the game.exe). 2) Download V2_02_90_build.rar of DxWnd from... http://sourceforge.net/projects/dxwnd/files/Latest%20build/ (I've been advised by other users that the newer versions don't work for the purpose of running this game.) 3) Unrar and inside the extracted foler and run "dxwnd.exe" as administrator. Go to "Edit->Add", in parameter "Name" set the name as Robin Hood. 4) In parameter "Path" choose the .exe file of the game (in my case it looks like Steam\SteamApps\common\Robin Hood\game.exe). 5) In the "Main" tab, under "Generic" untick "Run in Window". 5.1) Also in "Main" tab, under "Position" set "Window initial position & size" to X=0 and Y=0. Set "W" and "H" to your native resolution (in my case that's W=1920 and H=1080). 6) In the "Video" tab, under "Windows handling" tick "Modal Style" and under "Color management" tick "Set 16BPP RGB565 encoding". 7) Next in "Input" tab tick "Hide Cursor". If the cursor flickers on the main screen of the game don't worry, it works fine in-game. 8) Lastly click "OK" in dxwnd, if all is good it will show a green circle before the name of the game in DxWnd. Launch the game in Steam (Not in DxWnd itself, DxWnd runs in the backround!). You may get an error/alert that says something like "SetHook: proc=GetAvailableVidMem(D) oldhook=26b3e0". If this happens just press the Return key on your keyboard. If you can't select the error/alert window use Alt+Tab keys to cycle through the open windows. This part is just a bit of a trial and error, I don't know why it happens but you can get past it. 9) You will need to start DxWnd every time before you launch the game. When you close dxwnd, answer "Yes" to save the options that you changed. That's it... I hope these fixes work for you aswell and if they do then have fun playing! :)
• gamedeal user

  Jun 9, 2020

  Great game, buy it on gog. Steam version does not work
• gamedeal user

  Mar 29, 2020

  The game lags like crazy and is unplayable. Got it from GOG and it works fine, definitely avoid it here
• gamedeal user

  Sep 10, 2021

  Do not listen to the negative reviews, this does work on windows 10, and you can fix the frame rate. you don't even need the patch, just listen to the guides in the community hub. this game is good, if you like desperadoes or commandos you will love it.
• gamedeal user

  Sep 11, 2018

  This game is one of the legends of my childhood, played infinite times and still remember every single detail of it after all these years... There are not so many good tactical view historical games like this. So for me this is one of the three in that kind along with old Commandos series and Shadow Tactics Blades of the Shogun.
• gamedeal user

  Nov 5, 2016

  This game doesn’t match up very well with "Desperados" or the "Commandos" games, and it's just flat and unimaginative. It is an okay game, which I enjoyed playing when it first came out, but those other two titles were way better. And if you have played them, then you will most likely agree. http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=793252745 http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=792618133