| Planet Stronghold | |
|---|---|
| Developer(s) | Winter Wolves |
| Publisher(s) | Winter Wolves |
| Engine | Ren'Py |
| Version | 1.4 |
| Platform(s) | Microsoft Windows, Mac OS X, Linux |
| Release date(s) | February 28, 2011 |
| Genre(s) | Visual Novel |
| Mode(s) | Single-player |
| Media/distribution | Download |
Planet Stronghold is a visual novel, sci-fi role-playing game with a turn-based combat system for the Microsoft Windows, Mac OS X and Linux platforms. The game was developed and published by Winter Wolves and was released on February 28, 2011.
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The game offers a mix of classic visual novel gameplay, with dialogues and many choices to make, with role-playing video game-style battles. The player has the ability to choose the gender of the protagonist. For every gender there are three optional romance endings, for a total of 6 different romance endings.
The game received a score of 78/100 on Gamertell, with reviewer Jenni Lada writing "Planet Stronghold isn't for everyone. It's a good game, but it's also quite challenging. This may dissuade beginners or typical visual novel players, who may not be accustomed to level-grinding characters, seeking out extra battles and carefully managing character equipment to keep everyone at their best."[1]
Mac Games gave 4 of 5 stars and wrote: "The anime artwork is exquisite as always with great alien drawings. The instructions are clear and stats detailed."[2]
GameZebo gave 3,5 of 5 stars and wrote: "If Planet Stronghold has a weakness, it’s that the story and characters in and of themselves aren’t especially interesting. The game isn’t poorly written or even poorly translated, it’s just a bit generic given the type of anime sci-fi fare that’s clearly influenced it. That doesn’t matter quite so much when the game is simply fun to play for its own sake, which it is."[3]