History VideoGame / RobinHoodTheLegendOfSherwood

''Robin Hood: The Legend of Sherwood'' is a RealTimeStrategy StealthBasedGame based on the classic story of Myth/RobinHood.

It was developed by the German studio Spellbound, who created ''VideoGame/{{Desperados}}'' before. Like ''Desperados'', it utilizes a 2.5D engine with quick action queuing and the ability to see enemy vision cones.

''Robin Hood: The Legend of Sherwood'' is a RealTimeStrategy StealthBasedGame game developed by the German studio Spellbound. Like Spellbound's earlier creation, ''VideoGame/{{Desperados}}'', it utilizes a 2.5D engine with quick action queuing and the ability to see enemy vision cones. It presents the classic tale of RobinHood in video game format, though it is by no means the first game to do so.

''Robin Hood : The Legend of Sherwood'' is a RealTimeStrategy StealthBasedGame game developed by the German studio Spellbound. Like Spellbound's earlier creation, ''VideoGame/{{Desperados}}'', it utilizes a 2.5D engine with quick action queuing and the ability to see enemy vision cones. It presents the classic tale of RobinHood in video game format, though it is by no means the first game to do so.

* WorthyOpponent: The boss battle agains Sir Longchamps.

* ArtificialBrilliance: Guards will run extensive searches throughout every open area, call for backup, alert their superiors, wake up and untie incaoacitated enemies and seek civilian assistance, to say nothing of interrogating beggars in case one is fake. Blue and orange guards tend to rush into battle, while red guards are more cautious and will seek backup.

* BadassMustache: Little John and Sir Scathlock have mustaches fitting for thier prowess.

''RobinHood : The Legend of Sherwood'' is a [[StealthBasedGame stealth strategy]] game developed by the German studio Spellbound. Like Spellbound's earlier creation, ''VideoGame/{{Desperados}}'', it utilizes a 2.5D engine with quick action queuing and the ability to see enemy vision cones. It presents the classic tale of RobinHood in video game format, though it is by no means the first game to do so.

''RobinHood : The Legend of Sherwood'' is a [[StealthBasedGame stealth strategy game]] game developed by the German studio Spellbound. Like Spellbound's earlier creation, ''VideoGame/{{Desperados}}'', it utilizes a 2.5D engine with quick action queuing and the ability to see enemy vision cones. It presents the classic tale of RobinHood in video game format, though it is by no means the first game to do so.

* ActionGirl: Maid Marian. The last major character gotten in game, and a major asset. She heals, has a bow with a 12 arrow quiver, can revive unconscious people, can listen to detect the identity of shrouded units, and packs a deadly sword to boot.
* AnachronismStew: Will Scarlet carries a slingshot around. That's right, rather than having a medieval sling one swings around to throw a projectile, it is a modern Y-shaped slingshot.

* AnnoyingArrows: Both played straight ''and'' averted. Enemy arrows (and enemy crossbow bolts, to a lesser extent) deal fairly low damage, and are only dangerous because archers can fire them fairly rapidly. ''Your'' arrows, on the other hand, are a lot more powerful, often killing unshielded enemies in just one or two shots. However, enemies carrying shields can block arrows, and each individual character can only carry about twelve arrows each. Although the arrow limit is mostly averted for the enemy, at least some of your characters have invincible shields too.
** Played straight for the knights and paladins. Your arrows completely bounce off of their armour.
* AntiVillain: Longchamps has shades of this.
* AristocratsAreEvil: The games major villains are a [[RegentForLife prince]], the famous [[TheDragon sheriff]], two nobles stated to be the prince's right and left hand men (at least in the region), respectively, and a rather brutal [[BloodKnight knight]]. Also, enemy knights are shown to be contemptuous of the regular soldiers and just as brutal as their underlings, while the mounted ones are not above killing unconscious opponents. Averted with UsefulNotes/RichardTheLionheart, Sir Godwin, Lord Ranulph and Robin himself (he is of noble family).

* AuthorityEqualsAsskicking: Played straight with the bosses, officers and knights, and averted with Prince John, who is TheUnfought.
* BadassMoustache: Little John
** Also Sir Scathlock.

* BigGood: UsefulNotes/RichardTheLionheart, and an arguable [[BigBadDuumvirate Big Good Diumvirate]] in Lord Ranulph and Sir Godwin.

** This is after [[spoiler:his running away on you during the taking of Lincoln and sending Parker to unleash the castle garrison on you]].

* DemotedToExtra: Much the Miller's Son, a prominent character in the Robin Hood ballads only appears as a generic archer Merry who can die permanently like any other non-unique Merry.

* DuelBoss: All of them.

* EpicFlail: Will Scarlett's weapon of choice.
** Also the paladin weapon of choice. Take cover!
* GameplayAndStorySegregation: A few examples.

* ImperialStormtrooperMarksmanshipAcademy: Averted with everyone. Shots by anyone generally connect all the time, but may not if the target is running away really fast. Otherwise, a person may run into a building to escape.
** It's worth noticing that if you can get a civilian in the line of fire, they can and will get hit. They are not FriendlyFireproof (see below).
* ItsProbablyNothing: Averted. Guards will run extensive searches throughout every open area, call for backup, alert their superiors, wake up and untie sleeping enemies and seek civilian assistance, to say nothing of interrogating beggars in case one is fake. Blue and orange guards tend to rush into battle, while red guards are more cautious and will seek backup, while black guards will remain at their post even if they see a fight in progress, until the fight has ended, and will not pursue the player far.

''RobinHood : The Legend of Sherwood'' is an action/adventure/fantasy/historical/real time strategy/role playing game developed by the German studio Spellbound. Like Spellbound's earlier creation, ''VideoGame/{{Desperados}}'', it utilizes a 2.5D engine with quick action queuing and the ability to see enemy vision cones. It presents the classic tale of RobinHood in videogame format, though it is by no means the first game to do so.

* ItsProbablyNothing: Averted. Guards will run extensive searches throughout every open area, call for backup, alert their superiors, wake up and untie sleeping enemies and seek civilian assistance, to say nothing of [[GenreSavvy interrogating beggars in case one is fake]]. Blue and orange guards tend to rush into battle, while red guards are more cautious and will seek backup, while black guards will remain at their post even if they see a fight in progress, until the fight has ended, and will not pursue the player far.

* RecycledSoundtrack: Like the Head Radio ident in [[VideoGame/GrandTheftAutoClassic Grand Theft Auto]], the mission success fanfare is recycled from, of all things, [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eSqJZGDgCLE&t=1m4s the music]] for a [[{{ITV}} Tyne Tees]] StationIdent.

* DancePartyEnding: [[spoiler:If you catch all the artifacts (such as the Crown, the Sigil and others), there's a bonus ending cutscene featuring the main band dancing, some villagers, [[AnachronismStew a turntable and two boom-boxes (with what looks like a 90's dance tune playing]], and what looks like a bunch of enemy troops looking like they're gonna crash the party, but end up joining the party instead.]]

* DancePartyEnding: [[spoiler:If you catch all the artifacts (such as the Crown, the Sigil and others), there's a bonus ending cutscene featuring the main band dancing, some villagers, [[AnachronismStew a turntable and two boom-boxes]], and what looks like a bunch of enemy troops looking like they're gonna crash the party, but end up joining the party instead.]]

* HistoricalInJoke: Prince John, in the first war council, mentions the individual demanding the ransom being someone called [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leopold_I,_Duke_of_Austria Leopold]].

** It's worth noticing that if you can get a civilian in the line of fire, they can and will get hit. They are not [[FriendlyFireproof]] (see below).

* NonStandardGameOver: While it is impossible to target civilians with weaponry, it is possible to kill them through complicated means - such as when they walk into your line of fire just as you're firing with a bow. Doing so, however, will result in this.

* BaldOfEvil: The enemy officers. The good ones have short [[RedHeadedHero red]] hair.

* BlondGuysAreEvil: Played straight with Prince John and averted with Will Scarlett.

* FiveBadBand
** The BigBad: Prince John
** TheDragon: The Sheriff of Nottingham
** TheBrute: Sir Scathlock
** The SmugSnake: Guy of Gisbourne
** The SixthRanger / CanonImmigrant: Guillame de Longchamps
* FiveManBand:
** TheHero: RobinHood
** TheLancer: Will Scarlett
** TheBigGuy: Little John
** TheChick / TheMedic: Maid Marian
** BadassPreacher / CoolOldGuy: Friar Tuck
** The SixthRanger / AscendedExtra: Stuteley

* RecycledSoundtrack: Like the Head Radio ident in [[GrandTheftAutoClassic Grand Theft Auto]], the mission success fanfare is recycled from, of all things, [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eSqJZGDgCLE&t=1m4s the music]] for a [[{{ITV}} Tyne Tees]] StationIdent.

* PlotArmor: During the game you can find four-leaf clovers, which can protect your main characters from dying if an enemy deals a killing blow to them. This protection doesn't extend to generic companions: When one of them dies, they stay dead and you can only call for a replacement from Sherwood. [[LampshadeHanging Lampshaded]] when picking up a clover for the first time in the first mission.

** When first meeting (not recruiting) Lady Marian, one of the primary objectives is setting up a façade that will permit Robin and her to meet. This means knocking out Friar Tuck and hiding in the confessional, not forgetting moving the unconscious monk elsewhere so she doesn't see him and get alerted. Only problem is, you could leave a bunch of dead soldiers and your other "goons", "thugs", or whatever the town thinks you are standing in front of the door and everywhere else and she'll just walk right past them without batting an eye. Yes, she will walk into the church stepping over a bunch of dead guys and past a big oaf with a club suspiciously blocking the doorway into the next room, and past Stuteley, who feels like cosplaying as Friar Tuck at the altar today. What?

** Can be played straight by the player if they finish off a downed opponent. Needless to say, it affects the [[KarmaMeter]] really badly (see below).
* KickThemWhileTheyAreDown: A possible tactic with Scarlett and the pike-wielding merry. It's bad for the KarmaMeter, but seems to be a favoured tactic of all NPCs.
* LawOfChromaticSuperiority: The six kinds of soldiers in game. [[PaletteSwap Blue, yellow, orange, red, [[spoiler:black]] and green]], the first four in ascending order of power and the last being the friendly armies of Lord Ranulph and Sir Godwin.

* PlotArmor: During the game you can find four-leaf clovers, which can protect your main characters from dying if an enemy deals a killing blow to them. This protection doesn't extend to generic companions: When one of them dies, they stay dead and you can only call for a replacement from Sherwood.

* TheManBehindTheMan: Prince John to the Sheriff. The Sheriff is terrified of his wrath when valuable in-game artifacts (such as the Coronation Spoon or the King's Scepter) are stolen, and Robin and Marian assume him to merely be out of touch with the citizens and ignorant of the Sheriff's brutality. This image is shattered by the first war council in Derby, which shows him to be a usurper.

* AnnoyingArrows: Both played straight ''and'' averted. Enemy arrows (and enemy crossbow bolts, to a lesser extent) deal fairly low damage, and are only dangerous because archers can fire them fairly rapidly. ''Your'' arrows, on the other hand, are a lot more powerful, often killing unshielded enemies in just one or two shots. However, enemies carrying shields can block arrows, and each individual character can only carry about twelve arrows each.

* AristocratsAreEvil: The games major villains are a [[RegentForLife prince]], a sheriff, two nobles of unspecified rank and a knight. Also, enemy knights are shown to be contemptous of the regular soldiers and just as brutal as their underlings, while the mounted ones are not above killing unconscious opponents. Averted with UsefulNotes/RichardTheLionheart, Sir Godwin, Lord Ranulph and Robin himself (he is of noble family).
** The better dressed and groomed civilians will often report any sightings of the player characters, while poor civilians will praise them, sometimes misdirect guards if they come looking for them and offer valuable information.

* EliteMooks: The red soldiers. Also, knights of any colour, mounted or not.

* ImperialStormtrooperMarksmanshipAcademy: Averted with enemy archers.
* ItsProbablyNothing: Averted. Guards will run extensive searches throughout every open area, call for backup, alert their superiors, wake up and untie sleeping enemies and seek civilian assistance. Blue and orange guards tend to rush into battle, while red guards are more cautious and will seek backup, while black guards will remain at their post even if they see a fight in progress, until the fight has ended, and will not pursue the player far.

* KickThemWhileTheyAreDown: A possible tactic with Scarlett and the pike-wielding merry. It's bad for the KarmaMeter, but seems to be a favoured tactic of Lord Ranulph and Sir Godwin's troops. It is, naturally, also used by enemies, particularily against non-named characters, and particularily by [[DemonicSpiders mounted knights]].
* LawOfChromaticSuperiority: The six kinds of soldiers in game. [[PaletteSwap Blue, yellow, orange, red, black and green]], the first four in ascending order of power and the last being the friendly armies of Lord Ranulph and Sir Godwin.

* PraetorianGuard: Black soldiers, who only show up very late in the game and are described as Prince John's personal guard. [[FridgeLogic Oddly enough, though]], the non-fightable guards in both of Prince John's war councils are red, not black.

* AristocratsAreEvil: The games major villains are a [[RegentForLife prince]], a sheriff, two nobles of unspecified rank and a knight. Also, enemy knights are shown to be contemptous of the regular soldiers and just as brutal as their underlings, while the mounted ones are not above killing unconscious opponents. Averted with RichardTheLionheart, Sir Godwin, Lord Ranulph and Robin himself (he is of noble family).

* BigGood: RichardTheLionheart, and an arguable [[BigBadDuumvirate Big Good Diumvirate]] in Lord Ranulph and Sir Godwin.

* CallBack: Near the end of the opening cutscene, Robin fires an arrow into the air, promising that RichardTheLionheart would be restored as King of England before it fell. In the closing cutscene [[spoiler:it indeed does hit the ground, ironically quite near King Richard and his returning party.]]

* AnnoyingArrows: Arrows inflict 10 damage (out of an average of 100 hit points) while crossbow bolts inflict 20.
** That describes enemy arrows. ''Your'' arrows are much more powerful.

* BaldOfEvil: The enemy officers. The good ones have short [[RedHeadedHero red]] [[spoiler:[[ComicBook/{{Watchmen}} Rorscharch-like]]]] hair.

* PraetorianGuard: lack soldiers, who only show up very late in the game and are described as Prince John's personal guard. [[FridgeLogic Oddly enough, though]], the non-fightable guards in both of Prince John's war councils are red, not black.
* RecycledSoundtrack: Like the Head Radio ident in ''[[GrandTheftAutoClassic Grand Theft Auto]], the mission success fanfare is recycled from, of all things, [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eSqJZGDgCLE&t=1m4s the music]] for a [[{{ITV}} Tyne Tees]] StationIdent.