ROBIN HOOD LEGEND OF SHERWOOD MOVIE

Features one of the great film sword fights between Flynn and Rathbone. It starred Errol Flynn as Robin, Basil Rathbone as the cruel and villainous Sir Guy of Gisborne, Olivia de Havilland as Maid Marian and Claude Rains as Prince John. It won three Oscars (Art Direction, Film Editing, Original Score) and was nominated for Best Picture. 'The Adventures of Robin Hood' (1938): For many film critics and Robin Hood lovers, this is the quintessential telling of the story. Its premiere was the first Hollywood spectacle, debuting at Sid Grauman's brand-new Egyptian Theater.

ROBIN HOOD LEGEND OF SHERWOOD MOVIE

Frank Lloyd Wright's son Lloyd designed one set.' At the time it was the most expensive Hollywood movie - $1.4 million. The castle set, according to, is 'reputed to be the largest Hollywood set built for any silent movie. This is one of the earliest film versions about the lovable scoundrel. 'Robin Hood' (1922): Douglas Fairbanks Sr. But somehow, the whole swords and arrows approach falls short of World War II scenarios or cowboy shoot-outs, and Robin Hood ends up being a minor if amusing chapter in the hardest of all genres.By most counts, there are more than 40 versions of the Robin Hood legend on film. And you can hand-pick who you take with you on each adventure, which gives you a greater feeling of freedom and control than you sometimes get in Commandos 2. There are some distinctive touches, such as the Sherwood base of operations you return to after each mission, where you can train your merry men (each of which has a simple combat stat) and collect the resources you need in your adventures (stones, apples, arrows and so on). And, unlike C2, most doors donвЂ™t lead to interiors, but instead act as hiding places. Not least because there are times when you genuinely feel like seeing whatвЂ™s behind that barn, when seeing the world from a different angle would make things much easier. The biggest sticking point is that, once youвЂ™ve gotten used to Commandos 2вЂ™s 3D camera, which allows you to turn the map 360 degrees and see behind buildings, Robin Hood's 2D approach seems like a massive step backwards. By comparison, Robin Hood feels restrictive and dated. The problem is, since Desperados came out, weвЂ™ve had the fabulous Commandos 2, which has catapulted this minigenre into a whole new realm of detail, fun and immersion.

ItвЂ™s entertaining in a devilishly frustrating kind of way, as you constantly try to find ways to get past impossible situations. You can distract soldiers by throwing bags of money, disguise a character as a beggar, lure enemies into traps, distract them with whistles and so on. The amount of detail is as exhaustive as ever, and youвЂ™re constantly learning new things you can do, ways to manipulate the environment and abilities to exploit. But this is still a highly tactical puzzle game where, as always, a tremendous amount of patience is required to get past even the earliest levels. To make this close-range combat a more integral part of the gameplay, you can perform different types of sword swing by making shapes with your mouse. The concept works rather well, despite the obvious lack of guns, with the bow and arrow working as some sort of sniper rifle and a greater emphasis on hand to hand combat. Thankfully, this Robin is more Errol Flynn than Kevin Costner, and the gameвЂ™s colourful design and light-heartedness give it a certain charm. But building a Commandos-type game around cowboys is one thing itвЂ™s quite another to do the same with Robin Hood. Commandos was one of the biggest hits ever in Germany, so itвЂ™s not surprising that they've turned the hard-as-nails puzzle-based strategy gameplay into an industry of its own, started by developer Spellbound and its excellent game Desperados.

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