#Cd robin hood the legend of sherwood plus#

He was commissioned by a German company to co-write a musical about Robin Hood. This only changed recently, purely by coincidence. He has not been idle in the last twenty years, but the prog content was reduced to a minimum during that period. I’d kind of lost track of him to be honest, especially in the ’80s and ’90s I enjoyed following this man, but for the past two decades I’ve only managed to do so from a distance. Very much so, not only is there a new album, but the now 73-year-old bard/singer-songwriter (currently living in Wales) still regularly performs to packed houses, a tour scheduled in October for some twelve shows. To start with the penultimate question: Yes, he is still alive. ‘Chris de Burgh is he still alive?’ And: ‘Is it prog?’ All these questions will be answered, please bear with me.

#Cd robin hood the legend of sherwood plus#

‘Is that a plus or minus? Recognisable or trite?’, I can already hear you asking. To my surprise she got it right first time it is indeed Chris de Burgh’s new concept album, The Legend of Robin Hood. “Dad, what kind of music are we listening to? Is that something from Robin Hood?”. A lot of different possibilities present themselves you just need to use them wisely.I am in the car with my daughter, a mother of two. Or then again you could try to fight your way through to your goal using well-aimed bowshots and skillfully deployed weapons. Or you can deploy the numerous abilities and special objects your men have, in order to distract the Prince’s henchmen. For example you can use the reduced visibility during the hours of darkness to your advantage. Whether you sneak into a castle and avoid the sentries or whether you take the direct route with sword and bow, is up to you. The Robin Hood - The Legend Of Sherwood battle system enables you to have exciting duels with swords, staffs and other typical mediaeval weapons.īut in the end it is having the right tactics which decides on victory or defeat. Movements and battles can be controlled problem-free using the mouse. Whenever you want, you can go to the outlaws’ camp and practice the basic and advanced game functions whether hand-to-hand combat with swords or staffs, target practice with the bow or the skilful use of the many implements Robin’s followers have at their disposal.Įasy mouse control and a system of icons you can understand intuitively will aid both beginners and experts in getting into the game quickly and helping you towards your first successful results. Or they might try and fool you with beer, hornets’ nests or a well-aimed money-pouch. The Prince’s lightly-armed guardsmen and heavily armored knights will challenge you to a duel on staircases lit by flaming torches.

You can penetrate the mighty walls of Nottingham Castle, York, Leicester, Derby and Lincoln, and attack heavily guarded convoys in Sherwood Forest.

Only a hair’s breadth from the action, you share in all the excitement and adventures of your heroes: Robin Hood, Little John, Will Scarlet, Stutely the Owl, Friar Tuck and the lovely Lady Marian. Game Description: In Robin Hood - The Legend of Sherwood you get to take part in one of the oldest and still most popular stories of all.