Worth mentioning that Bret Devereaux, author of the piece (and blog) under discussion here, has some salt in other articles for the Total War series' effect on his students' perception of how ancient and medieval battles worked. Fun if you're into that sort of thing, but not to be taken overly seriously, is the impression I've gathered.

I'd recommend https://fireflyworlds.com/games/stronghold/ as well. Apparently there is a HD edition available, but I haven't tried it so far.

I would recommend the 1 actually. It lets you play most of the famous scenes from the movie (and I prefered it from a gameplay point of view).