Was Defender of the Crown the first “4X” strategy game to come from Western developers? I know it’s not a proper 4X, as several of the “Xes” are severely undercooked or nonexistent, and Japan’s Nobunaga’s Ambition beat it to market by several years, but when you look at it, you can easily see where the likes of Europa Universalis and Civilization came from. As a kid growing up on a steady diet of King Arthur and Robin Hood stories, the idea of building armies to conquer England was always an appealing one, and Defender of the Crown really tapped into…