Warcraft 3 is peak gaming. The fact that it spawned a new genre of MOBA and Blizzard having to update the terms of service for map editor to own everything showed how impactful the game was. Though there were limited choices back then -not sure if modern games can reach that level of impact.
Absolutely! Sadly, I think that Blizzard learned all the wrong lessons from both StarCraft’s esport success and Warcraft III’s vibrant mapping community. They wanted to get both under lock and key with StarCraft II. As a result, the game underperformed in both aspects.
You’ve undersold yourself! This isn’t just a review, it’s a retrospective! Really great recap of the history of them game, and a great read. Thanks for writing!
What is interesting to me about W3 is that, I remember the main game because of its story and its grand turning point moments. Maybe the same way I remember many moments from World of Warcraft.
BUT... what I remember most fondly from W3 is Rexxar's Founding of Durotar campaign! Even with those "crude" RPG mechanics, this part of W3 managed to totally capture my imagination and it remains my favorite part. Is this still available/playable in Reforged?
I don’t own Reforged but I think it should be in. I know that it’s available in the untempered version you can now download from Blizzard if you own Reforged or the original version of Warcraft III. So, it’s definitely not lost to time.
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Warcraft 3 is peak gaming. The fact that it spawned a new genre of MOBA and Blizzard having to update the terms of service for map editor to own everything showed how impactful the game was. Though there were limited choices back then -not sure if modern games can reach that level of impact.
Absolutely! Sadly, I think that Blizzard learned all the wrong lessons from both StarCraft’s esport success and Warcraft III’s vibrant mapping community. They wanted to get both under lock and key with StarCraft II. As a result, the game underperformed in both aspects.
You’ve undersold yourself! This isn’t just a review, it’s a retrospective! Really great recap of the history of them game, and a great read. Thanks for writing!
Thank you! I’m glad you enjoyed the post. Writing it was an interesting trip down memory lane for me.
What is interesting to me about W3 is that, I remember the main game because of its story and its grand turning point moments. Maybe the same way I remember many moments from World of Warcraft.
BUT... what I remember most fondly from W3 is Rexxar's Founding of Durotar campaign! Even with those "crude" RPG mechanics, this part of W3 managed to totally capture my imagination and it remains my favorite part. Is this still available/playable in Reforged?
I don’t own Reforged but I think it should be in. I know that it’s available in the untempered version you can now download from Blizzard if you own Reforged or the original version of Warcraft III. So, it’s definitely not lost to time.
That is good to hear 😀
Good day! I invite You to take a look at my free game. "Dominion of Darkness” is a RPG/strategy narrative focused game in which the player takes on the role of a Sauron-style Lord of Darkness with the goal of conquering the world. He will carry out his plans by making various decisions. He will build his army and send it into battles, weave intrigues and deceptions, create secret spy networks and sectarian cults, recruit agents and commanders, corrupt representatives of Free Peoples and sow discord among them, collect magical artifacts and perform sinister plots. It has achieved 4th place on the top rated strategy games list on http://itch.io: http://itch.io/games/top-rated/genre-strategy You can play it here: http://adeptus7.itch.io/dominion
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