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Warcraft Iii: Reign of Chaos
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Warcraft III Orc box art
Developer(s) Blizzard Entertainment
Publisher(due south) Blizzard Entertainment
Director(southward) Frank Pearce Jr.
Producer(south) Chris Sigaty
Designer(s) Rob Pardo
Writer(southward) Chris Metzen
Composer(s)
  • Tracy Westward. Bush
  • Derek Duke
  • Glenn Stafford
Series Warcraft
Platform(south) Microsoft Windows, Classic Mac OS, Mac OS 10
Release
  • NA: July 3, 2002
  • EU: July 5, 2002
Genre(due south) Existent-time strategy
Style(s) Single-role player, multiplayer

Warcraft Three: Reign of Chaos is a loftier fantasy real-fourth dimension strategy figurer video game developed and published by Blizzard Amusement released in July 2002. It is the 2d sequel to Warcraft: Orcs & Humans, later Warcraft Two: Tides of Darkness, the third game set in the Warcraft fictional universe, and the first to exist rendered in 3 dimensions. An expansion pack, The Frozen Throne, was released in July 2003. Warcraft III is ready several years after the events of Warcraft 2, and tells the story of the Burning Legion'south attempt to conquer the fictional world of Azeroth with the help of an army of the Undead, led by fallen paladin Arthas Menethil. Information technology chronicles the combined efforts of the Human Alliance, Orcish Horde, and Night Elves to stop them before they tin can corrupt the Earth Tree.

In the game, as in many real-fourth dimension strategy (RTS) games, players collect resources, train individual units and heroes, and build bases in order to achieve various goals (in unmarried-thespian mode), or to defeat the enemy player. Four playable factions tin can be chosen from: Humans, Orcs, (both of which appeared in the previous games) and two new factions: the Night Elves and the Undead. Warcraft III 's unmarried-player entrada is laid out similarly to that of StarCraft, and is told through the races in a progressive mode. Players tin too play matches against the figurer, or confronting others—using local area networking (LAN) or Blizzard'due south Boxing.net gaming platform.

After Warcraft II: Across the Night Portal, the last in the Warcraft II saga, was released in 1996, Blizzard began development of a indicate-and-click adventure game called Warcraft Adventures: Lord of the Clans, which was supposed to go along the story. Lord of the Clans was canceled in favor of Warcraft Three in 1998, which was presented to the public at the European Computer Trade Show in September 1999. The game's design and gameplay was significantly altered during development, with the last game sharing piddling similarities with the originally presented version (encounter similarities to StarCraft).

The game received acclamation from critics, who praised the game's presentation and multiplayer features. It is considered an influential example of RTS video games. Warcraft Iii was a commercial success, shipping 4.four million copies to retail stores,[1] selling over a one thousand thousand within a month. In 2020, Blizzard released a remastered version of both Warcraft III and its expansion, The Frozen Throne, called Warcraft III: Reforged.

Gameplay [edit]

Warcraft III takes place on a map of varying size, such as large plains and fields, with terrain features like rivers, mountains, seas, or cliffs. The map is initially hidden from view and only becomes visible through exploration.[two] Areas no longer in sight range of an allied unit or building are covered with the fog of war, meaning that while the terrain remains visible, changes such as enemy troop movements and building construction are not.[ii] During a game, players must establish settlements to proceeds resource, defend against others, and train units to explore the map and fight estimator controlled foes.[iii] There are three main resources that are managed in Warcraft III: gold, lumber, and food.[4] The first 2 are required to construct units and buildings, while nutrient restricts the maximum number of units that tin can exist possessed at the same time.[3] Additionally, a new "budget" arrangement ways that producing units over sure amounts volition subtract the amount of gold ane can earn, compelling players to focus on playing with a limited number of units to avoid penalties.[5] [three] [6] [7]

A screenshot of the single-player campaign, showing the orc hero Thrall approaching a quest marker and the full game interface

The game displays units and buildings as well as the surroundings from a classical top-down perspective with a slight bending that can merely exist zoomed and rotated slightly.[3] [iv] [6] The game features a fixed interface in the bottom of the screen that displays a mini-map, the information about the currently selected unit or grouping of units and possible actions for this unit of measurement or edifice.[5] [8] If multiple units are selected, the game automatically groups them past type, allowing all units of the same type to exist given special commands (like using their skills).[5] A small top bar displays the current time of solar day also as the currently owned resources and the electric current upkeep level. The top left corner displays a portrait of the role player'southward hero(es) for quick access. If worker units have no jobs to do, their icons are displayed in the bottom left corner for easy assignment.[5]

Warcraft Iii features iv playable factions: The Human being Brotherhood — a coalition of humans, dwarves, and high elves — and the Orcish Horde — equanimous of orcs, trolls, and minotaur-inspired tauren — return from the previous games while the Undead Scourge and the Nighttime Elves were added as two new factions.[5] As in StarCraft, each race has a unique set of units, structures, technologies, and base-building methodology.[five]

The game as well introduces creeps, computer controlled units that are hostile to all players.[v] [6] Creeps baby-sit key areas such as aureate mines or neutral buildings and, when killed, provide experience points, golden, and special items that can be used past heroes.[5] [6] Warcraft III also introduced a day/nighttime cycle to the series.[five] [6] Besides having advantages or disadvantages for certain races, at night most creeps fall asleep, making nighttime scouting safer; however, the line of sight for near units is also reduced.[5] [half dozen] Additionally, some Night Elf units go invisible at nighttime when not moving.[iv] [ix] Other minor changes to the gameplay were due to the 3D terrain. For instance, units on a cliff have an attack bonus when attacking units at lower elevations.[10]

In addition, Warcraft Iii adds powerful new units called heroes.[11] For each enemy unit of measurement killed, a hero volition gain experience points, which allow the hero to level-up to a maximum level of ten.[11] Progressing up a level increases the hero's attributes and also allows the hero to gain new spell options (bringing role-playing video game elements to the serial).[five] Certain hero abilities can heave allied units.[five] [3] All heroes can equip items to increase skills, defense, and other abilities.[4] At level half-dozen, the hero tin obtain an "ultimate" skill that is more powerful than the iii other spells that the hero possesses.[11] Heroes can as well utilize the various natural resource found throughout the map, such as controllable non-role player characters, and markets in which the hero can buy usable items.[11] Ofttimes, hero units go the deciding factor in determining a winner.[five]

Warcraft III 's entrada mode is divided into four campaigns, each featuring a dissimilar faction.[5] Each entrada is itself divided into chapters, and there is a prepare order in which they have to be played as the story follows the events in these campaigns.[5] [6] Additionally, an optional prologue campaign that serves as a tutorial can be played before starting the main campaign.[5] [6] [11] Different previous Blizzard titles, such as Warcraft II or StarCraft, there are no mission briefings in which plot exposition occurs and objectives are appear; rather, Warcraft III uses a system of "seamless quests".[12] [iv] Some plot evolution happens in an occasional cinematic, but virtually occurs in-game with cutscenes.[5] Objectives, known equally quests, are revealed during the progress of the map.[4] [13] Main quests are those that must exist completed to keep to the next chapter, but in that location are also optional side quests that are not initially revealed, simply tin be discovered and completed while following the main questline, oftentimes granting benefits that assist with those main objectives.[iv] [xiii]

Through each race'due south entrada, the player retains control of i or more heroes who slowly abound in experience every bit the levels progress, which is carried over to subsequent missions, allowing the hero to become more powerful throughout the course of the entrada.[8] [11] [14]

While unlike in terms of story-line and precise gameplay, all of the different races' campaigns are structured similarly.[8] Each begins with a level involving simple mechanics to introduce the faction and the basic elements of their hero and units.[viii] After one or two such levels, the starting time "building mission" occurs, requiring them to build and maintain a base while competing with one or more enemy forces.[eight] The only campaign that breaks this blueprint is the Nighttime Elf campaign, whose showtime mission involves building a express base.[8] The terminal level of each race's campaign is an "ballsy battle" in which a big number of enemy foes has to be defeated.[8]

The game'southward multiplayer mode uses the Battle.internet network. Players can create free accounts in regional "gateways," which helps reduce lag; these are Azeroth (U.Due south. E), Lordaeron (U.Due south. West), Northrend (Europe), and Kalimdor (Asia).[5] Unlike previous Boxing.internet-enabled games, Warcraft III introduced anonymous matchmaking, automatically pairing players for games based on their skill level and game type preferences, preventing cheating and inflating their records artificially.[fifteen] If players want to play with a friend in ranked matches, Warcraft Three offers "Arranged Squad Games", where a team joins a vestibule, and Boxing.internet volition search for another team; as with anonymous matchmaking, the enemy squad is not known beforehand.[15]

While entrada games can take many different objectives, the sole objective in multiplayer games is to destroy all the buildings of the opposition.[8] In default melee matches, players can option their own heroes, and losing one will non end the game.[8] To make the game proceed more chop-chop, by default the map is fully revealed only covered in the fog of war.[10] Warcraft Iii, like Blizzard'southward previous title StarCraft, allows for single and multiplayer replays to exist recorded and viewed, assuasive a game to be played at slower and faster speeds and viewed from the perspective of all players.[sixteen]

Players tin also host custom games, using maps either created in the Globe Editor, or the default multiplayer scenarios.[17] The map editor allows a variety of custom maps to exist created, such every bit a number of tower defence and multiplayer online battle arena maps, the near notable of which was Defense of the Ancients. [17] The game also offers friends lists and channels for chatting, where players can create custom channels or join Blizzard-canonical ones.[5] Warcraft III also allows players to band together to form "clans", which tin can participate in tournaments or offer a recreational aspect to Warcraft III. Global scores and standings in matchmaking games are kept on a "ladder".[xviii]

Players take the opportunity to gild a new class of units - heroes. The heroes of each race are unique and in improver to the ability to fight, they are endowed with boosted abilities that increase as the heroes gain experience and put the hero to a higher place any other unit.

Synopsis [edit]

Setting and characters [edit]

Warcraft III takes identify in the fictional world of Azeroth. Several years before the events of the game, a demon army known as the Burning Legion intent on Azeroth'due south destruction corrupted a race called the Orcs, and sent them through a portal to attack Azeroth.[nineteen] These events were previously shown in Orcs & Humans, Tides of Darkness and Beyond the Dark Portal.[19] Later on many years of fighting, the Orcs were defeated past a coalition of humans, dwarves and elves known as the Brotherhood; the surviving Orcs were herded into internment camps, where they seemed to lose their lust for boxing.[xix] With no common enemy, a catamenia of peace followed, but the Brotherhood began to fracture.[xix]

The game follows the story of three different heroes: The one of immature and idealistic human paladin and crown prince of Lordaeron, Arthas Menethil, as he becomes more and more corrupted until he joins the Undead and assists with the summoning of demonic forces to Azeroth; the adventures of Orc warchief Thrall as he brings his people to the world of Kalimdor to escape human captivity and the impending downfall of Lordaeron; and the events involving Tyrande Whisperwind, the Night Elven leader, who has to deal with both the inflow of humans and orcs in their sacred lands and the invasion past the demon forces.

Story [edit]

The game opens with the Orc leader, Thrall, waking from a nightmare warning him of the render of the Burning Legion.[story 1] After a cursory encounter with a being who is known only as "the Prophet", and, fearing that his dream was more of a vision than a nightmare, he leads his forces in an exodus from Lordaeron to the forgotten lands of Kalimdor.[story two]

Arthas standing on top of a hill dismissing his former mentor and friend.

An example of how the game handles plot exposition through cutscenes: Arthas decides to choose the city Stratholme before the Undead can merits the population, to the disgust of his mentor and friend. "The Culling" is a mission favorably noted by critics as the pivotal turning signal for the character, besides as for the moral dilemma it posited.

Meanwhile, Arthas defends the village of Strahnbrad from orcs.[story three] He then joins Archmage Jaina Proudmoore, who aids him in investigating a chop-chop spreading plague, which kills and turns human victims into the undead. Arthas kills the plague'due south originator, Kel'Thuzad, and so purges the infected city of Stratholme which leads Jaina to part ways with him in disgust.[story 4] The Prophet, who failed to convince other human leaders to flee west, begs Jaina to become to Kalimdor.[story five] Arthas pursues the dreadlord Mal'Ganis to the icy continent of Northrend, where he helps his old friend Muradin Bronzebeard in finding a powerful sword chosen Frostmourne. When he is told that his forces accept been recalled by the Emissary, he begins losing his sanity and engineers the burning of his ain ships to foreclose their return. Arthas and Muradin somewhen observe Frostmourne but larn that the sword is cursed.[story 6] Disregarding the warning, Arthas offers his soul to gain the sword which leads to Muradin beingness knocked out (and presumed dead) past a shard of ice when Frostmourne is released. Arthas slays Mal'Ganis with the sword and returns to Lordaeron where he murders his father, King Terenas.

Now an Undead Decease Knight, Arthas meets with the leader of the dreadlords, Tichondrius, who tasks him with resurrecting Kel'Thuzad. Afterwards exhuming his trunk and killing his quondam mentor Uther the Lightbringer for his male parent'due south urn to transport the remains in, Arthas sets off to Quel'Thalas, kingdom of the high elves. He kills Sylvanas Windrunner, the Ranger General of Silvermoon (just to resurrect her as a banshee), corrupts their sacred Sunwell and revives Kel'Thuzad as a Lich. The Lich informs him of the Burning Legion, a vast demonic army who are coming to consume the world, too every bit about his true chief, the Lich Male monarch, who was created to aid the Legion with his Undead Scourge but in truth wishes for the Legion to exist destroyed. Arthas and Kel'Thuzad open up a dimensional portal and summon the demon Archimonde and the Called-for Legion, who begins his purging of Lordaeron with the destruction of Dalaran. Arthas and Kel'Thuzad are cast aside past Archimonde but Kel'Thuzad reveals to Arthas that the Lich King has already foreseen this and is planning to overthrow the Burning Legion.

Thrall the warchief arrives on Kalimdor, meeting Cairne Bloodhoof and the Tauren and clashes with a human being trek on the way to find an Oracle. Meanwhile, the Orcish Warsong Clan is left behind in Ashenvale to build a permanent settlement, but angers the Night Elves and their demigod Cenarius past cutting down the forests for resource. To defeat them, the Warsong leader Grom Hellscream drinks from a fountain contaminated with the claret of the Legion's pit lord commander Mannoroth, successfully killing Cenarius, but binding his clan to the Legion'due south control. Thrall manages to achieve the Oracle, in fact the Prophet, who tells him of Grom's actions. Following the Prophet's directions, Thrall and Jaina join forces and capture Grom, healing him of Mannoroth'southward corruption. Thrall and Grom brainstorm to hunt Mannoroth and Grom kills him, dying in the process, but in doing then freeing the orcs from the demonic command of Mannoroth.

Tyrande Whisperwind, leader of the Nighttime Elves, is outraged to discover the Humans and Orcs violating the forests and blames them for Cenarius' decease, so she vows to destroy both. However, she soon finds out that the Called-for Legion has arrived on Kalimdor. In order to oppose the Burning Legion, Tyrande reawakens the sleeping Elf Druids, starting with her lover, Malfurion Stormrage, and frees his blood brother Illidan Stormrage from prison, against Malfurion's wishes. Illidan meets Arthas, who tells him most the powerful "Skull of Gul'dan". Consuming the Skull and becoming a demon-elf hybrid, Illidan uses its power to kill Tichondrius but is banished from the woods by his brother equally he is now function demon. Meanwhile, the Prophet summons Thrall, Jaina, Tyrande and Malfurion, and reveals that he used to be Medivh, the Concluding Guardian and the betrayer from Warcraft: Orcs & Humans, returned to brand amends for his past sins. With the Burning Legion marching towards Mount Hyjal in their intent to corrupt the World Tree and thus the whole world, Humans, Orcs, and Night Elves form a reluctant alliance to spring a trap on the Burning Legion. They manage to delay the Legion long enough for many bequeathed spirits to gather at the Globe Tree and destroy Archimonde as he attempts to reach information technology but in doing so, the Dark Elves lose their immortality and their ability over nature will gradually wane over time, though they do not mind. Peace in one case over again comes to Kalimdor as the Burning Legion's forces wither away in defeat. Medivh, in a terminal monologue, so states that he needed to teach the world that guardians are no longer necessary to look after Azeroth and that he is satisfied that his task is now complete. Medivh so disappears, stating that he will now take his place amid the legends of the past.

Development [edit]

After the success of Warcraft Two (1995) and Warcraft II: Beyond the Dark Portal (1996), Blizzard originally planned to continue the story with an point-and-click run a risk game chosen Warcraft Adventures: Lord of the Clans.[twenty] This game was supposed to tell the story of Thrall from existence raised in captivity to becoming the leader of his clan.[20] Nevertheless, in 1998, Blizzard canceled Lord of the Clans for non meeting the company's quality standards.[xx] Thrall'southward story was instead worked into Warcraft Iii, whose development began in early 1998.[21] The game was announced as a role-playing strategy game (RPS) on September 5, 1999, at a press conference past the game'south pb designer Rob Pardo inside the Henley-Suite at the European Reckoner Trade Show 1999.[21] [22] [23] [24]

According to Pardo, Mike O'Brien, the game's lead programmer, originally planned a strategy game—tentatively titled Warcraft Legends—with few units to command, over-the-shoulder camera and no base building. All the same, subsequently a yr of work this concept did not work out and the existing framework was used to create Warcraft Three instead. As a result of these design choices, the first version shown at ECTS 1999 had no notable interface, however it did take portraits for the heroes.[22] [26] In beginning previews, the game's pattern and gameplay was therefore compared to games such as Myth and Heroes of Might and Magic.[27] Various articles showed that abilities and items were used via right-click on a unit and an actualization icon collar.[22] In the early stages of development, Blizzard emphasized the role-playing aspect and downplayed base of operations edifice.[26] Effectually January 24, 2000 a video from Korea appeared on the Internet; the video showed some aspects of gameplay along with commentary by Pardo.[28] This version already had an interface concept, notwithstanding most of the interface were placeholders.[28] It had a map, icons for abilities and unit commands and an center-shaped brandish for gilded.[28] Originally, the game was planned to be released at the end of 2000.[29] [21]

At E3 2000, Blizzard showed a beginning gameplay trailer that included an interface with some elements of the concluding design.[30] Then from E3 2000 around May 12, 2000 to ECTS 2000 the game was non changed very much. Gameplay footage from 2001 reveals a polished version of the interface seen in the E3 2000 trailer.[31] Dorsum in November 2000, the game was set to feature five playable races (with the addition of demons) and only a single resource to be mined.[32] In January 2001, Blizzard announced the Nighttime Elves as the last race equally well as the conversion of demons into a NPC race.[33] The side by side major changes came between ECTS 2000 and E3 2001, when a different interface and the Night Elf race was revealed. The versions demonstrated at E3 2001 and ECTS 2001 already contained all the final interfaces and units.[34] [35] In Apr 2001, Blizzard yet experimented with different resources and had versions of the game with gold, lumber, mana stones and upkeep or a race depending resources that represented the population like the required food in newer versions.[36]

In the middle of January 2002, Blizzard shipped out 5000 beta versions of Warcraft III to randomly selected testers in order to help improve it before being released in stores.[37] The beta release had all the game's units and races, however, information technology was only playable over Battle.net; single player games and LAN play were not playable on the beta version of the game.[38] [39] Warcraft III was first released in the United states on July 3, 2002[twoscore] and in Europe on July 5, 2002.[41]

Blizzard continues to maintain WarCraft 3, regarding technical issues and compatibility for newer operating systems.[42] [43] [44] In Apr 2018, Blizzard integrated widescreen support for the kickoff time, more than than fifteen years after the game'southward commencement release.[45]

Visual blueprint [edit]

Warcraft III was the showtime Blizzard game to exist rendered using 3D graphics.[iii] Dissimilar other 3D games of that era, this included all parts of the game, including the menu screens.[3] All characters, including environs units like sheep, have their own 3D portraits when selected that animate when the unit is talking.[3] The game does not use mission briefings like its predecessor only instead tells the story using cutscenes rendered using the game'due south 3D engine.[5] These cutscenes bear witness the characters using a side-view camera, zooming in to the models.[5] Additionally, each campaign features pre-rendered cine that prove the event of the entrada.[5] [thirteen]

According to Samwise Didier, Blizzard's fine art manager for Warcraft III, the company, when developing the first game of the series, attempted to create a more than realistic experience, based on the conventionalities that PC gamers preferred these graphics, leading to Warcraft: Orcs and Humans looking like Medieval Europe.[46] Blizzard immune classical fantasy backdrop like Dungeons & Dragons and The Lord of the Rings to influence Warcraft II, calculation more than fantasy races such as elves, ogres and dwarves, while even so keeping a more realistic design.[46] With the institution of a undecayed fan base due to the success of the get-go two games, the creative team behind Warcraft III decided no longer to follow their artistic vision. Equally such, the game's visuals mark a notable difference from the previous games in the series, using bolder and more vibrant colors and pursuing a more comic book mode.[46] Didier also integrated characters he designed for Dungeons & Dragons into Warcraft 3, such as Uther The Lightbringer and Illidan Stormrage.[47] The shift towards a more than cartoonish looking globe that started with Warcraft 3 was connected in World of Warcraft which deliberately used less realistic depictions to permit the game to be played on less powerful PCs, thus increasing the potential player-base.[48] The artwork of Warcraft 3 was hugely influential on a number of other loftier fantasy real-time strategy games that followed it.[49]

Sound [edit]

Most of the music of Warcraft III was composed by Tracy W. Bush-league, Derek Knuckles, Jason Hayes, and Glenn Stafford.[50] [51] The Limited Edition of Reign of Chaos came with much of the orchestral music on a separate CD.[52] Each of the four playable races has unlike music: monastic music for the humans; ambient and Native American-sounding music for the Night Elves; warlike music for the Orcs; and fast, haunting music for the Undead.[four]

One of the signatures of Blizzard games are the unit quotes: If a unmarried unit of measurement is clicked four or more times in a row, the unit'due south phonation samples become increasingly comical.[five] The unit may start getting aroused at the player, or make allusions and references to other games, film or jokes.[5]

Writing [edit]

Chris Metzen, author and creative director

Most of the game's missions and background story was written by Chris Metzen, who likewise provided the vocalization for Thrall.[53] Metzen had previously contributed artwork to the commencement game[54] and became involved in writing stories and missions in Warcraft II.[55] Warcraft 3 was the first game Metzen, served as creative managing director for, a role he would continue in for all Blizzard games until his retirement in 2016.[56]

Modding [edit]

Every bit did Warcraft Two and StarCraft before information technology, Warcraft Iii contains a Earth Editor programme that allows players to create their own custom scenarios and maps.[57] The World Editor is powerful plenty to allow modders to change most whatever aspect of the game and create new maps that feature picayune of the game'southward original content.[58] Despite its wealth of features, the World Editor was easy enough for players without any coding experience to blueprint new games.[58] Through Battle.net, players can then share these maps with others, increasing the popularity of custom maps.[17] To facilitate modding, Blizzard and 3rd-party developers released tools for a diverseness of tasks.[17] [59] Though the editor has received updates through game patches, it is not officially supported every bit a product.[57]

Some custom maps have enjoyed slap-up success, particularly maps based on Aeon of Strife such as Defense of the Ancients (DotA),[threescore] which became a tournament item at BlizzCon 2005 and other tournaments around the earth.[61] [62] DotA is largely attributed with to being the near meaning inspiration for the multiplayer online boxing loonshit (MOBA) genre.[58] A strong fanbase has opened upwards the opportunity for sponsorship and advert, somewhen leading the genre to get a global cultural miracle.[63] [64] In 2012, Valve caused commercial rights to the DOTA name trademark.[65]

Expansion [edit]

Immediately after the release, Blizzard began brainstorming content for an expansion and development began in October 2002.[66] In January 2003, Blizzard announced that the expansion pack was titled The Frozen Throne and continues the story for the Night Elves, Humans and Undead later on the events of the chief game while providing a completely separate, role-playing focused entrada for the Orcs.[67] [68] [66] Among other changes, The Frozen Throne added a new hero for each faction besides equally v neutral heroes that can be hired past all factions.[67] [66] After a public beta test that allowed xx,000 players to examination the expansion,[69] [70] it was released worldwide on July 1, 2003.[71]

Special editions [edit]

Upon release, Blizzard fabricated Warcraft III bachelor with four unlike box arts, one for each faction, in a limited edition.[72] In addition to the regular game, a limited Collector's Edition Warcraft III bundle containing a Warcraft III cinematic DVD, including behind-the-scenes features and the cine of all prior Warcraft games; a Collector's Edition Soundtrack; a Collector's Edition instruction manual; The Art of Warcraft book; and lithographic prints was released.[52] Blizzard also released the Warcraft Battle Chest, which contains Reign of Chaos bundled with The Frozen Throne in i box.[73] Another version, the Exclusive Gift Prepare, came bundled with the cinematic DVD, official BradyGames strategy guide, and Warcraft Two: Battle.cyberspace Edition.[74]

Warcraft 3: Reforged [edit]

At BlizzCon 2018 on Nov 2, 2018, Blizzard announced a remaster of both Warcraft III and its expansion The Frozen Throne entitled Warcraft Iii: Reforged featuring remodeled characters and graphics with a prospective release in 2020.[75] [76] It was released on January 28, 2020.[77] Many promised features and updates were non included in the January 28, 2020 release of Reforged., leading to mixed reception from critics and negative reception from fans, resulting in Blizzard offering refunds.[78] The release of Warcraft III: Reforged resulted in the termination of the original titles Warcraft Iii and its expansion The Frozen Throne beingness supported whatsoever further.[79]

Reception [edit]

Critical reception [edit]

On review aggregator website Metacritic, Warcraft Three received a score of 92/100, indicating "Universal acclaim".[82]

Most critics praised the game's graphics, both the design of the individual units equally well as the game world itself, concluding that Blizzard successfully entered the three-D universe.[13] [83] [14] [4] German language mag PC Games compared the units' appearance to beauty pageant contestants and emphasized many details such as waving capes, knights who balance their weight from one pes to some other while standing effectually and bodies of water colored red when units die in them.[4] The campaign-related cinematics were peculiarly noted, with multiple critics declaring them nigh impressive feats of video rendering.[3] [84] [thirteen] [14] However, GameSpot noted that the character models were of mediocre quality, particularly when viewed up close during in-game cutscenes.[5] Critics also praised the interface as simple yet powerful and making it very like shooting fish in a barrel for players to finer control their units.[five] [13]

The game'south soundtrack was widely lauded as atmospheric and aiding the game's tone, featuring faction-specific music such equally heroic hymns (humans) or mannerly flute melodies (night elves).[84] [4] [13] [5] Reviewers especially noted the private units' sound furnishings, the realistic boxing noises and mystical magical effect sounds as well the units' humorous comments.[83] [thirteen] [5] The vocalism acting was praised by many reviewers,[4] [84] with GameSpot finding that it "conveys each personality distinctly and vividly".[five] While IGN also praised most of it, they also noted that some vocalisation acting was mediocre and very few voices actually bad.[13]

While each faction has different units with strengths and weaknesses, the game was found to exist balanced enough that no faction is overpowered.[13] GameSpot emphasized positively that the game adds some variety compared to other real-time strategy titles because it forces players to go exploring early while simultaneously building their base, lest their hero does not gain sufficient experience to win in later battles.[5] The review too noted that each faction has safeguards in place to forestall one player from rushing their opponent too early.[5] GamePro too highlighted that the various mechanics, such as heroes and upkeep, offered more tactical possibilities than always earlier.[80]

Many reviewers praised the game's campaign for creating an epic storyline that avoids typical stereotypes and provides a nuanced portrayal of the different factions.[84] [13] Gamecritics.com ended that Blizzard had finally succeeded in fleshing out the story-line of the first two Warcraft titles, giving each side its own motivations and differences across cosmetics.[85] In a retrospect published in March 2018, Waypoint calls the game's story "one of the all-fourth dimension great single-player campaigns in history", specifically emphasizing the Brotherhood mission "The Culling" in which the player is placed in a no-win state of affairs and forced to aid Arthas slaughter his ain people before they plough into aggressive zombies.[86] [story vii] Iii years prior, in 2015, Vice chosen "The Culling" as well every bit Arthas's expose at the cease of the Brotherhood campaign and the destruction of Dalaran three of the seventh greatest moments in Blizzard Entertainment's history.[88]

The game's multiplayer features were lauded by many critics[84] [4] with GamePro describing them as "addictive" and a fruitful outcome of long beta testing.[lxxx] Reviewers emphasized that the Battle.net integration made multiplayer games easier than with any other game at that time and lauded the diversity of factions as well as the residuum between those factions.[iii] [84] [5]

Sales [edit]

Warcraft Iii sold ane meg units in the first month after release, becoming the fastest-selling PC video game in history at that time and surpassing a record prepare by Diablo II. [89] [90] The NPD Group declared it the third-best-selling computer game of 2002.[91] In the United States, Warcraft 3 sold one one thousand thousand copies and earned $49.iv million by August 2006, after its release in July 2002, making it the state's seventh acknowledged computer game between January 2000 and August 2006.[92] Warcraft III received a "Golden" sales award from the Entertainment and Leisure Software Publishers Association (ELSPA),[93] indicating sales of at least 200,000 copies in the United Kingdom.[94] In France, it sold over 200,000 units past March 2005.[95]

Accolades [edit]

The game was awarded the title "game of the year" by GameSpot [96] as well as "best real-fourth dimension strategy game of the year" by PC Gamer [67] and received a number of other awards and accolades from critics.[97] In 2018, Rock, Newspaper, Shotgun declared Warcraft Iii to exist the 34th best strategy game of all fourth dimension.[98] German magazine GameStar ranked Warcraft III as the all-time strategy game and the second best PC game of all time in 2018, noting that the game and its expansion pack received scores higher than any other game since.[99]

Legacy [edit]

The top three placed teams from the start World Cyber Games Defense of the Ancients title

Warcraft III has been an influence on existent-time strategy games, especially the addition of role-playing elements and heroes equally units.[86] More the game itself, mods created with the World Editor led to lasting changes and inspired many future games.[58] [100] Defence force of the Ancients (DotA) paved the way for the multiplayer online battle arena genre,[64] inspiring the cosmos of the modernistic's standalone sequel, Dota 2, and games such as League of Legends and Heroes of Newerth.[58] [101] Blizzard pointed to DotA as an example of what dedicated mapmakers tin can create using strong developer's tools.[100] [102] DotA All-stars became an important tournament scenario, starting with its prominence at the debut of Blizzard'south BlizzCon convention in 2005.[103] Since then, MOBAs have had a big touch on the evolution of esports, becoming some of the virtually watched games in the globe.[104] [105] [106] The World Editor was used as a tool for creating many popular tower defence custom maps that served every bit inspiration for the standalone tower defence force games, such equally Plants vs. Zombies. [107]

Many of the characters, locations and concepts introduced in Warcraft 3 and its expansion went on to play major roles in Blizzard'southward Globe of Warcraft (2004), which became the earth's most popular MMORPG by player count of nearly ten 1000000 in 2009.[86] [108] [109] They too took a notable part in other Blizzard games, such as Hearthstone (2014).[110] The majority of the playable heroes from Warcraft III were featured in the crossover MOBA game Heroes of the Tempest (2015).[49] [111] [112] In October 2018, Comic Book Resources listed four characters introduced in Warcraft Three in their list of the Top 25 most iconic characters ever created by Blizzard, including Illidan Stormrage and Jaina Proudmoore.[113]

Run into also [edit]

  • Professional Warcraft III competition
  • Warcraft: The Board Game

Notes [edit]

  1. ^ Thrall: What kind of nightmare was that? / The Prophet (afterward revealed to be 'Medivh'): It was not a nightmare, young warchief, just a vision. Follow me, and I will reveal what your future holds. - Blizzard Entertainment. Warcraft III: Reign of Anarchy (Apple Macintosh). Level/expanse: Prologue: "Chasing Visions".
  2. ^ The Prophet: Now, get, young Thrall. Sheet west to the lands of Kalimdor. It is there that you will notice your destiny. It is in that location that your people's conservancy will be bodacious. - Blizzard Entertainment. Warcraft 3: Reign of Chaos (Apple Macintosh). Level/area: Prologue: "Departures".
  3. ^ Arthas: Look, hither's where we stand. Our scouts have confirmed that there is an orc encampment subconscious somewhere over the next ridge. / Uther: As I suspected. / Arthas: It gets worse. They're preparing to set on the nearby village of Strahnbrad. As far as we know, the hamlet is completely defenseless. / Uther the Lightbringer: I need to move confronting the Orcs' base immediately. Can you handle Strahnbrad's defence force on your ain? / Arthas: Of grade, Uther. Don't worry most me.. - Blizzard Entertainment. Warcraft 3: Reign of Chaos (Apple tree Macintosh). Level/expanse: Homo Campaign: "The Defense of Strahnbrad".
  4. ^ Blizzard Entertainment. Warcraft 3. Level/area: Homo Campaign: "The Culling". Arthas: Glad you could go far, Uther. / Uther the Lightbringer: Watch your tone with me, boy. You may be the prince, merely I'm however your superior as a paladin. / Arthas: As if I could forget. Mind, Uther, there'south something about the plague you should know...Oh no. It's as well late. These people take all been infected! They may wait fine now, but it's a matter of time earlier they plow into the undead! / Uther the Lightbringer: What? / Arthas: This entire city must exist purged. / Uther the Lightbringer: How can you even consider that? There'southward got to be some other way. / Arthas: Damn it, Uther! Equally your future male monarch, I lodge you to purge this metropolis! / Uther the Lightbringer: You are not my male monarch yet, boy! Nor would I obey that control even if you were! / Arthas: Then I must consider this an act of treason. / Uther the Lightbringer: Treason? Have you lot lost your mind, Arthas? / Arthas: Have I? Lord Uther, by my right of succession and the sovereignty of my crown, I hereby relieve y'all of your command and suspend your paladins from service. / Jaina Proudmoore: Arthas, you lot tin't simply-- / Arthas: Information technology'due south done! Those of you who have the will to relieve this land, follow me! The rest of you... get out of my sight! / Uther the Lightbringer: You've just crossed a terrible threshold, Arthas. / Arthas: Jaina? / Jaina Proudmoore: I'chiliad lamentable, Arthas. I can't watch you practice this.
  5. ^ The Prophet: [...] Information technology falls to you at present, young sorceress. You must lead your people to the westward to the ancient lands of Kalimdor. Only in that location can you combat the shadow and salvage this world from the flame. - Blizzard Entertainment. Warcraft 3: Reign of Chaos (Apple Macintosh). Level/surface area: Human being Entrada: "The Alternative".
  6. ^ Muradin Bronzebeard: Hold, lad. There's an inscription on the dais. Information technology'southward a warning. It says, "Whomsoever takes up this blade shall wield power eternal. Merely as the blade rends mankind, so must ability scar the spirit." Oh, I should've known. The blade is cursed! Permit'south become the hell out of hither! / Arthas: I would gladly acquit any curse to save my homeland. - Blizzard Entertainment. Warcraft III: Reign of Chaos (Apple tree Macintosh). Level/area: Homo Entrada: "Frostmourne".
  7. ^ According to David Grand. Fried, who designed the mission "The Culling", Blizzard originally planned to have children villagers as well as adults and had included sound files of villagers panicking and begging for their lives. Both were considered as well disturbing and turned off merely these resources notwithstanding be in the game and tin can be turned on by manipulating the game files.[87]

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External links [edit]

  • Official website
  • WarCraft Demo in the old Blizzard FTP
  • Warcraft 3: Reign of Chaos at MobyGames

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