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WarCraft III: Reign of Chaos

WarCraft III: Reign of Chaos

List Price: $29.99
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Rating: 5 stars
Summary: warcraft is the best
Review: warcraft III is the best game i ever played. its like age of empires but better. you can be better people like, orcs, humans, the undead, night elves and more. this game is great i highly recomend getting it if you like strategic games.

p.s.get this game no matter what
peace out,
drew

Rating: 1 stars
Summary: Pathetic attempt from Blizzard!
Review: This game is terrible. It offers nothing new to the franchise and is corny, unoriginal, repetitive, etc. The graphics resemble a cartoon. And a bad cartoon at that. The voice acting is as bad as it gets. I heard the words: "A sound plan" 49 times in the first mission. Also, this game has difficulty running on any system but the absolute best. Do NOT buy this game, you'll be bored within hours. As oppose to this, I strongly reccommend Warcraft II: Tides of Darkness. A much, much better game, with tons of replay value!

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: I only have one complaint.
Review: For those of you who enjoy setting up your own battles on World Editor, I have some bad news. This game only allows a total of 1,080 troops on the battle screen at once. Unlike the campaign editor on Age of Empires - in which you can set up as many troops as you'd like - War Craft has a limit. This prevents the mass slaughter that so many of us love and live for.

There are, however, some great points to this game. For one, the number of characters has gone drastically up. Now you can be or fight Gnolls, Harpeys, Dragons, Knight Elves, Morlocks, Stone Giants, Gargoyles, High Elves, various Trolls, Dwarves, Men, Ogres, Orcs,Tree Ents(or this games version of them) Skeleton Warriors, Demon Hunters, Banshees and so much more. There are fire creatures, snow creatures, water elements and many more beings that make this game well worth the price. You can be any of the creatures if you set it up on World Editor but sadly, you have a limit for how many troops can fight at one point. Oh well. Enjoy!

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: VERY GOOD GAME
Review: This game is great... This game is 20x better on[line] than on single player. Quit whining about how it [messed] up your comp, or how the requirements r 2 hi... THE CAMPAIGN WAS TOO BORING? it had more story and better plotlines than 50% of the...movies out there today, and its a...must for online play...

Rating: 2 stars
Summary: Sub-Par for the insane hype
Review: I feel like anyone giving this game 5 stars has been paid off by Blizzard, lackies, all of you! This is a step down from the wonderful platform that Blizzard created. The limited food supply gives you the smallest army you can imagine. The hero units are the most worthless thing they could've added. The game puts too much basis on this single unit, when you should really be worrying about your army. Why did Blizzard have to have Diablo on their minds when they made this? why couldnt they just let them be two sepearte games. Don't worry, when CnC Generals hits the shelves, WCIII is going to be in the discount bin...in no time ; )

Rating: 3 stars
Summary: Could've been the next Best RTS game.
Review: Overall, Warcraft III is a decent game to play, but it did not live up to its former glory (Warcraft I & Warcraft II). Instead of staying true to the series by remaining a full RTS game, it was changed into half RTS and half RPG. Well, this could've been great, if Blizzard were to really work hard on combining the elements.

But first, let me tell you what I liked and then what I didn't like. Its only fair.

Liked:

The four races: The Orcs, humans, undead, and the night elves. Each is unique in its own way. Each race is well balanced against the other three. They each look, fight, sound, and play different.

Each has its own campaign wich tie in together perfectly. And each race has three heroes with different skills. your heroes may also gain experience, and wear artifacts.

The cutscene cinematics are the best. Thats one thing Blizzard does well.

The 3D graphics are really gorgeous. Theres lot of detail. You can zoom in and zoom out. I love the water waves splashing against the shore. And the ingame cinematics are where the graphics also look great.

There is a day night cycle in the game as well.

You may also see tons of Neutral units.

Some of the voices are classic Warcraft II voices and the new ones are similar to those from Warcraft II. Music is outstanding, kinda like medievial fantasy style.

Oh and you do get a map editor with the game.

Well, now here's what dissapointed me about the game.

The RTS and RPG elements in the game were very limited. Number of units are kept in limited numbers by the use of the upkeep cost. You can not form large group, but instead are allowed a limited number of about 12 in a group. and with the upkeep cost you can really have only 2 groups of figthers. All the water units from the previous series are gone. thats right no submarines, no juggernauts, and no elven destroyer ships.

Concerning the RPG elements in the game....

You can only have three different heroes from each race. Each can only have three skills up to level 3. Adnt he heroes themselves go only up to level 9 or 10, I don't remember. In terms of RPG, there is no decision making in what quests you choose or do.

While Blizzard had a good idea in merging the RPG and RTS elements together, they did not expand upon it, but instead limited those features.

For me, game replayiblity was very low. I found myself going back to playing Diablo II.

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: The Difference
Review: I would just like to tell you i HATE Warcraft II. I played it for about 10 min and got bored. I love the other blizzard games Starcraft and Diablo. Well at my local cybernation i decided to play Warcraft III. I was so impressed with the gamei played it for 3 hours there. I went home and then stait to Best Buy and bought the game. The game has such good graphics and i liek how you can zoom in. There are different races but they are not that different. Also, you can have a hero that levels up.

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: THE best
Review: an awesome game.......stop waiting around and go buy it!

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: AWESOME GAME
Review: This is one of the best games ever made. It has an exellent story line, awesome gameplay, and awesome online multiplayer. There are many online maps like GLADIATORS, Grand Theft Auto, Starship Troopers, and hundreds more. This is a must have for anyone how enjoys quality games and owns a computer.

Rating: 2 stars
Summary: For Shame Blizzard!
Review: Bottom line: wait until this dud gets to the bargain bin -- don't [buy it] because it is BORING!

I love StarCraft, and enjoyed WarCraft II because they emphasize GAME PLAY. WarCraft III emphasizes appearance over playability, scripted hollywood-style bombast over decision-making.

Check out the dozens of negative reviews at the end of the Amazon.comreview list -- they all describe the following shortcomings:
• cartoonish graphics
• inexcusably sluggish performance on all but the highest-end systems (check it out: one update per second on my 550 Mhz G4)
• the lack of anything meaningful to do during battles (units are a mishmash of flickering graphics, you're lucky to be able to heal a few before they croak)
• the limitation of about 25 player-controlled units (must have been a performance issue)
• the tedium of the campaign -- it's all scripted out for you
• the generic quality of the 4 "races" -- different names & appearences, identical functionality.
• the dullness of online battle; "build 'em and rush your enemy!"

To be fair, some of my disappointment may have been caused by the poor quality of the Macintosh port -- I imagine it will run with more vigor on a medium-level Windows machine (it takes almost 30 seconds to load each new level on the Mac!)

In addition, the story line (though it is linear and without any choices) is interesting. The voices are often cool and so forth.

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