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Summary: Awesome Game
Review: Blizzard took the multiple species format of Starcraft, and improved upon it in Warcraft III. With four races to choose from, and each one well balanced against the others games can last for hours and hours. The campaigns are brilliant and challenging enough to be fun, but not so hard you have to try 15 times before you get it. Tons of side quests you can take, each one usually giving your hero a power-up item. Oh, heroes, one of the best parts of Warcraft III. Each race has three, usually one Warrior, one Clever, and one Magician. These heroes can learn skills as they level, and some can become extremely powerful (namely the Demonhunter, Demon form is awesome). Warcraft III also has a new way to use units, no longer do you use four or five groups of medium units to overwhelm your opponent (Starcraft) but instead you can use a smaller force because each unit has at least 150 hp, and enemy attacks usually range around 20 - 30. It was fun to develop new strategies using the new units as opposed to the older ones. This game is another must have for RTS fanatics like me.
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Summary: Superior To Any Other Game.
Review: Last summer, while waiting for this game, I couldn't believe how much media hype it was getting. From Blizzard's promotion's on Diablo and StarCraft battle.net, to websites such as IGN.com and GameSpot.com, there was just so much saturation in the last few weeks. So, naturally, I preordered it, to get my hands on it as soon as possible.It finally arrived, and I popped it in. What happened then was only what I can call a gaming epiphany, because, wow, the game was just so much fun. Single Player: As you first load up the game, a characteristic Blizzard cinematic greets you, one that is so vibrant and realistic that you already get a sense of the greatness. If you click on single player first, you will be swept in a glorious fictional world of Warcraft (no pun intended), which keep you immersed for days and days. Battle.net: Wow. Just simply, wow. They have a ladder system which makes it fairly impossible to exploit, gaming icons which show your progress and wins, and even an advanced ranking and statistics system that can even show you how much gold per minute you have collected. Also, the arranged team function lets you play with your closest friends and track the team's progress and statistics. This is what WarCraft III is all about, and what makes the game have infinite replay value. Heros: These are by far the most ingenious addition to a real-time strategy game. There is nothing more satisfying than stomping your opponents army with level 10 Tauren Chieftain, which has some devastating skills and insane amounts of HP and damage. After playing this and then trying out StarCraft again, any RTS without heros are just too dull. Add to the fact that you can kill neutral opponents such as dragons and humongous lizards, and gain some really cool items for your hero, the game is just a huge permutation of fun. Buy it now, for it is something that you can't miss. 5/5 A+ 10/10 4stars ThumbsUp
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Summary: Fun!!!
Review: Fantasy like world with heroes and orcs, trolls, that sorta thing. Is made by the same company, Blizzard, that makes Diablo and Starcraft. Become the night elves, undead, orcs, and humans. Has missions and custom games. Very neat.
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Summary: A Welcome addition!!!
Review: Warcraft III is one of those games every gamer should have in their library, period. Looking past the excellent single player mode, which is really an extended tutorial to teach you the basics of every race (there are four), multiplayer is where this baby really shines. Competing against other players over blizzard's battle.net service has never been easier. Connect to battle.net, look for a game, it matches you with an opponent of equivalent level and you're all set. Once the game ends, you're poised to start the next, then the next. Before you realize it's late at night, the entire world is asleep and there you sit playing Warcraft III. Addiction is the best word to describe this game. The four races offer a variety of strategy at your fingertips often dictating the outcome of the game. Your wins and losses are tracked and experience points are awarded upon victory. Get enough experience points and you reach the next level, lose a game...you'll slip back. Custom games enhance the online experience further by offering player-made maps specifically altered for fun rather than stiff competition. The inclusion of a hero, the core element of the game, is a plus. You'll fight to keep your hero alive and spend every waking moment making sure he is there to support your troops for without him, you'll lose the battle. Heros, too, earn experience points and gain skill points with each level-up which can be distributed to a skill of your choice. Each hero has 3 abilities and an ultimate at level 6. To sum up an already lengthy review, Warcraft III is a must have game for fans of Real-Time Strategy games. It is an epic game of survival between the orcs, humans, night elves and the undead with a little hint of role-playing thrown into the mix...and a great single player campaing to boot. The outcome is a game which will be around for a long, long time to come!!!
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Summary: Want to see something real scary? Then read these reviews.
Review: I feel compelled I suppose to bunk some of the other reviews that have been posted for Frozen Throne. The one's that state "this game will rock" I need not say anything about, cause you already know to take them with a grain of salt. But for the one's that are written by actual beta testers (like myself), I need to update you on the facts, and correct some mistakes. First off, it's hard to really rate or give a knowledgeable review of Frozen Throne because those of us that are beta testers are only getting to see the multi-player, on-line aspect of the game. There will also be an extension to the storyline of WC3, of which we can only guess at until the game is out. To give a really in-depth review of the whole game, a person would need the complete expansion. Another thing that I find upsetting is that one of the reviewers has gotten a lot of helpful votes, just for the simple fact that people don't know whether he's correct or not. His review would have been appropriate when he wrote it. He wrote his review in March, and the game has made some drastic changes since then. So, for example, saying that Orc Batriders are overpowered is no longer applicable. To be honest, people rarely use them anymore. Also, there is no Night Elf hero that can change Day into Night. That is an item that the Night Elves can buy from their own specific shop. To explain this, each race has the ability to build their own shop, which is very inexpensive at the moment, from which they can buy items, such as scroll of town portals, heath potions, etc. Each race has certain item specific to them. Like the Night Elf item to change the time of day or the Undead item called a Wand of Necromancy that can summon 2 skeletons from a corpse. But for some reason Blizzard decided to give Undead that item, but take away the Wand of Negation from the Original WarCraft 3. I haven't understood that move (taking away the Wand of Negation) since the beta started. There are many other changes as well, but if I was to try and list them all, it would take me quite a while. Just rest assured that Blizzard has done a bang up job of not only making it feel like an expansion, but also adding the excitement back to when we first got WarCraft 3 and got to try out all the "new" stuff. And if I listed them all, I would take away some of the excitement of when you first pop it in and play it yourself. Okay now that I got that off my chest, my opinion on FT so far is that it is fantastic! Bear in mind that I am only reviewing this game from the multi-player, on-line, battle.net aspect of it; I have no idea what the storyline will be to the game. Veterans to WC3 will find some very interesting changes in Frozen Throne. While still not complete, the game seems to be reaching its home stretch. Blizzard does an excellent job of fixing balance issues, as many WC3 players already know. So that's why it was not a good idea for someone to post in March on how powerful certain units were, because Blizzard has since fixed that issue and it's no longer true. Recently they changed it so that you can get Wyverns at tier 2 now, but whether or not that will stay in the final edition, I can't say. I personally give the game 5 stars because it excels at what I loved about WC3 so much. The on-line aspect. In all my years of gaming I don't remember a game that has pulled me in as much as WC3 has, and now Frozen Throne. There is however a nice learning curve. Even if you are very good at WC3, you will run into some bumps in the road with Frozen Throne. But this is to be expected with new units, new heroes, new buildings and new creeps. Be warned though, a lot of the newer creeps are very, very tough and are not to be fought unless you have quite a few units. I say this mostly in the vain hope that I don't get to hear "our alley's hero has fallen" to creeps. So don't say I didn't warn you, he, he.
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Summary: Possibly the best expansion pack ever.
Review: Following in the tradition of previous Blizzard Expansion packs, they do not dissapoint. I am a beta tester of this game, and it is far superior to the classic WarCraft III. Better racial balance, better battle.net support, and better map balancing adds a whole new dimension to any already outstanding game. If you own WarCraft III, then you should definitely buy this and experience the fun.
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Summary: A wonderful strategy game to revolutionize computer gaming.
Review: I purchased this game, Warcraft III: The Reign of Chaos on July 3rd, the day it was released. I expected it to be wonderful like other Blizzard games, however I was pleasantly surprised at the attention to detail that Blizzard has put into it. If you are new to the World of Warcraft, the game is about a medieval-themed fantasy world in which several races exist battling for domination. The game-play is that of a real-time strategy game, one has to think quickly and in advance to slaughter the competition. This game appeals to a large age group, however is generally geared toward players from their teens up. (due to some animated violence and the complex thought involved in playing). Warcraft III has two main elements, a rich, bold, and exciting single player campaign filled with an intricate plot and stunning cinematics as well as a free online multi-player strategy network second to none. The highlight, in my opinion is the online aspect of Warcraft III, dubbed "Battle.net" which accurately describes the premise of the online gameplay. On Battle.net there are also several types of games to choose from, single player mêlée games (facing anonymous players world-wide), multiplayer team games (fighting exciting battles with friends) and custom games. (In the custom games the sky is the limit, there is such a plethora of diversity among custom game types that one could play forever.) Many games have exciting action and enjoyable gameplay, however Warcraft III is unique in the computer-gaming world, it has a tremendous replay value, it is hard (at least for me and all the players I know) to ever stop playing. The online element of Warcraft III is a secure, anonymous network in which the player creates a special alias to play warcraft, this protects the computer of the user as well as the user's privacy. As I mentioned earlier, there are different races involved in the wonder of Warcraft III. Four Unique Races armed with distinctive units, magical abilities, and weapons of war face each other in brutal and extremely fun combat. Each race is carefully balanced to have equal advantages and disadvantages when playing other adversaries. In addition, the 3D engine is wonderful, it shows a vivid, third-person vantage point which looks marvelous. Unlike some similar games, Warcraft III does not require a supercomputer to run, although it does look better with a good video card. The requirements are as follows: -- 400 MHz Pentium II or equivalent
-- 128 MB of RAM
-- 8 MB 3D video card (TNT, i810, Voodoo 3, Rage 128 equivalent or better) with DirectX® 8.1 support
-- 700 MB HD space
-- 4X CD-ROM drive Something I neglected to mention is the awesome map editor included with Warcraft III. The feature-packed editor allows the users to create their own adventures and games to play solo or online with friends. Blizzard entertainment also provides excellent customer support, should the need for it ever arise from such a well-designed game. So all-in-all, Warcraft III is a genre-defining game. With it's stunning graphics, never-ending gameplay, fast-paced strategy, and unique theme, it is a must-have for avid gamers or computer newcomers alike. Have fun! :-D
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Summary: Not for the stupid
Review: Buying this game was a major + for me. Some people may say,"Its food cap is too low, or that heros are stupid". The truth is that Blizzard has finally got down to the greatest part of war; tactics. Since they have lowered the food limit and given you highly valuable units to use, you must think. ...You see, other Blizzard games room for a bunch of units. So people massed one big unit and killed each other. In conclusion, woe to the who wishes to buy a no- brains game. Blizzard, one day I shall be part of you!!!
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Summary: Couldn't keep me interested
Review: I have been a big fan of the RTS type of game, specifically other Blizzard titles like Warcraft I, Warcraft II and Starcraft. This one just didn't live up to the hype. I waited a long time for the next generation of Warcraft and found the graphics to be cool, but missed the older style of play. The multiplayer just didn't keep my interest.
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Summary: Blizzard Does it Again
Review: Ok i have owned this game from the day it came out and have played it for hours and hours and even days. I have done just about (in fact everything) there is to do here. Yet I still come back for more... thats just the kind of game it is. Here are some of the features: -Amazing Campaign. This single player campaign has a shocking twist that will suprise anyone and make you want more. -Fabulous Cinema Scenes. These are what really draws you into the campaign and puts you right in the middle of the beautiful Warcraft 3 Universe. -Old faces Return. All of the old characters from warcraft that you got to know and love retrn, as well as some new ones. -4 Spectacular races each with their strenghts and weaknesses. The Mighty Orcs, The Noble Humans, The Stealthy Night Elves, and The Evil Undead. -3 unique hero unites for each race. Heroes are special units that can level up and learn powerful speels. As they level up they grow stronger and their spells become more powerful. -Neutral units (otherwise known as creeps). Creeps come in different forms depending on the location but always attack you if you get to close. Creeps can range in strength from a Cobalt to a Dragon. Killing these helps you level up your Hero without engageing the enemy. -Many items. Items are scrolls, tomes, potions, and artifacts that only your hero can carry. They help your team by healing, powering you up, raising your heroes skills and levels, and even summoning new units. O man their are soooooo much more like hundereds of untis and building and... o i could talk forever but i think i have given you the basic feel. O ya BATTLE.NET IS SOOOo FUN TO PLAY AND ITS FREE. hope to see you online -hellisit (GOW clan leader)
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