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Warcraft II: Battle.net Edition is GREAT!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 31 / 34
Date: November 19, 1999
Author: Amazon User

Gamers, including myself, have marveled at the old game Warcraft II for a long time. When I heard that Blizzard Entertainment was developing a new version for that classic, I was overjoyed. The old Real-Time Strategy (RTS) has left its mark as the best Game of the Year 1995, Best Online Game, and Best Multiplayer Game. Although the gameplay graphics and cutscenes art are somewhat lacking, it has pretty good graphics, funny sounds, and appropriate background music. The game's online gameplay of this game is fantastic since it takes Blizzard's free online gaming server, Battle.net, and uses it in this classic's upgrade. Warcraft II Battle.net Edition's AI is much in need of improvement compared to the other new games, though. But this game was not supposed to be completely new, so Blizzard decided not to improve some of the features, but to fix old bugs, add small improvements, and add a super multiplayer option.

The story of Warcraft II: Battle.net Edition takes place after their first big hit, Warcraft I: Orcs and Humans. After the death of the Orcish Warchief Blackhand, Ogrim Doomhammer quickly took his place as the new Warchief. Meanwhile, the tattered humans from the destroyed land of Azeroth seek refuge in Lordaeron, the other power in the Alliance, a group of humans, elves, and dwarves allying up against the fearsome Orcs. The humans have won the second war against the Orcs and have destroyed their only way into human lands, the Dark Portal. As they find out, though, the rift allowing passage to their lands still exists. They Alliance must travel the rift to Orcish Lands to stop the Orcish threat.

When you first start out on a single-player campaign, if you choose one from the Tides of Darkness, then you'll start with a small amount of units and a basic building to start out on. This just teaches you how to build things and gives you a basic feel for how you play the game. Eventually, you'll move into much harder levels which involve keeping someone alive as you travel enemy territory, building up a strong enough force to overcome a powerful enemy, and developing strategy in order to outsmart your computer enemy.

The multiplayer features in this game are comparable to some of the top games out now. Popular online games, such as Starcraft and Diablo, use Blizzard's personal gaming server, Battle.net (the top online gaming service in the world), to make a very easy and powerful multiplayer option. There are also the basic multiplayer options such as connection over an AppleTalk or IPX networks. There are traditional modem games, which are only two player, and there is direct-connect (null modem). This game's multiplayer is also compatible with the old version of Warcraft II. You can select either the enhanced (which fixes bugs and adds Battle.net option) or you can choose normal (which is the only way you can play against other people with Warcraft II, but without Warcraft II: Battle.net Edition). This enhanced game has new features such as Shared Vision (the ability to see what your ally sees), there is the new food bar (which allows you to see how much food you have without selecting a farm), and there is fixed bugs and smaller new features that would take a while to list.

This game is a pretty basic RTS. Proportionally, the graphics are way off, but otherwise they are pretty good. For example, you walk a unit next to some trees or a building. From the sizes they use, you would only be able to fit about 16 units into the biggest building (the Town/Great Hall). Those must be very big units because the smallest unit is a peon and supposedly it takes up as much space as a catapult. The cutscenes in this game could be better, too. While they are much clearer and sharper then the original Warcraft, they still could be better.

The sound in this game is good, but not as good as I hoped. They have added a few new sounds that they had forgotten in the original, but those sounds go usually go unnoticed. While it's really funny to hear an Two-Headed Ogre burp really loud and then the two heads argue over who did it and to hear a Footman complain about what he's supposed to do, that's basically it in the sound department.

I highly recommend this game if you are/were a frequent Warcraft or Starcraft player.

Good Classic Bundle

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 26 / 31
Date: December 08, 1999
Author: Amazon User

Warcraft was a hit in its day. Although its pretty outdated war, i still play it now and then because its still a playable rts game. This package contains Warcraft 1, 2 and expansion, all of which are great. This is a great addition to anyone classic game collection although i would suggest buying Warcraft 2 battle.net edition now.

Older but unforgetable

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 16 / 17
Date: August 22, 2001
Author: Amazon User

Warcraft II is a worshipful sequel to one of the first real time strategies ever, Warcraft. Although it does not belong to the newest games of this genre, it deserves a preferment in the game world gallery because it started the whole RTS madness and brought many original features never seen before.

The game plot is simple - two races, humans and orcs, fight against each other to exterminate the enemy. A player selects one of the races and then he must command his soldiers and lead them to the final victory. Is that everything? Of course not. The strategy requies lots of different actions - send peasant to mine gold and chop trees to get resources for buildings, train swordsmen, bowmen, knights and wizards, construct siege machines, build boats and ships, fight on ground, water and air. All of this is perfectly dramatized by amazing graphics, music and sound effects. The game promises hours, days and weeks of great fun.

I am really looking forward to Warcraft III which should look even better in 3D environment.

A classic

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 17 / 20
Date: May 05, 2000
Author: Amazon User

Warcraft 2 is an older game but has withstood the test of time better than most. It has the same policies as a modern day tibearn sun. Mine gold, cut tree and build farms. This game is a classic and withle other games may now surpass it this is still worth getting. I can still play it an have a good time.

Same game new arena

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 12 / 14
Date: December 08, 1999
Author: Amazon User

This is a good game, engaging, nice mix of thinking and moving. There is a shallow learning curve, yet it retains enough variety to make it worth it to strategize, even plan. Two years ago it was a five. It works pretty well over the web too, about as well as it used to on my two year old power pc. We used to be able to play over a network then. A decent game for preteens as far as violence goes. There's some blood, but it's not gratuitous, and adds to the realtime sense of battle.

Graphics are primitive. With all of the digital algorithm stuff out there, like soul caliber etc, you'd think they could risk a bit of processing efficiency to make the game look cleaner. Units aren't proportional, and the movement logic system doesn't take terrain into account.

Sounds entertaining but mostly distracting, same for music.

Player authoring limited. You can change some basic values, but not really customize the games the way wonky gamers do at higher levels.

Overall, a good game for anybody old enough to handle dialup, but I wished they had spent some more time on upgrading instead of just expanding access.

The Original Real Time Strategy Game!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 11 / 15
Date: April 25, 2000
Author: Amazon User

These are the games that started it all! The original great real-time-strategy games by Blizzard are classics.

I remember downloading the demo of Warcraft from a local BBS and loving it.

When Warcraft two came out I played this game until the last map, which I never did finish...always irks me.

I have gone back to play these games once in a while to try to relive the fun I had playing them originally, but games get outdated so fast and this set of Warcraft games is no exception.

The originals, these games practically invented a whole gaming genre...and heck it it wasn't fun to keep building and building to see what type of stuff you can get next!

If you can handle playing older games, check them out.

Siskel and Ebert Give It Two Thumbs Up! Way Up!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 9 / 11
Date: January 17, 2000
Author: Amazon User

Ok, the first Warcraft wasn't the best when it comes to graphics or any of that heeby-cheeby hullabaloo. But it was a fun game and I mean you like Warcraft II and the Expansion. Dude, they were awesome. Don't mistake me but this is a two thumbs up way up rare occurance. Don't miss out.

Warcraft II

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 9 / 11
Date: March 05, 2000
Author: Amazon User

This is an awesome game for you war/stategy fans. It has way better graphics that warcraft I. This game also has 20 to 25 different units to make it cool. It has the expansion to add a couple of new scenarios and heroes which adds alot more fun. the coolest thing though is the map editor. It allows you to design your own scenarios to play. You can be either orc or human ina your scenarios. the only problem is that you can't change the scenario objectives. I highly recommend this game!

4 stars

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 9 / 11
Date: August 07, 2000
Author: Amazon User

I thought the game was great. If you're a fan of Warcraft 2, this is a must have. Forget having to resort to IPK methods, you can get the new and improved Battle.net! OK, i'm calm now. There were some dissapointin aspects, as describe below, but all in all it is a great expansion to a great game.

To the point:

Pro: The obvious enhanced multi-player perks. You are allowed a variety of games to play, from capture the flag to one on one, and all with people all over the world.

Pro: You get about a hundred new maps, to play on the net or against the computer.

Con: Battle.net is sometimes unreliable. You can be disconected for no reason, even during a game.

Pro: The game comes with the expansion set, in the same CD! Forget having to take time to replace one with the other, it's all right here! This also saves considerable money.

Con: I would of liked to see some extra levels. A bonus level at the end of the game maybe?

Noah

The great granddaddy of RTS is still a great game

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 6 / 6
Date: April 27, 2000
Author: Amazon User

It is really amazing, that after all these years of owning Warcraft II, I still enjoy playing it. Most games tire after a few months, but Warcraft, especially in multiplayer, has remained fresh and fun. The new Platinum Battle.net edition is just icing on the cake. Now we can all duke it out with people all over the world, using a FREE service, can it get any better? Of course there have been many many new games in the RTS genre, from Blizzards StarCraft, to the brand new 3D Force Commander. It amazes me that even with this competition, I like to play WarCraft. The stratagy is fun, and the sense of humor of the Blizzard designers is top-notch. This is one of the greatest games ever made, one that everybody should own. It may not have the latest technical gimmicks, but it has everything a gamer needs, fun and addictive gameplay. 5/5

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