WarCraft III: Reign Of Chaos Comments by Rob Fahey

I bitched and moaned about the ingame graphics but I finally have a copy in my hands and I must say I was mistaken. They aren't great fully zoomed in, but they certainly look damn good from a distance. I love the animation of some of the units.

The smaller armies are a neat idea and I love the upkeep. It forces you to really think about what you're party consists of, something I really don't think I've done for a long time in a game. Do you go for one-two dragons or a shit load of ghouls.

I've yet to play online, but would ne interested in giving it ago. Anyone here fancy a game at some point? It'd be nice to find some guys who will go easy on me since I'm a novice. :)

"HALF THE GAME IS LOST CUZ THERE IS NO NAVY AT ALL!"

Yes, it is sad they kicked them out, especially when they have the models there. Perhaps in an addon?

The only other addition I'd like is more RPG elements. More spells/abilties for your heroes BUT a limit as to what they can learn. At the moment its kind of sad that a maxed out hero has every skill. It means you really don't need to think about what you pick when levelling because you'll have everything in the end anyway.

maybe, but you dont normally get maxed out in battle.net games, so its important to pick which one you wish to level up first. i play as humans and normally pick to learn the 'sheild' skill so my hero cannot take damage, then he can easily defeat the mobs and get the points needed to learn the heal-skill.

Well Artha, or whatever his name is, does sound like an American-jock. His sword is firmly shoved up his... well you know. :)

lol.

"And really, UK ones would have been far more authentic, considering that the Americans were still living in tribes back then "

What time is "back then"? I don't recall the undead, eleves or the horde taking part in our history.

Has anyone played any of the other games MP yet? I've had a go at Hero Arena (alot of fun and definately something that could be expanded upon. It also really highlights the deoth of the game, showing so many characters you never knew existed) and the maze game (although I got yelled at by someone for not dealing with my part of the maze, although I politely argued otherwise). It seems like a neat little engine they've built.

I've played the first human campaign through on a P3 450, 192Mb RAM with a G400MAX, and with all the settings on minumum (oncluding 640x480x32), the slowdown is bearable. Just. What a shocker. The cutscenes were apalling. Gobsmacked by the pre-rendered video, though :)

Having said that, the game is pretty boring too. Then again, I haven't seen the genre do anything too exciting since Dune 2, except improve the interface, add networking (which I don't have the time to use) and make it 3D. Booooring.

"anyways im more confused as to why Blizzard, a UK company used US accents over the local ones"

As far as I know, Blizzard is as American as cheeseburgers, baseball and the Beach Boys.

Sunny Irvine IIRC.

I too was under the impression it was an american company, a quick delve into there website reveals that they are located in Irvine CA, so Nemesis got that spot on.

as for the accents, can't say i noticed. i think a good old scots accent would suit the 'humans' rather well.. with there big bearded hero's n all ;)

lol

I was sitting there trying to work out who the hell Sunny Irvine is and what he has to do with this thread... o_O

lol.. o_O indeed

He's Eddies Alter Ego.

;-)

I've played the first human campaign through on a P3 450, 192Mb RAM with a G400MAX, and with all the settings on minumum (oncluding 640x480x32), the slowdown is bearable. Just. What a shocker. The cutscenes were apalling. Gobsmacked by the pre-rendered video, though :)

Well I'm running a P866 512MB Radeon 64DDR (1st generation) at 1024x768x32 and it runs absolutely smoothly with everything maxed out, even during huge multiplayer games. Compared to other games I don't find it that demanding.

Anywho, yeah the cutscenes are bad, but that's where the good performance comes in. The models look pretty poor close up. If you're finding it boring, check out some of the online play. There are numerous mods, some of which are worthy multiplayer games by themselves.

I realise they've done a great job in keeping the specs low, but the model detail even on high is a bit pathetic. also the FMV is incredible, yet they divx compressed them to 40mb files.. terrible quality, how could they?

oh, so ppl by the special edition box set with the DVD version? i see ;)

bloody fantastic game tho, totally addicted to it.

oh, so ppl by the special edition box set with the DVD version? i see ;)

Is that what the DVD version has? Just improved FMVs?

WC3

Blizzard get heavy with the cheaters. No messing about.

Updated with proper clicky link

Blizzard will ban the CD key of anyone caught using this hack in Warcraft III

Wow! About time someone did this!

Although to describe a no fog of war cheat as a "slight advantage" is a bit of an understatement, isn't it?

is a bit of an understatement, isn't it?
That's what I thought, I don't play Warcraft3 but I'm impressed that Blizzard aren't pussy-footing around over the issue.

"Blizzard will ban the CD key "

what... has noone put out a keygen yet??

Maybe there's some smallprint that says "Cheat and we'll withdraw the free on-line service" or something. All credit to Blizz. for not taking any $hit. Online cheaters REALLY f..k me off. MOHAA is ruined by complete t0ssers some nights.

I know I know. I'd much rather get beaten by skill than a mod to the shotty or something.

I once beat a friend with a rolled up newspaper (true) for downloading weapon-based hack for MOHAA. Play it properly. He got a clan demotion. One more demote, and he's officially going on as "Tea Making B1tch"

Something awful have created a rather bizaare guide to Warcraft III, enjoy

nice link Mr Sleep. especially liked the interesting mathematical skills that he used to caluculate you could have 440 orcs in huts :)

Wow I posted that ages ago...

lol. Yep, a good link:

Now in Warcarft 3 there are 5 differeant races too choose from! If yuo choose one taht does not mean yuor racist though,

I like his guide to protecting your hero and then when someone counters it he attacks the game-code. His psychological warfare is interesting too.

There's an neat take on Penny-Arcade if you go to his main website:

http://www.somethingawful.com/jeffk/muchbettarthanpa/index.h
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yep, but i'm a slow reader.

play.com have this for £13.99

I think the best thing is about this game is the custom games on battle.net they rock eg. Dragonball Z rampage will be one of the best custom games you will find.

*throws a net over jeffery*

i got one lads!! caught my very first tard!!