Though imposing, or even gruesome in appearance, the exaggerated characters and colorful game world are drawn with that same hint of cartoon-ish mischief that helped make the earlier titles so endearingly playable. Character faces appear in small sidebar boxes as they speak, moving their mouths convincingly but not in sync with the audio (just as in StarCraft). WarCraft III's graphics are not especially innovative or "cutting-edge" either, but they too are well done and reassuringly consistent. It never feels as if new character models were just slapped over old units and buildings the particulars of each race seem completely natural to the game's fantasy world history and multifaceted plot. In spite of these occasionally obvious inspirations though, the restrictions and specialties of each race are well supported by the game world mythology. The night elves seem the freshest of the four, though their movable bases and invisibility powers pay homage to StarCraft's humans. The undead are reminiscent of StarCraft's zerg, with food storage structures that can double as defensive towers and the need to claim ground (a la "the creep") before building. The orcs and humans look and act very much like their ancestors from earlier WarCraft games, though they are a little more distinct from one another here. Once again, however, WarCraft III recombines aspects of earlier games at least as much as it introduces new concepts. Though they seem to be well balanced in any combination of ally and enemy, the races are quite different and playing as all four of them through the single-player campaigns encourages a wide variety of techniques and warfare styles. As in earlier Blizzard games, however, missions are strung together on a rich, engrossing storyline to make the player feel like an integral part of an epic legend with sweeping, universal consequences.
As the basics of resource management and unit development remain central, familiar concerns of reconnaissance, defense, and calculated conquest move the player forward through most missions. The addition of heroes and sub-quests is well done and adds to the single-player fun, but not in any truly innovative way. Similar to the first two WarCraft games and unlike StarCraft in this regard, Reign of Chaos does more to refine than to revolutionize the RTS genre. With both the presentation and the play itself polished to near perfection, any gamer who has battled through any real-time strategy game in the previous few years should soon feel right at home in the world of Lordaeron and Kalimdor. Yet also like those earlier titles, it does so with finesse that's hard to resist. Like its mid-1990s predecessors, WarCraft III offers relatively straightforward gameplay that strays little from convention. The charm is back in WarCraft III: Reign of Chaos. This hard-to-define element of personality carried through to WarCraft II, and then into the innovative StarCraft, which pit three equally powerful but very different factions against one another. That's the one, subtle element Blizzard seemed to perfect in the original WarCraft: charm. For the most part, WarCraft did a lot of things that most other RTS games did, but it did them in its own confident, charismatic style. Blizzard's first effort only brought refinements to the fledgling genre. In 1994, it was Westwood that led the way in real-time strategy gaming on the home computer. While the original WarCraft was rich and engaging, it was not revolutionary. It was also the company's first real-time strategy game.
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The fondly remembered WarCraft: Orcs & Humans was Blizzard's first self-published game and its first serious PC release. Anyone who truly loved the original title, WarCraft II, or StarCraft is almost certain to feel the same way about WarCraft III: Reign of Chaos. However, WarCraft III offers the most for fans of Blizzard's earlier real-time strategy games. For the casual gamer, it offers an easy-to-play, easy-to-enjoy diversion that friends and acquaintances are likely to be playing, too. For the high-end PC player, it offers a long and challenging campaign that makes decent use of its 3D environments with graphics and audio.
For the novice, it offers friendly tutorials and a personalized learning curve. For the serious strategist, it offers a fine blend of complexity and efficiency. WarCraft III: Reign of Chaos is a game for everyone.
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