Click on a peasant and they respond with 'wot iz it? Click on a footman and he says your owders? This was just too much. I went straight to the options screen, turned unit acknowledgments off, and when I went back to the game there was sweet, sweet silence. Finally I could get round to playing the damned thing without having to listen to the most irritating twerp in the universe.
I suppose that the obvious question to raise at this point for anyone who's played the first game is: "Has it got any better? This is because Blizzard the designers have kept the learning curve for the sequel pretty much the same as it was in the original, in as much as each new level introduces a new aspect of game-play.
This will probably suit newcomers to the game, but it's bound to piss off Warcraft veterans. The game's designers seem to think that the average pc gamer can only cope with getting used to one ;jor two new elements of gameplay per level - come on guys, we're not stupid you know. If they'd made the first level bigger they could have taught the player all the basics in the game which aren't exactly difficult: you cut trees for wood, mine for gold, train peasants to do your work etc , but as it stands you have to plod through loadsa levels before you get into the real meat.
When you finally get there, you'll discover lots of new things to play with. You now get fighter ships, transport ships for taking your units across the sea, scout planes, new ground vehicles, cannon and scout towers to keep the enemy at bay, lots of new mage spells and a much higher level of resource management than was offered in the first game.
This all adds up to make the whole thing challenging and rewarding. Whereas the original Warcraft was a tad too easy and the gameplay repetitive after continuous play, the sequel really is genuinely difficult when you get to the later levels, and the missions are varied enough to keep you interested right up until the end.
Apart from the speech, the only thing that really pissed me off about the game was the artificial intelligence or the lack of it, as it were. Take this as an example: send a peasant off to cut some wood and he'll go off and cut down trees miles away from where you sent him, stupidly ignoring a big bunch of trees right beside the lumber mill he's meant to come back to. And the fighters are a bit thick, too; if you don't tell them to attack specific targets they'll often just stand around admiring the scenery instead of taking the initiative and kicking the shit out of the nearest baddie.
Okay, so it has to be said that the dodgy ai is slightly annoying - but it doesn't change the fact that overall Warcraft 2 is a very addictive and enjoyable game.
It's even better still if you are able to take advantage of the multi-player option and take on a human opponent over a network. It's a definite 'must buy' for anyone who liked the original. Nostalgia Is a wonderful thing. Actually, I'm lying, nostalgia is usually little more than a distorted and over-romanticised view of the past, especially when it comes to games. Let's be realistic, as much as we loved playing the likes of Warcraft II when they first crawled out of the evolutionary pond which spawned the RTS genre back in the mid '90s, we'd be hard pressed to find anything worthwhile in them now.
For starters, graphics do count, and Warcraft Il's boast that it features Super VGA graphics at x is a bit like an aging Casanova bragging about having a 2in penis in a room full of 6ft Amazonians. So onto the game, and what a basic mix of cliches it is, especially in light of the recent release of its stunning, four-race-epic sequel. Orcs battle Humans over two campaigns in an attempt to gain control of the land of Azeroth which I think is in Wales, but I'm not completely sure.
The Al is basic and the graphics resemble greasy pizza stains on your monitor. Back in ,I was impressed. Now I'm just bored. My advice? Save your five quid, and use it towards buying the excellent Warcraft III instead, and to hell with the nostalgia. In this sequel to Warcraft, the king is dead, Azeroth is destroyed, and the surviving humans are trying to build a new homeland on a different continent.
Beanie Babies movie on Apple. Twee's return on TikTok. Windows Windows. Most Popular. New Releases. Desktop Enhancements. Networking Software. Trending from CNET. Download Now. Editors' Review Download. An older version of the real-time strategy classic, this fantasy adventure still holds interest despite out-of-date graphics and limited advanced features.
Warcraft II allows you to play either as a human or an orc, and each race is given its own special set of abilities and talents. The goals are basic: build bases for your peasants, collect gold and lumber and keep the enemy at bay. Gameplay is straightforward and the game's graphics, while not state-of-the-art this version was released in , after all are not so basic as to detract from the game itself.
You can now enable plugins that are disabled by default. You can enable plugins by dragging them out of the disabled folder. IPX mode has been fixed on modern machines.
You can also run the color chat program to add 4 color commands. You can make really cool custom maps! If you like RTS games, then you will enjoy this one. There really isn't much that is bad about the game. It is good all around for the most part. The game has a lot of skirmish maps for even more hours of fun. The game is the best when you don't use any of the codes. The game has the same two races: the Humans and the Orcs. Each race has its strengths and weaknesses. The back story to the game is that the Orcs from another world are sent to take over the world of the Humans.
The units for each race are similar and different at the same time. They are basically the same types with a few changes to the spells that some have and upgrades that can be researched.
0コメント