WarCraft III First Impressions

Reno takes a hectic ride through battle.net. Still can't speak l33t.

I'll admit it, I haven't played an RTS game ever since I was playing in the StarCraft: Brood War beta. The whole genre really got sick to me, and after playing StarCraft, Command & Conquer, Age of Empires and countless other RTS games, I had to stop. Since then, the only RTS-ish game that I've played would be Pikmin, and that's a mighty stretch. So for the past two months I've been playing WarCraft III beta one thing has come to my attention: I completely suck at these types of games now. Receiving my beta copy 9 weeks later than everyone else didn't help matters either, but with some research and impressions from other beta testers, I was able to at the very least hold my own against most of the people I played against.

Read the rest of our first impressions right here.

In other news, Blizzard has unveiled the boxart for WarCraft III. Each of the four races will be represented with their very own boxart. It looks pretty spiffy, and I know I'll definitely be in line July 3rd to grab my copy!

http://www.the-nextlevel.com/preview...aft3/boxes.jpg

These are some great impressions Reno :) Great job !

I'm really excited about this game as well, bring fan of Blizzard and their games, and hope that my pc will be able to play it :)

I was very interested in this game when it was in it's original form. Now it's just another Blizzard RTS. Ho-hum.

I've heard no-so-great things from a few people on the beta about the game. Best way to sum up their thoughts is: the game has a lot more in common (gameplay-wise) with Warcraft 2 than Starcraft. IE all the races are the same with slight variations in units.

*shrug* Take it for you will. I've never really been interested in RTS games, so that probably has something to do with my dislike for it.

So if you dont like RTS game, why do you even posting in the thread related to one? To say that you dont like it?

And Blizzard RTS games are not just RTS, those are unique experiences, greatly balanced and set up. With great presentation, missing from many other games in the same genre.

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Originally posted by The Ampersand
I've heard no-so-great things from a few people on the beta about the game. Best way to sum up their thoughts is: the game has a lot more in common (gameplay-wise) with Warcraft 2 than Starcraft. IE all the races are the same with slight variations in units.

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Well, considering it is the sequel to WarCraft, I'd expect it to be more like WC than SC. :)

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Originally posted by Reno


Well, considering it is the sequel to WarCraft, I'd expect it to be more like WC than SC. :)

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Not quite what he means. I'm not quite sure what he's talking about so if you want to read what he has to say it's on the main page at http://www.oddwebsite.com

If it's wrong for me to give you another opinion on the game, then I'll stop.

Edit: I'd like a chance to correct my last post. I don't totally hate the RTS genre. I've liked a few including Red Alert and Age of Empires 2. I'm just losing interest in them.

The early stages of Warcraft 3 got me very excited about how the game would be played. When they decided that it would be too difficult for them to do it they way they had originally planned (and decided to make it a regular RTS), I was *very* disappointed.

I have no doubt that WC3 will be another top-notch game from Blizzard. I prefer that the game would be equally played from all races. That was one of the main problems I had with Starcraft. If anyone has played a decent amount of it can tell you that in the first 10 minutes of the game Protoss are pretty much unstoppable when played by good players. With each patch, the protoss became even more powerful. So in the end, WC III plays more like WC 2 than SC fine by me.