Available Platform: DOS - Alias: Warcraft 2
Warcraft II was an unusual game for the time because a large number of third-party utilities were written for it. Among the first things, Daniel Lemberg reverse-engineered the Warcraft II map file (.pud) format and created the first third-party map editor, War2xEd, which could do numerous things the bundled map editor could not do, such as editing unit attributes. Warcraft II: Battle.net Edition is an Battle.net-enabled version of Warcraft II: Tides of Darkness, with the expansion Warcraft II: Beyond the Dark Portal built in. It was released Sepember 30, 1999. This is essentially the same as Warcraft II, but it allows for usage on Battle.net, and, unlike its offline counterparts, does require a CD Key to. Case's Ladder is the largest multiplayer gaming league on the Internet. Compete against the world's best players in your favorite classic games, strategy games, action games, simulation games and sport games.
Warcraft II: Tides of Darkness is the sequel to the first real time strategy game created by Blizzard, Warcraft: Orcs & Humans.
| Year | 1995 |
| Genre | Strategy |
| Rating | 90/100 based on 6 Editorial reviews. Add your vote |
| Publisher | Blizzard Entertainment |
| Developer | Blizzard Entertainment |
| OS supported | Win7 64 bit, Win8 64bit, Windows 10, MacOS 10.6+ |
| Updated | 2 December 2020 |
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Warcraft II: Tides of Darkness is the sequel to the first real time strategy game created by Blizzard, Warcraft: Orcs & Humans. This second chapter of the fantasy RTS was developed and published by Blizzard Entertainment and it was released for DOS in 1995 and for Macintosh in 1996.
Warcraft II was a major upgrade compared to the first game. Many changes were introduced including new buildings and units, sea and air combat, multiplayer-support with up to eight players. The graphics was also improved with a new hi-res SVGA resolution of 640x480 pixels.
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The game was a commercial and critical success, and sold over 2 million copies, making Blizzard one of the top studios in the videogame world.
Review by: Manu
Published: 4 May 2015 9:55 pm
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Blizzard's follow-up sequel to their successful Warcraft: Orcs & Humans RTS game was immensely successful, and people still continue to play it today. Warcraft II continues the same style as its predecessor, but adds numerous features and innovations which make it a superior game to the original. Again you choose to play as either the humans or the orcs, and battle against the other. You can play against a human opponent over a local network or the Internet, or you can play against the computer. The graphics are detailed and well drawn, and the sound effects and music are classic ('Zug zug!'). This shareware version (I would've called it a demo but it clearly says shareware on the title screen) includes six unique maps not found in the full game, as well as one demo multiplayer map. Truly a modern classic game and definitely worth trying for RTS fans.
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