did Mal'Ganis just return to his home planet? Then, go back to the original visuals and realize that your campaign progress is tied to which look you use, so you'd have to start the whole game over again, because f*ck you, I guess. and definitely doesn't make you feel great about paying $30 for Warcraft III again, which will probably get worse once you realize the updated cutscenes they promised mostly aren't in the game, and the ones they did change don't actually look much better. (Presenter's name here): Do you guys not have phones?
#WARCRAFT 3 REFORGED TRAILER SKIN#
The Bug: (after pulling Edgar's skin taut): Is that better?Īnd if you think that's an offensive visual, you should see the graphics they put on this thing.įeast your eyes on the bizarre decision to "update" Warcraft III's art style, as Blizzard shifts from the original cartoony flair of the classic game to a more realistic look that's less "Blizzard" and more "Chinese mobile game". Then, jump online to test your lack of skills and get massacred by people who've been playing for eighteen years straight, in a gameplay experience that somehow makes you feel less nostalgic for the original than you started out, and only could've been produced by the version of Blizzard that Activision hollowed out and is now wearing like a skin suit. Travel back to 2002 and relive the glory days of Blizzard, when their tried-and-true "we'll release it when it's done" philosophy meant you could expect a good game at the end, and shudder as you recall how much micromanagement Warcraft III actually requires, and the RPG-style heroes aren't that exciting in an age where every game has leveling and items, so you slog through the two types of campaign levels - the ones where you start with just a few dudes that are impossible to lose, and the ones where you spend twenty minutes hitting the unit cap and then attack-move the enemy base - all to get the two or three story beats per campaign that actually matter. (multiple articles pop up detailing Warcraft III: Reforged 's very negative reception)
#WARCRAFT 3 REFORGED TRAILER FULL#
In an era where every game developer's favorite trick is to re-wrap their old games in a shiny new resolution and charge full price for them all over again, witness what happens when they go George Lucas on it instead and try to fix something that extremely wasn't broken.