I wonder why we didnt get warcraft 1 and 2 reforged

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I mean sure 3 and frozen throne were the top 2 but the team couldve easily done all the warcraft rts games in one packackage. Ive tried playing thge og warcraft every now and then and just cant it needs to be updated as its just too boring these days. Warcraft 2 was def a better game though. i just wonder why the blizz team didnt think of doing all 3. Any ideas from you guys?

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IMO we will get their campaigns remastered with heroes as DLCs for reforged.
You can get the original games from GOG.

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I guess it’s about money, why they should gather money once from the game than they should do it three times. How you said they could remaster all the 3 in one game and just name it Warcraft Reforged, bcuz war1 and 2 gameplay for the modern ages it’s boring. Like AoE(1):DE it’s a legend in RTS games, but even after the remaster for the modern gameplay it’s borring i guess with war1 and 2 would be the same so only think what is “my point”: war1 and 2 campaign should be remastered in reforged.

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I remember last year Blizz said they were considering it, but decided against it after deciding that it wasn’t as fun to play nowadays as they remembered.

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I would like them to “reforge” those classic Warcraft 1 and 2 campaigns. Meaning revamp stuff like objectives, make maps more reforged style, etc. Basically keep the overall lore intact with some retcons and have more WC3 like gameplay.

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Yeah. Early in the Reforged process, there was a video interview (with, i think, Pete) where they said their research essentially showed it wouldn’t be worth the cost/benefit.

However, fully sanctioned by Bliz:
https://www.gog.com/game/warcraft_orcs_and_humans
https://www.gog.com/game/warcraft_2_battlenet_edition
https://www.gog.com/game/warcraft_bundle

Orcs and Humans is the original, just updated to run on modern systems.
II comes in two forms:

  • Updated original
  • Remastered (high-resolution support).
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Yes, it was about WarCraft 1. They got it running in a window and decided that it was too boring. WC2 was the best for me (maby because it was my first rts :D), i still am replaying the campaign from time to time.

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While WC2 is one of my most memorable gaming moments in my life, it’s a game that’s better left as a classic release (like via GoG) rather than be remade into something it ultimately wasn’t.

I mean outside of graphics, which IMO still hold up today, the gameplay isn’t really something that needs to be brought back in a $40 package. And if they change the gameplay, then it’s not really WC2 any more.

I’d rather they add some feature in WC3 that allows more WC2 throwbacks. Something like a Co-op campaign with Dark Horde, or a new campaign focusing on what happened to the WC2 heroes during the events of WC3.

I think it could be fun if they make a WC2 throwback DLC ‘expansion’ that adds naval maps and naval units, like people have been asking for.

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I agree with Triceron, I’d like to see the wc2 units and character models added into the wc3 map editor, similar to how wc3 was added into sc2.

WC1 is a very poor game, and even though WC2 has a fun multiplayer its campaign is pretty weak. You can always still play them via Gog for like $5-10, but theres really no need to remaster them as very few people still play wc2 online multiplayer

The reason wc3 is getting remastered is because A) its still very popular online and B) it ties into WoW so they can market it to that audience (even if WoW players arent really into RTS they will still buy wc3) but not so much with wc2

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I would like Warcraft 3 to have boats and naval warfare on some maps. That would be sweet.

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The reason why boats and stuff are not in online is because of the following reasons. These are the GENUINE reasons why:

They were featured in campaign and were clunky as hell because of terrible turn rate and collision sizes. If u make them better is a much better feel in World Editor.

Then there is the second arguement of why go naval when u have air and zeppelins? Which is a fair point. I guess to solve this they would have to add some time of incentive.

My personal idea was that they counter land and buildings hard from range at sea but die to aircraft. And to help counter air they have an ability like barrage from steamtanks which they can upgrade later.

With a transport ship, frigate (age of empire fire boat/ fast shooting low dmg), and a battleship heavy, long range, uses burning oil.

Obviously they would be much more expensive then regular ground units but eh. IDK its up to the community to decide if they want naval warfare or not.

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Isn’t WarCraft 1 and 2 basically just StarCraft? What made WarCraft 3 unique was the heroes and different play style (micro vs macro).

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Starcraft was/is still a clunky beast that takes a particular brand of nuance and control, but it had way more to offer in terms of gameplay conventions than Warcraft 2.

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i agree WC1&2 are outdated and i will love to see Revamped version of this 2 games as WC3 Reforged Campagin

but the problem it will need so much work to make this races as playable
in WC1 lore only Humans and Orcs was fighting against eachother no Dwarves Trolls Elves … so Blizzard will need to make a full race using only Orcs and Humans

and in WC2 events the Orcs and Humans have allied with other races so the Dev’s will need to create a new Horde and Alliance races

and for sure we dont want to see both of the faction have “the same units” so the Dev’s must make every faction unique compared to the other

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We don’t? What even is this? It’s not WC2. But we were talking about WC2?

I am Confucian. Amerika, explain.

You want custom campaigns. You’re going to get custom campaigns. You don’t want WC2 remastered.

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Because they’d need to be remakes, they’re just too old/clumsy. Most people wouldn’t enjoy them beyond nostalgia via playing the campaign.

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what i mean in wc1&2 Blizzard both of the races have the same units with small changes to some of the abilities and for sure they dont have the same sprites “models”

look at the stats of the units in both faction you will see how they are the same

footman = grunt
archer = axe thrower
knight = ogre
…

so what i mean if they do WC1 or 2 events in reforged they should do full rework to the races units

we dont want to see Footman and grunt have the same health and damge

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Starcraft1 remaster was a failure. A warcraft 1 or 2 remaster might end up the same way.

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Colour me curious. How so?

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Agreed, have some differences like the grunt having more health, but footman having more armor.

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