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Warcraft II: Tides of Darkness

Blizzard Entertainment

1995•Strategy•PEGI 12•About 25 hours

Taste attributes: fantasyrobots/ai/spacefresh & originalunsavouryheavyimaginaryintricatelinearglossybig & variedfighting evilhuman spirit/resilience/survivalsolving the riddle/not as it seems

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Boxlist takeA fantastical strategy game that is expansive, inventive and polished. Best if you like the extraordinary over the everyday.

Pace: balanced · Originality: fresh · Tone: dark · Weight: heavy · Realism: imaginary world · Story: intricate · Structure: balanced · Look: glossy · Scale: big and varied · Emotional punch: balancedHow we score

IGDB rating

89 / 100

386 ratings

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About This Game

Warcraft II: Tides of Darkness is a Strategy video game published by Blizzard Entertainment released on 1995 for MS-DOS. Warcraft 2 is a successor of the popular Warcraft real-time strategy game. The game contains many improvements over the previous version in graphics, sounds and playability. The Multiplayer was also greatly improved allowing up to 8 players in the marvelous multiplayer skirmish.

Summary: IGDB

Story

The First War brought the Fall of Azeroth, following the Orc campaign in Warcraft: Orcs & Humans. The survivors of Azeroth have fled by sea to the Human kingdom of Lordaeron, and the Orcs have decided to conquer Lordaeron, in what is known as the Second War. Both sides have acquired allies and new capabilities, including naval and air units, and more powerful spellcasters. In the Second War, the Orcs are successful at first, but the Humans and their allies take the initiative, partly thanks to an Orc rebellion initiated by the warlock Gul'dan, who seeks to raise the sunken Tomb of Sargeras....

Characteristics

Where this game sits on each taste spectrum

SlowPACEFast

FamiliarORIGINALITYOriginal

DarkTONEWholesome

LightWEIGHTINESSHeavy

FantasyREALISMRealistic

SimpleINTRICACYIntricate

Non-LinearLINEARITYLinear

UnderstatedSTYLEStylised

IntimateSCALEEpic

RestrainedEMOTIONIntense

Genres and themes

FantasyRobots/ai/spaceFighting evilHuman spirit/resilience/survivalSolving the riddle/not as it seems

Keywords

OrcsBloodyConstructionDeathHorseReal-timeArtificial intelligenceMining

Details

Developer: Blizzard Entertainment
Publisher: Blizzard Entertainment
Released: 5 December 1995
Series: Warcraft
Platforms: Mac, DOS
Modes: Single player, Multiplayer
Perspective: Bird view / Isometric
Time to beat: 25h normally
Age rating: PEGI 12
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Source: IGDB

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