Warcraft III: Reforged

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  • Release Date: Jan 28, 2020
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0.6

Overwhelming dislike- based on 31090 Ratings

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  2. Mixed: 396 out of 31090
  3. Negative: 29,219 out of 31090

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  1. rohgan
    Feb 1, 2020
    0
    The game is not what I expected it to be and also does not meet the quality standard that I wanted it to be. As a fan of Blizzard games I am disappointed.

    1. Failed to keep promises that were made and gave the fan base false hope on what would be as part of the game. 2. The quality standard of the game is absurdly low. It's like the QA team at Blizzard literally slept through all the    The game is not what I expected it to be and also does not meet the quality standard that I wanted it to be. As a fan of Blizzard games I am disappointed.

    1. Failed to keep promises that were made and gave the fan base false hope on what would be as part of the game.
    2. The quality standard of the game is absurdly low. It's like the QA team at Blizzard literally slept through all the obvious high priority bugs and devs let it slide. Including the performance! Yeesh!
    3. Killed the older warcraft games we loved with this hideous thing they made.
    4. 29.99 euro for this? The 1st time Ive ever felt that a game stole my money and no refunds.

    What a cash grab of a company you have become. As a gaming industry veteran myself I am disappointed that I wanted to once be part of your organisation. Guess you guys truly have changed.
    No more pre-purchase after this experience EVER again.    … Expand
  2. Roocife
    Feb 13, 2020
    0
    Nothing that was promised included in the game. It's literally a reskin, and a bad one at that. Save your money if you already own the original.
  3. YEas
    Feb 4, 2020
    0
    The glory of blizz is dead :( , They can't make good game so wanna to steal IP , Great job activ/blizz ....... Keep the S work.
  4. bluri
    Feb 6, 2020
    0
    I'am scared what a crap DIV will be judging by quality of this game. If they can' deliver simple remaster how can they expect us to believe DIV will be even good (I'm not hoping for great) game. We have to stop lying to ourselves. They aren't the same people who stood behind Starcraft, Warcraft and Diablo II. They just mediocre developer who run of its former glory and we are idiots whoI'am scared what a crap DIV will be judging by quality of this game. If they can' deliver simple remaster how can they expect us to believe DIV will be even good (I'm not hoping for great) game. We have to stop lying to ourselves. They aren't the same people who stood behind Starcraft, Warcraft and Diablo II. They just mediocre developer who run of its former glory and we are idiots who still believe they have what it takes to make perfect games.. I'm saying we stop here. No D IVPreoders! Amen

    On W3:Reforged: I somewhat enjoyed playing campaign due to nostalgia for this game but that's it. I was hoping for so much more.    … Expand
  5. AlexPo
    Feb 2, 2020
    0
    Это форменное издевательство! Зачем было вообще выпускать эту поделку? Что случилось с общим дизайном??? Какие-то угрёбищные картинки вместо меню встречают с первой же минуты. Где рейтинги, где ачивки после прохождения карт? Где переработанные катсцены? После запуска компании всё вообще превращается в аляпистое мыло. Постоянные рывки, мерцающие текстуры огня, постоянные подлагивания.Это форменное издевательство! Зачем было вообще выпускать эту поделку? Что случилось с общим дизайном??? Какие-то угрёбищные картинки вместо меню встречают с первой же минуты. Где рейтинги, где ачивки после прохождения карт? Где переработанные катсцены? После запуска компании всё вообще превращается в аляпистое мыло. Постоянные рывки, мерцающие текстуры огня, постоянные подлагивания. Какого хрена в старку я играю с ультра настройками и всё красиво и плавно, а в этом убожестве всё сделано через одно место!!! Это что альфа-версия???!!… Expand
  6. Sora123
    Feb 5, 2020
    0
    Damn I am so disappointed in this game, so much potential wasted out. I am so sorry for warcraft 3 veterans who played original WC3 and waited for a new one for over a decade only do get **** hard by Blizzard, This was a chance for Blizzard to have a **** ton of new players and money, but I guess they were too lazy to even put already done cutscene from the cuilling mission back in 2018Damn I am so disappointed in this game, so much potential wasted out. I am so sorry for warcraft 3 veterans who played original WC3 and waited for a new one for over a decade only do get **** hard by Blizzard, This was a chance for Blizzard to have a **** ton of new players and money, but I guess they were too lazy to even put already done cutscene from the cuilling mission back in 2018 blizzcon demo in the final game. The graphics, buggs, multiplayer, campaign, and bunch of broken promisses really **** this game so hard. Idk why would they make a game with 17 year old engine, it really ruins the graphical potential. There are so much problems with this game and I could list them all day, and I really think that the game isnt worth my time, also I think this game shouldn't be pirated at all, really it is time consuming and it is not worth it to crack this **** of a game, I really hope that they will add cutscenes and fixed graphics and broken promisses in the near future, If they do that I would be more than happy to spend my 30$ on something that I love and that has promissed to us in the first place...… Expand
  7. MysteryUA
    Mar 20, 2020
    0
    на релизе было ужасно, но со временем стало еще хуже
  8. KiSM
    Feb 2, 2020
    0
    Blizzard has no respect for their community with their custom game/map terms of service. Don't buy until this has been changed.
  9. persnickity
    Mar 2, 2020
    0
    This is the most blatant money grab I've seen by Blizzard and Activision. The game is terrible, largely a downgrade, would have been better to have re-released the original with no changes. This isn't the game they hyped and it sure isn't the one they promised. Stay away from this steaming pile.
  10. mishaoi1
    Feb 3, 2020
    0
    That was a really great idea to make Warcraft 3: Reforged, however, now we can see that it is failed. I am very disappointed with the game due to a huge amount of lags, bugs, and lies that Blizzard presented us with the current release. I think that it was a big mistake to make the release with such poor and raw game.
  11. Forfarq
    Feb 2, 2020
    0
    Wow those critics sure must have been giving "honest unbiased" reviews based on the comparison...
  12. LateCold
    Feb 3, 2020
    0
    They ruined the old game by changing the client and false promises on the remake. Rating should be zero.
  13. Kyzik
    Jan 31, 2020
    2
    It definitely is an unfinished product, I am quite lenient but was dissapointed.. and i'm going to give a warranted review worthy of $60 AUD...

    - The Horce Orc Prologue was new, decent enough to play through. But then there is ONLY the human campaign out for now, considering having a TEAM at one of the most profound companys. This is quite... Weak sauce. - The cinematics.. the intro    It definitely is an unfinished product, I am quite lenient but was dissapointed.. and i'm going to give a warranted review worthy of $60 AUD...

    - The Horce Orc Prologue was new, decent enough to play through. But then there is ONLY the human campaign out for now, considering having a TEAM at one of the most profound companys. This is quite... Weak sauce.

    - The cinematics.. the intro is quite decent. But of course it is. That's what they were going to used to show the game off... But then the human cinematic with the king, felt like D2 quality. The illidan and Arthas fight was ok, the original managed more intensity to it, don't know if the smirking was needed, just want a serious demon vs undead death knight fight. Felt like it was done just going through the motions of what the original was for the sake of it. Weak sauce.

    - "there will be hotkey configuration in game" -> No hotkey configuration in game lol. You got standard (yeah.. i'm not swinging all the way to "P" to create a peasant...). You got Grid , you can't custom ANY key though, i might of got used to but no i'm not using R, For attack move. So here we are.. back to the old days of "custom" needing to RELY on THE COMMUNITY.. FOR A PRESET so i can play the game to my liking.. well.. to as best it can be. I'm NOT going through ALL the keys. So i suffice with what QWER is, learn it and use for the short duration i'll play this game... I mean it's only 2020.. no hotkey settings in options is, very weak sauce.

    - I liked seeing how the orc peons still use an "AXE" to repair or build . It's like they had given up on developments months ago. Weak sauce.

    - I've noticed the pathing to be a bit odd at times, There was a clear gap between building and forest tress, but for some reason riflemen went ALL around.. ??... weak sauce.

    The best score is a money value, so overall for such a Reforge', id say it's just worth AUD$20-25 at the most.. (15-20 USD)    … Expand
  14. carthos1993
    Feb 1, 2020
    0
    lets take into account: broken promises, misleading marketing, policies against the consumer, you can t play the old Warcraft 3 now. How is it possible for blizzard to fall this low, i have the answer, they are not blizzard, Just activision being activision, they only want to make money
  15. rmorgan2011
    Feb 3, 2020
    0
    Repugnant game from the shell of a formerly great company. Stop giving these idiots your money. The Blizzard you admire has been dead for years.
  16. ObexFather
    Feb 4, 2020
    0
    Blizzard, check the dictionary. Remastered means making something better, not massively worse and taking away people's right to ever experience the old one again.

    I'm never playing nor purchasing a Blizzard game ever again, until one heinous action has been revoked, one that I consider *even worse* than preventing us from ever playing Wc3 Classic ever again(that's right, Blizzard steals    Blizzard, check the dictionary. Remastered means making something better, not massively worse and taking away people's right to ever experience the old one again.

    I'm never playing nor purchasing a Blizzard game ever again, until one heinous action has been revoked, one that I consider *even worse* than preventing us from ever playing Wc3 Classic ever again(that's right, Blizzard steals from its customers. Don't open your copy of Wc3 Classic anytime soon or it'll get stolen from you and replaced with this trash):

    Blizzard, YOU DO NOT OWN CUSTOM GAMES. I don't care if you wish you had copyrights over DOTA. Boo hoo, better luck next time. Custom games are a way for the community to breathe life into the game, for decades to come. You should know this because it's already been happening for 17 years. Why would anyone create anything for your game now, when it will automatically not be theirs to any extent?

    Will I still be happy with Reforged and recommend it to others if this is fixed? Absolutely not, but at least I won't be so disgusted by the company that I might consider buying or playing something else. Until this is fixed, the message is clear. If you're a fan, **** off. Blizzard doesn't need you. They're tired of you and your modest requests for quality and integrity. All they need is money.    … Expand
  17. Tpleasure
    Feb 4, 2020
    0
    They lied about the cut scenes and game crashes a lot. The graphics are bad and it's hard to distinct between units during competitive game play. The voice actors are the same one from the old Game. DO NOT BUY THIS PIECE OF **** GAME, IT IS A **** SCAM. I HATE YOU ACTIVISION.
  18. Slamfist
    Feb 1, 2020
    0
    We might consider this a "remaster"; I think the review should be based on the quality of what is changed, disregarding the quality of the wonderful game it has despoiled.

    What was added was a pile of broken promises and unethical business conduct. Unlike most remasters, this release actually did harm to the main game. That which is wrong with Reforged has spread like the Scourge    We might consider this a "remaster"; I think the review should be based on the quality of what is changed, disregarding the quality of the wonderful game it has despoiled.

    What was added was a pile of broken promises and unethical business conduct.

    Unlike most remasters, this release actually did harm to the main game. That which is wrong with Reforged has spread like the Scourge plague to the original game. Therefore, this re-release has done something I've never seen before: it reduced the quality of its base game. Most remasters are separate entities; you could, for example, play Baldur's Gate, if you don't like Enhanced Edition. However, Activision Blizzard went ahead and replaced Warcraft 3.

    This remaster, having done harm to its base game, merits a negative score. However, zero is the lowest we can go, so that is what I give it.    … Expand
  19. Romanski
    Feb 7, 2020
    0
    This is very sad situation - corporate greed killed this game. The number of features which were false advertising is immense. The old version had much more to offer (shadows, unit animations, all the social features, etc...). Blizzard has killed any creativity with their new EULA and not allow for refunds with helpful users getting a ban. What a disaster of a game...
  20. SLBB
    Feb 2, 2020
    0
    Blizzard don't care about their fans anymore, they have just overwritten, a perfectly fine 17 year old classic, with this broken, unfinished garbage.

    This is not okay Blizzard, make it right.
  21. KinGloriouS
    Feb 1, 2020
    0
    First refund in my entire life

    Player of war 3 since day one, was top 50 in european ladder in 2006 - 2009. Huge fan of RTS, was looking for this one since ages... But damn ! reforged is awfull, it's like playing a beta game, and more than that, they KILLED the old warcraft 3 !!! you can't launche the old game anymore and play RoC nor TFT, nor playing on the old battle.net. They    First refund in my entire life

    Player of war 3 since day one, was top 50 in european ladder in 2006 - 2009. Huge fan of RTS, was looking for this one since ages...

    But damn ! reforged is awfull, it's like playing a beta game, and more than that, they KILLED the old warcraft 3 !!! you can't launche the old game anymore and play RoC nor TFT, nor playing on the old battle.net.

    They aren't able to make a proper game that doesn't bugg everytime you try to play online, AND they cancel your old game because they want you to play the new buggy uggly and still in alpha beta free to buy game !

    Activision, go d ie please ! thanks    … Expand
  22. BiionicGolem
    Feb 1, 2020
    0
    I was really looking forward to this remaster and i could beilve how much they screwed it up. Almost nothing promised is there and to make it worse it also screwed og Warcraft 3. Dont buy this crap, good old Blizzard is dead.
  23. X1500
    Feb 1, 2020
    0
    There's a reason it's being memed as Warcraft: Refunded.

    Cinematics promised are a HUGE letdown. Ingame graphics are only noticeable if you play zoomed, and who the hell wants to do that? I'm sure other users will detail other things wrong with the game, but the biggest turd Blizzard dropped on its players is that if you wanted to install the original WC3 from the CDs, you're    There's a reason it's being memed as Warcraft: Refunded.

    Cinematics promised are a HUGE letdown.
    Ingame graphics are only noticeable if you play zoomed, and who the hell wants to do that?
    I'm sure other users will detail other things wrong with the game, but the biggest turd Blizzard dropped on its players is that if you wanted to install the original WC3 from the CDs, you're completely f***ed if you connect online as you'll be hit with all the dumb changes that plague the "reforged" version.    … Expand
  24. Hobowombat
    Feb 14, 2020
    0
    Warcraft: Refunded

    Overall Blizzard managed to make this game worse than the game which was made 18 years ago. They deleted everything people loved about this game. "We're too late, the devs have been infected. This entire game must be purged." Or updated thousands of times. Tonns of old and new promised features was removed. Let's see: -Cut all the promised new cutscenes -Cut all    Warcraft: Refunded

    Overall Blizzard managed to make this game worse than the game which was made 18 years ago. They deleted everything people loved about this game. "We're too late, the devs have been infected. This entire game must be purged." Or updated thousands of times. Tonns of old and new promised features was removed.

    Let's see:
    -Cut all the promised new cutscenes
    -Cut all the new english voice acting
    -Cut out promised new story content
    -No custom keybinds
    -New nice looking models/icons/effects/animations. Really pleasing to the eye. (I like them, but essentially the core of the game was cut out so nobody need it without the old good stuff. They want 30$ for a new skin/model pack on the same old game)
    -New unit models have less creative animations that look identical to each other. Some units that had multiple attack animations in Classic WC3 left with more animation variety than their Reforged counterparts.
    -New localization. Foreign dubs which are inferior and compulsory, can NOT be changed back
    -New Arthas vs Illidan cutscene looks terrible. Like a cheap anime fight.
    -Intentional False advertisement (Cutscenes is not at all like in The Culling Campaign Trailer, ect.)
    -No more custom campaign functionality (A lot of good campaigns was made and polished by fans throughout all the years since original game release and to this day. Some do have voice acting, custom models, effects ect.)
    -No more Cross-region play. Custom game list is no longer global. (You can't play custom games with players from other realms/regions meaning it’s much harder to find players and fill game lobbies)
    -New acceptable policy. The world editor’s EULA has been changed. In short, the custom game scene has a lot of new limitations and a lot of older maps are going to be killed off.
    -Copyrighted material from third parties is not allowed in any custom maps. (Which means a multitude of older maps, such as Anime Fight, DBZ Tribute, Pimp My Mario, ect, are now banned AND cannot be remade)
    -Custom maps now have a report button so blizz can ban maps and ban people hosting them
    -All ownership of custom games in Reforged belongs to Blizz and not the creators, and blizz are not required to compensate them in any way if they use it. Any custom game made in Warcraft 3: Reforged cannot be replicated anywhere else. This gives Blizz the power to shut down any standalone versions of custom games made in Reforged.
    -Censorship in maps and game names, for example a lobby called “booty bay” cannot be hosted, even though it’s the name of an official WC3 map, etc.)

    I assume this will lead to people pirate old ver the game, patch revert and use private servers to play maps and campaigns they love.

    To me this looks like the end of a long, fun and creative wc3 custom maps era. One of the most creative gaming communities destroyed by new policies. Blizz killed their gold eggs hen.

    -No more clans, profiles, friend list, ladder (ranked matchmaking, stats, auto tournaments).
    -No more LAN functionality
    -No more offline games versus the AI
    -Can no longer have more than 1 account
    -No more Beautiful UI/menus (in reforged client the menus feel sluggish and less optimised. The chat box overlaps the menus, atmospheric 3D campaign backgrounds are gone, etc.)
    -The old client is gone, even if you don't own Reforged you're forced into replacing it if you ever connect to battlenet. (Classic will go to the new menu and chat system (No Ref graphics)
    -Classic graphics in Ref client look worse (Miss shadows, saturation is off, miss spells/effects)
    -No more "/commands"
    -Removed the Dryad's "I'm so wasted" joke voice line, and probably more other units lines.
    -Removed custom game filter
    -No more built-in auto tournament function
    -No MMR system
    -No more Reign of Chaos balance for the RoC campaign (changed to TFT)
    -The end of match summary doesn't tell you useful info like before
    -No more 3D animated portraits in B.net
    -No more 3D animated campaign backgrounds
    -No more The Frozen Throne menu screen
    -No more B.net News section
    -No more cross-chat with Diablo 2 players

    I hope they will add/restore all of the good things via updates/patches, and then maybe these games (at least old one) will be playable again.

    I hope someday we will find out what happened during development of Reforged. The story of what led to such atrocities and abominations. What went wrong? Oversight? Laziness? Time constraints? Plain unconcern? Greed?

    Release of this game is finally convinced me that this is the end of old Blizzard that cared and respected themsethemselves, their work, people that play and love their games. Now it is Activision-Blizzard. RIP dear heroes of the past. This comment from the internet completely manifests my soul state right now: “Don’t you miss the days when video games were made by nerds instead of by businessmen? I do.”    … Expand
  25. Kyzik25
    Feb 1, 2020
    0
    0 with respect to my experience and from others.

    I enjoyed the prologue, it was different to be honest. The art assets were really good to. There were features that SHOULD have changed. Unlimited units with selection, is one of those things for ease of life. I dont really mind blizz try own rights to custom maps, as it is THEIR editor they are being made on. But when it came to no nice    0 with respect to my experience and from others.

    I enjoyed the prologue, it was different to be honest. The art assets were really good to. There were features that SHOULD have changed. Unlimited units with selection, is one of those things for ease of life. I dont really mind blizz try own rights to custom maps, as it is THEIR editor they are being made on.

    But when it came to no nice easy accessible UI for changing up the hotkeys needed, were blizz IRONICALLY are Relying on the community to have preset customkey setups for the players... FOR THEIR GAME..like said , quite ironic and weak sauce.

    Loading screen bugs and the such. It was a very uncared for development. I am glad i could really send a review to blizzard directly, via a refund.

    For $45 AUD. Lack of cutscenes, bugs, NO single player custom games (i wanted to cheat to test out the new LOOKING units). Vs ai whose hero could lvl to 100. .. couldnt type, lol, no cheats allowed in MY OWN game....

    The campaign... theres just no point... the saying gameplay is better than graphics held strong here and just for $45.. go play original if want campaign...

    With no MMR or ladder rank in place, couldnt care for.. that either.    … Expand
  26. lordofthedead
    Feb 6, 2020
    0
    I literally just made an account to review this. I was just asked yesterday by a friend what my favorite game of all time was and I thought about it and said "warcraft 3!" - was even excited that I had gotten an email saying the reforged version came out and told her how awesome that must be. Guess I look like a fool now, huh? F*** you corporate greed.
  27. ProfBradHelm
    Feb 1, 2020
    0
    The unannounced change in EULA stating that custom maps are the intellectual property of Blizzard is untenable. Custom maps were the cornerstone of the old StarCraft/WarCraft products upon which their communities were built and upon which they endured. Until now.

    The only saving grace for me was that Blizzard did process my refund (manual ticket) fairly promptly (14 hours or so.)
  28. BzcZero
    Jul 27, 2021
    0
    Big Disaster, the worst thing that i ever seen in my life, blizzard just ruined war3
  29. Marthmish
    Feb 2, 2020
    0
    Forces you to download reforged even if you don't own it. False advertisement on cut-scenes. Took away from base game to force you to go to new game. New game is filled with bugs. Reforged even took away more features in general. They both killed their old game and replaced it with a worse version.
  30. gottagofast22
    Feb 1, 2020
    0
    The game is absolute garbage. Barely any of what was originally promised was delivered. Not only that, they actually removed many important features. I paid $50 to get things taken away from me. I am currently trying to get the game refunded, and tried to cancel my Shadowlands pre-order as well, only to find out that I'm not able to apply for another refund because of how recently I justThe game is absolute garbage. Barely any of what was originally promised was delivered. Not only that, they actually removed many important features. I paid $50 to get things taken away from me. I am currently trying to get the game refunded, and tried to cancel my Shadowlands pre-order as well, only to find out that I'm not able to apply for another refund because of how recently I just applied for one. Because it's not like someone wanting a refund might have a good reason for wanting it, and might try to refund a different pre-order after finding out that one pre-order was an utter lie, no way, nothing like that. I've played Blizzard games practically religiously for over 15 years, with the past few years feeling more and more like I was in an abusive relationship with them. I'm not giving them another cent until they fix this game and apologize, and I'm certainly never pre-ordering from them ever again regardless of what they do now. They've destroyed any semblance of good will and trust left.… Expand
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Mixed or average reviews - based on 46 Critic Reviews

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  1. Positive: 2 out of 46
  2. Mixed: 41 out of 46
  3. Negative: 3 out of 46
  1. PCMag
    May 1, 2020
    50
    Blizzard has addressed some of the complaints and criticism hurled its way, and has promised to work on many of these issues. Naturally, one must ask why the game was released in such a state, especially considering the negative attention the company has garnered over the past year with the reveal of Diablo Immortal and the Blizzard/China controversy.
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  2. AusGamers
    Mar 4, 2020
    65
    In the end it’s worth noting that when viewing a remake or remaster what needs to be taken into consideration is the source material, how it looks, feels, and plays. That is, in addition to the work carried out to recreate moments, update visuals, and change any of the presentation. To do otherwise would be silly, a terrible game with a wonderful remaster doesn’t warrant a high score. In the case of Warcraft III, the inverse to that is also true. So, what we end up with is something in-between. A classic reborn, in a package that doesn’t warrant all that much in the way of celebration.
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  3. Player 2
    Mar 2, 2020
    50
    If you set your expectations a little lower, then Warcraft 3: Reforged is a game worth of your time and money. Sadly, for many of us out there, we were expecting a little more.
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