Warcraft III: Reforged

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  • Release Date: Jan 28, 2020
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0.6

Overwhelming dislike- based on 31090 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 1,475 out of 31090
  2. Mixed: 396 out of 31090
  3. Negative: 29,219 out of 31090

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  1. serquixote
    Feb 8, 2020
    0
    What an utter abomination. I would've rather paid to prevent them from releasing this sheer garbage of a product.
  2. MrPT
    Feb 8, 2020
    0
    This is just SAD and the people in the gaming "journal"industry giving it 6-7/10etc.
    "Journalists" give this activision "thing" 6-7/10,ITs SAD!Jesus people like this should not be in this bussines, this is why i had LEFT ign completely and sites like that and go for HONEST opinions to the people that PLAY/LOVE this games every day on YT/ TW, this kind of "journalisum" must    This is just SAD and the people in the gaming "journal"industry giving it 6-7/10etc.
    "Journalists" give this activision "thing" 6-7/10,ITs SAD!Jesus people like this should not be in this bussines, this is why i had LEFT ign completely and sites like that and go for HONEST opinions to the people that PLAY/LOVE this games every day on YT/ TW, this kind of "journalisum" must D.off.COMPLETELY. With shift in young people that sense BS better, cause of people from YT/TW!! IT WILL.thank GOD!    … Expand
  3. neticle
    Feb 7, 2020
    0
    Fxxxxking DISASTER
    Regret buying this Fxxxxking Game
    GO YOUR Fxxxxking HELL blizzard
  4. Suzerin
    Feb 7, 2020
    0
    total scam. Nothing else more to say here and not worth any more of my time talking about other than to meet the character requirement for the review
  5. Unimog1300
    Feb 7, 2020
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Unplayable, I have no opinion on gameplay, I couldn't get that far. I was partway through a campaign 2 weeks ago now I cant finish it.… Expand
  6. idtakae86
    Feb 7, 2020
    0
    Not worth the money. Blizzard should have never released this game. I am sure D4 will also be trash.
  7. SnatchMan
    Feb 7, 2020
    0
    Listen, Blizzard. This wasn't a difficult one. Everyone loves Warcraft.
    All you had to do was try... put some people on the project that have a passion for the original game.

    But you cut back funding, outsourced it & removed the original game.
    Good job. Not even an inbred troglodyte could've ruined something this badly.
  8. RedLotus23
    Feb 7, 2020
    1
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Im extremely disappointed and good thing that i read the review first before purchasing it. Im now extremely concerned on the Diablo game will be released. Better watch first some player play it before purchasing and playing it. GREEDY BASTARDS.… Expand
  9. LeeZ
    Feb 7, 2020
    0
    What is the criteria to rate a Re-Master compared to a normal game release? Most would agree that it should be compared to the Original in addition to the usual categories of Mechanics, Playability, Enjoyment, etc that one may have.

    However, it is rare that in addition to being a disappointing Re-Master, the release causes the Original game to suffer — Reforged is a rare example of    What is the criteria to rate a Re-Master compared to a normal game release? Most would agree that it should be compared to the Original in addition to the usual categories of Mechanics, Playability, Enjoyment, etc that one may have.

    However, it is rare that in addition to being a disappointing Re-Master, the release causes the Original game to suffer — Reforged is a rare example of this. For destroying ROC & TFT – one of the highest rated and most critically acclaimed games of the genre to this day – this game goes beyond a simple **** up or "oopsie" among the usual shenanigans and controversy that have become commonplace in the greedy and corporate gaming landscape of today.

    It is with a heavy heart that I rate this longtime awaited game a 0 for its sins, and wave the old Blizzard goodbye...    … Expand
  10. Christianhdn
    Feb 7, 2020
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Cant belive they did this, afther waiting so many years, played this game in costum so many years, atleast I am happy I did not preorder this shiit.dont let them get away with this after 16 years of wait, hope you all stop preorder… Expand
  11. Danigamer
    Feb 7, 2020
    0
    #makeblizzardgreatagain pls revive warcraft 3 classic frozen throne blizzard
  12. GRIZZLY_TED
    Feb 7, 2020
    0
    The biggest disappointment in my entire life. You destroyed my childhood, and step on my memories, thanks Blizzard.
  13. arhat1984
    Feb 7, 2020
    0
    Shameful release, false promises. Refunded and will never preorder blizz/activision game. The community has all the right to be angry and dissapointed.
    Matarau
    Jan 31, 2020 Game doesn’t even come close to what they promised on blizzcon 2018, they promised almost a new game, with tons of added cinematics and fully upgraded graphics but actually it’s just a bunch revamped character models, I    Shameful release, false promises. Refunded and will never preorder blizz/activision game. The community has all the right to be angry and dissapointed.
    Matarau
    Jan 31, 2020
    Game doesn’t even come close to what they promised on blizzcon 2018, they promised almost a new game, with tons of added cinematics and fully upgraded graphics but actually it’s just a bunch revamped character models, I barely see any difference between old 2002 and the new reforged terrain, new models become awkward sitting on top of the old 2002 graphics, it feels like just a half-done job to grab some money since they are charging almost what a new game nowadays cost. If it were just for that, but no, they also killed the modding community, responsible for the success of the old game with games like DotA, Tower Defenses and other thousands of mods that people only bought the game to play them. They imposed intellectual property over any mod made using their platform, so they could milk more any players that is doing something to make the game better.. a Along with that, they removed some features from the old game and forced the old client to update to a “reforged lite” version of this, killing the joy from from those still playing the original Reign of Chaos and The Frozen thrne Collapse    … Expand
  14. Elbowpatches
    Feb 7, 2020
    0
    Bad. Not good. Terrible. Awful. Crappy. Disappointing. Poor. Crummy. Abomination.
  15. therealbimo
    Feb 7, 2020
    0
    The game is really choppy while playing, the game wasn't as advertised with the cut scenes and more content. It's sad that they removed the Classic launcher for this piece of garbage they called a "remastered".
  16. vurah
    Feb 9, 2020
    0
    Que fiasco, Blizzard. As atuais políticas da empresa irão afundar todo o legado que levou anos para ser construído. Um vexame.
  17. Shox998
    Feb 9, 2020
    0
    Very very bad.
    On Mac its tragedy.
    The game is shut down every time (about 10 min play).
    Bad support.
    I wait so long until buy it and Im realy disapointed.
    I create a metacritic account to express My dissatisfaction specialy for that.
  18. gondarka
    Feb 8, 2020
    0
    Terrible game fake advertising at blizzcon 2018 pre ordered the open beta it ran terribly but thought it's just a beta should be ok at launch and it launched easy just as bad played 1 mission and refunded the game
  19. GabiihSmoon
    Feb 9, 2020
    0
    Esse jogo é uma vergonha para blizzard, as vezes não dá pra logar no jogo, mal optimizado, bugado, animações toscas, as vezes a tela fica preta. WARCRAFT: Reforged é um lixo.
  20. tynyczech
    Feb 8, 2020
    0
    !!!Warcaft 3 Refund....!!! a za tohle platit? to nemyslí vážně i tu starou hru rozbily implementováním do nové včetně né moc dobře optimalizované...
  21. uberl
    Feb 8, 2020
    0
    I specifically made an account just to write this review. I am shocked and appalled by some of the decisions Activision-Blizzard made and the lack of foresight as to their consequences. Deleting the fully functional old client and replacing it with the new client is not tolerable.

    I will just name what the biggest disappointments for me are: -ladder has connection issues (cant find a    I specifically made an account just to write this review. I am shocked and appalled by some of the decisions Activision-Blizzard made and the lack of foresight as to their consequences. Deleting the fully functional old client and replacing it with the new client is not tolerable.

    I will just name what the biggest disappointments for me are:
    -ladder has connection issues (cant find a match sometimes)
    -no stats page for wins /losses (in a highly competitive game, seriously???)
    -old character portraits are gone (you played 1000 games just to have that nice portrait? guess what it's gone now)
    -interface is not intuitive and laggy (why change the old one ?)
    -Removal of LAN (wc3 was THE game that was played at LAN parties, which i grew up with. I will never be able to go back to those memories)
    -custom games are not working (really bad ping or disconnect in lobby)
    -friends of mine can't even start the game
    -no Quality of Life improvements to the UI (like Control Groups or hero lvls and item overlays. Commonly used by war3 streamers)
    -no QoL improvements to Observer or Replay UI (like in SC2)
    -no Hotkey Editor ingame
    -other QoL features missing for custom games ( Custom games stats (implemented in SC2), or maybe a feature to restart a custom game (it took 40mins to get a full lobby in wc3 and then the game only took 20 minutes so a quick restart button would have been very nice)
    -no Introduction to Competitive 1v1 play (In SC2 there is a complete training course which teaches you the fundamentals of sc2. I have some friends which would really learn at least the basics of wc3 and start laddering now with the release . Unfortunately they are new to the game. How are they expected to learn?)

    Conclusion:
    if Activision-Blizzard at the very least doesn't rerelease the classic client the warcraft 3 community will have a really hard time to hold on. Maybe reforged singleplayer is really nice, i dont really care. However, it speaks volumes that War3 RoC (from 18 years ago!) provided a better multiplayer experience.    … Expand
  22. Spacechicken100
    Feb 8, 2020
    0
    I didn't buy this game but I still feel like I can review it due to the fact that the release of Reforged automatically applied changes to the non-Reforged Warcraft 3 client to literally remove features and also force you to use the new menus, which are both less nostalgic and actually worse looking stylistically despite the higher fidelity.
  23. ocraig
    Feb 8, 2020
    0
    I am upset about this game. I mainly played for the custom game scene and the custom campaigns(don't exist anymore). The EULA is joke, flash doesn't own my games and solidworks doesn't own my models. And banning the ability to add perks to donors is stupid, donations from working on maps was nothing it just gave the push/feeling of obligation to fix/improve stuff. If you don't want toI am upset about this game. I mainly played for the custom game scene and the custom campaigns(don't exist anymore). The EULA is joke, flash doesn't own my games and solidworks doesn't own my models. And banning the ability to add perks to donors is stupid, donations from working on maps was nothing it just gave the push/feeling of obligation to fix/improve stuff. If you don't want to play my map that could be considered offensive then DONT PLAY IT. Thanks for ruining the game blizzard .....… Expand
  24. Crab_peoplee
    Feb 8, 2020
    0
    Ruined hours of late night fun. Maps are unplayable and with new policy, dev's dont want to update.
  25. Thomyradi
    Feb 8, 2020
    0
    I literally made account on this site to drop rating of this "game" even lower
  26. Devilbeny
    Feb 8, 2020
    0
    I need to download ,30gb to play my old one , I can't play my vanilla game anymore , blizzard you suck
  27. Lokrye
    Feb 8, 2020
    0
    Couldn't play the campaign, too choppy, broke immersion. Constant boots. Unfinished graphics in 2020. Maybe they just looked unrendered because the framerate anytime I could play was so low. Don't know, don't care. Got my refund.
  28. EuronymmouS
    Feb 8, 2020
    0
    Decepcionante, em tudo, extremamente tudo, é o mesmo game porem capadão, como se fosse um MOD de um fã novato. Triste que a empresa que mais amava e considerava alta qualidade ter se transformado nisso. Faz uns 5 anos que tem so trazido decepção mas agora esse game acabou com tudo que eu amava nela.
  29. Boriss
    Feb 8, 2020
    0
    >No clans
    >No profiles
    >Can no longer have more than 1 account
    >No more custom campaign functionality
    >No more Reign of Chaos balance for the Reign of Chaos campaign
    >No more built-in tournament functionality
    >No more The Frozen Throne menu screen
    >No more LAN functionality
    >No more offline games versus the AI
  30. frank1987
    Feb 8, 2020
    0
    this game is not finished yet i have been a warcraft fan since i was a little kid, one of my first games on the PC and they failed terrible, missing online options and a game that is really not finished yet, missing icons and tooltips information in the campaign ( see the undead campaign when you need too kill the 3 archmages ) missing clan options, missing profile information and statsthis game is not finished yet i have been a warcraft fan since i was a little kid, one of my first games on the PC and they failed terrible, missing online options and a game that is really not finished yet, missing icons and tooltips information in the campaign ( see the undead campaign when you need too kill the 3 archmages ) missing clan options, missing profile information and stats view.

    I was unable to "link" my old account because if you have not played for +3 months then all the stats are gone, nobody ever told me back that after playing it day in and day out for 4 years and having a "shadow hunter" picture of 750 + wins, lost every thing same applies for my friend that had 1500+ wins (Illidan picture) all gone because we didn't "come" online anymore and now we can LINK it but we CANNOT any more because we did not play for a long time and suddenly we could "link" it WHO can link it ? almost nobody of the old players base since all did not play for less then 3 months ago....

    I am really unhappy about the current game state and i never write reviews but this is really needed blizzard sucks and me and my friends won't preorder their **** any more, all they think about is $$$ they are the new EA    … Expand
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59

Mixed or average reviews - based on 46 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  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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