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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  1. Always-Shiny
    Feb 4, 2020
    0
    was incredibly excited to reply a classic. immensely disappointed by a total low effort cash in attempt by blizzard and ruination of a classic.
  2. jjkurtz
    Jan 30, 2020
    0
    Blizzard is charging for a full priced game for texture upgrades and character models. Blizzard is also charging for a full priced game where they claim ownership of your creativity. Blizzard is also also charging for a full priced game that is barely an Alpha build, has dozens of things removed the original W3 had, and also can’t keep me connected to an online game for more than 2 minutesBlizzard is charging for a full priced game for texture upgrades and character models. Blizzard is also charging for a full priced game where they claim ownership of your creativity. Blizzard is also also charging for a full priced game that is barely an Alpha build, has dozens of things removed the original W3 had, and also can’t keep me connected to an online game for more than 2 minutes at a time. Good job blizzard. I’ll never be fooled into pre-ordering another game ever again.… Expand
  3. HadesManticore
    Feb 1, 2020
    1
    Oh, what is there to be said about this game that hasn't already been said by the deluge of reviews already here? But I feel like I have to put my 2 cents in on this atrocity since well, Warcraft 3 meant a ton to me. It was one hundred percent the game I played most growing up. So many of my hours frittered away playing the campaign, custom campaigns, ladder matches and custom games. GoodOh, what is there to be said about this game that hasn't already been said by the deluge of reviews already here? But I feel like I have to put my 2 cents in on this atrocity since well, Warcraft 3 meant a ton to me. It was one hundred percent the game I played most growing up. So many of my hours frittered away playing the campaign, custom campaigns, ladder matches and custom games. Good times.

    I should've figured something was wrong in beta but I was naive. It became more obvious when this game just kinda dropped out of nowhere with basically no advertising.

    But onto the topic itself. Reforged? Well, this feels like an aborted project more than anything. Blizzard promised big things with this game. Completely redone cinematics, new UI, new graphics for all in game models, new voiceovers, new campaign missions and new skins for heroes even.

    They even showed off a taste of this newness with their fancy trailers for The Culling. There was a good amount of hype surrounding this game. But the end product? Good god. What happened with this?

    They delivered on the graphics at least but the issue there arises from the fact that well, everything seems far more muddled now. The original models and terrain for Warcraft 3 were super vibrant and very easily readable. Fights now are just a horribly muddy mess and I can't say I'm too big of a fan of the more realistic looking graphical style versus the more cartoony of classic Warcraft 3. They do look nice for the most part, however. I can't take that away from this HD Port. I also do like the fact that a lot of campaign character swaps like Dagren the orcslayer and Lord Nicolas Buzan have their own distinct looks now. Hence my rating of 1 and not 0. You didn't **** 1 thing up at least.

    Though certain models are just terrible looking. The Beastmaster and Fire Lord models in particular stick out as quite terrible.

    There is no new user interface. There is 1 reforged cutscene (The Reign of Chaos opening). There are 2 new skins you get by default (Fem Death Knight, Fem Demon Hunter) The rest being preorder bonuses. A handful of campaign missions were redesigned to resemble WoW versions of cities but otherwise, the campaign is fairly untouched. New voice wise, we have the female Death Knight and Demon Hunter, On top of a handful of new death rattles for certain units. I'm not sure how to put it exactly but it seems like the first few units for each faction got these (Footmen/Grunts/Archers/Ghouls. Riflemen/headhunter/Huntress/Crypt Fiend. Peasant/Peon/Acolyte.)

    The new client is very buggy and can be prone to slowing down. This wouldn't be a problem but Blizzard forced a merger of the old TFT client and Reforged. So, you can't even go back to classic Warcraft 3 now. This is also an issue since now there is no in game option for custom campaigns. You have to launch them manually in the world editor and play them mission by mission if you want to do that. More likely, World Editor will just crash if you attempt to open a custom campaign. Meaning many great custom campaigns are now rendered unplayable. Thanks, guys. I really didn't ever want to play any of Turnro or Tomoraiders campaigns ever again.

    This also extends to a ton of custom maps as well. Meaning creators/players will have to fix issues on a map by map basis if they wish them to be playable in Reforged.

    But many will not be inclined to do this since in blizzards new EULA for Reforged they decree any map made in their world editor is their moral property. Meaning if you make it and they want it, you're ****ed. It's theirs now. They don't even have to credit you. This has clearly spawned over them being super bitter about not owning the MOBA genre as a whole.

    Online connections seem to be fairly unstable but this is something common amongst all games on launch. Worth noting at least.

    All in all, Warcraft 3 reforged feels like a project that was aborted midway through development but Blizzard opted to release anyway. I'm not sure why this game came out basically unfinished. Maybe its because the preorders were mediocre and they didn't feel a full remake was worth the money so they just finished models and maps and called it a day, using whatever left over remade assets they'd already made but not bothering with doing the rest.

    Or maybe a chunk of those 800 people they fired last year were on the development team for this project and as a result, things slowed so much they just had to give out what they had done.

    Regardless the cause, the end product is not worth the 30 dollars they want. Certainly not worth the 40 dollar deluxe edition either. It wounds me to write this review since Warcraft 3 means so much to me but it must be said.

    Don't buy this product. Maybe a year down the line when its fixed potentially but save your money. Or just wait for a crack and judge yourself.    … Expand
  4. stilgarsCH
    Jan 31, 2020
    0
    I reactivated my centuries old long account just to rate this abomination.
    It is lazy hack with zero work ethics.
  5. Gueburah
    Jan 31, 2020
    0
    Una vergüenza, no aporta nada y aún peor hecha a perder el original.
    Años esperando para esta basura...
  6. dopp
    Jan 31, 2020
    0
    Somehow Activision managed to brake 2-decades old game without possibility to refund and without posibility to revert back to old game without bugs. unbelievable.
  7. Deltasierra117a
    Feb 1, 2020
    0
    Blizzard LIED right to our faces. This game's a joke. They even killed my classic Warcraft 3.
  8. Plazus
    Jan 31, 2020
    0
    Pathetic release, I loved Warcraft 3, played as soon as it came out. This is a broken release. What happened to you blizzard?
  9. Nittox
    Jan 31, 2020
    0
    No incluye nada de lo que prometieron, ademas de obligar a actualizar a los que no compraron el juego y sacar características que tenia este ( Partidas LAN, VS IA, campañas personalizadas, etc). Es triste ver en lo que se a convertido Blizzard. Que manera de arruinar un juego mítico de la zaga.
  10. Thorer
    Jan 31, 2020
    0
    this game is awful, blizzard lied, is banning accounts and just being terrible to its fans. enough is enough
  11. BarrJamis
    Jan 31, 2020
    0
    As a game modder, their policy on trying to prevent another Dota situation from occurring is a stark overreaction that is extremely discouraging to me and probably many others. That's even ignoring the massive amount of other issues present.
  12. Allcreator
    Jan 30, 2020
    0
    -Близзард, что ты делаешь?
    -Я выпускаю парашу, конец
    Любил варик больше чем Малфурион Тиранду, сбегал 15 лет назад в 7 утра в компьютерный клуб, чтобы с такими же мальцами дать жару другим мальцам. А теперь? А теперь я смотрю на бездушную куклу Артаса с мертвой озвучкой.    -Близзард, что ты делаешь?
    -Я выпускаю парашу, конец
    Любил варик больше чем Малфурион Тиранду, сбегал 15 лет назад в 7 утра в компьютерный клуб, чтобы с такими же мальцами дать жару другим мальцам. А теперь? А теперь я смотрю на бездушную куклу Артаса с мертвой озвучкой.
  13. LexaKret
    Jan 30, 2020
    0
    Обман покупателей через ложные показы с хорошей графикой(которая, кстати, совершенно не уровня 2020 года), баги(иногда миссия просто не начинается до тех пор, пока не перезайдешь в игру) + они убрали оригинальный варкрафт, заменив его своей "новой" поделкой, которая выглядит ещё хуже.Обман покупателей через ложные показы с хорошей графикой(которая, кстати, совершенно не уровня 2020 года), баги(иногда миссия просто не начинается до тех пор, пока не перезайдешь в игру) + они убрали оригинальный варкрафт, заменив его своей "новой" поделкой, которая выглядит ещё хуже.
  14. McSyndrome
    Jan 31, 2020
    0
    Absolute embarrassment. The worst part is the forced deforge of the legacy client. I feel cheated although I refunded before launch.
  15. Morthi
    Jan 31, 2020
    0
    they managed to ruin even warcraft 3, Blizzard died a long time ago, there is only Greedvision now
  16. fensizor
    Jan 31, 2020
    0
    Unfinished, unpolished, lazy, outsourced piece of crap. Vote with your wallet and don't give them your money.
  17. Dorfide
    Jan 31, 2020
    0
    Where's my favourite Blizzard's "hand-painted" style like in Warcraft 3 Classic and WoW (models in Reforged look too realistic, game style is lost and there's no more this cartoony atmosphere in the game)?

    I only see a non-stylized high resolution textures without a soul and too detailed building models. Models of characters and animations look like developed for a cheap asian mobile    Where's my favourite Blizzard's "hand-painted" style like in Warcraft 3 Classic and WoW (models in Reforged look too realistic, game style is lost and there's no more this cartoony atmosphere in the game)?

    I only see a non-stylized high resolution textures without a soul and too detailed building models. Models of characters and animations look like developed for a cheap asian mobile game, they look like plasticine.

    Where are shadows under trees where's ambient occlusion? Why trees and grass dont move because of wind? Why fog dont looks like volumetric object? Why a large majority of cut-scenes are static and there is no nothing happens with camera?

    Blizzard, take a look at Dota 2 it's how your Reforged should look in 2020: stylisation like in WoW ("hand-painted" colourfulness textures and hyperbolic models with no excessive details) + graphics based on new technologies (new advanced lightning system, light shafts, glow, shadows, fx-effects etc.).

    Do I need to explain you Blizzard about nuts and bolts of your own developed game stylization?

    I guess the game didn't developed by Blizzard. Old Warcraft 3 looks more better than Reforged (despite low poly models, low res. textures and outdated graphics engine) because of talented artists, game designers and modellers worked on classic game.

    It's easier to remake the game from scratch, following the canon of Blizzard's style than trying to patch the completely wrong game.    … Expand
  18. Tomthewishful
    Jan 30, 2020
    0
    I have poured thousands of hours in Warcraft III alone and as much spread across several of their other games. For years I loved Blizzard and have defended its products, discussed the game mechanics and design choices behind their creation process with hundreds of others on forums and in chatrooms. The past few years Blizzard has turned down a dark path. With Reforged, it severelyI have poured thousands of hours in Warcraft III alone and as much spread across several of their other games. For years I loved Blizzard and have defended its products, discussed the game mechanics and design choices behind their creation process with hundreds of others on forums and in chatrooms. The past few years Blizzard has turned down a dark path. With Reforged, it severely disappoints its playerbase with a falsely advertised cash grab that downgrades the old game. Blizzard has effectively murdered a decades old community in one move and its policies reflect an incredibly authoritarian, demanding, greedy and frankly stupidly blind stance. It is becoming increasingly apparent that Blizzard has betrayed its fans and remorselessly turns itself into a cold corporate vacuum of a company. The one good quality to Reforged would be the graphics but even those completely fail to be true to the original spirit and atmosphere of the game, instead looking like a cheap Chinese knockoff replica. The only way this game could be worse if it were to destroy your harddrive or spread nazi propaganda. The worst thing is I'm not even being dramatic. This sentiment is shared by the overwhelming majority of Warcraft III veterans. Reforged fully deserves its horrendous rating and I hope this serves as a massive red flag to any that would consider even a tentative interest in Reforged or any other Activision Blizzard game purchases. Their chain of soulless decisions has sparked outrage so many times that the word outrage has lost its meaning. The 800 employee layoffs. Suppressing the Blitzchung human rights advocacy. Even then I've never spoken this sternly. I actively advocate against this game in every way and cannot more strongly recommend not to play this game for any reason. Please warn your friends.… Expand
  19. accjust4this
    Jan 30, 2020
    0
    This game is a literal downgrade of a game made 2 decades ago. It runs slow, the character models look worse?. The voice acting is ... worse? the new FMV is .. also worse! It's just bad all around. Don't even mention all the bugs. Asking money for a downgrade on abandonware is crazy. Fastest refund I've ever asked for. AVOID.
  20. AyKira
    Jan 30, 2020
    0
    this is not a new game.. this is just another communist-fotrnite **** Blizzard dont really care about warcraft 3 they are just trying make some money on it againe and gaine control over custom maps. **** this.
  21. Alkatraz1337
    Jan 30, 2020
    0
    Take this, for deleting my 7K games and 2 years uptime account.
    Take this for deleting my clan from 2015.
    Take this for enforcing this sh*tshow of a game instead leaving old BNet players to play in peace. Take this for opening my eyes, even though I wanted to buy the game. Take this for making me uninstall WC3 first time in 10 years. Take this Actizzard, I'm never purchasing a single    Take this, for deleting my 7K games and 2 years uptime account.
    Take this for deleting my clan from 2015.
    Take this for enforcing this sh*tshow of a game instead leaving old BNet players to play in peace.
    Take this for opening my eyes, even though I wanted to buy the game.
    Take this for making me uninstall WC3 first time in 10 years.
    Take this Actizzard, I'm never purchasing a single sh*t from you AGAIN    … Expand
  22. Djurke
    Jan 30, 2020
    0
    i feal scamed, done with this, canceling all subs on Blizz. Bye
    ghghghghghghghgh
  23. jiggityjosh
    Jan 30, 2020
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Bait and Switch.

    This is their advertisement. Keep in mind they literally outsourced the ONLY thing they did to this game to malaysian sweat shop workers, which was a reskin. Then they removed a BUNCH of the features of the original game. Then they asked more money for this game than WC3 originally cost, with less of the features.

    Warcraft III: Reforged is a stunning reimagining of the revolutionary real-time strategy game that laid the foundation for Azeroth's most epic stories. It is a remake in the truest sense, featuring a thorough visual overhaul, a suite of contemporary social and matchmaking features, and more. Command the Night Elves, Undead, Orcs, and Humans as alliances shift and armies clash in this timeless real-time strategy game.

    WTF    … Expand
  24. Xaalis
    Jan 30, 2020
    0
    This was my last hope for Blizzard to show if they have something left from the once beloved company of us. But this is the last straw that broke the camel's back Blizz. This game, a 17 year old game to massacre it like this. This is not only absolutely incompetent but also heart wrecking. This game introduced me to you as a publisher and has a very special place in my heart and now IThis was my last hope for Blizzard to show if they have something left from the once beloved company of us. But this is the last straw that broke the camel's back Blizz. This game, a 17 year old game to massacre it like this. This is not only absolutely incompetent but also heart wrecking. This game introduced me to you as a publisher and has a very special place in my heart and now I cannot even play the old version anymore?

    I feel so sorry for the developers at Blizzard, may all the executives get what they deserve!    … Expand
  25. OutyNya
    Jan 30, 2020
    0
    Худший ремейк, который я когда-либо видел.
    Постоянно проскакивают фризы. Ладдера нет, онлайн матчи лагают. Ужасная озвучка персонажей (человек озвучивавший Артаса крайне халатно отнёсся к своим обязаностям, да и не только он)    Худший ремейк, который я когда-либо видел.
    Постоянно проскакивают фризы. Ладдера нет, онлайн матчи лагают. Ужасная озвучка персонажей (человек озвучивавший Артаса крайне халатно отнёсся к своим обязаностям, да и не только он)
  26. Poeasy
    Jan 30, 2020
    0
    “over 4 hours of reforged cutscenes,” and “an updated UI“? Why the hell you lying
    Why you always lying
    Mhmm, oh my god, stop freaking lying
  27. Zhuorui
    Jan 30, 2020
    0
    暴雪毁掉了经典的魔兽争霸3，更加不可思议的是，他们强迫所有购买过魔兽争霸3混乱之治和冰封王座的人升级到这款质量很差的重制版。
    blizzard destroyed classic warcraft 3,they forced players who bought War3:ROCand TFT upgraded this stupid reforged. So Disappointed
  28. MarceloLegolas
    Jan 30, 2020
    0
    Bad game. Cut scenes are worse than original. They lied at Blizcon. Don't buy it.
  29. Mopei_ECO200Y
    Jan 31, 2020
    0
    Not only was the online feature with battle.net not working during the initial release, even the single player aspects and the cinematics fail to live up to the original release of the vanilla. The cutscenes of the fights does not flow as they look like they were made by fans from an indie studio, which was very disappointing given how Blizzard was most known for making the best cinematicsNot only was the online feature with battle.net not working during the initial release, even the single player aspects and the cinematics fail to live up to the original release of the vanilla. The cutscenes of the fights does not flow as they look like they were made by fans from an indie studio, which was very disappointing given how Blizzard was most known for making the best cinematics to capture the moment despite the other flaws in the gameplay. The models of female heroes looks like they have simply took the male hero portraits and recolored them instead of making new female models from scratch when you see female reforged models when playing online using the classic client. Furthermore online gameplay lags and stutters even with a RTX2080 GPU which is far above the recommended specs of the game. One positive note is they are continuing to accept refunds for the game through their support tickets but that does not contribute to increasing the score for the title in any way as that is not a gameplay issue but a customer service issue.… Expand
  30. jadielrulez
    Jan 31, 2020
    0
    terrible just terrible complete money grab nothing more nothing less. try and get a refund if possible.
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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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