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. Dbear
    Feb 1, 2020
    3
    This is a hard review for me to write. I have been a fan of WCIII since it came out originally. Frozen Throne booked me into more Blizzard games and eventually World of Warcraft. The game has a lot of lore that matters to me. I played through the games several times over the years and integrated my account the my battle.net account so I didn’t have to keep my CDs and Keys to install it, IThis is a hard review for me to write. I have been a fan of WCIII since it came out originally. Frozen Throne booked me into more Blizzard games and eventually World of Warcraft. The game has a lot of lore that matters to me. I played through the games several times over the years and integrated my account the my battle.net account so I didn’t have to keep my CDs and Keys to install it, I could just install it from the install files on the website. When this Reforged version was announced, I preordered immediately for a chance to relieve the stories with better cutscenes and graphics and more UI choices. My excitement was quickly ended when I loaded up the new version. It is much larger and much clunkier than the original. The graphics are better but nothing else is. None of the promised upgrades to UI or new cutscenes are there. I was really disappointed.

    To make matters really worse, these new files override my old version of the game so I cannot go back and play it the way I remember and I can no longer load it onto a flash drive for portability because it has become about 30gb in size. Definitely not worth the price. I feel the company has given up on making this amazing title great again. Not recommended, but if you can find CDs of the original game, it’s really worth a play through.    … Expand
  2. iHeat
    Feb 1, 2020
    0
    Literally cant even refund the game once u have launched it once. Fake gameplay at blizzcon aswell. Literally nothing is in it, so many features removed that was in the classic version
  3. Sigmaveil
    Feb 1, 2020
    0
    Bad and glitch ridden gives dumpster fires a bad name. Ladies and gentlemen we have a new definition for cash grab at expense of consumers. What is betrayal of trust and anticipated practices for 200. Jeopardy reference
  4. Ryan555
    Feb 1, 2020
    2
    I grew up with this game, and blizzard turned around and lied to us. They locked down their custom maps behind greedy policies claiming all content as their own, they didn't deliver with the cut-scenes in the campaign having shown us a full cinematic in a trailer and then upon release they just swapped the old assets for the new ones and left the cut-scene more or less untouched, theyI grew up with this game, and blizzard turned around and lied to us. They locked down their custom maps behind greedy policies claiming all content as their own, they didn't deliver with the cut-scenes in the campaign having shown us a full cinematic in a trailer and then upon release they just swapped the old assets for the new ones and left the cut-scene more or less untouched, they didn't improve upon any of the systems or bugs from the original; but they did manage to introduce new ones, and finally to add insult to injury the game is optimized. We can't even return to the original version that we all love because they shut the servers down. Sure we can switch to classic graphics but all of the problems that come with this new version still plague the "original" mode.… Expand
  5. Taraske
    Feb 1, 2020
    0
    Broken game.................................................................
  6. Sycnex
    Feb 1, 2020
    0
    What a **** shame, Blizzard is dead
    What a **** shame, Blizzard is dead
    What a **** shame, Blizzard is dead
  7. Nysvern
    Feb 1, 2020
    0
    What The actual **** happened with blizz? Only Money mathers, eh? Fall from grace...
  8. TheMoistMaker
    Feb 1, 2020
    1
    Kind of an embarrassing moment for Blizzard. The poor chaps just cant seem to do anything right these past few years. Reforged suffers from a lack of what made the original version great and that was a sense of community. Even starcarft 2 at the time felt more of a community than this with its clans and clan feature. Starcraft 2 had at one point automated tournaments and stats. WithKind of an embarrassing moment for Blizzard. The poor chaps just cant seem to do anything right these past few years. Reforged suffers from a lack of what made the original version great and that was a sense of community. Even starcarft 2 at the time felt more of a community than this with its clans and clan feature. Starcraft 2 had at one point automated tournaments and stats. With reforged all those were taken away. The game was suppose to have renewed or retextured character models.. Just played a custom game yesterday and the charactet portrait is still the same as it was in 2003.… Expand
  9. lightingyang
    Feb 1, 2020
    0
    Worst Remaster game ever. Even lie to players by trailers. How could u do that?
  10. AndyNekca
    Feb 1, 2020
    0
    How dare you!
    People are suffering!
    Cant even understand why Blizzard HR ignoring all of this
  11. Zerox392
    Feb 1, 2020
    0
    Not sure what went wrong here from the SC2 game lobby to the atrocious AI, bugs galore and broken promises.
  12. llocin217
    Feb 1, 2020
    0
    A miserable effort from a company that use to pride itself on quality. Lies about features, downgrades and bugs. Run away while you can. "No King lives forever"
  13. Goblinino
    Feb 1, 2020
    0
    A remake of a 20 year old game, that looks and runs even worse than the original.
  14. AsteriaCL
    Feb 1, 2020
    0
    Worse remastered game ever. Totally felt like i was playing the exact same game but way worse that the original. Everything from lighting, cinematic to custom games, it is just pure disappointment. I have trouble playing the campaign as it often brings me to the result page whenever it finish loading, and it happen very frequently. After days, there was no updates to fix the minor issuesWorse remastered game ever. Totally felt like i was playing the exact same game but way worse that the original. Everything from lighting, cinematic to custom games, it is just pure disappointment. I have trouble playing the campaign as it often brings me to the result page whenever it finish loading, and it happen very frequently. After days, there was no updates to fix the minor issues that they have. What is Blizzard/Activision doing? Sleeping? Anyway I am gonna peace out until they fix this mess. If they are not planning to fix this, i guess Blizzard is really dead and they just lost a player forever.… Expand
  15. love2win
    Feb 1, 2020
    0
    i cant blieve it. blizzard died for me. first diablo mobile, and this refunded. i will not say anythink ...
  16. Manlizard
    Feb 1, 2020
    0
    Blizzard has had this coming for a while now. Ever since the Dumpster fire that was BFA, the Blitzchung debacle and now this lazy rip-off of a "Game".

    One of the most important games of Blizzards entire catalogue and they haven't got a shred of respect for it or their customers. Blizzard deserves to burn for this attrocious display of laziness and scumbaggery.
  17. SeventySix
    Feb 1, 2020
    1
    Do not buy this game. I repeat. Do not buy this game. This is not a proper remaster. They didn't even deliver even half of the promised featured and somehow even more broken than the original release. And don't get me started with the World Editor EULA change. Now any custom map you make is automatically owned by Blizzard without questions asked.
  18. Zigswag00n
    Feb 2, 2020
    0
    i remember booting up my pc after school and sitting on warcraft 3 for hours so when this was announced i was happy it was going to get some love after many years but after blizzards recent antics regarding diablo immortal and the china situations i was worried the game would be bad and guess what it was thanks blizzard you entirely deserve the hate you are getting for this abomination ofi remember booting up my pc after school and sitting on warcraft 3 for hours so when this was announced i was happy it was going to get some love after many years but after blizzards recent antics regarding diablo immortal and the china situations i was worried the game would be bad and guess what it was thanks blizzard you entirely deserve the hate you are getting for this abomination of the once masterpiece that was warcraft 3… Expand
  19. Tacobellsquirts
    Feb 1, 2020
    0
    Is this an out of season April fools joke? You showed us one thing and gave another, just with more rules and stipulations. Blizzard is slowly turning its own IPs into trash before our eyes.
  20. Luiszx15
    Feb 1, 2020
    0
    Realmente no entiendo como páginas que supuestamente analizan él juegos le pueden dar un 63 en promedio a un juego que es un insulto a los compradores , por otra parte gran decepción un juego tan Bueno lo volvieron una porquería , adiós blizzard.
  21. JohnnyKrow
    Feb 1, 2020
    0
    They promised something else, they are banning users for asking for refunds, they are locking us out of the old Warcraft 3 and made the worst remake I've ever seen in 20+ years.
  22. Timberwolfbroth
    Feb 2, 2020
    0
    I was streaming this game and trying to say good things about it by zooming in on the models. . . Then I discovered more problems. WAY MORE PROBLEMS. Like, "being able to see through models," kinda problems. And the "awkward UI with the sides showing the map" problems. And "The humans look like drug addicts" problems. And "The high elves look middle-aged and older" problems. And so. Much. MORE.
  23. Eliwoodnguyen
    Feb 2, 2020
    0
    So much lies which can only be put in an essay
    the lies the lies the lies
    Why gave so much promising then failed so hard on a game which finished 17 years ago ?. Im fine if they only said they only upgraded the graphic then nothing would happen The game even has so much bug then my house and i dont know why they even have a nerve to release the game then smash it to the ground SHAME    So much lies which can only be put in an essay
    the lies the lies the lies
    Why gave so much promising then failed so hard on a game which finished 17 years ago ?.
    Im fine if they only said they only upgraded the graphic then nothing would happen
    The game even has so much bug then my house and i dont know why they even have a nerve to release the game then smash it to the ground
    SHAME
    SHAME
    SHAME    … Expand
  24. washan
    Feb 1, 2020
    0
    I know Blizz sell game to testing game. But when did they start to sell untestable game?
  25. Kekeiddjdjwje
    Feb 2, 2020
    0
    Sorry guys I guess I’m gonna have to jump on the band wagon and rate this 0 until you guys get take action. Bobby Kotick is a **** hole
  26. ProjektKrieg
    Feb 2, 2020
    0
    There is no Blizzard anymore, only activision.

    If you are a Pleb or shill youll like it,
    if you played the original and thought you gonna get what was promised, youll hate it.

    Edit: looks like metacritic tries to help blizz by making it difficult to submit reviews, dont give up, we can get to 0.3!!!
  27. SRWooh
    Feb 2, 2020
    0
    Blizzard stopped letting us run the classic edition. WHY? Feel bad I cannot login the classic BN on the reforged edition. The SC remastered has the BN interface to let us login using our old accounts, but this game doesn't let us do it. I am afraid my old WC3 accounts and records disappear. Feel bad man...
  28. LPfreehugs
    Feb 1, 2020
    0
    An absolute abomination of a remaster. You broke your last heart Blizzard..
  29. J0g
    Feb 1, 2020
    0
    after reading so much bad about this game, I had to try it. And yes, it is bad, buggy lots for performance issues.
  30. Romeoviller
    Feb 5, 2020
    0
    I played warcraft 3 for 16 years. 16 years. i waited for the remaster for a long time.

    This is disgusting. Lazy no effort. Buchtering custem games I payed for this game for nostalgic reason's only. does not even give me the feeling of the warcraft 3 i loved. the Frame rate feels like a phone game. the mouse lag is horrible the internet connection does not work. The game is buggy as    I played warcraft 3 for 16 years. 16 years. i waited for the remaster for a long time.

    This is disgusting. Lazy no effort. Buchtering custem games
    I payed for this game for nostalgic reason's only.
    does not even give me the feeling of the warcraft 3 i loved.
    the Frame rate feels like a phone game.
    the mouse lag is horrible the internet connection does not work.
    The game is buggy as crap. the Hud does not even go to 1920x1080 You cant rebind keys this is not nostagic this is lazyness.

    To top it off they wont refund and i live in Australia so newsflash they are breaking the law. this game is trash and deserve no money.
    Also there is no warcraft 3 just reforged so if u payed for the old game guess what it don't matter cause blizzard don't give 2 cents.

    U ruin my First Rts game up yours blizzard.    … Expand
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Metascore
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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