Description
For the kingdoms of Azeroth the real-time battle between Humans and Orcs continues with Warcraft II: Tides of Darkness, the sequel to its highly succesful predecessor...
Warcraft II comes with many new features like fighting not only over land but also over sea and air; SVGA 640x480 resolution graphics with many new 3D-rendered buildings and
units; multiplayer play support with up to 8 players, as well as a redbook audio soundtrack and a scenario editor that allows you to design and create your own scenarios--however you need to have Windows 3.1, 95 or better to run the scenario editor although Warcraft II is a DOS-based game.
Alternate Titles
- "WarCraft II: Blood Seas" -- Working title
- "War2" -- Common abbreviation
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User Reviews
The Press Says
| Entertainment Weekly |
Mar 22, 1996 |
A |
100 |
| PC Player (Brazil) |
May, 1996 |
 |
100 |
| Coming Soon Magazine |
Feb 14, 1996 |
94 out of 100 |
94 |
| PC Gameplay (Benelux) |
Jan, 1996 |
93 out of 100 |
93 |
| Game Revolution |
Feb 06, 2004 |
A- |
91 |
| PC Games (Germany) |
Jan, 1996 |
90 out of 100 |
90 |
| Power Play |
Jan, 1996 |
89 out of 100 |
89 |
| Gamezilla |
Dec 03, 2000 |
89 out of 100 |
89 |
| PC Player (Germany) |
Dec, 1995 |
87 out of 100 |
87 |
| GameStar (Germany) |
Feb, 1998 |
84 out of 100 |
84 |
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Trivia
Rumor has it that legendary Civilization designer Sid Meier remained skeptical of multiplayer gaming until he saw how much fun his daughter had beating him at Warcraft II.
