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
| PC Player (Brazil) |
May, 1996 |
 |
100 |
| PC Gamer |
Mar, 1996 |
96 out of 100 |
96 |
| Coming Soon Magazine |
Feb 14, 1996 |
94 out of 100 |
94 |
| GameSpot |
May 01, 1996 |
9.3 out of 10 |
93 |
| 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 |
| Gamezilla |
Dec 03, 2000 |
89 out of 100 |
89 |
| PC Player (Germany) |
Dec, 1995 |
87 out of 100 |
87 |
| High Score |
Mar, 1996 |
3 out of 5 |
60 |
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Trivia
All of the buildings and units for WarCraft II were originally created from 3d models. Then, after the frames of animation were set, these were given to artists to draw over, giving the game an animated look rather than a 3-D look.
