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.

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Alternate Titles

"WarCraft II: Blood Seas" -- Working title
"War2" -- Common abbreviation

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Part of the Following Groups

Merchant	Title	Platform	Price
	War Craft II Tides of Darkness	DOS	$7.80
	Warcraft II: Tides of Darkness
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User Reviews

So charming, you’ll overlook all of its flaws.	DOS	PCGamer77 (3030)
Customs scenarios make this one replayable	DOS	anton treuenfels (37)
Exploding sheep! (see below on details, details, details)	DOS	Cyric (50)
Warcraft II has aged well	DOS	Roedie (5212)
By land, air and water...	DOS	Depth Lord (949)
A genre inside of itself	DOS	Sam Tinianow (100)
The only RTS I ever really enjoyed playing	DOS	Kalirion (419)
A classic.	DOS	Tomer Gabel (4429)
Hack 'n' Slash	DOS	Horny-Bullant (56)
An excellent RTS game, marred by repetitive AI	DOS	Asher (7)

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The Press Says

High Score	Macintosh	Nov, 1996	5 out of 5	100
Entertainment Weekly	DOS	Mar 22, 1996	A	100
PC Gamer	DOS	Mar, 1996	96 out of 100	96
GameSpot	DOS	May 01, 1996	9.3 out of 10	93
Jeuxvideo.com	Macintosh	Apr 14, 2010	18 out of 20	90
Power Play	DOS	Jan, 1996	89 out of 100	89
PC Player (Germany)	DOS	Dec, 1995	87 out of 100	87
Génération 4	Macintosh	Nov, 1996		83
macHOME	Macintosh	1997		80
High Score	DOS	Mar, 1996	3 out of 5	60

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Forums

Topic	# Posts	Last Post
Still up ?	6	Sciere (170742) Jul 31, 2008
Permission ?	13	DJP Mom (11123) Feb 26, 2008

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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.

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This entry was contributed by Accatone (5221) and Terok Nor (15629)