WarCraft II: Battle Chest

The Good
Warcraft II is clearly one of the most enduring real time strategy games ever. The nice thing about this game is that it contains both the original game (Warcraft II:Tides of Darkness) and it's expansion (Warcraft II:Beyond the Dark Portal) on one convenient disc. The price is very attractive for the amount of content. The game has been updated from the initial release with support for the Windows OS, resampled sound, battle.net support, the ability to hotkey units as well as structures, and a number of other features that make a good game better. The game lets you choose your race and the campaigns progress along a storyline that is quite well written. There are also lots of scenarios to keep you busy. Then there is the battle.net support for multiplayer that ensures that the game will never old. Beating the computer is one thing, beating another human is where the true strategy comes into play. The AI by the way has been slightly improved so it reacts more logically to what is going on in the game. The graphics are colorful and complement the game nicely. The artwork and attention to detail are simply amazing. The cutscenes are fairly good even by today's standards. The voice acting in the game are top notch. The responses given when a unit is highlighted are hilarious. The best part is the more you click on them the more angry they get. Nice touch.

The Bad
There is not a lot to dislike in this game. One of the things I have noticed is that some of the sound effects seem to be just a bit scratchy at times though by far the majority of the time it sounds just fine.

The Bottom Line
One of the best classic real-time strategy games that still gets a lot of play time on Battle.net.