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« on: August 29, 2002, 07:44:44 PM »
Okay, having posted a fair amount concerning this game, I have to disagree with the review posted on the TWG site. The game is NOTHING NEW. New graphics, yes, but the gameplay is the same as all the older Warcraft titles.
Heroes do keep their levels from level to level, but all heores become inconsequential once the current campaign is done. For example: once the Human campaign is over, Arthus (the paladin dude) ceases to exist. He becomes a deathknight or something in the Undead campaign, but he starts at level 1 again (even if he was a level 10 paladin). Blah.
As for the graphics themselves, the cut scenes are incredible. Despite anything else bad I say about the game, I loved the cutscenes. Blizzard always does a great job with those. The in-game graphics are nothing special...a bit dated and angular. They work for the scope of this game, but they're nothing special.
Like I've said a million times, the tech tree/unit advancement is nothing new. Build a lumber mill to be able to upgrade your town hall to build the next building...blah. By your little ranking system, it's Red Alert style (20 minutes or less and you've got everything).
I was VERY disappointed by the final level. You have to hold off this "huge" invasion force for 45 minutes (real time). I had destroyed the enemy base within the first 15 minutes, and then literally had to sit and idle for 30 minutes before I could beat the game and see the final cutscene.
Nothing special. Bad game? No. Great game? No.