7/4/2023 0 Comments Warcraft 3![]() ![]() Of course, it wasn’t just the reviews that slammed the game. Most significantly, Warcraft 3: Reforged’s client completely replaced the original game, rendering it inaccessible, which meant that not only was Reforged a bad remaster, it somehow managed to actively make the original game – an unabashed masterpiece in its own right – worse. It was a failure on all fronts, and it didn’t help at all that Blizzard made some other questionable decisions related to the game as well that only served to frustrate the community more. Reviews were surprisingly negative by and large, with criticism being focused on a number of factors, including the poor technical state the game had launched in, it’s cumbersome UI, the fact that many features that Blizzard had promised before launch were missing (like updated cutscenes and re-recorded voice overs), and the fact that even some key features from the original game were missing (like clans and the ladder system). Warcraft 3: Reforged launched in January 2020, and it was instantly clear upon its release that the game was something of an unmitigated disaster. Rather than going all out with the remaster and delivering a truly definitive version of an all-time classic, Blizzard Entertainment made one wrong decision after another – enforced by directives from Activision, which we’ll get to in a bit – and that led to, quite simply, a disastrous game. You’d think that a remaster of a project with that kind of legacy would warrant proper care and attention from Blizzard, but things, of course, turned out very differently. ![]() Warcraft 3 is, of course, a special game- widely regarded as one of the greatest strategy games ever made, it holds a special place in the hearts of millions and is often seen as a landmark PC title. ![]() Recent years, however, have brought a few blemishes to Blizzard’s pristine record- and probably the biggest blemish of the lot is Warcraft 3: Reforged. When Blizzard put out a new game, the entire industry would pause and take notice, and almost as a rule, these new games would shatter expectations and be met with rapturous critical and commercial reception. Until not too long ago, Blizzard Entertainment still had all the prestige that the developer had typically been associated with over the years. ![]()
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