Fans of retro strategies have a holiday: Blizzard Entertainment did not stop at the original Diablo and, following it, released the Warcraft: Orcs & Humans and Warcraft II strategies on GOG. The first costs 289 rubles, the second - 449 rubles. Those who wish to purchase both can buy a set for 699 rubles. Both games, as is customary in GOG, do not have DRM protection. Cloud saves are supported, voice acting and interface are available only in English.
For the release on GOG, the developers changed almost nothing in Orcs & Humans, except for making optimizations for seamless operation on modern operating systems. But Warcraft II, like the previously released Diablo I, is available in two versions, which can be selected in the launch application. Classic allows you to enjoy the game in its original form and take advantage of the online Battle.net mode. And the updated one supports only LAN, but it can be displayed in a higher resolution due to proportional scaling.
In Warcraft: Orcs & Humans, you can take part in the very first Battle for Azeroth and lead human or orc troops to crush your enemies. Warcraft I came out way back in 1994, when real-time strategy games were all the rage. It's a very old game that even retained the MS-DOS loading screen. There is no stylistics and videos familiar from the following games - only voiced text on a stationary background.
βDiscover the World of Warcraft - a mysterious land where evil orcs and noble people fight for survival and power. Use intricate weapons and powerful magic from each side to defeat your opponent in a test of cunning, intelligence and brute strength,β reads the description.
Warcraft II includes both the original Tides of Darkness and the Beyond the Dark Portal expansion. In this game, the graphics have become much prettier, become brighter and closer to the modern style, ships appeared, and instead of people and orcs, the Alliance and Horde came, including other races like elves, trolls, dwarves, goblins, ogres and others. Videos appeared here that at one time excited the imagination.
The official description of the project is: βReturn to the world of Warcraft, where battles between evil orcs and noble people do not stop. Unleash all your skills acquired in the brutal battles of Warcraft: Orcs & Humans on rivals playing as humans or orcs. Continue the battle for Azeroth with powerful new allies, fearsome creatures and intricate weapons."
Recall that now Blizzard is working on a full-fledged re-release of Warcraft III with the subtitle Reforged: it will have completely redesigned graphics, updated videos, support for 4K, and so on, but the gameplay will remain in its original form. The developers claim that Warcraft III: Reforged will run even on 15-year-old graphics cards.
Source: 3dnews.ru