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Warcraft II: Tides of Darkness

1995 89 / 100 Real Time Strategy (RTS) Strategy

Warcraft II: Tides of Darkness is a Strategy video game published by Blizzard Entertainment released on 1995 for MS-DOS. Warcraft 2 is a successor of the popular Warcraft real-time strategy game. The game contains many improvements over the previous version in graphics, sounds and playability. The Multiplayer was also greatly improved allowing up to 8 players in the marvelous multiplayer skirmish.

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Strategy Genre Fantasy Theme Multiplayer Mode Single player Mode Bird view / Isometric Perspective Multiplayer Game feel Role-playing Game feel
World design Nicht eindeutig Game modeMultiplayer GameplayRole-playing

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Story & context

The First War brought the Fall of Azeroth, following the Orc campaign in Warcraft: Orcs & Humans. The survivors of Azeroth have fled by sea to the Human kingdom of Lordaeron, and the Orcs have decided to conquer Lordaeron, in what is known as the Second War. Both sides have acquired allies and new capabilities, including naval and air units, and more powerful spellcasters. In the Second War, the Orcs are successful at first, but the Humans and their allies take the initiative, partly thanks to an Orc rebellion initiated by the warlock Gul'dan, who seeks to raise the sunken Tomb of Sargeras. Eventually, the Alliance forces push the Horde to Blackrock Spire, but Anduin Lothar, commander of the Alliance, is slain there. At the final battle around the Dark Portal in Azeroth, the Alliance exterminates one Orc clan and captures the Orc supreme commander and the remnants of his forces. Hoping to avoid further invasions, the Alliance destroys the Dark Portal.

Game modeMultiplayer GameplayRole-playing GenreReal Time Strategy (RTS) GenreStrategy ThemeFantasy Traitalliance Traitartificial intelligence Traitbattle.net Traitbeen here before Traitbloody Traitbook tie-in Traitconstruction Traitdeath Traitdial-up wide area network game operation Traitfury Traitgod mode Traitgood vs evil Traithorde Traithorse Traitin-game announcer Traitin-game map editor Traitmelee Traitmining Traitmod support Traitnaval warfare Traitnever-ending Traitnon-player character Traitorcs Traitoriginal soundtrack release Traitpc to console port Traitprofessional gaming Traitreal-time Traitresource gathering Traitrivaling factions Traitrpg elements Traitsaving the world Traitshaman Traitshape-shifting Traitsheep Traitstatic defense Traitsword & sorcery Traittrilogy

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Studios & ownership

Studio & publishing

Developer
Blizzard Entertainment
Publisher
Blizzard Entertainment
Franchise
Warcraft
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Spielprofil

Modi
Multiplayer, Single player
Perspective
Bird view / Isometric
Themes
Fantasy
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Platform releases

  • DOS Jan 1996
  • DOS Aug 05, 1998
  • DOS Dec 05, 1995
  • Mac Jan 1996
  • Mac Aug 05, 1998
  • Mac Dec 05, 1995

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