![]() ![]() But Warcraft 2 is much brighter and more in the chunky colourful Blizzard style we're used to today. Warcraft 2 is much more the ticket, although, remember, the series didn't properly thicken with stories and heroes until Warcraft 3. Story? Some amusingly voiced codswallop, on a still screen before each mission, is all you're getting. And you can't use controls like you want to. I've just been playing it and oh my golly gosh it's antiquated. ![]() Warcraft was a very different beast back then. Imagine it - a time when Friends was new! Back then, real-time strategy games were all the rage, and canny Blizzard sniffed an opportunity to release an RTS before Westwood dropped Command & Conquer. Warcraft 1 came out all the way back in 1994 (in the US) - the same year Friends aired on TV. ![]() So, there are two modes for playing Warcraft 2: one with higher resolutions but only LAN play, the other with SVGA graphics but classic support. GOG hasn't done much to Warcraft 1 beyond make it work on today's operating systems, but it has given Warcraft 2 similar treatment to the recently released Diablo 1. Warcraft 1 is $6, Warcraft 2 is $10, and the latter includes both the Tides of Darkness base game and the Dark Portal expansion. Oh gee oh gee oh gee oh gee - Warcraft: Orcs & Humans and Warcraft 2 are now available on GOG.com! ![]()
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