Warcraft III Expansion

Ultra Magnus writes "Looks like Blizzard is releasing an expansion pack to WC3. I've always been pleased with their expansions before, so I hope this lives up to expectations."

Comments

If Blizzard is thinking SC ...

[webdevcoder]

If Blizzard is trying to do to Warcraft III, what BroodWar did yo Starcraft ... Good Luck. They are missing their time as Warcraft III did little to innovate unlike SC. For that reason, it may just be better to tap into the SC users and release something good, like a well designed SC2 :)

Re:But, we're boycotting WC3 this week, right?

[Anonvmous Coward]

"Or am I off on the weekly schedule? Because I could swear this was the week we're upset over the DMCA server stuff."

I know you're being funny, but the truth is that the market needs AAA games. Boycotting Blizzard would do more harm than good. (Besides, it's Vivendi you're after..)

Disappointed

[Shamashmuddamiq]

I bought WC3 on the first day of its release. A huge starcraft fan, I couldn't imagine it could have been bad. I played WC3 nonstop for weeks in a row, and I didn't like it nearly as much as StarCraft. "That's OK," I thought, "it's just because I haven't played it as much as StarCraft."

Well, I slowly came to the realization that I didn't like the game very much. It was just boring. I got the feeling that part of the reason that StarCraft was so fun was because you could be creative and play strategies that the developers hadn't intended. Unfortunately, they must have thought that was a bad thing, because in WC3, they capped the unit limit much lower and added the annoying concept of "upkeep". Now, every game is the same (you have like two or three strategy options), and if one of your team's partners is a bad player or just uncooperative, you're screwed.

I'll buy the expansion. I hope it turns my opinion of the game around. I really *want* to like WC3. If it's even half as good as SC, it should give me limitless hours of entertainment.

Hrmm...

[smasherbob]

Let's take a look here:

One new Hero per race, each possessing powerful spells and magical abilities specifically designed to enhance each race

A host of new units, each equipped with new abilities and spells, giving players the opportunity to create diverse strategic and tactical forms of combat

3 new tilesets featuring extraordinary new lands to explore, complete with numerous creeps and critters to wage war upon

Player-built shops, unique for each race, equipped with items carefully designed to improve and aid the units of every race

Neutral buildings, which will provide players with numerous new upgrades, items and abilities

Neutral Heroes, available for recruitment by all players, that can supplement and strengthen a player's army with all new spells and abilities

An advanced world editor that allows players to create their own custom campaigns, complete with cut-scenes and voiceovers

Many new multiplayer maps

Expanded multiplayer options over Battle.net® including multiple new game types, clan and tournament support.

Well, I'm dissapointed that the Burning Legion didn't somehow worm their way into the expansion as a playable race, buuuut... it's nice that there will be new clan features. That's something I've always wondered about - in all the FPS and RTS and RPGs and yada yada, why the heck are clans always an out-of-game feature? You'd think by now that game developers would have gotten wind of the fact that gamers like to group together. Why not give them options to solidify that in-game?

Well...

[Snaller]

Somebody has made a custom map called "Bomb bin laden", so there might :)

After all the most played WC3 games on BattleNet seems to be custom games (ie, people make maps which not like regular games, different rules, units etc)

I just checked BattleNet:

Number of Starcraft games being played: 10967

Number of Warcraft III games being played: 4925


Perhaps that should tell them something ;)