Warcraft III: Reign of Chaos

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9.2

Universal acclaim- based on 2386 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 2,196 out of 2386
  2. Mixed: 132 out of 2386
  3. Negative: 58 out of 2386
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  1. Tone19
    Feb 3, 2020
    0
    Reforged destroyed the game - how could you do this to a fifteen year legacy.
  2. SHODAN
    Nov 10, 2007
    4
    Redundant and uninspired. Warcraft 2 and, particularly, StarCraft are far more competent games.
  3. GaryH.
    Jan 4, 2007
    4
    Just the same old, dull, stupid formula rehashed, with ugly 3D graphics. If you've played WC2 all the way to the end, there's no real reason to bother with this one.
  4. CodyK.
    Jul 15, 2005
    4
    I loved Warcraft II, but couldn
  5. Deezick
    Feb 4, 2020
    0
    I've been playing this game since 2002/2003 but Blizzard ruined it with the reforged update. Stay away now.
  6. TedW.
    Jul 17, 2002
    1
    This game is flat out bad. Multiplayer is the same rushing sh*t from StarCraft only with out the zerglings. The supposed 'balance' is simply a glorified version of rock, paper, scissors. The single player while having a decent story line is a drawn out, pain in the ass. Do not buy this game. Buying it tells Blizzard that they can make money by producing inferior games.
  7. makkenr95
    Feb 2, 2020
    0
    Game crashed my computer after new patch. Great job guys. You destroyed the game ive played and loved all my life
  8. WeaponBoy
    Jul 8, 2002
    3
    It's a pretty weak game. The AI is terrible and is obviously breaking the rules. Plus it's not much fun when the computer gets four fully built bases while you get one base which is horribly placed.
  9. JonH.
    Apr 9, 2003
    4
    I dislike this game because there is no vaerity in the teams&units, and there is only one difficuty of AI and the campaign didnt go on for very long:( yet the graphics and mutliplayer are good and fast. still at times the graphics can be confusing in combat.
  10. MichaelU.
    Feb 14, 2008
    2
    At first i thought this game was cool, because it was about warcraft. I played world of warcraft before it, so i wanted to play this. What a big mistake that was. The characters look completely cartoonish and can be compared to fisher price people. The idea of upgrading your buildings and troops seems cool at first, but it later gets annoying and you keep forgetting about it. On most maps At first i thought this game was cool, because it was about warcraft. I played world of warcraft before it, so i wanted to play this. What a big mistake that was. The characters look completely cartoonish and can be compared to fisher price people. The idea of upgrading your buildings and troops seems cool at first, but it later gets annoying and you keep forgetting about it. On most maps you start off with about 10 people while the enemy has about 4 bases. The biggest armies consist of 16 people, making it feel more like a scouting party than an army. At first i liked the idea of heroes, but after a while you seem to use them for everything because they are way too powerful. They are basically the equvillant of 15 people, so you can defend your whole base with him and 5 people. The idea of needing air units to attack air units is also dumb. The average building can produce 1 or 2 types of troops, so you have to keep switching between buildings to produce different types of troops. Altogether it feels like 100 pots boiling at the same time. The only good part is the story. Its hard to make a strategy game that has bad graphics, gameplay, objectives, army sizes, and unbalanced characters all at once, but warcraft 3 rises to the challenge.… Expand
  11. Dahman
    Nov 12, 2006
    4
    It seemed repetative and boring, the only good thing about this warcraft compaired to the earlier 2 are the graphics, which aren't even stunning.
  12. VortexTheory
    Jul 17, 2017
    1
    Fix this ass game. If a human god (lyking) says it needs fixing then you know they did something wrong. Why are you allowing a tier 1 unit to counter a tier 3? Is Blizzard retarded?
  13. Valgeth
    Oct 9, 2020
    2
    I for one never liked reign of chaos, the story is slow and a chore to play, its really just one long tutorial, you get units after every few levels and get accustomed to using them, every few sequence just shows how some units joined certain factions and so on, but when you do get around to actually understanding the story its wonderful, but it has huge plotholes and missed opportunities.I for one never liked reign of chaos, the story is slow and a chore to play, its really just one long tutorial, you get units after every few levels and get accustomed to using them, every few sequence just shows how some units joined certain factions and so on, but when you do get around to actually understanding the story its wonderful, but it has huge plotholes and missed opportunities. The artstyle is GREAT, really good stuff that only reflection can make you realize, the cinematics are flawless. The gameplay is a real step up from War2 but my God is the hero system janked. This game has a huge learning curve, better be ready to grind those how-to videos and practice over and over till you finally git gud, the enemy AI cheats in custom game, its collection rate and training time is better than yours, but with enough strategy you can win.… Expand
  14. Nepen1he
    Mar 10, 2022
    0
    games out of politics, juegos fuera de la politica, jogos fora da política
  15. Snodog
    Oct 14, 2021
    1
    I dont understand everyone’s love for this game. The story is told with convenience and contrivance, not cause and effect. Things just… happen and characters just… .do things whether its within their character or not. It seems like it was a stop gap game they made to introduce World of Warcraft instead of a well thought out and executed game itself. You run around with only a fewI dont understand everyone’s love for this game. The story is told with convenience and contrivance, not cause and effect. Things just… happen and characters just… .do things whether its within their character or not. It seems like it was a stop gap game they made to introduce World of Warcraft instead of a well thought out and executed game itself. You run around with only a few troops so its like you’re in a party or a platoon at maximum, not an army. The “Horde” is made up of like… 9 orcs and 4 trolls. Buildings are so big, stacking defensive structures takes up half of the screen. With other RTS’s that had been released before this, like Red Alert 1, 2, Tiberium Sun, StarCraft, and many many more, its a wonder they botched it up so bad. Honestly, when I look at it, it see a failed attempt at making World of Warcraft before getting it right with the actual World of Warcraft. Damage is slow and arbitrary. 5 guys can be pounding on 1 peon and it will take him forever to die. When you’re escaping the prison as Keal’Thazad, you have to “stop them” from getting to the alarms, but the slow damage means you just have to kill him before his weak swings destroy whatever asset they used as the alarms. Skip this and play WoW as this just seems to be a crappy attempt at it first.… Expand
  16. Enerla
    Jun 11, 2022
    2
    It was a good game before, but as Reforged replaced the old game with an even more limited form of Reforged, I have to say things become much worse. With how this affected mods community, how Blizzard support is terrible, these new problems turned a legendary game to some junk you probably won't want to buy.
  17. Wangarat
    Feb 26, 2023
    0
    Didn't like graphics bad characters bad game very badly done Do not recommend.

Awards & Rankings

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#2 Best PC Game of 2002
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#2 Most Discussed PC Game of 2002
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#6 Most Shared PC Game of 2002

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Metascore
92

Universal acclaim - based on 40 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 40 out of 40
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 40
  3. Negative: 0 out of 40
  1. Game Over Online
    90
    Graphically, Warcraft III is breathtaking.
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  2. Maxim Online
    100
    Completely reinvented in glorious 3-D, WCIII spruces up the age-old premise—organize armies and send them into battle against opposing forces—with much-improved graphics and a new pyrotechnic spell-casting system.
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  3. Cincinnati Enquirer
    90
    May very well be the most beloved PC game of the year.
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