Ahhh, Warcraft III, still great...
I remember getting the original Warcraft, purely because of the great demo that made me think "Oh look, some unknown company has done a blatant fantasy rip-off of Dune II!"
And Warcraft II is, I think, the only game I ever got without having any previews or reviews for it. I just saw it in the shops one day and it was like "Blimey! Blizzard (no longer unknown but not yet famous) have done a sequel to Warcraft! I hope it's not crap, it has a lot to live uo to with C&C out..." It was great, of course.
Of course, these days the idea that Blizzard could release a game and me not know about is patently absurd- they take bloody AGES over them.
But what is there o look forwards to now? World of Warcraft? Nice to see Blizzard turn their attention to another genre but no way can I afford a subscription when I can role-play at hime with friends for free. Ghost? Console only.
Starcraft II? Assuming it exists, itmust be a VERY long way from completion.
Darn it...
Anyway, I believe I have said most of that before... I am an Undead player in WIII but I am way behind on practicing multi-player/skirmish games, which are always odd little things, not like single player at all.
I used to write campaigns for my friends for Starcraft- multi-player ones at that, with differing alliances and plot triggers and such. I really should do it for War III...
I'm thinking they may release another expansion for warcraft 3. Maybe with the Naga as a playable race.
About skirmish, they are pretty hard when you're used to the slow paced campaign levels where you can just build a base at your own leisure, while fighting off a group of about 7 enemy units. In skirmish, they charge at you with like 30 guys withen 15 minutes. You really gotta be quick at skirmish, same goes for multiplayer.
And my favorite race at the moment is the Orcs, they are so strong, I love em. But strangely my preference changes constantly, like last week I liked using night elves best. Now Orcs, and I have a feeling that Humans will be my next favorite race.
Anyways, I'd love to figure out how to write levels and campaigns, but it's too much work for me... 😛
Blizzard have never released two expansions for one game and it is against their design philsoophy to keep concentrating on an older project- they don't have the time, and they did not do it for Starcraft, as Fire says. Does anyone have any reason to think they will other than that you want them to?
BTW, I like Frozen Throne and so do most the fans- the changes made to unit balancing went down a treat.
Warcraft III had the Elves that couldn't be played- no-one moaned about that. I do not see why TFT should be any different.