

There is also enough graphic brutality to please most wargame enthusiasts. Still, the game is more realistic in its action than in its graphics-keeping in mind that the graphics were not intended to represent reality. Since Warcraft 2 is set in a fantasy realm where orcs and humans €battle for supremacy, realism only partially applies as a category anyway. But once I delved deeper into the play of the game, what seemed childish soon became endearing. After playing Command and Conquer a great deal, the cartoonish look and feel of Warcraft 2 was hard to take seriously. If you have typed correctly, you will be notified by the text "Cheat enabled" or "Cheat disabled".I must admit that the graphics of Warcraft 2 threw me off a bit at first. Type one of the cheats shown below and press return to activate it. Press Enter to bring up the "MESSAGE:" prompt. Warcraft II: Beyond the Dark Portal Expansion Warcraft II: Tides of Darkness Shareware v1.02elc (11,234,043 bytes) There are 28 campaigns in this game, with only 6 unique campaigns playable in the shareware demo.ĭownloads Warcraft II: Tides of Darkness Shareware v1.20elc (11,235,087 bytes) The game was re-released in 1999 as Warcraft II: Battlenet Edition for Windows and Mac, which made it easier to play multi-player games over the internet. An expansion pack called Beyond the Dark Portal added two new campaigns and ten new heroes. Once an area has been explored, it continues to be semi-revealed after units are no longer within sight of that area (called "Fog of War map masking"): the terrain is remembered, but you can no longer see enemy units on that part of the map. The resolution is doubled to SVGA 640×480 (which still doesn't let you see much of the screen), maps come in multiple sizes, oil is added as a third resource type, naval and aerial units are added, and up to nine units can be given orders at a time. This time, the humans have allies, such as elves, gnomes and dwarves, and form the Alliance, while orcs have allies such as trolls, goblins and ogres, and form the Horde.

Published by Blizzard Entertainment, Ubi Soft Entertainmentīarely a year after the release of its popular predecessor, Warcraft II brings a number of advancements to the Blizzard's medieval RTS franchise.
