Fans of the Warcraft series unite as a team of modders has released a proper Warcraft 2 remake within the Warcraft III: Reforged engine.
Created by ‘LoreCraft Designs’, this ambitious project has been in the works for several years with the first missions being made available back in 2020. Fast forward more than three years, and the team behind the project has now released the Horde campaign missions. The custom campaign within 2020’s Warcraft III remake is called the “Chronicles of the Second War” with the “Tides of Darkness” being the first part of the series.
“Relive the events of Warcraft II orc campaign, reimagined in Reforged engine”, the description of the fan remake reads. “Experience rich lore from the events of the Second War, based on classic games and novels.”
In order to be able to play this proper remake of 1995’s classic Warcraft II, players will need to own Warcraft III: Reforged. It’s an impressive-looking custom campaign featuring 17 missions complete with voice acting that will surely be appreciated by fans of the original Warcraft RTS games. It packs a catchy soundtrack, boss battles, the oil resource system from Warcraft II, lore, cinematics, naval combat, and much more.
We’ve included the main features of the campaign below alongside its launch trailer.
- 17 Missions packed with captivating gameplay
- Cinematics capturing and expanding on important lore moments
- Lore conveyed through immersing gameplay, bringing you back into WC2 era
- Voice Acting for over 1500 lines, from unit quotes to cinematics
- Soundtrack recreating original Warcraft II music, made by talented artists
- Heroes and characters introduced through gameplay and cameos
- Oil Resource system from classic Warcraft II, for immersive naval experience
- Boss Battles with engaging and challenging mechanics inspired by World of Warcraft
At the moment of writing, the team behind the project hasn’t shared details about the release of the second part featuring the Human campaign, but we’ll update you as soon as we learn more about this project. Those interested can download the custom Warcraft 2 campaign here.
Here’s what we wrote about 2020’s Warcraft 3 remake in our review, which, sadly enough, wasn’t the game that Blizzard promised fans. From the looks of it, however, this proper Warcraft 2 fan remake does deliver.
“Warcraft III: Reforged isn’t the game that was promised, but is still a valuable reconstruction of one of the most influential titles in the history of video games. This release is, sadly, riddled with bugs as well as marred by the terrible decisions of Blizzard, particularly that of the false advertising that persists now even after launch. However, despite this, there’s little doubting that Warcraft III: Reforged has a compelling story that, even eighteen years on, remains one of the most engaging in the genre. The gameplay holds strong to this day and with the tweaks and upgrades, this is an undeniable diamond in the rough.”
