The game also introduced computer-controlled ‘creeps’ which attack any faction – another important building block for the creation of the MOBA genre. This in turn limited the number of units you can control at once to just 12, which is very different to the massive armies fielded by most other RTS games. Warcraft 3’s main additions to the formula were hero units with unique abilities, that can be levelled up like a role-playing game. It’s certainly strange to think that turn-based games are now much more popular, as originally the real-time concept was seen as a way to modernise strategy games and make them more widely appealing. Given how long it’s been since the genre was popular there’ll no doubt be many, especially console gamers, who don’t even know what a real-time strategy game is. Since it only used 2D sprites that would’ve been a lot of work though and the one thing Warcraft 3: Reforged makes clear is that Blizzard don’t have that kind of patience when it comes to a remaster like this. They have been on a bit of a nostalgia drive for Warcraft lately, following the release of World Of Warcraft Classic, but we’re a little surprised they didn’t remaster Warcraft 2 first, as that was the one that really put the franchise, and Blizzard themselves, on the map. Whether Blizzard ever intends to make a Warcraft 4 is a mystery, but it seems unlikely in the short term. #MAP WARCRAFT 3 POKEMON DEFENSE MODS#Its built-in map editor led to the creation of many Tower Defense style mods and maps, with Defense Of The Ancients (itself influenced by the Aeon Of Strife map for Starcraft) leading directly to League Of Legends and Dota 2 – still amongst the most popular video games in the world today. As one of the last great games of the real-time strategy (RTS) golden age, Warcraft 3 is notable enough in its own right but it’s also the game that helped popularise the MOBA genre, which makes it extremely relevant today.
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