blizzard WarCraft 2 Remake in WC3: Reforged

[Starym 3,779]

 

WarCraft 3: Reforged was always hoped to be a platform for potential mod remakes of the earlier games and much more creativity besides, but after the very rocky launch that seemed to fall to the wayside a bit. But now we have a really great project to look forward to, as Chronicles of the Second War, a WC2: Tides of Darkness remake is in testing and already has 4 missions ready, as well as a cool trailer!

You can download the mod, for now featuring just the first 4 missions over at HiveWorkshop!

A dedicated team is working on this awesome project and have already done a whole lot, from the new unit models, campaign implementation and so much more. You can check out their aims, features for the mod and everyone involved below:

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We aim to recreate the campaign of WarCraft II in Reforged, giving it fresh gameplay, custom assets and extended lore. The project was set in
motion for years before Reforged even came out, meaning that a solid foundation is set in place. This is a tremendous task which requires a lot of
skill, resources and time. Everything is put into motion and we have a solid "pool" of assets so far. We do appreciate your support and donations
to help us compensate our efforts and dedication in delivering a fresh experience of Blizzard's old game to the newer generation.

Features:

Story will be heavy drawn from established lore in original games, World of Warcraft, Chronicles and other book series. While there are some discrepancies when it comes to certain events and characters, we made sure to deliver a clean, straight and presentable series of events that transpired in the second war.

Characters from the original early games will be featured in our campaign. Some will be cameos or appear in cinematics, while many others will be playable, such as: Anduin Lothar, Turalyon, Kargath Bladefist, Grom Hellscream and many other legendary characters from Warcraft lore who participated in the second war.

Gameplay will be greatly improved from the original game, meaning WarCraft III / Reforged style overhaul, which will include both ¨Tides of Darkness¨ and ¨Beyond the Dark Portal¨. The campaign will be story-linear driven unlike WarCraft II which depended heavily on choosing a side and "determining the outcome of the story" as well as having cool cinematics and sidequests.

Custom Assets fitting both WarCraft II aesthetic as well as apearances from World of Warcraft will be used for units, heroes and buildings. Meaning each Orcish Clan, Human Kingdom as well as other important faction such as Dwarves will feature many unique models and skins. This also includes custom doodads to improve the terrain and scenery. These assets are made with attention to their theme, for example Orcs will have Warlords of Draenor appearance, as well as the one seen in the WarCraft movie.

Techtree will of course be updated yet still keeping the feeling of to the original game. Units and heroes will have fitting abilities. Additionally unique aspects of different factions will add a flair to the base techtree, while a completely new one will be made for the Dwarves of Khaz Modan.

Voice Acting is important for immersion and will be featured for all characters and new Units. While our team has a mini-studio that is suitable for a clean voice acting we are also looking for others with such setups who could contribute to the project. The project is helmed by me (ShadiHD) & Tamplier777 and the team's roles are as follows: Tamplier777 - core plot writing, building and unit models, voice acting, animating, triggering, mapping, lore tweaking, project assembling ShadiHD - team & project management, custom modelling and texturing, voice acting, mapping, lore tweaking, assembling Moonman - RMS modelling and texturing (human units, characters, doodads), icons, presentation & video montage Bagysta - RMS modelling and texturing (orc units, characters) Triceron - RMS + custom modelling and texturing (characters, unique units) antontama - melee multiplayer aspects of purist WC2 gameplay, icons, project marketing, community outreach

And here's a slightly earlier  video showcasing the Orcs:

Source.

[Aernath 173]

49 minutes ago, Starym said:

Story will be heavy drawn from established lore in original games, World of Warcraft, Chronicles and other book series. While there
are some discrepancies when it comes to certain events and characters, we made sure to deliver a clean, straight and presentable
series of events that transpired in the second war.

THIS! I'M IN!

[Lithari 194]

1 minute ago, Aernath said:

THIS! I'M IN!

I wonder how quickly this will be shut down, cause those models were miles better than the ones that Blizz used in the Warcraft 3 reforged....it threatens their reputation.

[Arcling 877]

They really need to finally bring back the custom campaign feature for stuff like this. So many months and they still haven't released it.

Edited September 27, 2020 by Arcling

[Mishmish 65]

Amazing. This is what i wanted blizz to do with reforged, but maybe fans will do it better instead. 

[Abion47 0]

This looks awesome. Have you already started looking for voice actors?

[Hotpants 5]

On 10/1/2020 at 12:47 AM, Abion47 said:

This looks awesome. Have you already started looking for voice actors?

they better, the current voiceovers are pretty cringe.