Warcraft 3 The Frozen Throne

Warcraft III: Reign of Chaos (War3 or WC3) is a real-time strategy computer game released by Blizzard Entertainment in July 2002. It is the second sequel to Warcraft: Orcs & Humans, the third game set in the Warcraft Universe.

The game proved to be one of the most anticipated and popular computer game releases ever, with 4.5 million units preordered and over one million additional units sold within a month. Warcraft III won many awards including “Game of the Year” from more than six different publications.

Warcraft III contains four playable races: Humans and Orcs, which had previously appeared in Warcraft: Orcs & Humans and Warcraft II: Tides of Darkness, and the Night Elves and Undead, which are new to the Warcraft mythos. Warcraft III’s campaign is laid out similarly to that of StarCraft, being told through all four of the game’s races in a progressive manner.

Following in the tradition of previous Blizzard expansion sets, Warcraft III: The Frozen Throne provides gamers with a vast new chapter in the epic Warcraft saga. In the single-player campaign, players revisit the war-torn world of Azeroth. Several months have passed since Archimonde and the Burning Legion were defeated at the battle of Mount Hyjal, yet a new threat has arisen throughout the land…

How does WarCraft 3 deliver the gaming goods? For starters, the game actually has an excellent story and that says a lot for a RTS game. Most RTS stories run together on the same ho-hum path, but WC3's story will keep you enthralled in the game until its conclusion. Why? Because the story walks a little on the dark side while diverting from the usual themes of most RTS games. How does WarCraft 3 deliver the gaming goods? For starters, the game actually has an excellent story and that says a lot for a RTS game. Most RTS stories run together on the same ho-hum path, but WC3's story will keep you enthralled in the game until its conclusion. Why? Because the story walks a little on the dark side while diverting from the usual themes of most RTS games.