2 of 8 customers found the following review helpful:
 Warcraft III:Frozen Throne, 2003-07-02
WoW! What a game. This game is worth every penny you spend on the game. Play Warcraft 3 and you will have to buy the Expanison Pack.
1 of 4 customers found the following review helpful:
 The truth about the few new additions., 2003-07-02
Actually, the more I play the more I wanna change my review. I've noticed some good things and bad things. The campaign is as I said nothing special. Seems pathetic compared to ROC. They couldn't even work in the orcs, so they made them a "bonus" campaign, which involves you do some boring tasks, than ends. People say later you download more, but thats just a rumor. Anyways, the problem isnt building. There are 2 types of missions. Get a hero, fight to the exit, while rescuing units of yours who for some reason still have their weapons even when in jail. Theres also get a half built base, upgrade your townhall or tree or whatever, than attack. Most missions are so easy to complete with the starting units you are given. The real problem is the characters. There are no backgrounds to any character or development. Maiev wants revenge over some dead guards so she hunts illidan, that is her ENTIRE story. You never learn anything else about her, except she has some real problems with being nice. Kael hungers for magic, which is stupid. Arthas is boring, wants to get his power back, and help the king of liches. Pretty boring. Then theres the crypt lord, ana'narub. He says "I was sent to aid you from the lich king" and bam thats it. You never learn anything about him. He is so boring. Then once you finish campaigns there is NO ending, and you learn what happens to NONE of the characters except one. Yes you have to wait for a new game because there was no ending really. It never says "Kael decided to eat, so he stopped being hungry". It says nothing about any of those characters. Battle.net seems to be boring. Every game is usually a rush now. They downgraded most unit costs, and now it is incredibly easy to get mass units and attack. Out of the 100 or so ladder games I have played, only a few involved zero rushing. Tournaments are boring, match after match, people love chatting about nothing. Clan support has added the new constant spamming. Every public channel involves tons of newb clans talking about how they "pwn" everyone and are "1337" so we should all join. The new units are boring. Spell breakers got old. Dragonhawks were in ROC just you couldn't build them, the AI could. Wyverns have had their name changed to Wind Riders for some odd reason. Batriders are fun, except noone goes them. I hate having to take down mountain giants, but they aren't too bad, same with those spirit walkers. Some units have been changed. Tanks are now engines and gyros are now flying machines. Boring. I don't know why they changed those units, but anyways. There are some new buildings, like nerubian towers, arcane towers, the 4 new item shops, thats about it for players. Than taverns and market places which are pretty boring. Neutral heroes are alright. Naga sea witch kinda boring, pit lord fun, beast master involves alot of summoning, dark ranger involves some life sucking, and the pandaran is probably the biggest relief. Its better than "vashj". Which reminds me, blizzard needs to get a good name department, cause the names for the new heroes and such are terrible.
Blizzard rocks! (Slightly Spoilery), 2003-07-01
I was never a huge fan of RTS games. I tried Diablo and hated it, I just never really got into them. I think it wasn't that the genre wasn't for me, I just hadn't discovered the beauty of Warcraft yet. When I decided to give Warcraft a try, I was hooked. WCIII kept me at my computer for weeks. I played non-stop, I was obsessed!! I've been waiting for Frozen Throne to come out just so I could experience that feeling all over again and Blizzard doesn't disappoint.Along with an extension of the storyline, there's a new race (although they don't have their own campaign), more focus on the Blood Elves, Illidan becomes a more central character -- great storyline. It's a really natural progression in the storyline although it doesn't feel as epochal as the 'Reign of Chaos' storyline, but perhaps Blizzard is saving that for the next WCIII expansion ... ;) There's a few new models, the shop building is cool, the new heroes (including the neutral ones) are cool (two words: Pandaren Brewmaster), and just overall I was really rather impressed. Considering how much time has passed since WCIII Reign of Chaos was released, Blizzard really outdid themselves here. There are a TON of optional side quests, which really expand the game playing experience for me and a lot of secrets that really add more fun, if that's even possible. A few complaints though: -The Orc RPG isn't finished, I am bummed about this, I am dying to find out what happens! I'm willing to be patient and wait for the download though.
-No Naga campaign, I was really hoping for one. They are thrown in almost as a plot device and I really hope Blizzard explores their origins, their reasons for being in Azeroth and they become a more integral part of the story other than a foil for Illidan.
-No Orc campaign for that matter, they're off doing their own thing in the Mini-RPG
-Too few cinematics; I'm a big RPG fan and love Square's FF series and Blizzard does a really great job with their cinematics, but they were sorely lacking in this game. Where in ROC there were several, I believe there's only 2 in Frozen Throne. My complaints about this game aren't important enough or numerous enough to discourage anyone from buying this game. If you loved Reign of Chaos, you will love it. Even if you don't think you will like it, try it. I'm not about to spoil the ending for anyone, but Blizzard is most definitely going to make another WCIII expansion after this one; best cliffhanger since Bobby Ewing showed up in the shower on Dallas.
 warcraft III FROZEN THRONE single player campaign review, 2003-07-01
This review is mainly dedicated to the single player campaign portion of the frozen throne expansion. Overall, the campaigns are just as fun as the first campaigns of warcraft III, Reign of Chaos, though a little easier. Principally, the campaigns are still designed to familiarize yourself with the strengths of the new creeps, neutral heroes, and new units for each race. The individual scenarios that make up the campaigns are helpful for newer players to become familiar with the new build contingencies (for multiplayer or custom games).and However the campaigns by themselves are also fun to play. The new races are really exciting, especially the Naga. Also new super powerful semi-hero type units really enhance the gameplay and create new advantages for each race. However, I was disappointed by the lack of cinematics throughout the campaigns... I've completed both the sentinels and alliance campaigns...(2/4) and only seen the one opening cinematic. (the cinematic sequences are one of the top strengths of Blizzards' games and unfortunately are somewhat lacking in this expansion) I'm hoping that the game designers are saving the best for last. Summary: PROS:
*excellent new terrain - greater use of water and visually creative backgrounds
*dynamic new neutral races - Naga - have land and sea ability
*powerful new units and upgrades- allow for new race specific strategies and advantages...
*easier to multitask and manage queues and units (can put upgrades in same queue as units - peons and workers can queue buildings)
*less time spent building armies and obtaining resources Cons:
*single player campaign is relatively easy...
*enemies are easily overcome by very powerful heroes, most fully upgraded for you
*fewer cinematics between campaigns as in previous blizzard offerings
15 of 57 customers found the following review helpful:
BEST AND MUST BUY!!!!, 2003-06-16
Hey! If you are a WarcraftIII lover, you cant find a reason to not buy this greatest expansion!!! Blizzard always gave us the best expansion set of games(DIabloII, Starcraft). As some reviewer said, this expansion changed warcraftIII to a complete new level of playing. I am a beta tester, so I know something about the Bnet part of this expansion. IT IS REALLY GREAT!!!! THE BEST RTS GAME EVER!!!! and from the offical site, you can see the screen shot of the singler player games. It's SOO GOOD!!BUY IT!!!!! OR BORROW IT!!! YOU JUST HAVE TO PLAY IT!!!!!
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