Warcraft III: Reign of Chaos

Background

Warcraft is back in a new genre of strategy, the role-playing strategy to be specific. Using smaller group, the player can devise a strategy easily while playing in a role-playing styled environment.

Features

• Four Unique Races armed with distinctive units, magical abilities, and weapons of war.
• Two nations of warriors new to the Warcraft Universe; the plague-ridden Undead and the mysterious Night Elves.
• Build Legendary Heroes, whose ability to advance in levels and learn new spells and abilities makes them the core of each race's force.
• Heroes can use Special Items and Equipment dropped by Neutral Units or purchased from Neutral Buildings to turn the tide of battle.
• Neutral Units inhabit the world of Azeroth and impede the unwarry but yield precious treasure when defeated in combat.
• Full Multiplayer support, including Internet play over Battle.net®.
• New Multiplayer Features including shared unit control and resource trading between players.
• Improved Battle.net Features including improved ladder support.
• Advanced World Editor design tools allow players to create their own maps and customize many aspects of the game.

Hardware Requirements

System: PII 400 or equivalent
RAM:128 MB RAM
CD-ROM: 4X CD-ROM
Video Memory: 8 MB VRAM
Hard Drive Space: 700 MB
Mouse: Yes
Sound Board: Yes
DirectX: DirectX v8.1

Recommended System Requirements:
System: PIII 600 or equivalent
RAM: 256 MB RAM
Video Memory: 32 MB VRAM

International release dates:
Europe: Jul 3, 02

Official URL

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