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Warcraft 1 & 2 Remastered review - a worthy spit and polish to two seminal RTS games
Two RTS classics that are still worth playing today, even if the greatest enemy of both Warcraft armies still ends up being the humble tree.
But having compared both versions over the last week, I still reckon the Remaster is worth the extra £4 here, as regardless of how you feel about the updated visuals, there's no denying that its smoother camera pans, autosave function and ability to replay individual missions from each campaign once they've been completed make it a much more enjoyable experience overall - both in terms of serious play and to dip in and out of further down the line for old time's sake. It certainly hasn't been a case of 'I wish I'd left my Warcraft 2 memories crystalised in nostalgic amber', and its underlying loop of building up your economy while amassing troops to ultimately make a big play to wipe out your enemy is still highly compelling - if sometimes more brutal than I remember. These are still tucked away in the settings menu unfortunately, and as much as I enjoyed watching my peasants/peons go about their business (and poking them indefinitely to provoke different reactions out of them with my mouse - always a delight), there were still plenty of occasions where I longed for a Frostpunk-style fast forward button to just wham through a big load of resource gathering for a spell.
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