Warcraft 3: Reforged's Long-Awaited 2.0 Patch Is A Great First Step, But Revitalizing the Game Will Depend on Future Updates
failed to deliver on its promises in 2020. Nearly four years later, Blizzard is seeking to make amends for its disastrous launch and the subsequent abandonment of the beloved title. new 2.0 patch was announced and released on November 14th, ushering in a slew of changes and additions in an attempt to fix, frankly, a broken game.
Graphic improvements, quality of life features, and missing RTS mainstays have found their way into . These changes are accompanied by remastered versions of and , featuring high resolution graphics and technical improvements akin to Blizzard's work on. All the improvements are easy to appreciate, but if Blizzard truly wants to revitalize its franchise, more work needs to be done.
launched with glaring issues, enough that Blizzard even issued automatic refunds for players disappointed at the launch. Announced features of the remake like fully re-done cutscenes were entirely absent, and features present in, such as a functioning ranked ladder, player stats, and clans, were suddenly missing. The graphical overhaul was criticized for making unit silhouettes unreadable at a glance. The original Warcraft 3 game was merged into as well, meaning players would need to re-download a 30 gigabyte game originally made in 2002 all while missing features players enjoyed for nearly two decades.
Blizzard's most recent release, Warcraft 3: Reforged, now has the lowest user rating of any video game ever on the aggregate review site Metacritic.
The 2.0 patch, four years after disappointing initial release, has finally fixed some of these problems. The patch features a host of new and returning quality-of-life improvements. A high-resolution graphics option has been added to the classic models, and the graphics are now a part of a modular system where players can choose modes for specific models. The competitive community now has access to automated tournaments and a functioning ladder. Smaller features, such as a visible number showing the number of workers
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