Warcraft: Orcs & Humans is the first computer game created about Warcraft universe, which in our days is known to almost half of the world's population. It apply the modern for those times real time strategy type, and the possibility to play a multiplayer games, makes it very popular in the computer halls. Today, this game may be played for education. We can see how the game play and comfort have evolved in time, like selecting many units at the same time, numbering and squad marks. The Warcraft: Orcs & Humans genre is also applied in the
2016 Warcraft movie. I thought it would be introduction of World of Warcraft universe, but it is about the original story, from Warcraft 1. When the small squared blue sword soldiers found the green brutes in their lands. There are some key moments from the human campaign in the game in a short screen walkthrough.
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Recorded adventure archive 08.07.2016 - 09.07.2016.
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Platform: PC/DOS/Windows with
DOS-Box
The story begins, when the king sends you to investigate the mysterious attacks by those green ugly creatures.
Here is the town hall, it create peasants, roads and later walls. Every mission begins with some units to look around for resources. There are only two resources - gold and wood.
Somewhere around the town hall, there is a gold mine. All peasants "H' key over the mine to harvest gold.
2-3 Peasants should chop some trees around. Wood is mostly used for buildings, archers and later catapults.
Exploring is not easy. With only one unit possible to select, and without auto explore option, every corner of the map need to be checked for gold mines and enemies. The archers have the greatest sight radius, they are best explorers.
In Mission 2 the Archers becomes available.
Mission 2 Small defense. Archers makes the greatest defense. With a lot of archers, every entrance can be hold. Until a catapult comes around.
Mission 2 Bridges. The maps in Warcraft often have bridges. No doubt good strategic positions.
Mission 3 - Clerics. When the clerics come in play, the things get easier for human. They can heal friendly units, even catapults.
Mission 3 - advance. 10 archers and 2 clerics raging in the Orc's base.
Mission 4 - Dungeon. Some missions are in the dungeons. No buildings and resources there, every unit is precious, especially the archers.
Mission 4 - Lothar. Here is Lothar, found in the dungeon of mission 4.
Mission 5 - the Knight. The knight is now available. He is strong and fast. Have two upgrades for faster speed.
Mission 5 advancing. Higher missions need more and more troops to succeed.
Mission 6 - Catapult. After mission 6, the archers defense is no more good. Now a catapult tactic need to be applied, because they just destrou immobile groups of units with just one shot.
Mission 6 barracks. The closer to the center are the barracks, the faster new units join the battle.
Mission 7 - Conjurer. Here is the conjurer. He is an expensive wizard, who can summon week creatures or cast a fire rain - area effect magic.
Mission 7 Advancing. The catapults are clearing the way.
Mission 8 dungeon Fire Elemental. In the next dungeon, a fire elemental lures. He is strong, but not invincible.
Mission 8 Demon. Here is the demon summoned by the Orc's warlocks.
Mission 9 Entrenching. This line should be impenetrable if the units are healed in time. One knight should be good in front of the catapults, but he will quickly fall, when Orc catapults come.
Mission 9 Fire Rain. The magic cast by the Conjurer damages units and building.
Victory! The screen is generated after every battle.
11 Similar Games. Games like Warcraft: Orcs & Humans:
- Warcraft 2. (1996)
- Warcraft 3. (2002)
- StarCraft. (1998)
- Dune 2. (1992)
- Rise of Nations (2003)
- Empire Earth. (2001)
- Age of Empires 2. (1999)
- Age of Mythology. (2002)
- Command and Conquer: Generals. (2003)
- Zed (1996)
- World of Warcraft (2004)
