Warcraft : Orcs and Humans Pundit Review
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- čas přidán 23. 08. 2024
- The game that began the creation of a massive universe and countless sequels and spin offs. But how does the original hold up today?
With the power of MS Paint, we'll finally uncover the mystery.
If you want to read the full story as it was written in the manual, check out: www.scribd.com/...
This is _exactly_ what I was looking for. The story of the first game, just the story without the endless retcons later games made
I swear watching this took me back to my early childhood and I nearly cried from nostalgia for a simpler time.
You mean simpler economically/employment-wise? I do agree that childhood was simpler in the sense of not having to worry about where to get an income.. though school was very time-consuming and tough.
"Fuck Catapults!!!"
Subbed.
FUCK CATAPULTS was so true for the level where you fight against Humans as Humans. They have catapults and you don't. One shot kills 4-5 bunched up units that isn't a knight.
You are absolutely wrong. Get 7-12 arcgers/Spearman and you will decimate everything
it's not extremely flawed it's extremely outdated
compare to other games at that time
you can select 4 units usually it was 1 unit
Its easy, just make a line of like 6-8 archers, upgrade them, put some soldiers or knights in front, lure the enemies with the knight, and let the archers kill them before they even real the fire line. Advance them stategically until you are near the enemy base, and they ran out of resources and units, then just get inside and wreck havok.
Once you can make towers and create conjurers, keep the archers line as defense, make 8 conjurers, make some water elementals and send them in groups of 4, once a group dies, invoke 4 more and repeat.
also propoer way to play: left hand on the A,H and M keys, right hand on the mouse, Control and Shift with your left pinky, right click to move the camera around.
AI doesn't need resources. AI cheats.
Your illustrations are so damn good!
I love how Medivh's father is so overdetailed for no reason 😂
For whoever is reading this, and has problems with Catapults
Just send in the Horseman or the Wolf Raider, or Send a Pesant or Peon
and attack the Catapult with your own Catapult.
Something off-topic: I still can't believe that the Ranged Orc unit is called Spear"Man" instead of SpearOrc.
Yeah, think about that for a second.
Thanks past me, this should come in handy once more.
The Orc with a wry smile pointing to a hole to another universe and enticing them along by saying 'Communism' had me lolling, lollying, and lulzing. Communism, It's A Party!
You're reviewing it from a todays perspective, which is pretty unfair.
Back then, selecting more than 1 unit was very uncommon for rts games (remember dune 2?)
Games in those days had no hardware - memory and not enough human resources available for presenting a story we are used like today, thats why they were told in the manual. Having mission screens with a bit of story was already a great thing going on here!
All in all, everything you complained about improved or stayed in worst case the same compared to other titles prior WC1. So WC1 may not have been pointing the way in RTS games, but it definitly was an outstanding RTS for its time.
He's a welfare dependent, a Veruca Salt, they want everything now, they are the type Blizzard pander to and thus kill a game because it is all over in a few seconds, the same way they have sex, no foreplay or enjoyment.
Also, since RTS derive from Chess, it seem reasonable that selecting more than 1 unite ("piece") wasn't a common idea.
14:50 Fun fact, you play the orc campaign as Orgrim Doomhammer, who is pictured during the orc outro. Doomhammer is the horde leader during Warcraft 2.
2:40
The image of Medivh's father looking like he is struggling to change a diaper
while 100 similarly expressioned clerics in the background, in neat and ordered rows, are looking at the same point,
is something I find hilarious and dear to me.
Video Index:
Intro: 0:00
Warcraft: Orcs and Humans
Prologue: 2:08
One more thing: 4:30
The First War: 12:10
Human sides: 12:15
Orcs sides: 13:40
Gameplay: 15:05
ok ok, who else exploded at 1:28? xDDDDDDDDD
whens the next video commin out? Look i know that it takes time and alot of effort and you do it for free, but All of us will really apreciate it if you made a WC2 Review. If however youre currently working on it, take your time. No rush.
"You can play it with only your one hand". ಠ‿ಠ
Great video and review. I just finished Warcraft (the human campaigin) a few days ago - works perfectly with Dosbox. I have the original CD-ROM version complete in box but it actually does not have any better music than the floppy version, but to my knowledge it does have some extra speech in briefings and better intro/ending movies and luckily no copy protection. The music's still pretty good when configured to General MIDI. Warcraft 2 did have CD-audio, but then again it only came on CD-ROM, not floppies.
I love this guy's reviews.
those custom drawings by you made this feel like a 2008 video XD ....
good stuff. loved the "illustrations"
Well made, informative and a non-nosense review. Well done!
Pretty comfy reviews dude, keep them up.
I've played all of them and this is my favourite Warcraft game; maybe because it's one of my childhood games...
Really enjoying your reviews!
Any Idea when a new one will come out?
I very much enjoyed this review and have been waiting for the Warcraft II one. Any info on when that's coming?
Story accuracy: Could use some double checking.
Game review: *SOLID*
Hey do you might you be able to move 4 units but you can assign groups to hot keys
Warcraft 2 was this series prime, solid RTS with a really good soundtrack. WC3 did a disservice by dumbing down the RTS parts and making it more about heroes
i played the first 2 warcrafts when I was in middleschool. warcraft 2 was my favorite in the series. me and my friend used to play it a lot
why did you stop making videos? I loved this one
I remember in most of the stages that the best strategy was just to build loads & loads of units. When you felt prepared enough, just send them in waves & waves into the enemy base. By the time you checked the base, it would already be infiltrated & victory was inevitable. Not super fun. It was nearly impossible to play this after getting used to Warcraft 2’s gameplay. It was just so much more fluid. I remember not liking WC3 immediately since it was much slower than 2 & it took forever to kill anything. It eventually became my favorite though.
Ace video man, loved it. I'm thinking of doing a let's play of this game and your video really got me in the mood.
Yea some of this was definitely changed lore wise
1:29 This sentence alone would've been a satisfactory review of the game.
Turning up speed is in options. Wow.
I disagree with you on controlling the armies. The idea of Warcraft 1, at least how I see it, is having mini skirmishes in a relatively open battlefield. 4 unit control makes you coordinate individual squads and position your armies accordingly not to lose units needlessly - meaning units in this game are not cannon fodder. The number of units the enemies attack you with is adequately proportioned. So when you have 3-4 squads and you either speed up or slow down time you are able to skillfully maneuver your squads to victory at minimal to no losses. It does warrant save reloads since a little bit of luck and good positioning is needed.
Yes, the game is slow but requires thinking. It's more of battle of small armies than a full-blown warfare. Average mission length is anywhere between 15 minutes to an hour. It's not that bad if you think about what you're doing. It's tactics, of course you gotta take your time. I approached this game in the way I described and finished it with practically no frustrations.
Except the catapults 'cause fuck catapults.
That's a snazzy perspective; makes a lot of sense too. I always knew I was going to be biased with my forward-looking-back viewpoint, but If I ever find myself revisiting the game I might just have to give that a shot. Although I'm still not certain if that could trump the utility of being able to hold the bridges.
I'd rather see a catapult putting towards my base instead of a tier 3 summon. Catapults are only really good for the player or PvP. Knights and Raiders are unlocked first to counter catapults.
MORE!!
I do not agree with this review, but I find it extremely funny since it speaks the truth, but as a player that regressed to wc1 from sc2 and wc3, it can say that wc1 offers extremely satisfying challenges which is microing units and road construction of a base. It is a good review, somewhat biased
Can’t you change the game speed to make it faster? Idk if it’s a later modded version or something but ive seen it played faster. I’m pretty sure it had the same options as WC2 and SC:BW where most real games are played on “fastest”
Lol great review and drawings
"Warcraft Orcs and Humans is a FUCK CATAPULTS! simulator for the PC" honestly, the review could have ended right there because you fucking nailed WC:O&H in one sentence
This was really fantastic, good job on the review!
"because you must have the tactical mind and patience of a god"
-Well shit I wasn't expecting you to stealth that compliment in there. Changed it from a dislike to a like
Wizard dude. Medivhs dad. Is a boss in a raid in world of warcraft
haha, you're drawings great! A classic game & great review!
You can easily set the game speed to the fastest to solve any speed issue. Other than that It is a good review.
You realize you can change the game speed in options?
Mc Stevens He mentioned it in the video, and gave the game props for it.
Spoilers in a 90s game have you no wit. Lol
Come to think of it... You're right. It is a fuck-catapults-simulator.
Thanks, great video.
It's good to go back to the good old days of Warcraft before it was fucked over with WoW's lore.
And monetization designed to get kids begging parents for credit cards to buy cute digital pets.
“One…”
Great job. I hope to see the third done justice. Think you might like 3 better :)
"Load existing game" right there in the title? Already more advanced than WC2!
lol
Very spot on review, I used to love this game when I was a kid. Playing it today feels like getting your teeth pulled, the AI is just so insanely stupid.
I've never heard anyone use the word "whilst" without a British accent (6:05)
It's bizarre that you did such a thorough review and then criticized the game because it's slow when you have the game speed set to slow.
The unnamed character you play as is either Lothar or Orgrim Doomhammer depending on which side you're on..
I knew about Orgrim (even mentioned it in the Warcraft II video), but I never found any indication about the human side being lead by Lothar. Considering that one of the missions in the human campaign is to rescue Lothar from the Dead Mines, this seems improbable, but if you have any evidence to support this, I'd love to see it.
Thanks for watching.
Srry my mistake, I was thinking of Warcraft 2 with Lothar. But yes Orgrim is the orc dude.
I'm afraid you're actually mistaken again. Lothar dies halfway through Warcraft II so you couldn't have been playing as him there either. Could have been a rumor perpetrated by people who hadn't actually played the games.
@@Variabull Lothar actually makes sense. Only the last mission was led by turalyon and uther in official lore.
nice videos, keep going on the good work !
Thank you I enjoyed watching this
I am soooooo glad you are not a WOW guy... I love and started gaming with Warcraft. In 1995 with Warcraft 1. I hate WOW and so many people forget where that came from and even where a lot of their story comes from.
Great Job, Ethan! Keep it up!
You can change the speed settings in the game, but on some campaign levels it's wise to slow the game down to better micromanage your units. It's all about holding bridges, destroying catapults with knights before they approach your bridges and, later, elementals.
I played this when it first came out. So it was the coolest thing ever. And dune 2
Yes mylord
STOP POKING ME!!!! , Poke poke poke - is that all you do?, I'm going to be sick, proceeds to vomit.
Yes.
Great game
That was great! Thank you!! :D
love this vid
"Prior to warcraft, Blizzard was only known for developing some mediocre 16 bit games"
YOU TAKE THAT BACK!
okay, they might have been not the greatest examples of gaming history, but games like blackthorne and the lost vikings were both fun and extremely innovative for their time, without compromising too much on the game functioning. that said, their brutal and at times unfair difficulty probably helped them stay where they are now; somewhat obscure classics with a dedicated fanbase, but no wider spread appeal.
1:33 Blizzard know only for developping mediocre games O_O wtf with Vikings and this game we seeing there ???
Unfortunately you missed about multiplayer part of this game. You said nothing about it.
4 units?! Jesus starcrafts limit cap was more generous.
+Sergeant Hastagazpacho Starcraft came out in 1998 while Orcs and humans came out in 1994.
the developers originally didn't have a cap on how many units you could select, but they felt the game was kinda pointless if you could build a huge army and send them over and destroy the enemy base. It didn't provide any challenge so they limited the selection to 4 units.
phomjachana Makes sense.
Hey, you're pretty good.
Keep at it.
Its the FUCKING PIONEER of RTS
Whats next? you gonna blast NES for not having the same graphic quality as XBOX???
Anime Edge Lord Medivh is not real...
Anime Edge Lord Medivh 3:30
Y E S
Those animations aren't all that bad.:/
Warcraft started getting bad when Activision got involved. They removed a lot of dark genre elements that made the universe cool and really shallowed the gameplay mechanics.
As an aside... writing this only 6 minutes into the video, but... was the maker of this unaware that it is, in fact, possible to increase the game speed...?
EDIT: Okay, he is, he's just being dumb and bitching at the game for being slow... when he has the game speed set to slow.
3:08 when communism dont die czcams.com/video/U06jlgpMtQs/video.html
what?
bruh. get a computer which the game is lot more better.
Warcraft is a poor man version of warhammer
having played a SIGNIFICANTLY better game being starcraft.
i couldn't play this garbage,it is unnecessarily slow and poorly designed!
and it is made by the same company!
i would rather play *Swat 2* again!
How do you think they built such an amazing foundation for SC1? They had WC1 and WC2 first. As far as I'm concerned they all hold up compared to boring modern credit card games. I'd rather play either of these three games than SC2 as well.
Zero MtX, zero pre-order losses, zero paid skins. I only enjoy games up to about 2010. That's when games lost the element of fun and reward.
And i don't need any stupid launchers except mod launchers I want to use. They can take their remakes and milk fools with paid skins and all that. Not me though.
This game is a delight on DOSBOX with hq3x scaling. I hope you at least attempted to lightly mod the game with your GPU and DOSBOX.