Sir Lothar, in charge of the scattered armies of Azeroth since the death of King Llane, has led his people across the Great Sea to the shores of Lordaeron. Although each day finds other factions growing stronger within the chaotic Horde, it seems certain that all of the clans will follow Orgrim's plans to hunt down and destroy the renegade Azerothiens wherever they choose to run. With the death of the Orcish Warchief Blackhand, his underling Orgrim Doomhammer was quick to seize control over the most powerful of the Orcish forces on Azeroth. Story Main articles: Second War, Tides of Darkness missions

According to the README.TXT file included alongside the Warcraft II demo version, the graphics are pre-rendered 3D models.īoth Tides of Darkness and Beyond the Dark Portal were later compiled and ported to the PlayStation and Sega Saturn as Warcraft II: The Dark Saga. The game has a linear single-player campaign for each side, and a multiplayer option via a LAN or the Internet, using existing or user-created maps. Blizzard also released an expansion pack known as Warcraft II: Beyond the Dark Portal and later a sequel to this game, Warcraft III: Reign of Chaos. In addition, there was a Macintosh version of the game. It was originally written for the DOS operating system, though it had a MS Windows launch screen and played well under Windows 95. Users play either orcs or humans in a fantasy medieval world full of magic and swords. Warcraft II: Tides of Darkness is a sequel to the real-time strategy game Warcraft: Orcs & Humans and published by Blizzard in December 09, 1995. The novel Tides of Darkness, by Aaron Rosenberg, focuses on the events in this game. Warcraft II: Tides of Darkness (usually simply called Warcraft II sometimes abbreviated to WCII, WC2, or War2) is the second, highly popular real time strategy game from Blizzard Entertainment set in the Warcraft universe. 5 Utilities, modifications and conversions.

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