1 hour of Warcraft 1 Remastered (Is it worth it?)

[@xetanth87]

The graphics are serviceable but look off. They don't feel like an official Blizzard product. Pros: Right click Up to 12 unit selection Higher Resolution Food icon Campaign menu that tracks progress No need for DOS Box Human and Orc catapults have distinct sprites Customizable health bars Hotkeys are visible Spells have descriptions Can change graphic styles anytime Mission objectives appear on screen and can be toggled off Cons: No unit queuing No rally points No multi/smart cast No auto-cast No multiplayer No map editor No gold/lumber/food alert sounds No new voice acting No new content No new cinematics No arrow appears on the ground when you order an action like it does in later games Can't click on the unit portraits to select them Can only select 1 building at a time Can't change hotkeys Can't see unit health, attack and armor values Can't change to Warcraft 1-style mouse input even thought the old Warcraft 2 and Warcraft 2 Remastered have this option Sounds overlap Removed: Briefings are no longer animated Bugs: In the orc campaign, your units are blue in the UI, and the enemy are red in the UI, despite them being the other way around in the world. Sometimes the game gets stuck in loading. Sometimes the game crashes out of nowhere. Running the game from the exe, rather than from Battle.net tells you you're not logged in and makes you restart the game.

[@karpai5427]

That briefing not having animation is a huge downside. The briefings was the coolest thing in this game. I love munching.. I don't know who this is. I always assumed it was a footman.

[@Olagfigh]

Both remasters are made with so little effort that I expect that there is DOSBOX behind this Warcraft 1 remaster :D

[@rugedas87]

Isn't last bug not a bug, but con?

[@SignOfTheTimes008]

@@karpai5427 the briefings was one of my favorite parts. Shame that's gone. I wonder if if they are going to end up doing D1 to. They've done most others.

[@DreddMeister]

I know those are nice features but don't the better unit management features change gameplay and balancing a bit too much though? Modern Dune II ports are nice but they don't feel like the original. Makes me rather want to play C&C.

[@koriandr3600]

they didn't even make animations in the briefing screen

[@justinmickatavage7838]

YES.. yes.. yes.. yess.. my lord?…. Yes yes yess yess. Yes my lord…. Yes yes yes yes

[@JacobiChannel]

Yes

[@Meteorcity_Hunters]

Wouldn’t have it any other “yes”

[@nomooon]

sounds like some very erotic material

[@Ozclusive]

yes

[@ekkieck]

@@JacobiChannel my lord

[@skeetsofrage]

30 years and they didn't turn the effing tree chopping sfx down 😂

[@ggsnake]

The remaster is alright, after all there isn't much to remaster here. Right-click moving and multi unit selection is a blessing. I just miss the animated briefing scene including the animated map :(

[@xetanth87]

@@ggsnake lol, I completely forgot about the animated map. They most likely cut the aninations because they didn't want to re-render/animate stuff. Just draw over/upscale existing art

[@ggsnake]

@@xetanth87 Yeah, I guess it would have been too much of an effort because it was 3D. Redrawing 2D sprites is way easier. I still like the remaster, the old one is horrendous to control. I just wish for some minor convencience improvements like customizable hotkeys.

[@thecringekid5744]

The fact this remaster removes the animations is very un-blizzlike

[@hellsmelz7883]

5 missions in and all i can say is that catapults are OP bastards and peons cant path 5 feet without giving up. Now i understand the wow peon sleeping quests.

[@mivapusa]

Sounds about right

[@-WarCriminal-22]

😂

[@nathandaniels4269]

Archers are op in this game

[@Erikcleric]

I dont even need to watch the video to know i should buy it since i grew up with the games. Its just like the Starcraft, C&C, Quake, Diablo 2 remasters, if you love the base game, you will most definitely love the remaster. I never in a million years thought this would happen but i find it strange i didnt see this mentioned on Blizzards pages at all, did i miss something? I just saw this just now from your channel i dont even follow. But im glad i did! :)

[@sweoli16]

Yes, my lord!

[@InkyMuste]

I vastly prefer the original graphics, more detail doesn't automatically mean better.

[@metal_monocle7334]

Oh please, the OG graphics were awful

[@CaptainVKanth]

They need to redo the briefing scenes. How hard could it be to have it animated?

[@xetanth87]

@@CaptainVKanth Yep!

[@camaradacomissario9641]

When Warcraft was more medieval and less fantasy.

[@HistoricDefense]

In Warcraft 1 the human nation was called Azeroth, or the Kingdom of Azeroth. In time this was retconned and now the planet is called Azeroth, and that nation is referred to by it's capital keep - Stormwind.

[@Qrama]

The subtitles! "Yes my lord!"

[@ThatVulcan]

Yes!

[@enold4ever]

Omg, you can make groups and select more than 4 units now?! That was what kept me from replaying the game, will definitely replay it now.

[@xetanth87]

@@enold4ever don't forget right clicking and health bars! Though you still can't do these: click on portraits to select, multi/smart/auto cast, queue production, rally, space to go to last notification, change hotkeys

[@WankerTheWetFingers]

lifehack: just put something heavy enough on the ALT button or stick the button with a tape. You can now select units like in Warcraft 3

[@telmovaz]

its weird. in theory this should work but somehow the vibe of wc1 is just lost here. the first game is supposed to be grimy and ominous looking, this is way too cheerful

[@xetanth87]

I wouldn't call it cheerful. It feels a bit soulless. The units are ok, but the buildings and the peasant icon are way off

[@WankerTheWetFingers]

I absolutely agree with You.

[@cbm_doomworld]

the original wc 1, 2 and 3 are much better than their remastered versions

[@xetanth87]

@@cbm_doomworld Wc1 remastered is better gameplay wise since it has right click, 12 unit selection and control groups

[@mcyolicjones9081]

The non-midi musical score alone is worth it If you never played it on a power mac.

[@KingOfMadCows]

Looks OK. But I think Command and Conquer Remastered looks much better. Maybe my opinion will change if I play the game, but I'll be waiting for a sale.

[@xetanth87]

@@KingOfMadCows 1000% agree. From behind the scenes footage to upscaled cinematics and the ported console exclusive missions. Warcraft 2 got console exclusive cinematics for BTDP in the Dark Saga release. I wonder if they added them in the remaster. Probably not. Wc2 looks much cleaner than Wc1. The Wc1 buildings look so off

[@jjstraka1982]

It's $10.00. Good grief.

[@Merknilash]

This was cutting edge and extremely fun back in 1994 Remember we didn't have anything this engaging back then - it was a lot of side scrollers and very basic games.

[@wlewargusowy1592]

Dune 2 released in 1992, in 1994 there was already Doom 1 and 2, Wing Commander 3 on CD-ROM was out in 1994.

[@MrMethekill]

oh boy you're wroooooong.........

[@Malentor]

as​ @wlewargusowy1592 already pointed out, there was more advanced stuff back then already.

[@pandaprewmaster325]

In terms of RTS or games? mate final fantasy 6 dropped in 1994 and it holds up very well in 2024

[@Thedrunkenswede1337]

​@@pandaprewmaster325no it really dont

[@nathandaniels4269]

I miss the tall pixels from og warcraft 1

[@Namelessonehun]

This "remaster" is not even a joke. It is a disgrace.

[@Zhurak]

The reality of playing this game today will never be as good as your memory of playing it back then. Pretty much all game remasters suffer from this. Nostalgia memories are generally just better then the reality of replaying it again today. Its fun for an hour, thats abut it.

[@xetanth87]

For me it's the other way around. I always wanted to play the original Warcraft but never could because of the controls (no right click, 4 unit selection) and Wc1 always looked dated to me, coming from Wc3. All in all, I think Wc1 remaster is worth getting but Wc2 isn't

[@ds698]

What id like is Warcraft 1 and 2 factions in the Warcraft 3 reforged remastered graphics and setting. I got the chest; what’s nice is you get a bunch of extra skins for certain hero units, they could do this for the entire game to include wc1 and wc2. I do enjoy these repainted ones for now though really missed playing the orcs and summoning demons and I like the old school death knights in wc2.

[@chrisdude2675]

I did two missions on the orcs and they keep trying to play human briefings and human missions as the orcs.

[@s2korpionic]

The graphics looks so much more readable than original.

[@tiffles3890]

Gamers don't get suckered by Blizzard challenge (impossible).

[@Vanderyn]

Honestly the absence of right-click was the deal braker for me before. I will play this now, just so I have played all Warcrafts.

[@xetanth87]

@@Vanderyn Yeah me too. They added a lot of Quality of Life improvements but there were a few more they could have added. And sadly they removed all animated graphics: briefings and victory/defeat screens

[@noelvermillion3940]

Worth it. Nice video!

[@fernandoricardonevesbrites6837]

is this on DOS? or can you play it like a regular RTS (i.e. with right clicking to move)

[@xetanth87]

Directly in Windows. You do have right click and 12 unit select now

[@jond2697]

Were the WarCraft 2 sounds always in WarCraft 1?

[@xetanth87]

They do share some of the sounds

[@NightLifeDJs1]

It's too fast for me, I need something a lot slower.

[@xetanth87]

You can change game speed during gameplay. But you either have slow harvesters or fast attackers. There isn't a good inbetween

[@renz153]

LAZY BLIZZARD

[@LordShrub]

The intro cinematic looks like unstable AI slop.

[@johannesschmitz6370]

Looks like something I would have enjoyed for a week as a free game in 2003 being a child with no pc hardware to run anything else.

[@mikeywest2007]

I might wait for a sale for this.....i own the original game and yeah.....not seeing the animated briefings and victory/fail cutscenes is a small let down but i do love the wider screen view. They did listen after War 3 Reforged......but not enough

[@Nuralldin69]

I think they could have added some extra frames to the unit's animations... It would have been great.

[@BigJoe6669]

i would take that over a 125$ mount any day !

[@unfun006]

Yes yes my lord - yes yes

[@pandaprewmaster325]

Man im happy that wc1 got something it felt so ancient with the whole press move to move units very glad with ability to control 12 units definitely will try wc1 with this one. I tried OG wc2 and it sucked.

[@xetanth87]

@@pandaprewmaster325 Wc1 with these changes is much more friendly than Wc2. Because Wc2 has ships and computer players that autocast bloodlust and it just feels rough

[@pandaprewmaster325]

@xetanth87 oh yeah about wc2 was there any changes to balance? That game had crappy gameplay a good reason is humans having no answer for BL

[@xetanth87]

@@pandaprewmaster325 I don't think there are any balance changes. Grom is now Grommash in text and still Grom in audio, but other than that only the graphics are changed. Haven't looked at what other improvements they made. I know it also has 12 unit selection. Orc and human catapults have different sprites in Wc1 but the Wc2 heroes have the same sprites as the base units. Same thing with rangers/magi/paladins/berserkers. They have the same sprites as their base units

[@pandaprewmaster325]

@@xetanth87 that's sad man I was hoping for way more things what a shame

[@WengoYo]

yes y-y-yes yes yeyeyes my lo yeyes yes yes yes?

[@mciejgda88]

A little too cartoonish, lack of multiplayer is kinda sad but at least price is not turbo outrageous, actually might give it a try when I'm otherwised bored with other stuff

[@xetanth87]

@@mciejgda88 yeah the remaster itself isn't great but the right click, selection and resolution make it worth getting if you've always wanted to play it with modern controls

[@mciejgda88]

@@xetanth87 honestly I have GOG version with dosbox and it does feel cluncky. I guess nostalgia will win eventually, I had warcraft 1 way back on 386 or pentium 90, don't really remember I was maybe 7-8 years old then. Do you plan to do similar with W2 Remaster?

[@maciejilski7185]

Why exactly footmen have horns on their helmets. That looks wrong.

[@xetanth87]

@@maciejilski7185 that's how Warcraft 1 Footmen look like. You can see it in both their sprites and their manual artworks, but weirdly, not in their icons

[@Right_Said_Brett]

Since when is taking classic pixel art and turning it into what looks like a cheap mobile game considered a "remaster"?

[@valkyriedawn]

Pixel “art” is garbage. Being able to tell what you’re looking at vs. having to guess based on blocks of color? I’ll take the former every time.

[@Right_Said_Brett]

@@valkyriedawn That comment makes you a philistine.

[@valkyriedawn]

@@Right_Said_Brett Lol, maybe. But I grew up through the age of pixel art games. I'm glad that we've progressed beyond it, and I'd love to see it just go away. I get it, it's all lovely and retro. But so are vector graphics, and FMV games. We don't need to return to those, either.

[@Right_Said_Brett]

@@valkyriedawn To each their own. Personally, I adore FMV and vector games.

[@rainphantom]

No for that price

[@Plagueheart]

Its a no for me, ill stick to Wargus/Stratagus. AI upscale on some images, no linux support etc

[@VersionBest]

Yes, it's worth it. I've never played Warcraft 1 because the graphics was so bad when I tried it. I can't wait to play the remastered version.

[@rostig01]

looks like a lame ai upscale job

[@xetanth87]

@@rostig01 based on what I've seen, I don't think it is AI. It feels like they were made by someone who didn't really care enough and/or wasn't paid enough to preserve the feel. The peasant icon and the buildings feel so off. The reason why I don't think it's AI is that the human and orc catapult have added details that match the manual ilustrations, which a simple upscaler wouldn't have done

[@pelmefkaloltop6635]

its 100% BLIND Ai upscaled sprites uploading in game resources. 4:10 - wood mining animation jumping af, its because they just upload upscaled frames and even dont correct frames offsets. Too lazy or just they dont test this lol

[@DarkStarDS]

Ухты! Круто!

[@andrerocha9816]

Meh just lazi AI upscale and thats it

[@ASHFAR578]

Is giving blizzard money is worth it? No

[@jannowak9639]

3x NO "BLIZZARD" GO HOME

[@nicholasg9804]

I'm sorry they screwed this one up. It needs Auto casting.. needed better AI.. you should be able to select far more units I think you can now but frankly they could have handled the unit managing better

[@jannowak9639]

No music in cinematic intro XD No animated briefings XDD this is a joke, why they even done this? just release goddamn source code and let people fix and enhance 30 year old game.

[@xetanth87]

That was my mistake. I couldn't record the intro so I opened the game files and placed the intro video and speech at the start of my video and forgot to add the music. I realized only after the video was posted

[@michaelelmes6312]

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