Warcraft: Orcs and Humans - A Premonition of Greatness | The Completionist

For Video Games Movie Month, we take a look at my Warcraft: Orcs and Humans review. This is the classic RTS game that started it all, and set the foundation for the plot of the Warcraft movie. At the time Blizzard made huge improvements with the real time strategy genre, building upon features from games at the time. They solidified the fog of war and mapped terrain in an RTS game, added multiple maps, and created some of the best multiplayer functions of it's time.
Let me know what you thought about my Warcraft Orcs and Humans review! What's the verdict: Warcraft 1 or Warcraft 3 Reforged?
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[@ThatOneVideoGamer]

I don't play many RTS games on the show, but I always seem to enjoy the ones I do play. What is your favorite RTS game?

[@POTTERANDMATRIXFAN]

The Battle for Middle-earth series :)

[@vacemthree6539]

Brutal Legend

[@d3structi]

Command & Conquer Red Alert 2

[@xenostrike]

Starcraft and Total Annihilation.

[@malicekerendu3574]

Pokemon tower defense 1 or 2

[@keeganconnor3224]

"If they're particularly old" Dang Jirard, that one hurt.

[@nottoday9182]

My joints hurt... so I guess he isn't wrong

[@Carnifici]

It did, didn't it! .__. Just too cruel...

[@toastydanny9136]

"How do you do fellow gamers?!"

[@chriszimmerman9737]

Fuckin a. Doesn’t seem like that long ago.

[@MisterBlex]

I'm 22, spent my childhood playing W2 and W3, I don't get why he said that lol

[@chrisbandicoot9552]

How to kill Jirard in one simple step: Have him do a completionist episode on World of Warcraft.

[@Marinealver]

I want him to have a take on the Indie Steam Rouglite, FTL.

[@RhombonianKnight]

Why not complete Europa Universalis 4? It's more assured.

[@KevinTheTimeGeek86]

Or have him do an episode on "100% Orange Juice!" :D

[@GoldenPickaxe]

jirard you need to complete dwarf fortress

[@Yuri-vh5iq]

There's no point in making a Completionist review of MMO's

[@Blazieth]

Worth noting: The Second layer of Fog of War obscuring enemy units if you don't have units nearby was not added until Warcraft *2.* This makes exploration more powerful in Warcraft 1, because once you explore an area, you can see enemy units that patrol through the area.

[@Asahamana]

And in Warcraft II you can disable The fog of war from The options menu.

[@DrZalmat]

Warcraft was a great game for its time, i loved playing it. But today it is almost unplayably frustrating... gaming changed a lot in the last 25 years

[@zulawoo]

Warcraft 2 was such a MAJOR improvement, and released only 2 years after the first.

[@willeysingleton3057]

Yea Just pkay Dune the Battle for Arrakis. Its always gokng to be awesome.

[@killertruth186]

@@zulawoo And can still be a hard game to beat as well.

[@LukePHA]

You pulled off the professorial presentation style/gag really well and it was great choice for the game. Proverbial and corporeal thumbs up!

[@FanZ2626]

I liked the more educational/historical bent to this episode. I'm just old enough that Warcraft I was the first Warcraft game that I played, although I was too young to be very good at it. Still, I was surprised just how familiar the gameplay still felt while I was watching this video; those childhood experiences can really stick around in the back of your mind.

[@OakCliffFlatlander]

I love the mr professor dr sir lord jirard

[@brycevo]

I really would like another Warcraft movie.

[@Nytemare2all]

Yep!

[@Pizza7478]

Honestly, I feel like the movie would have been much better if split into two, one for Orcs, and one for humans. A lot of the problem was it's focus was too split, and so couldn't give enough attention to what it needed to.

[@gibboss28]

Oh man, Dune 2. that game brings back memories more so than warcraft for me.

[@Trenell83]

That brain age music at 6:05 though. The wave of nostalgia hits me like a truck.

[@andrewmcreynolds4341]

THANK YOU! I knew I recognized that music but I couldn't place it! It was driving me CRAZY!

[@BinBascal]

Never clicked a completionist video so fast! Well maybe dark souls, but only a difference of a few milliseconds!

[@BabusGameRoom]

I'm so glad to see you do an old game! I'm a retro gamer at heart. Thanks Mr. Completionist!

[@ScooterinAB]

I think we can all agree that we need more Professor Jirard in our lives.

[@julianx2rl]

Warcraft 3 Refunded is next!

[@Ellthom]

I hope he just plays the original instead, on an old computer :P

[@Marinealver]

Nah, let that game be exiled.

[@tkoch263]

After 1 comes 2, not 3.

[@julianx2rl]

@@tkoch263 - kzbin.info/www/bejne/l2iTZpuCYreXsJI

[@Agent719]

Wait, this game has a canon ending, and it's the ORCS'? ... I guess that makes sense.

[@laertesindeed]

Depends on your perspective. You could say that Warcraft 2 has an official ending and it is the humans who win there.

[@seawind930]

Warcraft 3 didn't have a canon ending because they kept changing it in WoW.

[@josh29221]

@@seawind930 completely incorrect... the original game ends at the battle for mount hyjal. the frozen throne campaign ends when arthas takes up the helm of domination in icecrown. nothing from the endings has been changed

[@laertesindeed]

@@seawind930 World of Warcraft never changed the endings for the single player game Warcraft 3. It remains set in stone.

[@christianweibrecht6555]

@@laertesindeed Warcraft 2 plot is dependent upon the wc1 orc ending being canon. WC 2 introduction cinematic clearly states that after sacking stormwind the orcs sailed north to once again enguage in battle. How else could the orcs reach the northern kingdoms? The wc2 canon ending is a combination of both sides

[@Wayward_Warlock]

10:16 "Warcraft has continued to improve with every Warcraft and StarCraft that came after it" *Warcraft 3: Reforged wants to know your location* *Activision-Blizzard want to know your credit card number*

[@EugeneLee1992]

Well they did improve the graphics... if nothing else.

[@ConfirmedRandom]

@@EugeneLee1992 highly debatable

[@Criselyon]

@@ConfirmedRandom this exactly

[@mas8705]

Probably meant what the games would improve on before Activision crawled into the corpse of Blizzard and started to parade it around while wanting people to give them more money and taking away things that made Blizzard special.

[@superbearchrist1716]

The Chinese government would like to censor all comments that aren't in the people's republic party interests

[@RoarTheRapper]

I grew up on Warcraft 3, love the world in it to pieces. :D

[@NanoscopicSize]

What about the controversial reformed one?

[@clarkb2697]

Yeah this game is exceedingly rough around the edges. Requiring a lot of planning and some luck at times. The melee units are at best a meat shield for ranged units

[@ceresbane]

kind of the nature of being the first few games in a new genre.

[@JonSSteiner]

I always hoped you would review games like the Dishonored games, Thief, Prey, and then the Sierra games (all easily completable, as I have done, a simple human), but this is a great direction to explore. This, along with Dune II (also very completable) were huge games for me

[@rzl1234]

I love how you always find new Donkey Kong music to add to the video ambience.

[@dogishappy0]

This episode had some fun skits. I'm looking forward to joining you on twitch!

[@TheGameLecturer]

This was my first RTS and I loved it. PS: You can't heal when you play Orcs but you can resurrect corpses (even your enemies) to turn them into "The Dead" units. wow.gamepedia.com/The_Dead

[@powerist209]

But the Dead doesn't seem to be good meat shield and too micromanage-heavy, more so with 4 unit limit.

[@Raice]

I think you missed the second i in Completionist on the white board there bud. For real though- I look forward to these every week. Keep up the good work!

[@DeimosXVX]

Looking forward to a Warcraft 2 episode. That game was my introduction to the RTS genre in 1994. If Sega's Megalomania/Tyrants doesn't count.

[@killerolav123]

Would be great! WC2 has aged far better than WC1 and is still very much playable/enjoyable.

[@GranWarlorckEnmaryu]

So do i

[@BigHead2615]

Man, this one really takes me back. The days of Super Nintendo, and computer games that looked and sounded a bit like this one. My older brother introduced the Warcraft games to me, in '95 or '96, just after WC II: Tides Of Darkness came out. I remember just instantly falling in love with the units personalities, and really favored the Horde over the Alliance. Then he showed me the first game, and while I definitely preferred the second game over it, there was something about the first game where, it felt like it deserved a proper amount of respect and admiration - after all, it DID launch the Warcraft series, for better or for worse (depending on how you feel about the series nowadays; WoW was a fantastic game, until it just continually fell further and further downhill until I hardly cared about the story anymore during the Legion and Battle For Azeroth expansions). Also, I was never into the online multiplayer aspect of the games, least of all with Warcraft III, and with the current "out of season April Fool's joke" that is Warcraft III: Reforged, I just wanted to share here that, you CAN still re-install the original WC III, if you can find the installers on the internet, OR, if your PC still possesses an optical drive (CD-rom, DVD-rom, Blu Ray-rom or what ever Blu Ray drives are referred to as), installing from the CD does still work, and the game is very much still playable, IF your intent is NOT the online multiplayer part of the game, which is good and enough for me, I never cared about the online multiplayer, only once or twice, against my younger cousin, where we did have this one hilarious day, when I had distracted him (we were both living in my grandmother's house, so yeah both of our computers were in the same house etc.), and while he was distracted, I was annihilating him in the game. And, no, I would not exactly want to go back to or revisit that, it WAS funny that one time (for me; he pouted over it for at least two years afterward, and any time I bring it back up, he's still mad that I WOULD do that to him, hehe), but the classic Warcraft games will always hold a special place in my heart, and as a reminder that, there once was a great game developer, both of console AND PC games..... actually now that I think about it, did they even develop or port their own games to consoles? Now I'm thinking there were third-party publishers that did that work, like Interplay..... anyway, yeah, R.I.P. Blizzard Entertainment, I dearly miss them every day anymore :(

[@cronolink9]

I remember my brother playing Warcraft and Warcraft 2, and being stunned when I heard the franchise became an MMORPG. Now with their remaster of Warcraft 3 sucking so hard, I doubt we will ever get a true successor to these games. Great video! It's always fun to look back on gaming history and see how far we've come in not very much time.

[@cattysplat]

The only one who can kill Blizzard games, is Blizzard themselves, they are doing a great job at it recently.

[@LuaanTi]

The four-unit selection limit was an explicit design choice; it was supposed to encourage a more tactical approach than "send everything you have into the fray and hope for the best". We all know how that ended up working in practice - instead of giving more value to tactics and strategy, it encourages very fast clicking :P

[@TransientWitch]

I appreciate the use of Orcs & Humans music in the background while showing footage of WoW. Makes me nostalgiac for both games.

[@Linken_88]

I cracked up laughing when I saw Jesse's shaman leveling in MoP with Crendor at the beginning.

[@SeanUCF]

Dude, so many props for doing this game. It doesn't get nearly enough love.

[@virgil592]

I love the commercials for the twitch. Hope you all get that Extra Credit.

[@Uldihaa]

Jirard looking surprisingly dapper in that jacket. I approve.

[@Dadaph]

When I first discovered this channel back in 2013, I was playing through Warcraft 2 and needed something in the background. Guess we've kinda come full circle. Last I finished Warcraft 1 was in the late 90s, couldn't bring myself to play it for long when I gave it another try later. But Warcraft 2 is another story, that one is still my favorite of the bunch.

[@matthewmagnani2915]

What a time to review a Warcraft game, given the state of the franchise today! Part of me wonders if this episode was commissioned by Blizzard in a vain attempt to remind fans how great they are, er, WERE. But that’s probably just crazy thinking. Great video! Keep it up!

[@starblaze27]

Still got my copy of Warcraft 1 and play it sometimes. I just went and showed the manual, which is maybe one of the best ones visually, to a few friends who were never around when the game came out and showed them the original lore and all that.

[@zipzeolocke2]

Warcraft was my childhood and what got me interested in the RTS genre! I discovered it one fateful day at my elder cousins house and it became hooked for life. Warcraft II Tides of Darkness is my all-time favorite! And with the third game I love the addition of the night elves. I might be in the minority but I was actually kind of disappointed when World of Warcraft came out because blizzard started focusing on multiplayer titles because online subscriptions were more profitable. Sadly they stopped making single player story campaigns efficiently.

[@Oxzide92]

Would love to see you do a completion series on WoW, doing the loremaster achievements for each expansion and a run through the dungeons/raids

[@Blastercadre]

I gotta appreciate the master piece theater Jirard. Only one funnier is the Italian vape salesman.

[@gamingxmachina6718]

Id go to a class taught by Professor Jirard.

[@Mcdude02]

Oh yes do warcraft 3 and warcraft 2 sometime too

[@midnightwolfwarrior]

No. DO NOT make him do Warcraft 3. That game was tarnished pretty heavily by the "remaster" they gave it.

[@Mcdude02]

@@midnightwolfwarrior the gameplay is still the same isn't it

[@midnightwolfwarrior]

@@Mcdude02 If only. Look up the situation as covered by YongYea, Jim Sterling, and Bellular News.

[@EnterTheMorg]

I was not prepared for Dr. Khalil, Professor of the Humanities. You rock that look way too well, my dude. ^-^

[@13KuriMaster]

You put up a pretty good professor act here.

[@YGOrochi]

The OG warcraft was where it's at, I still remember having to go through like 20 minutes of boot up from a floppy disk... ahh good times.

[@charlesporter9355]

Music was pretty good! This episode brings back memories !

[@quag311]

What a throwback! Never finished it as a kid but was fun to play.

[@RealMemeVP]

That MoP Crendor & Jesse gameplay

[@iCABALi]

Warcraft 1 and Dune 2 are good early RTS games, but it wasn't until C&C and Warcraft 2 that the RTS genre started to gain decent traction.

[@jinopostigo7987]

Great video, love the "scholarly" approach. Please do a Star Ocean game, preferably Star Ocean 1 or 2.

[@midnightwolfwarrior]

You're actually trying to kill him, aren't you

[@KeziaTv]

@@midnightwolfwarrior ? They aren't even long. Plus this guy doesn't even finish the games lmao

[@samslash9]

I like when he does older games even if they dont get as many views. Their fun retrospectives!

[@longliveartimus]

First! Warcraft 3 was by far my favorite that’s why I’m ultra disappointed with Reforge.

[@gamerex9378]

When I was a child. Computers were adult related things. Don't touch, get away from that kind of thing. Then one day while I was visiting some family. A guy my aunt happened to be dating was sitting at a computer and I could hear what was obviously a video game but I don't see a console anywhere. He was playing a Star Wars chess game, I watched him play for about 15 minutes and he was so excited to see how excited I was. However, he never offered to let me play it. The next morning I woke up to computer being in the living room and he had hooked up a second computer. On screen Warcraft: Orcs and Humans was running. He explained the basics to me and let me play the first stage, I chose to play as Orcs. After that stage (which I believe I had to build 5 farms and 1 barracks). He and I went into a private match by what I believe was done via ad hoc. He destroyed me of course but he showed me computer gaming for the first time. The other side of the coin if you will. I would keep playing consoles for the most part but always dabbled with a computer game or three every year. Man that was a crazy day.

[@cattysplat]

Computers were like hallowed ground back then, so expensive and rare, only "computer people" had them. Network gaming was a real eye opener for many, the experience of having your own personal screen whilst playing in multiplayer is such a huge quality of life upgrade compared to the limited options of playing on the same screen, split screen or taking turns to play as was what few games offered multiplayer back then. The experience was so addictive and exciting like nothing else.

[@sp1teface]

Jirard doing his best Del Toro cosplay this video, I see

[@Yarzu555]

Ah man, I remember my uncle letting me borrow this game, with all the codes written on a piece of paper taped to it. I loved these games... though I kinda missed being able to build walls in wc2.

[@mrjotz]

I loved playing this growing up. I was never able to beat it, but it was great!

[@andrewbertram2435]

I don't know where to nominate this but I'd love to see you complete Civilization: Revolution

[@PicklerEntertainment]

I still remember the first time I played this... We were at a Network Cafe, it was 1994 and the game just released. I had never played an RTS before. The Cafe had Doom and Warcraft, I had a buddy who played in Doom tourneys and he dominated those match ups. But, when it came to WarCraft I won every match. I realized that it was best to create Necrolytes and Warlocks. So I created a ton of Demons and dominated. It requires heavy focus on the Micro due to the 4 unit max grouping, but at the time that was an advancement. So yes, going back now the game is far more difficult than it was b/c we've been spoiled with large grouping. But, it's still a fun game. I will admit WarCraft II aged far better than the original.

[@TheCreepypro]

I know nothing of of rts so it was great to watch this and learn and yeah maybe I will try it

[@VelvetKitsune]

Hey Warcraft III isn't for old pe-- 2002.... 18 years ago. ....Okay, I'm old.

[@Pienimusta]

Rest in peace Blizzard

[@narata1541]

Oh my gosh! I remember installing the demo back in the day and loving this game. I felt like the only person to know what Warcraft was back then. It has grown so much. Haha, I feel like the game's father.

[@xeroxedable]

More like put a warhammer skin on it

[@andrewnewell1142]

Dwight H came down here to say the same thing.

[@kennethdavis8840]

Warcraft was a warhammer game and lost the liscence...

[@cattysplat]

When Games Workshop is so cease and desist heavy even Jirard has to lie.

[@Zerocool3809]

defiantly didnt expect a rts on this channel and if u want another one that's easy to complete and fun try lord of the rings war of the ring, warcraft 3, or starcraft 2

[@jpnuar1]

In Warcraft 1, fog of war didn’t hide enemy troop movements, that feature wasn’t added in until Warcraft 2, I think.

[@gameprose4293]

Warcraft: Orcs & Humans was the first PC game I owned. I was raised by my grandparents and they were strict with what games I could play for the most part. I was 6 or 7 years old at the time and my grandparents decided they would let me pick out a game for my birthday. I was so excited. So many good moments. Also, was the start of my path to becoming a Horde loyalist.

[@arn_ice]

Good episode, love history-teacher Jirard. Super hyped for Dead Space 2!

[@djdjinn6340]

Big fan of Historian Jirard! More of this! Very classy.

[@mysterwhymedia]

Jolly good, Professor Beardman. Jolly good show.

[@seth12382]

Having only played Warcraft 3 and WoW it was interesting to seem how this series started out.

[@AnnCatsanndra]

6:05 - 7:25 I realize it was probably part of the gag, but on my desktop speakers I can't make out a single word said during this section.

[@divinebovine12185]

Not a gag, hes just put on a wierd voice for this video

[@IamJacksSTD]

Straight up, I'm down for a series with Professor Jirard. Just, like, any kind of series.

[@MrChevyv8]

Why do i feel so much older after watching this 13 minute video and remembering the good times that i had with the mentioned games?

[@Glacial69lol]

Tries to grab glasses remembers he needs to keep them on

[@HeartlessReaperKun]

I remember playing Warcraft on my dad's pc. It was my very first RTS, and after that I dug into Starcraft.

[@jassao]

I'm impressed by the cleanness of shoes' out-sole, weird flex but ok

[@NATT441]

I like this Professor Jirard character!

[@jtib5968]

I actually played this as a kid. A lot! I loved it! Now it's just so old... XD

[@luliby2309]

I see you've been playing Grand Poo world 2 Jirard. Good luck. You're going to need it.

[@shadushio9682]

Blizzard has been so cold lately... I had to. ;)

[@RedVagrantD]

No waving this time? Just an upside down book? My favorite RTS is probably always going to be Red Alert 3. SPAAAYSCE

[@oakenshield3116]

I love this game!! Still remember most of the cheat codes.😀😀

[@linkinlovprk]

Dang Jirard I'm only 26, y u call me old :( Was just thinking about your starcraft video the other day, glad to see you do another one of these. :)

[@AndrevusWhitetail]

"Lord of the rings skin" Correction Jirard. Warcraft is based on WARHAMMER, not Lord of the Rings.

[@woaddragon]

Unusual pretty hard based on war hammer fantasy. Apparently one of the lead designer was a big warhammer.

[@generaljimmies3429]

Just as Starcraft was loosely based off of Warhammer 40k

[@ratchetmechani2002]

Which in turn was based on Lord of the Rings. It's a cycle

[@Squishydew]

@@woaddragon He was a big Warhammer? How'd he hit the keys on the keyboard one at a time?

[@theycallmejojo6090]

98% of fantasy games take at least some inspiration from Lord of the Rings.

[@caseybones4609]

This was a great episode! Maybe dive farther into old PC games? Keep up the great content

[@jarrettmaltry6305]

Can’t wait until an RTS comes out and looks like a full scale war is going on. Honestly I haven’t played an RTS since Starcraft 2 and never really thought about it but I really like every RTS I’ve ever played

[@shawnheatherly]

Professor Jirard was unexpected, but welcomed. As for the game, it's an important landmark in gaming history that is as archaic as I expected.

[@stealtheeone9016]

You should do the the same intro for all new completionist game videos

[@Untolddead]

WOOT warcraft orcs and humans! The strategy guide was epic for the game. It added a ton to the story of the game with descriptions of each battle.

[@mrjoeyb717]

can you complete a command an conquer? love that series. hell.. may play tonight lol

[@DukeofGames50]

He'll probably play one on his let's play channel one day, he talked about it last year

[@YetiGaming]

Those are some crisp shoes

[@trouta8728]

Wow I'm actually playing this again myself.

[@iiTzDelta]

I want Jirard as my actual professor. I don’t care what subject he teaches me I just need this educated beardman in my life

[@Eithunna]

His beard does the lectures, he is just there for the ride

[@KeziaTv]

Lol "educated"

[@Proiteus]

Actually Gerrard the game was supposed to be based on games workshop’s Warhammer fantasy tabletop game. But GW was unhappy with the deal and turned them down so they created their own fantasy setting. Bet GW wished they had taken that deal in the long run.

[@MonadoJoJo]

Wow, I had never heard of this game before, it seemed really cool and interesting

[@kingofredleopards]

I remember playing this off a floppy disc... I feel way older than I am lol

[@613aristocrat]

And we all want one of the pioneers in arcade fighting games on the PC, One Must Fall 2097. OMG, OMF was the the most metal game ever. It mostly holds up too!

[@LSSJL]

Instant like. I miss this game especially with current warcraft 3 news being so bad, its nice to look back at the classics being reminded of how good it was.

[@ghosteyez6582]

Warcraft 3 the greatest and I was born late 90s I remember playing around 2006 story and battle net as a young kid Do Warcraft 3 next please

[@mndalran]

Haha we had Warcraft one on a AOL demo cd. Started my rts obsession! I can’t play it again though, that ui is so hard to deal with!!!!

[@Antarsan]

Holy shit, Jirard actually looks like a TV celebrity historian in that getup.