Warcraft 30th anniversary: Remastered dei primi Warcraft e patch 2.0 di Reforged

Ieri sera si è svolta la live dedicata ai 30 anni di Warcraft, il primo annuncio fatto in apertura di serata è stato dedicato agli RTS di Warcraft.

Sonno state annunciate le remastered dei primi due titoli RTS di Blizzard dedicati a Warcraft: Warcraft I e Warcraft II; disponibili per l’acquisto già durante l’evento live. È stata inoltre annunciata la patch 2.0 per Warcraft III Reforged la quale è sostanzialmente un completo restyle grafico, con la possibilità di utilizzare i modelli in Ultra HD del gioco originale, è un insieme di quality of life e ottimizzazioni dell’interfaccia.

Tutti e tre i giochi, Warcrat i Remastered, Warcraft II Remastered e Warcraft III Reforged, sono acquistabili singolarmente sia tramite un singolo bundle nel negozio: la BattleChest di Warcraft Remastered. Questa include anche le versioni originali di Warcraft I e Warcraft II che da tempo sono disponibili anche su Battle.net.

La BattleCest di Warcraft Remastered è disponibile nel negozio al costo base di 39.99€; tale costo può variare se già possedete alcuni degli articoli che vi sono inclusi.

Le Remastered di Warcraft I e Warcraft II propongono uno stile grafico migliorato, realizzato completamente a mano per essere quanto più fedele al design originale. Sono inoltre presenti all’interno di Warcraft I i bozzetti originali fatti dagli artisti per la creazione del gioco, questo materiale per lo più inedito viene reso disponibile ai giocatori come parte del processo di preservazione della storia del franchise.

Per quanto riguarda Warcraft III Reforged e la patch 2.0 purtroppo i toni devono essere meno entusiastici. Per quanto tutte le novità introdotte siano positive (restyle grafico, la possibilità di scegliere tra i modelli originali in ultra HD o quelli di Reforged e diverse migliorie apportate all’interfaccia), definire questa versione del gioco 2.0 purtroppo è solo una questione di numerazione delle patch e non il segno di una vera rivoluzione.

Oramai l’unica mancanza rispetto a quanto annunciato nel 2018 è l’aggiornamento della campagna per rispecchiare le modifiche alla storia avvenute nel corso degli anni, ma è molto difficile che questa nuova patch migliori l’opinione che l’utenza ormai ha del gioco.

Per completezza vi lasciamo qui sotto le patchnote complete dell’aggiornamento di Warcrat III Reforged.

Blizzard

Version 2.0
November 13, 2024

In celebration of the 30^th anniversary of the release of Warcraft: Orcs & Humans, we’ve updated Warcraft III: Reforged to version 2.0, which includes many fixes, improvements, and nods to Warcraft’s history.

Classic HD + Addon System

• Added HD versions of Classic Units, Buildings, VFX, Heroes, Environments and Icons.
• Added new section (under Reforged in the option screen) which will give players the ability to customize between Reforged and Classic HD Assets.

Collection

• Collection screen now has a filter option between skins and portraits.
• Added 5 new Warcraft III Starter Portraits.
• Added Reforged Campaign Heroes as playable skins in Multiplayer (if the skin has a Classic equivalent, the Classic version will show if you have Classic HD Heroes enabled).
• Added an option to disable Skins (for players who only want to see default units).
• Added Warcraft 2 Portraits.
• Added Warcraft 1 Portraits.

User Interface

• Added The Frozen Throne Theme (TFT). Players can toggle back by clicking the logo on the main menu or in the options.
• Menu flow has been updated.
• All front-end menus have been updated.
• Added in-game hotkey customization screen in the option menu. Players must have custom keys enabled to access the menu.
• Added options to turn on APM, FPS, Timer, Ping through the option menu.
• Added the ability for a player to watch through their Match History if they have the replay saved.
• Search filter added to create game.
• Search filter added to replays.
• In-Game User Interface
  • Added in-game timer that can be turned on/off via the options or using “/time”.
  • Added deny indicator that can be turned on/off via the options.
  • Added Goldmine worker counter that can be turned on/off via the options.
  • Added Race Indicator in the Allies menu (F11) next to the players’ names.
  • All chat is disabled by default but can be turned on manually via the options.
  • Squad formation is disabled by default but can be turned on manually via the options.
  • Health bars are set to always on by default but can be changed manually via the options.
  • Numbers on cooldown are set to on by default but can be turned off manually via the options.
  • Idle worker key will camera snap to the unit only after the player has double tapped.
  • HUD can now be scalable in the option.
  • Classic mode HUD now has the option of removing the side boarders.
  • Campaign Talking Head UI is disabled by default but can be turned on manually via the options.

Music

• Added Warcraft 1 and Warcraft 2 Music as an option.

Multiplayer

• Added XP and leveling to ranked play.
• Leaderboard ranking is based on the amount of XP if player have the same XP rank tie breaker will be MMR.
• MMR bands have been reduced from 0-10000 to 0-7000.
• MMR will no longer reset after a new season if you are currently ranked. MMR will reset slightly if you played 0 games in the previous season.
• Level and XP will reset completely at the start of every season.
• AT can no longer match RT in 4v4 and 3v3.
• Added game servers located in Chicago, United States of America and Sydney, Australia.

Reforged Environments

• All Reforged Terrian Art has been updated for all environments.
• Various Tree Doodads have been updated to reflect the environment changes.
• Foliage is disabled by default.

Reforged Lighting

• Bloom has been removed.
• Tone map has been updated.
• Increased Ambient Lighting.

Settings

• All settings have been set to default settings.

Tooltips

• Updated various tooltips to better reflect ability usage for Heroes.

World Editor

• Added option to turn on/off Addons from Reforged to Classic HD.
• Added the ability to toggle on/off foliage.

Bugfixes

• Fixed an issue where players could no longer create or invite players to Clans.
• Fixed an issue where the Demon Hunter would lose vision permanently if it was revived through the Ankh of Reincarnation.
• Fixed an issue where match results would not be processed.
• Mac
  • Fixed an issue preventing Mac users from launching the game.