This morning, Warcraft 3 Reforged, the remake of the RTS classic, was released. However, many players are disappointed with the new version. They miss important content, especially in multiplayer. In addition, Blizzard has also changed the old WC3.
What are the problems of WC3? Warcraft 3 Reforged is not in the state that players expected at release, even though it had already been delayed before. There are many performance issues and some promised content regarding graphics and cutscenes is missing.
However, the multiplayer is particularly affected, as it cannot be used competitively. The following features are missing:
- Ranked matchmaking
- Clan support
- Tournament support
This makes the remastered version of Warcraft 3 nearly useless from the perspective of multiplayer players. And this is doubly frustrating because Blizzard has made another change.
What has Blizzard changed? With the release of Reforged, players who want to compete against others in the old version of Warcraft 3 through Battle.net are prompted to update to version 1.32.
This means they have to completely re-download the game and update to the same version as Reforged. Thus, they also lose access to ranked matchmaking and the like.
Fans furious about the remake
How are players reacting to this? Currently, there is a lot of complaining about the lack of changes in the campaign or the cutscenes. However, the real problems lie with the multiplayer fans.
In addition to the missing content, many custom maps that previously worked without issues have become unusable. All custom maps larger than 256mb automatically cause the game to crash.
Accordingly annoyed, the reactions on reddit are:
- Junkhead_88: “Did you ever have the problem where you loved a game and one day it required 400% more storage on your hard drive but won’t let you play it properly? I still don’t get it today.”
- Bombedd: “We downloaded a 30-gigabyte patch that removed profiles, ranked matchmaking, clans, tournaments, and more? And I, an idiot, spent $30 on it?”
- ThePhoneBook: “Since all players who paid for Classic WC3 no longer have access to the content, wouldn’t it make sense to at least offer Reforged in a significantly reduced version?”
Custom maps now automatically belong to Blizzard: Another new feature includes the game policy of Warcraft 3. All custom maps now automatically fall under Blizzard’s copyright.
New modes like Dota or Auto Chess are thus nearly excluded or would immediately be transferred to Blizzard’s ownership. This could also harm the modding community as a whole (via VentureBeat).
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