Played Wow for a long time (Not recently). Enjoyed it for what it appeared to be, as in quests, dungeons and grouping with friends and what not. Truly awesome game and I'm looking forward to the next expansion. I have no idea about the lore or history of Warcraft other than what was offered in WOW, but tonight I've suddenly become very interested.
Just dusting off my game shelf that's not been opened for a while and I notice Warcraft III. Jeez I can't even remember buying the game, so I'm assuming it was the last chicken in one of those 3 for £15 deals in Game.
Installed it and oh my god. It's brilliant. The graphics are very good for it's age and the presentation is the usual Blizzard perfect. So colourful, bright and the gameplay oozes polish. I've never been a keen a strategy player, but this has had me gripped for a few hours this evening.
Playing this after WOW makes the game really interesting as the same locations and characters are popping up. Seems kinda sad I know, but there I was. A level 2 Orc named Thrall (Horde players will recognise this name) and I'm running around Arathi. It really is like a nostalgic trip.
Okay then. There is one problem and I'm not sure if it's a big problem, or nothing to worry about. The game movie cinematics are not working on my Vista64 PC. I've searched everywhere for a fix but no luck. Unless I delete the Movies folder from the installation directory I can't launch the game. Screen rez changes and and sticks. Only able to End task to get back to Windows.
Assuming there is no fix, I'm now debating weather to install XP on a spare partition or just carry on without the cinematics
Edit... Problem sorted now - Vista Codec Pack fixed this.
Just dusting off my game shelf that's not been opened for a while and I notice Warcraft III. Jeez I can't even remember buying the game, so I'm assuming it was the last chicken in one of those 3 for £15 deals in Game.
Installed it and oh my god. It's brilliant. The graphics are very good for it's age and the presentation is the usual Blizzard perfect. So colourful, bright and the gameplay oozes polish. I've never been a keen a strategy player, but this has had me gripped for a few hours this evening.
Playing this after WOW makes the game really interesting as the same locations and characters are popping up. Seems kinda sad I know, but there I was. A level 2 Orc named Thrall (Horde players will recognise this name) and I'm running around Arathi. It really is like a nostalgic trip.
Okay then. There is one problem and I'm not sure if it's a big problem, or nothing to worry about. The game movie cinematics are not working on my Vista64 PC. I've searched everywhere for a fix but no luck. Unless I delete the Movies folder from the installation directory I can't launch the game. Screen rez changes and and sticks. Only able to End task to get back to Windows.
Assuming there is no fix, I'm now debating weather to install XP on a spare partition or just carry on without the cinematics
Edit... Problem sorted now - Vista Codec Pack fixed this.
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