Warcraft II: Tides of Darkness 1995

Is it still worth playing?

Blizzard Entertainment's 1995 real time strategy game for DOS and Windows, remastered in 2024. Its economy runs on three resources, gold, wood and oil, with farms capping how many units you can field. Oil is what brings the sea into it, since tankers build the platforms that drill for it, and naval and air units fight alongside the army. The two sides are not mirrors. Orcs are stronger on land, while Humans have the stronger fleet and spellcasters, and each side has its own campaign. Around that sit a map editor, games for up to eight players, and controls such as selecting units by dragging a box. Two sides built differently and a war fought on land, at sea and in the air still give each match its own plan today.