The bestselling smash hit real time strategy video game, Warcraft 2: Tides of Darkness, has been a much-loved fan favorite for two and a half decades now. It still has a devoted and enthusiastic following, all these years later, of players to whom it became a favorite hobby and a close-knit community. At War2USA (war2usa.com), we have a fabulous, welcoming community of friendly folks who love Warcraft 2. We have mapmakers, modders, strategy coaches, and lots more whose main discussion zone is our Discord (discord.gg/txxmDyu). We have regular game nights mainly in evenings of EST time zone and occasional daytime or middle of the night opportunities also. Come connect with us and rediscover the best game ever made!
Hate to be this guy, but your high APM looks very forced and not very futile... I feel like you would be better served being more deliberate with some of your mouse movements versus a lot of random wiggling and repetitive clicking. Good luck out there. [edit] with that being said, would be awesome if you put a link into your description for how we could connect to this particular War2 server. So far, I've only found the Russian version (which my USA ping is surprisingly okay most games).
I have no aim to reach any particular apm and enjoy my meaningless erratic motion thoroughly, but I do invite you to 1v1 and if you win, I'll consider taking tips from ya. 😆 Like imagine if I critique the way you do certain personal activities with the same exact words "looks forced, futile, lots of random wiggling and repetitive movements" wellll just may happen that you like it like that and it's not really my business how you enjoy yourself lol. Only when someone has proven themselves to be solidly my superior in the game, as in capable of 10-0 in sharkfight will I feel he has earned the right to be attempting coaching. Np lol. Maybe that's you. Remains to be seen.
I would estimate it at 2 feet wide. When I got the new screen, the game looked terrible on it, so Tupac fixed the screen to look better for me and not grainy and ginormous.
Looks nice! Would like to try one day the multiplayer too. I have the fullscreen view now but I dont have the Usa server main menu screen. I tried to go the pathway but it said that the content is not avalable anymore when trying to donwload just the USA server things. All help is appreciated. :)
i hate caster units so damn annoying to deal with like wizards turn your troops into a mindless sheep which scares me to the core magic is scary in fantasy
If you edit unit stats like hp or sight or build time in map editor, you can make them "take" in the map for multiplayer games by hosting "use map settings". Most common way to host is using one peon start setting. With one peon start, even if the map maker added buildings or units to the map, they won't appear in the game in that mode. You can also do "fixed order" and uncheck "one peon" start. The host will be red player, 2nd player etc.
@@w2babyshark I just tried it and it works! Thank you. I may make a balance mode after all. I've seen Tupac tutorials but I don't understand them. Didn't know about fixed order and peon only
Hey, thanks for the content! I just re-discovered that people still play this game multi. I played pretty seriously back in the last century on Kali. Been giving serious thought to playing again.
I think you'll find re-discovering this game a delight and joy and have a great time with our friendly and welcoming community! :) Join our discord if you haven't to connect: discord.gg/NqXcshF
Yes @erikpoirier1533, you are on the path to where you belong: War2USA also known as Warcraft 2 Paradise 😄😂 Join us for some games Friday night! Or sooner or later.
Just started playing WC2 again for the first time in a decade! Top great game OAT for sure, how do you find a good community to learn from/play with? Definitely want to enjoy multiplayer and not just AI and map building. Thanks have a great day!
You have found the best Warcraft 2 community at War2USA, hah. Join the discord to find out when we play, for tech support, or just to connect over the best game ever! Here's the link: discord.gg/NqXcshF
Watching your matches always stresses me out despite the calming music in the background, lol. That sapper strat seems pretty strong. And how do you have the camera so zoomed out, I've never seen it like that before.
Lol hearing you tell me my matches stress you out made me laugh because I never heard that before lol. The widescreen thing is like a patch someone made. I got tech support from War2USA discord tech support guy called Tupac who is a super nice and helpful guy and can help you with computer stuff that I don't know about so join the discord for tech support since it's not my specialty. 😊
It only stressed me out because it looked like so much keep track of and fires to put out constantly but in all honesty playing against anyone in an RTS does that to me. Thanks for the advice on the screen support.@@w2babyshark
This one is the HD version and I play on War2USA server (war2usa.com). I got help installing it from the War2USA discord tech support channel: discord.gg/NqXcshF Join the friendly discord and get help getting Warcraft 2 running on your machine if needed.
I played Warcraft 2 in 1997, where I introduced the game to my Father. We played together and online. I was 12 years old and he was 40.. It was incredibly nostalgic to watch your video. God bless you. This video gave me great memories of my late Father's love and affection.
The game has many great and special memories for me, too. I'm glad you were able to find the nostalgia and remember your meaningful moments with your father. Feel free to join us for games at war2usa if ever you want to play with people again.
Might be a dumb question but i am curious, why do Warcraft 2 offer over WC3 and SCBW/SC2? If you want a RTS without the heroes of WC3, i assume SC2 and BW are far better games compentive than WC2. So i am just wondering what WC2 does since there are a small but very active playerbase that sticks to WC2.
Not a dumb question :) When you love something, you can't help it. I love w2 and that's all there is to it hah. The people are fun and we've been playing together for years and have a community that's familiar so that is big too.
I dont know how i ended up watching a warcraft II tutorial on youtube, but i was very surprised to hear a nice sounding female voice explaining mechanics :) I loved this game back in the day, but i just cant see myself playing it in multi player due to the bloodlust spell. Spellcasting in general is a bit annoying in both War1 and SC1 due to the lack of auto casting.
The 1st guy has great tips and explains things well. The 2nd guy who cuts in rarely, just sounds like he wants to be right, but his logic sucks. Any relevant RTS pro at any other game could watch this and I feel 99% would agree, the 1st dude knows what he is sayin, 2nd guy just sounds like he is mad and dumb lol
telling people to avoid obstructing exits should be sufficient. telling them how to manage their teleport glitches is futile as it isnt something anyone would intuitively know how to do and learning how just slows everything down as you said, wasting time isnt something you want to do.
heal and blood lust are a big deal imo, losing units to poly permanently is pretty unsettling too. even tho according to the spell page it has a harder time landing on higher hit point units? I just started playing a month ago..
Wow, so fun to see this game still being played! I had no idea what really good WC2 games would look like, but now I know it's super complex and exciting. Thanks : )
If people wanted it, I suppose I could! It's easier to talk while watching game recordings than while actually trying to play if it's a tight game, but I can try to make some game commentaries if people want more of those. I have done more in the past than I have recently. What do you want to see? 1v1, 2v2, 3v3, 4v4, FFA, orcs or humans or both, any particular maps or types of maps?
In this case I wanted to pscout and find out if there are enemies nearby, as with less familiar maps I find it useful to start getting the lay of the land as soon as possible and see what opponents are doing and where they are located. Then also if the pscout finds another gold mine, he can start a second settlement which is useful in low gold scenarios when your first gold mine is very small and will run out soon or try to interfere with enemy town as I did there.
It depends on the situation. I'm more inclined to do in in team games where I have at least 1 or 2 solid allies and I have a hope of killing or seriously delaying one of the opponents by ruining their base.@@tomaselninjapro2160
Only saw the 2 first battles. But great fun. That first tower really shot long range and was a great problem.for you :D Have not played warcraft 2 or 3 for 15 years I think. Kinda want to install them again now. Thanks for the video :-)
We are having a 1s tournament tonight in a little over an hour lol. Join us and if you can't make this then just come to our discord to find out when we play! Join here: discord.gg/NqXcshF @thomasseeley8124 We play most evenings of eastern time zone on War2USA server and we welcome all skill level players to join in. We have super pros and newer players all playing together and we set up teams to balance as best as able (weaker with best players etc).@@thomasseeley8124
ive plated all warcraft games, neved expected blizzard to remaster w3 when w2 and w1 were right there for the taking. true gems of the rts genre, a missed opportunity right there