Warcraft 2: Tides of Darkness - Full Orc Campaign Gameplay & Story (Walkthrough / Speedrun) 

I like how in the brief for one of these quests, it says that Gul'dan is ready to unleash his Death Knights, yet this guy created an army of _Ogre-Mages_ instead.

Whoever did the orc voices deserve an oscar

25 years later and this game has still aged well.

This game oozes with personality. This was definitely my favorite of the Warcraft series.

Back when blizzard was blizzard

Orc: What’re your orders for our first mission? Chieftain: Kill each other, so more peons can be made.

Warcraft 2 has no business aging this well. It still looks and plays smooth as butter.

7:22 This is exactly the first thing I ever did when I played this game for the first time the only difference it was in the first level. warcraft2 was the first RTS game I played in my life, and i had no clue what to do in the game and I did'nt understood the concept of a strategy game back then. I was like 9-10 years old, and I did'nt undertand english. It took me some time to understand the idea behind the game, and it was all by trial and error. I learned a lot of stuff in that time...I was also very proud of myself because I figured it all alone.

Woah, this game is better than Warcraft III reforged

YOURE THE CAPTAIN I WOULD LOVE TO ARGH? AHOY

The best Warcraft game ever.

I remember mastering all the build keyboard shortcuts instead of learning something stupid, like Algebra

Man this brought back some great memories. My dad was always a prettt serious, stern type, but seeing me play this got him into the game. As silly as it sounds, it brought us closer together through a shared love of the game.

Good old times when the Warcraft lore wasn't completely messed up.

The musics in this game are pure love. Graphics are kinda good for so old game

This game is so stunning when it comes to visual composition, whether it be tone, color or material.

My favorite part of this game was always the guy describing the mission objectives.

The Warcraft Trilogy was the best and nothing can ever replace that experience

I can't believe it, I remember when I was a kid a single middle mission took me hours or even days like the one you have to kill Gul'dan, and you did it in just minutes, my respects, just a great video!!

This game is a trip down memory lane.This,diablo 2 and starcraft were the first PC games I played when I was 10 when I was lucky enough to play on my uncle's computer.Thanks for uploading!

Stone. Cold. Classic. The memories are good. Thanks for this playthrough!

Man, I wish the RTS genre never faded into oblivion, but remained popular.

Yo-yo-you're the AHOY yo-your'e the cap-I WOULD LOVE TO-the captain! Thanks for this playthrough, to the point and I don't have to install and play it to get my nostalgia kick

Wow! The Goblin Sappers are like a beta Kerrigan voicewise and they explode just like the Infested Terran. It's cool to see how some things inspired others

I remember playing this with my friend growing up. I asked my parents for it, and my grandma ended up buying me Warcraft 1: Orcs and Humans instead for Christmas. I graciously accepted it and played the shit out of that game, but man was this game a lot better and more fun. Good memories.

I just finished watching and I have two take aways. 1. If you want to win, you've got to collect resources FAST and basically ZERGRUSH. 2. In universe, this Orc Campaign would have been frightening to face.

God I could listen to the narrator forever lol. Such an amazing job!

7:19 I already love the Orc 2 theme but I've finally been able to experience it along with the gameplay and somehow it is even more incredible! The instrumentation, especially those timpani and oboes (I think?) add SO much to the atmosphere. Glenn Stafford did an amazing job on this.

Seems like I've played it wrong! Remember this being way harder lol

SUCH good memories, when life was nice

Brings me too tears!!! Whaaaaaaat!!! Love the orcs voices so much!! BLIZZARD MAKE MORE WARCRAFT AND STARCRAFT RTS GAMES FOR EVER PLEASE!!!

Act I: 3:05 I. Zul'dare 4:54 II. Raid at Hillsbrad 6:42 III. Southshore 11:58 IV. Assault on Hillsbrad Act II: Khaz Modan 21:01 V. Tol Barad 32:29 VI. The Badlands 34:05 VII. The Fall of Stromgarde Act III: Quel 'Thalas 46:46 VIII. The Runestone at Caer Darrow 54:32 IX. The Razing of Tyr's Hand 01:05:03 X. The Destruction of Stratholme 01:18:25 XI. The Dead Rise as Quel 'Thalas Falls Act IV: Tides Of Darkness 01:30:16 XII. The Tomb of Sargeras 01:45:12 XIII. The Siege of Dalaran 02:01:40 XIV. The Fall of Lordaeron 02:14:55 Debriefing and credits

So much nostalgia... And now I realize I've been playing this game so slowly as a kid jfc

This is one of my favorite games of all time.

3:28 top ten anime betrayals

i just want a remaster of this, so much childhood nostalgia

Понастольгировал, спасибо большое! Аж слезу пустил😥

Damn i remember this game back then when i was 20 years old, now im 40. Countless hours , amazing game!! Never played world of warcraft though.

I can't believe I watched this whole thing

Great game! Just back in time of my childhood! Thank you!

Man, hearing these sounds again is wild. Thank you Stu and algo.

The ruthless efficiency with which this is executed is both incredibly impressive and utterly disgusting. **Golf clap**

childhood memories - really wanna thank you for this upload!!

I wasn't planning to see this but I just can't stop. So many memories from the 90s ❤️

This video helped me finally beat WC2 for the Horde after the first time I played on Playstation in 2000ish. Gonna finish the Alliance tomorrow. Thanks!

You're a beast! As a little kid I played this and loved the way you could upgrade shit and bloodlust orges fascinated me

53:35 You're the captain! You're the captain! You're the captain! You're the captain! You're the captain!

I would play this demo when I was 5 or 6 years old at my grandparents house on the old Mac system. First memories of my childhood

It was quite funny how the ending showed that orc pretty much body slamming the knight off his horse and proceeded to bash in his face

I miss growing up in the 90s. Hearing my dad play this while me and my older brother played Gauntlet

You manage to bake some weird, unnecessary shit into your longplays without compromising the speedrun factor - 48:13 - I love that. Makes these playthroughs more interesting.

The first game a friend and I ever played on line. Some of the best memories.

Thanks for the idle clicking, I remember a time where Easter eggs were greatly appreciated

did download it and playing again after 23 years. This is actually still fun :D

The music is soooooo nostalgic........ the good old days...

The audio. The video. The story. Holy moly this brings back memories. 😍

Best play through. Right to the action, no passive exploration crap. Good job 👍🏻

this is awesome! i wish there was a way to 'replay' games, it'd be cool to see what else is going on in the map while each mission is occurring. thanks for posting this!

Aw man that "ZUG ZUG" really brings back memories.

I've been working on a Warcraft 2 playthrough. Your speedrun has been very helpful

I loved that you did the clicking thing to annoy the units.

11:45 the sheep explosion is epic. Nice.

One thing I enjoyed doing was creating dragons, but then endowing them with bloodlust from an ogre and haste from the death knight.

Oh, that time of my sweet childhood... Warcraft II was one of my favorites those years!

The game series that made them rich!

Thanks, this brings back memories

I could listen to that narrator all day long

Thanks for uploading this!

This is the True Horde Race! Combination of Orc,ogre and troll not wow Horde

was such a good game and absolutely love the soundtrack:)

I remember Tides of Darkness, this was such a fun game.

49:29 I love this old school theme. I hear it in Warcraft 3 as well

Playing the campaign now. Its still so good.

Man, used to play this on dial up on big old Dell pc listening to DMX as a kid...the golden ear. These kids don't know what they missed.

My first true Blizzard game i played in 1998 and owned. StarCraft was the next one in 1999 along with Diablo II. Didnt own Diablo I until 2002 i think. Diablo I was my first experience of Blizzard games after seeing an old elementary classmate playing it in 1998/1999 on his PC. I didnt know it was Diablo I at the time until later on after i had already gotten WC2BNE. So many memories although i mostly played Diablo 2 and Starcraft in the 2000s on classic Battle.Net on USEast realm.

i've gived a try to this, and i got stuck around the part at 53.40 minutes, you make it looks simple AF, but when I try it, I got some sort of huge rockets coming from no where everytime killing my forces! U legend!

Such good souvenirs ❤️👌 I played Warcraft 2 between 1996 and 1998 if I recall well, that’s fun to remember it. Thx for sharing 😊

Without words watching this.. flood of nostalgia its depressing

Oooh that BGM! just thrusts be back to my childhood

This is the First Video Game i Played and immidetly got addicted

I was born far after the prime of OG warcraft and because of that grew up playing only WoW- never having touched any of the original warcraft games. It wasn't until recently when I decided to buy wc3 reforged that I became interested in the older warcraft games. I had not realized it but I actually had a huge affinity to RTS games. My only previous experience with the RTS genre was with the Spore tribal and civilization stages. The tribal stage in particular was my favorite. It wasn't until I got into Warcraft that I realized *why* . Controlling groups of units to support a base was my cup of tea. So after playing wc3 reforged I decided to give Warcraft 2 a try. And omg is Warcraft 2 a captivating game. The atmosphere just has you wanting to continue. So far I've only reached past the destruction of Stromgarde in the Horde campaign and I can't wait to continue. Idk how but it's more inviting than wc3 reforged. The music, unit voice lines, simple story- it all just feels so *warcraft*

I just love how you bother the ish out of them ,with the repeat clicking on everything XD

KiLLa_HaLo checking in here - miss all the warcraft II homies!

Dear Stu - thank you

man this brings me back

ohh when blizzard had a soul

I loved it, I spend days playing this game

This game merged real life and dreams into one

Gosh I loved this game!!

I remember buying this game in a game store out of love of the third game. I was 12, and I loved it..... and then the fire at my home took it all away... >_

24 Years and always so good :)

I loved this game, I might have to buy it again

I played few years ago and its still great

damn, the nostalgia is real! *tears*! lol

I am 35 years old and sometimes I play WC2. These are my fond memories of childhood.

Wow, awesome! Incredible microcontrol! Really unbelievable for me!

the best game ever... i still play it on regular basis. Both campaigns are virtually identical up to and including scenario 5 after that they are very different Orc campaign it's a little bit easier than Human campaign, many scenarios have a naval focus, so it goes something like "build up your base, once you are ready build your fleet, delete enemy fleet and then when enemy is decimated perform an amphibious operation with enough strengt to kill the enemy. Human AI never really challenge the build up except for the Quel'Thalas and Lordaeron scenarios but even those are not as hard, most people will win the campaign. Orc units are more ofensive by design, Bloodlust boost the attack but it last very little. The death knight unit is very limited due to Paladin's exorcism and Dragons can be boosted with "Haste" and "Bloodlust" but they do not last that much so at the end they are limited Human campaign is harder, some scenarios are ment to be close call from scratch, against multiple active foes, but to be honest the only real challenge is the Dark Portal scenario. It is that much hard that i have only managed to win it once despite having played it many times. The Humans are more defensive, since Paladin's heal can save a lot of money in units but really need time to make a difference and exorcism isn't as propperly used by OP than by AI. Mages are way better unit than D.K. since they don't have a specific counter and they can move freely. Gryphon Riders can be healed which is a huge save of money compared to dragons At the end of the day it is a fun game to try, War2Combat can be installed freely and there's even a small online community to play it against others but the skill level must be really high i guess

I'm at the first mission of Act IV (haven't used a walkthrough up until now) and am on the verge of giving up. The odds are completely stacked against you. I just watched the walkthrough of it and HOLY MOLY I can't believe the level of skill required to conquer this vile mission! I guess I could try to refine my skills in custom games but I don't know if I'll ever be good enough to beat the Orc campaign, let alone the Human one and also the Dark Portal expansion. I'll try studying this walkthrough I guess... *sigh*

this and aoe 2 ....the best game;s of all time...

The intro is so epic.