Just a note to all first-time viewers: I missed MANY Easter eggs this first time through. At the end of the playlist you'll find two "addendum" videos where I cover (almost) every one I missed in parts 1 through 8. I appreciate you pointing out ones that I missed in the comments, since some may have still slipped through the cracks, but you may want to wait till you see all the videos first just in case. Thanks for all your support!
The thing for the level designer you have to balance three things, Lore/plot, contrast/visibility and gampelay convenience. And more than often with the 'professional' campaign the former will take a backseat for the two later. Blue is often the 'goog guy' color so in a campaign where youcontrol only a couple of units for a long time it sort of make sense to use it for the 'hero' unit. Besides so many things have retconned or ignored from Wc 2 at this point that color code was the least, really.
I think this mini-campaign was meant to serve as a "bridge" between WarCraft III and WoW - a transition from pure RTS gameplay towards the hero-centric RPG mechanics. And it does a very good job at that :)
It also did that bridge with the lore : with Admiral Proudmoore's death this introduced how Vanilla was meant to be started... Horde vs Alliance, exactly the same way Warcraft RTS series begun with Orcs and Humans instead.
I think Illidan was green because that's the normal "This character is stuck doing some important spell" color, Kel'Thuzad was green during Under the Burning Sky
illidan is blue in the beginning because he is in the night elf campain, then green because he is your unit but is doing a ritual (like kel'thuzad was) and then purple because is serves the burning legion. simple
These wildkins didn't live in tents, it was Samuro's village, so orcs were living there before wildkins attacked them... That's the quest Samuro gives to players
I agree with your colour rant. My biggest peeve in WoW is the inconsistent Dreadlord colouring. Why the hell is Mal'Ganis purple? Why did they end up changing Varimathras from purple to GREEN!?
But i thought Varimathras was red though? the purple one was Balnazzar (also Mal'Ganis was green, just pointing that out because you didn't tell what color he was before purple)
I thought they were both purple in WoW. But in WC3, Mal'ganis was green and Varimathras was red (and looked identical to Tichondrius for some reason). Balnazzar was the purple one, and in my opinion looked the coolest.
oh also, am i the only one that preffered the illidan demon form instead of his winged demon hunter? idk, maybe i just like mysterious looking demons ^w^
When I was a kid, I didn't think about how many dreadlords there are, but I thought that they all have different colored wings. That's how I remembered the "brothers" from RoC and the other brothers from TFT. The ones in RoC were: Anetheron-Orange, Tichondrius-Red, Blue...I can't remember. I checked now, it's Mephistroth. And I like how out of all of them, ONLY MEPHISTROTH KEPT HIS BLUE COLOR in WoW! And also Mal'Ganis was green. In TFT, we get Balnazzar-purple, Varimathras-red, Detheroc-green. And that's all the dreadlord bros! xD
It's a bit evil looking though... Like the slime of Felwood or fel magicks. It does look good on high elf units though. I wish that would've been their color. I also think they look stupid in blue in Quel'thalas.
I don’t know if this is an Easter egg: but the bonus demo campaign has song titles from rock/metal bands. ‘Riders on the Storm’ by The Doors ‘Countdown to Extinction’ by Megadeth ‘The Fire down Below’ by Bob Seger
Same on colours, I always liked knowing what clan or kingdom was involved in WC2, and was a bit confused at first when Lordaeron was using blue in WC3 when they were white before. Also, I think the reason Timmy's brothers aren't there is because we killed them all back in Scourge of Lordaeron.
I've always liked Rexxar's campaign. I love the overpowered loot was fun to get from big bosses, and the easter eggs are memorable. The biggest reason I adore it is the maps. The devolpers used every inch they had to pack in as much as they could. I love finding new shops and hidden creep areas. My favorite is Neeloc's outpost. Also, I agree with the color problem.
The gold in Theramore is not imposible to reach, you can buy kelen's dagger and teleport there. At the end of the gold path there's a "bling ring", and everytime you activate it, it gives you gold. EDIT: I just paused the video at that point and wrote, sorry XD
Abelhawk Absolutely haha. I have been loving your videos, I just recently got back into the game with the latest patch, and found this series. Looking forward for them to fix the cinematic problems with the next one, whenever that comes out.
I enjoyed the look into the Easter Eggs, but more than that I enjoyed the rants; I'm glad to see someone cared about those little things like I did! I too was a big fan of the "color identities" being a thing in early Warcraft (& Starcraft, if you recall), and was saddened by the inconsistencies they let through in later games. Same issues with the "Thunder" Phoenixes & *especially* the "Voodoo" Spirits! So easy to change... Also a big note of appreciation; your discovery of some of those unused voice lines (& that nifty 'geyser/fountain' trick) should really help me out. : )
The main annoyances with the Frozen Throne for me was I would've loved for the naga to be able to be used in the custom games. I love their look and how they play. Another was how a lot of the larger maps weren't well balanced for more than two teams, only two teams or ffa. I love the game anyway, I've spent way too much time on it. Very cool series as well, I cheated my way through the campaign because I just wanted to see the story and I find the custom games more enjoyable (I always have and always will, although the campaign does tease those units and the naga who are unusable in the custom games which really annoys me as well). For someone who did cheat their way through, it's great to see what I missed. Also in the Legacy of The Damned, I think first or second mission, the one where you destroy all the villages to stop the humans getting into the valley, use the reveal map cheat and on the very west side of the map, you see the miniature Ice Crown Frozen Throne with Ner Zhul used for the vision Arthas has. I thought it was pretty cool to see how the map makers used the space in the map. Great video!
I don’t think that the Naga can actually produce Royal Guards, at least not whenever you are able to play as them. I might be remembering wrong, but I think that the Royal Guards are always preplaced or spawned in.
I'm aware I'm late to the party, but judging by the location where the Thunder Phoenixes are placed, my guess would be that they're not named "Thunder" due to them having a lightning properties but rather are named after the location they are placed in - the location itself looks really familiar to Thunder Ridge in Durotar. But it does make little to no sense that they are placed there, and have no lightning properties.
I've always had a love for purple since it was the national color of Dalaran so I get you. Almost tore my wc2 manual to shreds looking it over growing up. Also liked to play slightly differently in starcraft depending on which color I got as protoss, since the colors there were tied to zerg broods, protoss tribes and terran factions.
I definitely remember hunting around for my WC2 manual to find which faction had the green anchor to figure out who was attacking Rexxar when I first played the founding of Durotar (that was before they had even added part 2 and 3!)
You're not the only with the color obsession, trust me. I'm the same. All those things you mentioned pissed me off a great deal when I played the game.
I really wish that at least, they could make a spin off series that has the same playability as WC3 if they don't want to fuck the main story with WoW They could make side stories inside the world of Warcraft.
I totally agree with the whole color thingy, color is a sacred thing in warcraft, and it represents what faction or race they are, Like when I think of purple + warcraft, the first 2 things that comes into my mind are the Undead, and the Warsong clan.
I love how the overworld maps for the Founding of Durotar are pretty useful in their space. Almost all space on the map is taken up, even if actual secrets and references are a bit sparse at a glance
I'm not sure if this counts as an easter egg but in World Editor, there's a secret little green gem in the bottom right corner. Clicking on it says: Gem Activated/Gem Deactivated, it will also change color to purple. If you continue to spam-click on it a random Human Hero dialogue sound will play, mocking you.
I do like the Rexxar campaign. It's just so different from all the other campaigns that for a long time I set it aside. Now that I've played it all the way through though, I really admire it.
3:11 you're not the only one. When i was making maps on War2 and Sc1, i always use the right color for the right group/country. I still do that to this day on war3.
u're not the only one obsessed with the colours.... in warlords of draenor it bothered me a lot when I heard that the warsong clan's new colour is red... and also, during wc3, it might have been a bit more appropriate to give thrall a specific colour: light blue cause, theoretically, he's from the frostwolf clan
I absolutely agree with you on the player color rant! I learned to identify all the kingdoms and clans by their colors too. I feel the same way about how the Protoss use blue mostly in Starcraft when its supposed to represent Raynor. I guess we can go back to Warcraft 2 for that, since each side had their own reason for sharing a color. Both the Alliance and the Horde had a red faction (Stromgarde and Blackrock). So in Warcraft 3 for each faction the color blue represents Lordaeron, Tyrande's Sentinels, Sylvanis' Forsaken, and Rexxar's superfriends.
Yeah that "I wonder alone" voice line is really weird considering three out of four of his spells summon things. Even without rokhan and Chen he does not wander alone. :D
Of course a new Warcraft RTS is needed, not only would it breathe new life into competitive gaming but also breathe new life into Warcraft. I know it could easily make it's way into the E-Sports scene, it is such a tactical and intense game. I think if marketed more towards online competitive play it would be very successful, like starcraft 2 it will have a built in fan base who would be rearing to play it. I think staying away from the 'cartooney' style of World of Warcraft and leaning more towards Diablo 2 style or Diablo 3 art style would definitely be a big hit in this day and age. Just thinking about new races, maps, jungle enemies or 'creeps' as we used to say and just everything about it gets me excited to play it. Many of the great RTS's of today got their start in Warcraft 4, for instance DOTA started as a Warcraft 3 custom game. Adding some of those facts into the marketing might help attract those who have never played it or heard of it. All in all it would be so amazing to have a new Warcraft RTS!!!! Gotta get that GOSU MICRO :)
Warcraft 4, if it ever happens, needs to bring back the colour representing flags of the clans. I really loved the "blacktooth grin" clan due to the flag looking very pirate-like with its grin. Made me love playing black orcs in wc2. Hopefully, one day, blizzard will go back to warcraft rts. No idea when, but one day...
Wacka Doodle i think it wuld never happen cause many of the map maker or the staff in wc2,3,wow was fired or retired like david fried, pretty sad thou,just hope
i think there was a lot more thought put into the color than you think. while grey, orange, or brown would have perfectly shown Rexxar's connection to the barrens, those colors would also make it kind of hard to see him and his companions, as they are the same colors of the terrain
Late for the party but just realised couple weeks ago that if someone gives you a mission in Rexxarr campaign and you walk to them before you have completed it they talk to you and say things like: "Hey! I'm not paying you for hour!" or "Time is short warrior!"
No you're not the only one that cares about the colours, WC2 and SC1 You could know where and from which units/factions were, and on WC3 i did got confused alot
4:55 i have 100% heard the first two lines you said at some point in the campaign. I loved this campaign when I was younger, and loved to go around destroying things and wasting time, so maybe try that next time? (this is not the first time you shown 'unused dialog' that I have heard before, but I was not 100% sure until now)
10:20 i mabye heard that one before. i think, kind of remember something about rexars banner thing and him going to the next zone before you have it and talking to whoever that is, but im not sure
It is a pity that people miss the mini-campaign with Thrawn and the trolls as it might be one of the best parts of all Warcraft 3 in my opinion. The atmosphere was fantastic, the environment felt strange and yet very fitting for Warcraft.
Glad to know i wasn't the only one enthralled by the WC2 manual and the colors for the nations and clans! :) YOU ARE NOT ALONE. I think Orange woulda been good for Rexxar.
Also exodus of the horde campaign chapters are the names of some iconic songs: Riders on the storm by The Doors, The fires down bellow by Bob Seger and Countdown to extinction by Megadeth.
"I think i am the only one who cares that much about colors" Me : remembering once i made a team for half an our because "what color is good for scurge?" and i make purple and it work it just works
You missed the Khadgar's Stone of Health in Theramore Isles. It's clearly a reference to Khadgar the mage. Also, in A Blaze of Glory, you can find a market which sells a tomb of knowledge for 6000 golds and a blink dagger, which allows you to blink a short distance, and that's the only way you can reach the treasure island. There you can get a staff of wealth whicj gibes you some gold whenever you use it.
Finally, also i noticed continuity error, reasoning errors, and just mistakes around this campaign xD Also i just lvoe your humouir and way you present these eastereggs and similar complains to mine for lots of stuff in there xD
love watching old games it brings nostalgic memories, just a suggestion, you should've also make easter egg videos of starcraft, diablo and some other out dated game
I think the reason why there are demons in Magistrates Temple, a temple in the nowhere of the barrens, is that it was originally some sort of a temple of the Highborne, the arcane elves who later consorted with the Burning Legion
blue is most likely so you can see who you are more easily appart from the horde. purple = undead, Orange=too close to red? and so on. plus blue has always been friendly and red has been seen as enemy in most strategy games of that time.
If I wanted that, I'd turn allied colors on! :) You're probably right though. Especially since they change to different colors when they sit out of a level, like the one with Samuro.
Never have I ever agreed more with someone on the internet, then when it comes to your color statments. We are divided, yet our souls already know eachother.
What I find even weirder about this is that Forsaken models in WoW are still labeled as "scourge". Was the Scourge supposed to become allies with the Horde or something?
