WarCraft 3 players upset over missing features on Reforged release Blizzard EntertainmentThe release of WarCraft 3: Reforged has left players disappointed after popular features from the original like profiles, clans, automated tournaments, and even custom campaigns were left out of the game on Day 1. Long-time WarCraft 3 players were finally given their wish of a remaster at BlizzCon 2018 with the announcement of Reforged. Not all of their prayers were answered on the game\u2019s January 28 release, however. The community has noted that the vintage real-time strategy title is lacking popular features that were included in the original game\u2019s day one. A thread on the WarCraft 3 subreddit criticizing the lack of features players can use reached the top of the forum within hours of the game\u2019s release. The primary concern is that most of these features were included in the original WarCraft 3 on day one, but not in the remastered version. Custom campaigns, a big part of the game\u2019s single player experience where players could create their own stories, has been removed. While the User License Agreement has changed so Blizzard own the copyright of all custom games to avoid another Dota 2 blowing up outside of the studio, players weren\u2019t expecting their creative freedom to be limited like this. On top of that, simple features like profiles, clans, a competitive ladder, and automated tournaments have all been removed as well, leaving many to dub Reforged a shell of the game it once was. Some have even argued the game has lost some of its flavor that originally made it popular in 2002, with standout creative touches like animated portraits and campaign backgrounds being removed instead of upgraded. \u201cThese [were] the heart and soul of the game\u2019s aesthetic,\u201d Reddit user \u2018TheDeadKeepIt\u2019 explained. \u201cThe menu screens were iconic. You take these away, that\u2019s a real deep stab in the heart.\u201d The release of WarCraft 3: Reforged also forced players onto the new client instead of playing the older, but more reliable game. Some players have called it a \u201cforced downgrade for classic users,\u201d with the lack of key features the breaking point for many asking for refunds of the $30 game. \u201cIt\u2019s truly incredible how they ruined this game so badly,\u201d said \u2018Bfreshdangz.\u2019 This sentiment was echoed by players like \u2018Trenix,\u2019 who even went as far as saying the new release was a sign Blizzard was \u201cbegging for bankruptcy.\u201d Others have called for a complete revert, or at least two game clients \u2014 one for classic and one for Reforged \u2014 like how World of Warcraft runs its Classic client. \u201cI wanted two different game clients, one that was the original game and one that was reforged,\u201d said TheDeadKeepIt. \u201cInstead you mashed them together into a disgusting bloated cesspool. Now players who just want to play the original online are forced to download 30 gigs of bloated cr*p onto their computer, let alone they lose all of these iconic features of their beloved game.\u201d While some players are hopeful a patch is on the way in the coming months, many aren\u2019t holding their breath. Starcraft 2 players added how the competitive ladder has still not been implemented two years after the game\u2019s remaster, even after it was pitched as coming on day one. Blizzard are yet to release a statement on when, or if, the missing features will be making a return into Reforged.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
WarCraft 3 players upset over missing features on Reforged release Blizzard EntertainmentThe release of WarCraft 3: Reforged has left players disappointed after popular features from the original like profiles, clans, automated tournaments, and even custom campaigns were left out of the game on Day 1. Long-time WarCraft 3 players were finally given their wish of […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-86067","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/86067","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=86067"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/86067\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=86067"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=86067"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=86067"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}