Warcraft 3, is it fun/good?

[Tommi]

Yeah, I think WCIII is good to get. However, it is not perfect by any means. The original one has a better storyline, but poorer scenarios. TFT has better scenarios but a poor storyline. The difficulty level is rather ok in normal. You don't need to learn to use every unit to its maximum effectiveness. It's still basic RTS, which culminates into making a force and strategy that kills your opponent's units most efficiently, while keeping yours alive. There are some more RPG style missions, but I think they are even more boring than normal ones. However, the greatest strength of WCIII is its 3D engine, which makes it possible to play in-game cinematics for storytelling purposes. I greatly like that feature. :)

Some rant then:

What bugs me most in TFT (not so in RoC) is that its new creep design is just horrible. I wonder if the QA team ever checked how the creeps were designed. It seems that the designers have randomly cut and pasted stats on them and given them more or less random abilities. Not to mention many mistakes and bugs in the data, such as gold costs, build times, which they have forgotten to change. :\ Although these things do not show in the single player campaign, they are annoying, if you develop your own scenarios.

Cheers,

Tommi