WarCraft 2: Tides of Darkness

WarCraft 2: Tides of Darkness - a real-time strategy game where a war is waged between the forces of the Alliance (the people of Lordaeron) and the Horde (the orc race). The mechanics of Warcraft 2 are represented by familiar mechanics for the RTS genre, such as resource gathering, base building, soldier training, technology development, military craft and many others..

Fight the enemy on the ground, in the air and on the water. It was in this part that the mechanic of the gray fog of war started, when to explore the map in order to open its parts for resources, treasures and enemy units. While developing the sequel to Tides of Darkness, the developers have improved the mechanics and visuals of the game. Significantly redesigned multiplayer and the ability to create your own maps.

Creating melee, long-range, sea, air and magic types of troops, go to destroy the enemy base. Get wood and gold. Clear paths by cutting down forests or blowing up impassable parts with explosives. Build ships to cross to the other side of the map. Orders are given to single units or groups of 9 people.

Most missions in WarCraft 2: Tides of Darkness boil down to destroying enemy forces, but some missions may contain additional objectives such as rescuing troops, defending forts, escorting characters, etc. Available as a single game with artificial intelligence, and multiplayer mode up to 8 people.

Each of the presented sides has its own types of troops and unique buildings. The main buildings are the Human Town Hall and the Hall of Orc Chiefs. Here it is allowed to train workers who extract resources. Each type of unit has its own characteristics, including basic and maximum attack power, attack range, armor level, cost and production time, movement speed and other parameters. Most of the characteristics are pumped over during the game.