Bruce Nielson Presents:

WarCraft II Multiplayer Cooperative

2005 - Note: I was a huge WarCraft II fan back in 1996. This was really the first time I tried making mods. Strangely, I never did end up likely WarCraft III that much.

Return to the world of WarCraft, where the battle between the evil Orcs and the noble Humans rages on. With powerful new allies, terrifying new creatures and ingenious new weaponry, the struggle for the domination of Azeroth continues. (From the back of the WarCraft II: Tides of Darkness game box.)

WarCraft II is arguably the best game of 1995. For those that have not played WarCraft II yet, what are you waiting for go buy it and start playing. This game is simply incredible.

However, as good as WarCraft II is as a stand alone game, the real purpose of WarCraft II is to play it as a multi-player game. I would like to applaud Blizzard, the creator's of WarCraft and WarCraft II, for including modem support for their games. Bullfrog should pay attention! The best multi-player game in the world is useless if the majority of the public cannot play it!

Now with that introduction out of the way, let's talk about a variant of multi-player gaming that I feel is overlooked. Cooperative gaming. Deathmatches can be a blast, but they seem to lack something for me. What I believe they lack is the comradeship of having a real human being to side with you. There is nothing quite like getting pinned down and running out of bullets just as your buddy bursts through the door, guns blazing, and saves your hide. Nor is there any replacement for heroically blasting that Cyberdemon that was licking your friends in a fire fight.

I prefer cooperative games over head-to-head play. Since I don't own a network of my own I am limited to two player modem games. With this in mind, I have decided to create some two player cooperative scenarios for WarCraft II using the map editor included with the game. Here are the scenarios:

EMPIRE.ZIP

This one is my own creation. This is an adventure for two human players to take on a great Orc empire that is attacking your island by air, land, and sea. Setup the first two players to be human and the next four to be computer players. This one is well balanced for intermediate level players. The action stays hot right up to the very end.

RESCUE.ZIP

During the night, the orcs cast a powerful spell that places a mountain between your city and the nearby town. The orcs then start to build a city. One human player must play the town, defending itself with limited resources. The other player is the city, building up as quickly as it can to lead a rescue party to the town. Setup the first two players as humans and the next two as computer players. Another of my own design.

DUNGEON.ZIP

Another PUD that I created. This one is actually a single player PUD, but I enjoyed making it so much that I thought I'd put it out here. I was trying to create a role playing adventure using WarCraft II. I created a dungeon with a party of adventurers to explore it. Save often! If it seems to hard, try playing it using the "on screen" cheat code.

WarCraft II Map Editor Hints

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