Canon Game Report

Warcraft: Orcs & Humans

2644_Teresa
Media Studies 3A
06/01/2011

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Content
Brief -------------------------------------------------------------------------3

Blizzard Entertainment ------------------------------------------------3

Warcraft Series ----------------------------------------------------------4

Warcraft : Orcs and Humans ----------------------------------------4

Units -------------------------------------------------------------------------5

Buildings -------------------------------------------------------------------7

Disadvantage -------------------------------------------------------------7

Game Story Background ---------------------------------------------9

Influence -------------------------------------------------------------------9

Reference ------------------------------------------------------------------9

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Brief

Warcraft series is released by the Blizzard Entertainment, including the books and the
works of the virtual world game set. In my opinion, it is the most successful real-time
strategy (RTS) game series.

Blizzard Entertainment

Blizzard Entertainment, Inc. is an American video game developer and publisher founded
in February 1991 under the name Silicon & Synapse by three graduates of UCLA, Michael
Morhaime, Allen Adham and Frank Pearce. Based in Irvine, California, the company
originally concentrated primarily on the creation of game ports for other studios before
beginning development of their own software in 1993 with the development of games like
Rock N’ Roll Racing and The Lost Vikings. In 1994 the company became Blizzard
Entertainment Inc before being acquired by distributor Davidson & Associates. Shortly
thereafter, Blizzard shipped their breakthrough hit Warcraft: Orcs and Humans. Blizzard
went on to create several successful PC games, including the Warcraft, Starcraft and
Diablo series, and the MMORPG World of Warcraft.

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Warcraft Series

I am playing Warcraft: Orcs and Humans is released in 1994 by Blizzard Entertainment. It

is the first game in this series.
Other games in this series include: Warcraft II: Tides of Darkness, Warcraft III: Reign of
Chaos and a massively multiplayer online role-playing game (MMORPG) World of
Warcraft.

World of Warcraft is a series of major ethnic diversity-rich system. In the original World of
Warcraft computer game, it only has humans and orcs. In period of Warcraft II, it
increases the high elves, dwarves, trolls, ogres, goblins and dragons. In Warcraft III, it
including Night Elves and Torrents, and members of the Burning Legion. In Warcraft: Orcs
and Humans, by definition, the two races of Orcs and Humans are hostile.

Warcraft : Orcs and Humans

Game content occurred in a part of World of Warcraft - Azeroth. This battle describes the
"First War" as a whole.(The War with Orcs and Humans)
With the same period this year, Warcraft compared to other real-time strategy game, the
game and set up the Alliance (Humans) and Horde (Orcs) are two different camps. Camp,
generally referred to as the human race and the Orcs. Plays must destroy the enemy
camp and that is to win.

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Units

Human beings are specialized in sword, while the orcs are using primitive tools like axes.
The two races will be an intense struggle. There is also a lot of maps, a variety of soldiers,
resources.

In the game, two different races of its units and buildings are corresponding, the unit
although the name is different from the corresponding units, but both shape they look
basically the same. For example, in addition to slightly different on the attack, the Orc
spearmen and Human archers look basically the same. Set the unit in the game, both of
them between the various units of the corresponding restraint relationship.

Two races have different abilities in different units and the corresponding role.
Human "farmers" and the Orcs "hard labor" is the work unit; them to collect wood,
collecting gold, construction and maintenance of buildings. After the construction of the
building, these building can produce more advanced units or upgrade attack power, armor
or other appropriate capacities.

Human Footmen and Orc Grants are the basic combat units, they can provide a limited
attack, they are less important in the late of the game.

Orc Spearmen and Human archers attack were not strong, but they can long range
attacks and more flexible.

Orc raiders and Human knights's attack are stronger than others and move faster, they
are generally used in the armed forces to fight forward.

Orc necrolyte, warlocks and Human mages, clotics, their attack was low but they have
strong spell. They usually be the auxiliary forces in a combat team.

Spiders, Skeletons and the Scorpions are summoned by magic from necrolyte, warlock
and clotics. The strike force in general. Because they can be summoned at any time, they
can use them to detect the map.

Catapults can throwing projectiles to nine place and they give the enemy damage. But
they can not attack the empty place when there are no enemy, it is difficult to use them to
attack the move unit. Of course, its slow speed and it is very susceptible to be attacked,
they usually at the team’s last in the game.

In battle, there are also some "neutral" units appear in the dungeon. Including the bandits,
ogres, fire elements, scorpions, spiders and skeletons. Because they have higher armor,
they get less hurt than other units when they were attacked.

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There are several special characters in the game. They gradually evolved into a hero in
the Warcraft series and eventually they become a part of World of Warcraft.

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Buildings

After the construction of the Farm, the population cap could increase, it also can increase
the total number of units which can produce.

Town is the basic building. It used to make the work unit.

Lumter Mill and the Blacksmith, respectively, they are the buildings to enhance the attack
power and armor level with Human and Orc.

Barracks are used to produce grants, spearmen, catapults, and raiders etc.

Temple and Tower were used to produce warlock and mage etc or study the magic
and .witchcraft.

Kennel can be used to study the mounts of raiders or it can enhance their skills.

Disadvantage

However, the game has some annoying drawbacks, that is, walking (Move), you should
click on the menu Move to the left, as we are now as real-time strategy game right click (or
left) and go. Secondly, the orc's strength is too weak and human too powerful. This is the
shortcoming in the game. But anyway, this is a good DOS game.

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Game Story Background
Last Guardian Medivh, is the child of human mage Nie Las Alan and a guardian of Tirisfal
Mai Gena Aegwynn, but Sargeras (The Dark Titan, the founder of the Burning Legion)
hidden in his body when he was born. Sarageras by the mouth of Medivh to promised
Gul’dan, the student of Orc shaman Ner’zhul, if he can find the underwater tomb of
Guardian Aegwynn sealed the Sargeras wreckage for a thousand years ago; he can
become a master of the world. After that, Medivh and warlocks of Shadow Council which
is Gul’dan established opened a force known as the “Dark Portal” space channel. Then
Orcs can into Azeroth, and they established military bases rapidly in the Black Morass on
east of the Storm Kingdom. A few years later, the Orcs attack the unprepared human
kingdom. King Ryan think the Orc can not conquer the Azeroth, so anything, eventually
led to the fall of Storm Kingdom and he was assassinated by Half-Orc Garona. And Load
Anduin Lothar get help with Khadgar (the apprentice with Medivh), they launched a
surprise attack to Karazhan Tower of Mdeivh. They destroyed the body of Medivh and
batting the soul of Sargeras into the abyss. At this point, Doomhammer Orgrim, one of the
orc chief detect the spread of corruption force in the horde. He was angered by Durotan’s
death, he killed a puppet of Gul’dan and become a leader of the horde. At last, he led the
orcs defeated the Strom Kingdom. After the successful attack, Anduin Lothar led his
troops came back, but it was too late. They were forced into hiding and decided to reclaim
their homeland. This is the cause of the First War. It is also the framework of the Warcraft:
Orcs and Humans.

Influence

Although this game was thought that is follow the popular game “Dune 2” by some people
at that time. But the Blizzard created the real-time strategy interconnection model in this
game has laid a very good based for the multiplayer real-time strategy and the competitive
game which had originated. The operation of a large number of shortcut keys setting for
the future development of the game pointed out the good ideas. The game with random
map generator is also the first appears in the real-time strategy. For the players, it add a
lot of fun and rich elements in the game. “Fighting with people is fun”, Blizzard games
have been very good validation.

Reference
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Warcraft:_Orcs_%26_Humans
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blizzard_Entertainment
Official novel: <Dark Portal>, <The Last Guardian>

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