Review TheCorbeauxKing 3/5 · Dec 30, 2025
The only real "Skip" in the franchise
90% of this game is just turtling until the computer runs out of resources. Turtling is your only real option because bases take ages to build up and you usually start with nothing, upgrades are necessary and don't persist between levels, and the computer has enough of a standing army that they can always simultaneously attack and defend.
The other …
90% of this game is just turtling until the computer runs out of resources. Turtling is your only real option because bases take ages to build up and you usually start with nothing, upgrades are necessary and don't persist between levels, and the computer has enough of a standing army that they can always simultaneously attack and defend.
The other 10% is the godawful no-build missions where the only real strategy is to save scum because its easy to lose key units in a split second and there's only one real path.
The original Warcraft 2 was at least fun and interesting with new units and dimensions for combat but Beyond the Dark Portal adds nothing new aside from a new tileset and the missions are effectively just a map pack. I wasn't even having fun, I was just finishing out of obligation to the franchise.