Overview
Can you say deja vu? If you've played Warcraft 2 (which is mandatory for you to load this expansion pack), then you'll be right at home playing this add-on. That could be good news or bad, depending on your point of view. On one hand, this expansion provides, well, an expansion of the fun experience of playing Warcraft 2. On the other hand, though, you'll have to decide if there's enough originality here to warrant the $34.95 investment.
Driving the Orcish hordes from your beloved land of Azeroth was not enough, apparently. As the human forces in Beyond the Dark Portal, you must travel through the portal itself and teach those pesky orcs a lesson on their own home world of Draenor. From the orcish perspective, naturally, you must reestablish your presence in the human world of Azeroth, from whence they kicked your collective butt in Tides of Darkness.
Gameplay, Controls, Interface
- Click the 'Install Game' button to initiate the file download and get compact download launcher. Locate the executable file in your local folder and begin the launcher to install your desired game. View all 19 Warcraft 2: Tides of Darkness Screenshots.
- Warcraft II: Tides of Darkness (aka WarCraft II: Blood Seas, WarCraft 2, War2), a really nice strategy game sold in 1996 for DOS, is available and ready to be played again! Also available on Mac, time to play a fantasy, real-time, steampunk, rts and war video game title.
Exactly like Warcraft 2, with the additions of several new Legendary heroes and new orc tribes. The heroes, though, beyond giving you something to protect during a mission, are no great addition to the gameplay. I was hoping to see some new structures, spells or weapons, but alas no! That was, undoubtedly, my biggest disappointment with the expansion pack.
Graphics
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The graphic world of this expansion is exactly modeled after Warcraft 2 itself, but there are some nice additions; most noteworthy is the addition of the orcs' world of Draenor. Draenor is different in some not-so-subtle ways from Azeroth. Trees are replaced with mushrooms (but you harvest them as lumber); waters are green instead of blue (but act no different); and the rocks and terrain look a little different than before. Overall, the color palette of Draenor uses more of the orcish hues of red and green, rather than the human-like blues and earthtones. Together, these factors do give one a slight sense of being in a strange land, but also come across as mere cosmetic changes to the old familiar landscape.
Audio
No great differences from Warcraft 2, with the exception of the added voices of the new Legends—like Alleria, the female ranger, whose gruff commands kind of excited me :-)
System Requirements
No problems if you successfully played Warcraft 2 on your system.
Documentation & Setup
This expansion pack is really a glorified patch for Warcraft 2. Upon installation, it overwrites some of the Warcraft 2 files to allow you access to the new levels, etc. The documentaion is scant, consisting of a short description of each new Legendary hero, and a run-down of the various orc nations you will encounter on Draenor.
Bottom Line
The new features of Warcraft 2: Beyond the Dark Portal, unfortunately, are little more than window dressing. They do not change any fundamental facet of the gaming experience, only the appearance of some of the characters and landscapes. This is not to say, however, that I did not enjoy playing through the new levels. I just want to caution those who are considering plopping down money that what they will get is more of the same experience they got with Warcraft 2. That may well be reason enough for many gamers to buy the expansion, however, so you must decide what is important to you ... As a product in its own right, I will give Beyond the Dark Portal a score of 74 for leaning a little too heavily on its popular predecessor.
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- WarCraft II: Battle Chest
Description of WarCraft II: Battle Chest Windows
WarCraft II: Battle Chest (aka WC2BNE, Warcraft II: Wersja Deluxe, WarCraft II: Platinum Edition, WarCraft II: Battle.net Edition) is a video game published in 1999 on Windows by Blizzard Entertainment Inc.. It's a strategy game, set in a fantasy, real-time, compilation / shovelware, steampunk and war themes.
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Comments and reviews
Joe2019-03-130 point
Got it extracted using poweriso, then found cd key, which worked but now I go to play and it says I need cd what have I done wrong help? I love this game. also it says I have to regestier
Vandreal2019-01-151 point
Is this both WC 2 and the expansion?
blabla2018-12-05-1 point
mount the file with with a tool like daemon tools or power iso
cd key is here in the comments works fine.
for the ones who put it up here nice work !
Ash2018-11-080 point
For anyone who has a black screen after selecting a campaign and nothing else happens, make sure you download the patch and install it as well.
Dev M2018-10-280 point
I cannot give advice for the Mac issue right now (I don't have one to test on), but I have a solution for it not recognizing the disk issue on Winows (on Win10 in particular). If you have it mounted as a disk drive properly, run the game in compatibility mode for Windows XP. I tried Windows 95 and 98/ME first and got that error. Running compatibility as Windows XP (Service Pack 3) resolved the issue.
Fartbox2018-10-240 point
Trying to play on Mac OS X, downloaded via CrossOver, mounted and installed fine with the provided CD Key, but the program requires the CD, and even though went the extra mile and spent $20.00 for a physical of it, it won't play. Out of ideas.
Dev M2018-10-162 points
This DOES work just fine. That CD Key provided by... CD KEY ... Works. In order to use it, you need to use a tool like Daemon Tools Lite (the free version works for this purpose), and mount the file as a drive.
Lynche2018-09-12-2 points
I installed with CD-Key. I start the game, and the game doesn't run. It just goes to a black screen and says the program stopped working. I'm running Windows 8.1. I can't believe how much time I wasted downloading this and installing it.
Ashalor2018-07-275 points
You want to download a program called Daemon Tools Lite to mount the .rng file. This program essentially 'mounts' the .rng file as if you had put it into a optical drive/CD slot. I hope you guys come back and check these comments I'd hate for you to miss out on the nostalgia bomb.
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cd key2018-07-177 points
cdkey works offline
628G-GDKW-9B92-VXDZ
http://serialsearch.blogspot.com/2007/02/warcraft-2-bne-cdkey.html
Me2018-07-070 point
So I got this downloaded and installed (CD key was easy to find) but how do I play this without a cd? when I go to run it tells me there is no disk in the drive.
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Aegis2018-07-07-1 point
This just gives me a war2.rng file and I have no idea how to use that to play the game... maybe its just user error but Im at a loss of what to do with this...
jared2018-06-242 points
I was very excited about playing this after so many years, but game requires a cd key which I don't see provided anywhere. Oh well, was worth a shot.
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