First a little review by me off course:p
The Best RTS of 2002, and still fighting for 1st place.
Wow, where should I begin?
Well graphics are excellent, sound it's awesome, especially the music, highly immersive, mostly at the end of the game in the final battle, gameplay is extraordinarly easy, and when combining mouse and keyboard you'll get to play at an extremely fast and enjoyable pace. The only flaw (little one) I could encounter concerning gameplay is the fact that when you turn the camera you can only do it by 180º, and it doesn't lock there it goes back to original possition, but as I already said it's a minor flaw.
But the best of this extraordinary game are not the graphics, nor the sound, neither the gameplay, it's the STORY, and what a story, better than most RPG games stories, in fact I liked the story of this game so much that after playing it I managed to get all Warcraft RPG books; well continuing with the story matter, one of the best things about the story is that you get to not only to see all the views of it, but you actually live all the different views, I mean you play the Human part of the story, you play the undead part, the Orc part, and the Night Elf part, and by when the game is over you find that you were part of every single part of this magnificent story, even the "evil" ones.
So I say that this is the best Epic RTS to be released in a lot of years, (at least untill the next Blizzard RTS production).
So if you're thinking on buying this game, think no more...BUY IT!!!
Now some pics for you to remember greatness:
And lastly the award account (carefull it's long:D )
* Computer Strategy Game of the Year - Academy of Interactive Arts and Sciences
* Game of the Year - Gamespot
* Game of the Year - Macworld
* Game of the Year - XSages
* Game of the Year - Fragland
* Game of the Year - Cinescape
* Game of the Year - Gaming Illustrated
* Best PC Game of the Year - GameNOW
* Best Real-Time Strategy Game of the Year - PC Gamer
* Best Multiplayer Strategy Game of the Year - Gamespot
* Best PC Strategy Game of the Year - GameNOW
* Best PC Strategy Game of the Year - Game Revolution
* Best PC Strategy Game of the Year - Telefragged
* Best PC Strategy Game of the Year - OCAddiction
* Best PC Strategy Game of the Year (Reader's Choice) - GameSpot
* Readers’ Choice 2002: Best PC Game of the Year - GamePro
* Strategy Game of the Year - Gamer's Pulse
* Gamer's Choice: Overall PC Game of the Year - Gamespy
* Gamer's Choice: PC Strategy Game of the Year - Gamespy
* Best Non-Interactive 3D Game Cinematics - International 3D Awards
* Best Cinematic - IGN
* Best CG Cinematics (tie) - Gamespy's Best of E3 2002 Awards
* Best Opening Movie - Game Chronicles
* Editor's Choice (10 out of 10 rating) - Game Chronicles
* Editor's Choice (9.6 out of 10 rating) - Gaming Illustrated
* Editor's Choice (9.5 out of 10 rating) - SLCCentral
* Editor's Choice (9.5 out of 10 rating) - The Entertainment Depot
* Editor's Choice (95 out of 100 rating) - Action Trip
* Editor's Choice (94 out of 100 rating) - PC Gamer
* Editor's Choice (93 out of 100 rating) - Gaming Excellence
* Editor's Choice (93 out of 100 rating) - Invisible Dream
* Editor's Choice (9.3 out of 10 rating) - IGN
* Editor's Choice (92 out of 100 rating) - Gamitopia
* Editor's Choice (9.1 out of 10 rating) - Firing Squad
* Editor's Choice (8.7 out of 10 rating) - Strategy Gaming Online
* 5 out of 5 rating - Games First
* 5 out of 5 rating (Award for Excellence) - Wargamer.com
* 5 out of 5 rating (Seal of Excellence) - The Adrenaline Vault
* 6 out of 6 rating (Drool Award) - Gamers Depot.com
* 9.7 out of 10 rating (Outstanding Game Award) - GameZone.com
* 97 out of 100 rating - Wired Play
* 96 out of 100 rating (Award of Excellence) - The Gamers Temple
* 95 out of 100 rating (GG Platinum Award) - Gone Gold
* 93 out of 100 rating - Game Rankings
* 9.3 out of 10 rating - Geek Haven
* 9.3 out of 10 rating (Game of the Month July 2002) - GameSpot
* 92 out of 100 rating (AOG Approved) - All Out Games
* 9 out of 10 rating (Mindless Choice Award) - Mindless Games
* 90 out of 100 rating (Gamers' Choice Award) - Game Over
* 8.9 out of 10 rating (Silver Hell Award) - Gamer's Hell
* 4 out of 5 rating (Top Game) - Games Domain
* Best Animation 2003 - Digital Media World
* Best Cut Scenes 2002 - XSages
* Best Cinematic/Cut-Scene Audio - Music4Games.net