02 - The story of Warcraft II: Tides of Darkness (1995)

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  • @orange3023
    @orange3023 9 років тому +12

    3:56 "The black liquid known as oil" :D 4:15 "Is well supplied with the precious black substance that your tankers have amassed" Damn orcs... I geuss there isn't much of that stuff in Draenor lol

  • @SlavicWolfPL
    @SlavicWolfPL 10 років тому +11

    I remember playing this for the first time as merely a toddler... huh, many years ago! By the time, my English was very poor (understood such words as "knight, castle, farm, barracks, shipyard, build, destroy, attack" and nothing more- but I loved to hear this HUMAN narrator (since W2 up to WoW I'm an Ally forever!) speaking in epic way things I used to believe were an epic story...

    • @SlavicWolfPL
      @SlavicWolfPL 10 років тому

      MccSejer"Grab your sword and fight the Horde!"

    • @nikitasvotzakis940
      @nikitasvotzakis940 10 років тому

      Zag zag

    • @TheRealXartaX
      @TheRealXartaX 9 років тому

      Heh, I'm the same. Although I stuck with horde. But the human narrator is badass.

    • @anaussie213
      @anaussie213 8 років тому

      The hammy, terrible "English" accent spoken by the "alliance" narrator was awesome. As a child I could mimick the "American failing hard at Received Pronunciation whilst sounding as hammy as possible" perfectly.
      Alas a life time of speaking properly has rendered me unABLE to SPeak in Such an ObSCENE way.

    • @slashingraven
      @slashingraven 7 років тому +2

      +Smok The man who voiced the human narrator is Bill Roper, a big fish in Blizzard's pre-WoW titles, and he filled various and sundry voice roles in those games during his tenure at the company. In addition to voicing the Human narrator, he also voiced the Orc narrator, as well as the Footman, the Peon, the Grunt, and all the sea units. Before Warcraft 2, he provided every bit of voice dialogue you hear in Warcraft 1, Human and Orc alike, both in missions and in cinematics.
      Yeah, his accent was pretty wonky, but his voice was a fixture of the Warcraft series, and it just doesn't feel right playing a Warcraft title without hearing him.

  • @vOddy75
    @vOddy75 9 років тому +8

    This game, and WarCraft 1, are metal as fuck.

  • @merlechmoose
    @merlechmoose 10 років тому +14

    This is so extremely hammy. I love every word.

    • @anaussie213
      @anaussie213 8 років тому +3

      Yep it was ridiculously awesome. Imagine a child in the 90s playing this, it was mind blowing.

  • @Valhariel
    @Valhariel 11 років тому +5

    Human narrator. Best. Voice. Ever.

  • @BaronGrackle
    @BaronGrackle 12 років тому +1

    The voice is Bill Roper. And for those of us who grew up with Warcraft and Warcraft II, he was a very important part of the experience!

  • @MarkusRamikin
    @MarkusRamikin 11 років тому +9

    Epic human narrator is epic.

    • @anaussie213
      @anaussie213 3 роки тому +1

      As kids have an ear for accents I was actually able to speak like that after playing this game religiously. Was so cool, I wish I kept at it, he just sounds so cool (it's a quasi medieval British accent performed by an American so kind of difficult to do as an adult who knows the difference and clear separation between the two types of English).

  • @Yuilen
    @Yuilen 12 років тому +1

    This was the first RTS game I think I ever played, and I was about 8 years old. My father made it look easy, but it took me about a decade to beat it without cheats.

    • @manaeth
      @manaeth 6 років тому

      Yuilen yeah the old games. They ere not easy as today. Back in the 90s games were actually a challenge to complete

  • @MrlXXVXXXll
    @MrlXXVXXXll 12 років тому +1

    Hold me nostalgia T.T...Btw, the "Thanks to" section of the credits was both awesome and hilarious , "The Mighty Thor" "NIN" , thanks for the upload

  • @ScrotusMaximus69
    @ScrotusMaximus69  13 років тому

    @blackwolfsky I mentioned that in the video info: the first two games (Warcraft I & II) have alternate endings. The official story, however, is that orcs won Warcraft I and humans retreated north.

  • @vc7363
    @vc7363 11 років тому

    Great job uploading these, I missed them badly with my WC2 missing the sound in the briefings..

  • @sinekonata
    @sinekonata 12 років тому

    this is simply exactly what I was looking for. Thanks. Hope you did the same for the sequels... really nice.

  • @RetroCityNinja
    @RetroCityNinja 12 років тому

    My childhood.
    Thank you for uploading.

  • @MrWhitman
    @MrWhitman 12 років тому

    FINALLY I get to see what happens at the end of the Human campaign. When my brother played through this game he managed to win as both the Orcs and Humans. However, when he got to the Human ending, the game would freeze up and then shut off.

  • @ScrotusMaximus69
    @ScrotusMaximus69  12 років тому +2

    Gameplay: the side that you play. Lorewise: humans.

  • @wowjunky07
    @wowjunky07 12 років тому

    Thanks for the uploads.

  • @acs197
    @acs197 9 років тому +1

    Love this. Glorious!

  • @ScrotusMaximus69
    @ScrotusMaximus69  13 років тому

    @kingsomark Yep, it's called "Intro". You can find the MIDI file around the internet or extract a (shorter) version of the song from the Warcraft III editor.

  • @thatonethief
    @thatonethief 11 років тому

    Dude I just started playing this again today! But for some reason the voice over does not work on the briefing screens and the in game videos do not work!
    SOOO thanks so much for putting this together! All I have to do is alt tab and watch this, so useful man!~

  • @lizardstrikes
    @lizardstrikes 12 років тому

    i would be honoured to serve this guy at a drivethrough just to hear his voice again

  • @TheRealXartaX
    @TheRealXartaX 9 років тому +1

    OneWeirdDude
    You talking about the catapult shooting up, stealing a catapult, or killing a blimp somehow being a noteworthy achievement?:p

  • @ScrotusMaximus69
    @ScrotusMaximus69  11 років тому

    They ravaged the southern regions (including Dalaran I believe) and up to Quel'Thalas, but by the time the Horde reached the Capital City Gul'dan had betrayed Doomhammer and had taken a portion of the Horde to the tomb of Sargeras. Doomhammer is then forced to split his army, part of it going to kill Gul'dan while the rest sieges the Capital. It is not enough, and the Horde loses the battle, then is driven further and further south.
    So if by "destroyed" you mean "fully conquered", then no.

  • @terenas1986
    @terenas1986 12 років тому

    I totally agree with you.. and in WarCraft II, the Humans drove the Orcs back, to the Dark Portal... :) it's a very nicely written story altogether... WoW brings shame to it all!

    • @tainicon4639
      @tainicon4639 7 років тому

      terenas1986 even vanilla-wotlk?

  • @Falchion1984
    @Falchion1984 13 років тому

    @S2076 Was some of that corrected in the Battlenet or the PSX version? Well, in any case, thanks for the tip.

  • @MrSoliPat
    @MrSoliPat 12 років тому

    @blackwolfsky the orc ending in warcraft 1 was correct and the human ending in war 2 was correct. thats why in warcraft 3 they had each races campaign in a order.

  • @andoresu1
    @andoresu1 12 років тому

    So I guess you are actually Turalyon in Tides of Darkness! Nice, just like you find out later you were Artanis in the original Protoss campaign.

  • @BrianL33T
    @BrianL33T 12 років тому +1

    I always wondered what happened to oil in WC3.

  • @kainono
    @kainono 11 років тому

    Seeing that opening makes me feel like a kid again...

  • @SealDude
    @SealDude 12 років тому +2

    Lorewise human wins. I guess to compensate for their loss in WC1 :P

  • @aarongoddard2642
    @aarongoddard2642 5 років тому

    I absolutely love the way he says dragons

  • @OneWeirdDude
    @OneWeirdDude 12 років тому

    In the cinematic prefacing Human Act III, something happens that couldn't in actual gameplay, I think.

  • @medeltidsdykaren
    @medeltidsdykaren 11 років тому +1

    Given how the map of the eastern kingdomes look one must wonder what great sea did the hord sail across? Seems like they went along the shoreline and thats not really a big achivmeant...

  • @ScrotusMaximus69
    @ScrotusMaximus69  13 років тому

    @kingsomark Which track do you mean? The intro cinematic one is simply called "Intro" afaik.

  • @Blazieth
    @Blazieth 12 років тому

    One comment I have, and it seems to be related to the Battle.Net edition of Warcraft 2... in the Horde's finale cinematic from the Tides of Darkness campaign, King Terenas (or at least who I assume is meant to be Terenas) is barely animated at all. I don't have the Battle.net edition, but Terenas is fully animated, leaning forward at the initial rumble, and looking to his soldiers with a nervous "Guards...?", and visibly terrified for the entirety of his closeup.

  • @CreateUsernameIlike
    @CreateUsernameIlike 11 років тому

    I wish i could play these old warcraft games : /

  • @Slaashr
    @Slaashr 6 років тому

    Black Rok Spayah! Love it.

  • @rdg515
    @rdg515 11 років тому

    "No pixels were harmed in the making of this game."

  • @Mopehome
    @Mopehome 12 років тому

    at this point, its too early to tell, but In the Xpac it is the humans that won.

  • @MGstaR17
    @MGstaR17 12 років тому

    My childhood.

  • @armnakornthab6867
    @armnakornthab6867 4 роки тому

    I wonder which event did happen. For example, we knew Gul'dan did raise the tomb of Sageras, but the fall of Lorderon didn't happen in Warcraft 2.

    • @ScrotusMaximus69
      @ScrotusMaximus69  4 роки тому +1

      They streamlined the story in the Tides of Darkness novel. Gul'dan's arc remains, but his treason costs Doomhammer victory over the Alliance (so Capital City doesn't fall). Then the Horde is pushed back to the Dark Portal.

    • @armnakornthab6867
      @armnakornthab6867 4 роки тому

      Scrotus Maximus Thanks! I knew that because of Gul’dan betrayal, Doomhammer’s chance to conquer Lorderon was sealed. I think if I would like to more, I need to read the novel to boot.

  • @Marco95GJ70
    @Marco95GJ70 12 років тому

    Lore-wise, The Grand Alliance of Lordaeron won. Certain things didn't really happen due to Orgrim Doomhammer aiming to take down Lordaeron, only. He didn't launch any serious attack at Stromgarde, Ironforge, as in siege. Tho' the Horde had more odds, and would of had won if Orgrim didn't have such a poor choice of tactics, and if Gul'dan didn't betray the Horde. Basically, Alliance was lucky. The Horde wanted easy, quick victory. Read novel "Tides of Darkness" For more information.

  • @contr4dixion
    @contr4dixion 13 років тому

    Wow, old school... nice... :D

  • @Falchion1984
    @Falchion1984 13 років тому

    @LordSmokeVideos Already did, for Christmas. Good advice though. And, I'm already through the first human campaign. Thanks for the reply.

  • @1993gtx
    @1993gtx 12 років тому

    Epicness ensues...

  • @kosio0808
    @kosio0808 11 років тому

    So i've just start reading warcraft/wow's story and i have a question.After the destroying of the great portal,who establish it after that, so we have it in wow?

  • @TheRealXartaX
    @TheRealXartaX 13 років тому

    MY CHILDHOOD

  • @DrinkingMud
    @DrinkingMud 8 років тому +4

    anyone come here after the warcraft movie to see what happens next if they do sequels?

    • @albinkuttamath
      @albinkuttamath 8 років тому +2

      Lol Me :D

    • @AlexKGB
      @AlexKGB 8 років тому

      lol, I did

    • @CrimsonHavok
      @CrimsonHavok 8 років тому

      I came here to see how far warcraft reached in the lore, it seems it covered both warcraft 1 and 2 (the only two warcraft games i didnt play). Looking forward to arthas and the scourge if it indeed is next movie

    • @DrinkingMud
      @DrinkingMud 8 років тому

      Gavin Stevens It didn't seem to cover all of warcraft 2, from what I understand stormwind is supposed to be destroyed in warcraft 2?

    • @ScrotusMaximus69
      @ScrotusMaximus69  8 років тому +3

      It didn't cover Warcraft II at all. In fact, they still have some stuff from Warcraft I and from between the games to show, in particular Stormwind's destruction, Orgrim taking over the Horde etc.
      I don't know if this is worth taking about at this point, since the movie doesn't appear to do very good in the cinemas (which is a shame), but at some point the director talked about up to 6 movies, which makes me believe that he might have envisioned Warcraft I + II as a trilogy separate from Warcraft III. This could go well with the early emphasis of Thrall if they expect to finish the presumptive 3rd movie with the forming of the new Horde, sort of like telling the story of the orcs' fall and redemption. And we would have the Alliance expedition into Draenor to look forward to :D

  • @armnakornthab6867
    @armnakornthab6867 4 роки тому

    I like the Orc's accent!

  • @DescendedfromOdin95
    @DescendedfromOdin95 12 років тому

    Totally agree with you

  • @Gophilio4567
    @Gophilio4567 12 років тому

    How does Frozen Throne suck? I don't want to start an argue, I'm just curious to hear your opinion.

  • @BaronGrackle
    @BaronGrackle 12 років тому

    I'd say both Warcraft 2 and Warcraft 3 took themselves equally seriously. The jokes came mainly when you clicked on units too many times.
    The reason Warcraft 3 might feel freakier, is because so much of the first half relates to AN INCURABLE ZOMBIE DISEASE. That's a lot harder to fight, than the conventional world war we see in Warcraft II.

  • @Josque06
    @Josque06 12 років тому

    :'D memories!!! x'DDDD ty for uploading!!!

  • @Hakohn2511
    @Hakohn2511 11 років тому

    I just found out that the WoW Pet battle music is from Warcraft 2

    • @tainicon4639
      @tainicon4639 7 років тому

      HasenDarkness half of the sound files in wow are like 20 years old haha

  • @herbertsat4982
    @herbertsat4982 6 років тому +1

    so epic pronunciation...

  • @Boromir2k1
    @Boromir2k1 12 років тому

    thralls horde was very good (even old forsaken had a goal to stop the lich king) but now with garrosh's orcs, and windrunners Forsaken (new scourge) the horde are once again the evil faction in wow, Garrosh seeks to rule over all of kalmidor (the place where the orcs dont even belong) and Forsaken want all to be undead and to serve under her banner (sounds familiar)

  • @-Wolfheart
    @-Wolfheart 12 років тому

    ha! brings back memories lol. So old now.

  • @ScrotusMaximus69
    @ScrotusMaximus69  12 років тому

    Weird, I've always felt that War3 took itself a bit more seriously than War2. War2 was constantly funny, despite the gruesome things that happen in its lore. WoW sadly sacrificed lore in favour of gameplay.

  • @Falchion1984
    @Falchion1984 13 років тому

    Is this game still a good buy, despite its age? I could run the PSX version via ePSXe or use my mother's old windows 98 laptop to run the PC version. You think it's worth getting?

  • @donraccoonisoverlordofther9341
    @donraccoonisoverlordofther9341 11 років тому

    @GicaPopa imi poti zice si mie de unde pot descarca warcraft 2?

  • @Boromir2k1
    @Boromir2k1 13 років тому

    @blackwolfsky ya and warcraft 2 is the same but in warcraft 2 the human ending is the offical

  • @ZAR3M
    @ZAR3M 11 років тому

    Places from Warcraft 2 I want in the game: Zul'dare, Crestfall, Tomb of Sargeras... Tomb of Sargeras should be a CoT event! That or the raid on Caer Darrow

  • @firstnamelastname3182
    @firstnamelastname3182 11 років тому

    Oh God :'DD Those Autocaptions!

  • @foglalatazanyad
    @foglalatazanyad 6 років тому

    By time they changed lore so much, the hell ? according to chronicles book volume 2 and ingame lore books too horde retreated from lordaeron was pushed back further to blackrock mountain where they fiercely battled and humans won pushing back orcks to the dark portal later , i wonder if those cinematics are about the " what could have been "

    • @manaeth
      @manaeth 6 років тому

      Corvus Clamor in WC 2 wins the side that you play. But after realesing the WC 3 and then WoW they had to do one lore. And they decide to let orcs win the first war and human the second, then orcs were put to the prison. But thrall helped them to escape to kalimdor. Orgrimmar were builded and the horde as we can see it now was forged.

  • @hadarsal666
    @hadarsal666 11 років тому

    I need some assisstance, i have the game working with dosbox, including the "beyond the dark portal" expansion, but i cant get to any cinematics after i finish a quest, am is supposed to download something in order to make the cinematics appear? or are the cinematics not even included in the game, but can be found here in youtube? please help. P.S before begining a quest, (when a voice of an orc or human tells you the objective of the quest) i cant hear any talking, i can only see the quest objective's text slowly scrolling down. how can i fix this?

    • @TheRealXartaX
      @TheRealXartaX 9 років тому +1

      Try getting the battle.net edition

    • @hadarsal666
      @hadarsal666 9 років тому

      thanks but already got the battle.net edition about a year ago.. :)

  • @IcarusSalt
    @IcarusSalt 7 років тому +1

    why is the book of the humans is in russian?

  • @maxandalec150
    @maxandalec150 11 років тому

    Did the Horde destroy Lorderon lore wise?

  • @ColZep
    @ColZep 11 років тому

    Great Gamr

  • @blackwolfsky
    @blackwolfsky 13 років тому

    I´m confused in the 1 man and orcs game in the end humans won but this says differently

  • @theblackgoatofthewoods
    @theblackgoatofthewoods 8 років тому

    I wonder how this had been if the original idea to merge blizzards warcraft 2 with westwoods command and conquer - red alert as a game when the horde use the dark portal to attack earth and have gdi defend against the alien assault. (thats what the line "experimeant with the portal" in the orc victorycutscen mean)
    As more proof of this there are a leveleditor with a orc and a gdi soldier on cd-rom.
    What do you guys think?

    • @fraincross8644
      @fraincross8644 7 років тому

      The black goat of the woods Seems like a good theory mate. Glad to see you play those RTS games. Classic!
      In the name of Kan.. err... For Ne'zhur!

  • @edwardlavaden6928
    @edwardlavaden6928 9 років тому +2

    So fucking metal

  • @CardboardArm
    @CardboardArm 13 років тому

    @Falchion1984 that depends on how much patience you have for an outdated user interface/ control scheme. Oh and graphics of course. Otherwise it's still a great game.

  • @Boromir2k1
    @Boromir2k1 11 років тому

    the orcs were NOT demon possessed when they slaughtered all the draenei on draenor that was a mass genocide for no reason

  • @ScrotusMaximus69
    @ScrotusMaximus69  11 років тому

    The horde, but Doomhammer overthrew the previous warchief.

  • @SMAXZO
    @SMAXZO 8 років тому

    Stratholme: Best place for oil and food!

  • @xenalin1
    @xenalin1 12 років тому

    "Build four farms. Build a barracks."
    UGHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH

  • @The4shadowmask
    @The4shadowmask 12 років тому

    And obviously if you played WC3 you know what happens in this game(sort of)

  • @rallykalle8852
    @rallykalle8852 Рік тому

    How shall we interpretate this cronology? If we start playng the orcs campaign, the orcs kill king terenas and burn the castle, then the human campaign starts thereafter in Loarderon? and king terenas order me to secure the shores of loarderon

    • @ScrotusMaximus69
      @ScrotusMaximus69  Рік тому +1

      The two campaigns overlap partially. Moreover, the orc ending has not been retained in the official story. Due to having to divert some of his forces to punish Gul'dan's traitors (seen in the Orc Mission XII), Doomhammer ends up losing the siege on Lordaeron's capital city. The orcs are then pushed south, back to the Dark Portal (seen in the Human Act IV missions). Check out this link for details on the official story: wowpedia.fandom.com/wiki/Second_War

    • @rallykalle8852
      @rallykalle8852 Рік тому

      ​@@ScrotusMaximus69 Yes i see the pre and re overlap in missions like "The Battle for Nethergarde and "The Rift Awakened" maps look the same, never saw this as a child
      Also i only see the credit text after the human ending also, so that settles my question
      Wowpedia "Invasion of Draenor" text
      however must be fanmade postconstructions in the story to give world of warcraft story a raison d'être that goes around right?
      I wont legit it!

    • @rallykalle8852
      @rallykalle8852 Рік тому

      @@ScrotusMaximus69 when i direct linked to wowpedia youtube removed the comment afterwards as vengeance, how did you get away with direct linking above?

    • @ScrotusMaximus69
      @ScrotusMaximus69  Рік тому

      @@rallykalle8852 You can check the sources in the footnotes, just like on Wikipedia. Most of the content from Wowpedia is taken from (or at least based on) official Blizzard sources. In this particular case, the story has been ordered by Blizzard in a compendium published on the old World of Warcraft website (around 2004 I think), as well as in a book from the „Chronicles” series (published in 2016).

  • @ImperialKnight770
    @ImperialKnight770 10 років тому

    I never finished this game.

  • @ScrotusMaximus69
    @ScrotusMaximus69  12 років тому

    Only a fool would leave his treasures unguarded...

  • @darkstone7184
    @darkstone7184 11 років тому

    HOW DID YOU GET BATTLE.NET EDITION!? I looked everywere for it!

  • @Mordororc8
    @Mordororc8 12 років тому

    that looks like diablo himself at 10:40 lol

  • @thordinary
    @thordinary 12 років тому

    The Human voice sounds an awkward lot like TotalBiscuit...

  • @mattydigs
    @mattydigs 8 років тому +5

    This destroys WoW plot and lore

    • @mutegrab666
      @mutegrab666 8 років тому

      More like wow plot and lore destroyed the rts's.

    • @mattydigs
      @mattydigs 8 років тому +1

      mutegrab666
      unfortunately : /

  • @Mopehome
    @Mopehome 12 років тому

    @SilentSkys D: no results on warcraft 2 ..via Battle.net

  • @cameronsprague101
    @cameronsprague101 10 років тому +1

    Gul Dan made death knights WTF

    • @quinteson2853
      @quinteson2853 10 років тому +3

      The original Deathknights were Orc Spirits using other orc souls to control human corpses. Very different from the Scourge deathnights.

    • @iamabigfatbutt
      @iamabigfatbutt 6 років тому +1

      The first generation of Death Knights were undead soul constructs imbued by warlocks using soulstone to implant themselves into the corpses of fallen palidans.

  • @Boromir2k1
    @Boromir2k1 13 років тому

    if only this voice could be in wow somewhere

  • @realPandarama
    @realPandarama 7 років тому

    just read the books, tides of darkness and so on,.... but in the books they never destroyed dalaran or capital city (Loarderon) strange why they do here. in the books they loose the siege of capital city because of guldan fleeing with his clan and trollbane blocking paths for orc reinforcements in alterac

    • @ScrotusMaximus69
      @ScrotusMaximus69  7 років тому +1

      Most likely in the books they tried to make the stories of the orc and human campaigns more mutually compatible. Hence, they took pieces from each of them while leaving other pieces out.

  • @sordertwothreefour6584
    @sordertwothreefour6584 12 років тому

    so wait, whos winning?

  • @DunebladeSandstrider
    @DunebladeSandstrider 12 років тому

    @OneWeirdDude Umm... Gameplay trumps lore... or something...?

  • @ScrotusMaximus69
    @ScrotusMaximus69  11 років тому

    I have its CD.

  • @rnothersuperior
    @rnothersuperior 11 років тому

    Obviously, Blizzard was bias toward the Horde even in '95!

  • @Mopehome
    @Mopehome 12 років тому

    9:44 enough said _^

  • @Eggs_is_eggs
    @Eggs_is_eggs 8 років тому +14

    The orcish narrator sounds like he's doing a Yoda impression.

  • @Liskenstein
    @Liskenstein 6 років тому

    please make WoW2 in the 2nd war era

  • @Boromir2k1
    @Boromir2k1 11 років тому

    you werent artanis you were executor

  • @suchawow
    @suchawow 12 років тому

    LMAO Close caption button XD "black market america has ordered him to establish a small outpost motorola XD

  • @murmurrrr
    @murmurrrr 11 років тому

    The draenei told many yo momma jokes about the orcs, don't tell me that's not a reason for mass genocide.

  • @aidinmclaurin6550
    @aidinmclaurin6550 9 років тому

    starcraft scary trailer

  • @shakeyzbbq
    @shakeyzbbq 12 років тому

    Fuck, laughed so hard at this for some reason :P

  • @Mopehome
    @Mopehome 12 років тому

    @SilentSkys I feel you brother, I fucking LOST my damn disks long time ago D: now its either bought VIA ebay, or take risky website(s) to grab the original D: