One of the worst remakes to ever have existed.
Why? It made the original worse, it actually removed features from the original, filesize went 2gb -> 30gb (no graphics for you though, just bloat), and increased the needed specs you need to play a 20 year old game. I am not even talking about if you were playing reforged, I am talking about if you download and install the original Warcraft 3 latest version you will get a genuinely worse experience. You also can't play online if you don't go for the latest version so going for an earlier version needs workarounds! Whats even more disappointing is they released some patches with potential to the old game to allow old players to play with new ones, like increasing map player limit to 24, it became garbage on release. They removed ladder/ranked and took 2 extra years to reintroduce it, IT WAS FUNCTIONALITY THAT HAD EXISTED FOR 18 YEARS AND THEN REMOVED FROM THE ORIGINAL. They also now tightened control of custom maps so they don't lose the next DOTA and also restricted the use of copyrighted or inappropriate content in them. Bye bye all the wacky anime maps and all other cool fan maps that got made. Also bye maps like go fish who don't want to update because of the stricter control over IP and all that. I haven't even mentioned everything that was removed, there are several lists if you are curious.
Now for actual complaints about the remake itself :)
The new graphics also look horribly generic and cluttered. No consistent art design. So much of the promised new cutscenes, new voice acting, and all that new stuff was just not there. They added a few of those but couldn't be bothered to finish it. No new promised campaigns or story. Menu is worse, its html/web browser crap and it was released laggy and clumsy. Performance is better now 3 years later but holy shit it was garbage for so long. Still cant rejoin games, which sucks because desyncs happen regularly. Engine limitations still are a problem, didnt really bother to do anything about that. Incredibly unoptimized and completely garbage all around.
Even if this game didnt destroy the original game it would still be an absolutely atrocious remake full of problems and straight up lies about what it would contain.
At least I could refund it
Why? It made the original worse, it actually removed features from the original, filesize went 2gb -> 30gb (no graphics for you though, just bloat), and increased the needed specs you need to play a 20 year old game. I am not even talking about if you were playing reforged, I am talking about if you download and install the original Warcraft 3 latest version you will get a genuinely worse experience. You also can't play online if you don't go for the latest version so going for an earlier version needs workarounds! Whats even more disappointing is they released some patches with potential to the old game to allow old players to play with new ones, like increasing map player limit to 24, it became garbage on release. They removed ladder/ranked and took 2 extra years to reintroduce it, IT WAS FUNCTIONALITY THAT HAD EXISTED FOR 18 YEARS AND THEN REMOVED FROM THE ORIGINAL. They also now tightened control of custom maps so they don't lose the next DOTA and also restricted the use of copyrighted or inappropriate content in them. Bye bye all the wacky anime maps and all other cool fan maps that got made. Also bye maps like go fish who don't want to update because of the stricter control over IP and all that. I haven't even mentioned everything that was removed, there are several lists if you are curious.
Now for actual complaints about the remake itself :)
The new graphics also look horribly generic and cluttered. No consistent art design. So much of the promised new cutscenes, new voice acting, and all that new stuff was just not there. They added a few of those but couldn't be bothered to finish it. No new promised campaigns or story. Menu is worse, its html/web browser crap and it was released laggy and clumsy. Performance is better now 3 years later but holy shit it was garbage for so long. Still cant rejoin games, which sucks because desyncs happen regularly. Engine limitations still are a problem, didnt really bother to do anything about that. Incredibly unoptimized and completely garbage all around.
Even if this game didnt destroy the original game it would still be an absolutely atrocious remake full of problems and straight up lies about what it would contain.
At least I could refund it