Warcraft II was released in 1995. It was an amazing Real-Time Strategy
game, and won Game-of-the-Year by PCGamer
Magazine. A lot of things were changed from Warcraft I, and these changes
are illustrated below:
- Better Graphics - Obviously graphics were improved.
- Right-Clicking Scheme - The gameplay interface was drastically improved
by being able to right-click to assign orders to
units. Also, mouse-scrolling and better group-selection was added. (Warcraft
I was really awkward in this respect.)
- Fog-of-War - A translucent shroud was added to hide everything not
in direct line-of-sight from your units and buildings.
This made intellegence much more of an issue.
- Water-Faring Units - Battleships, destroyers, submarines, and transport
ships allow gameplay at sea. This made for greater
strategy and lots more fun!
- Air Units - Gryphons, dragons, and scout flyers were added.
