Frozen Throne Profile
Warcraft III: The Frozen Throne
Developer(s) Blizzard Entertainment
Publisher(s) Blizzard Entertainment Sierra Entertainment Capcom Sonokong
Designer(s) Rob Pardo
Version 1.21b (2008-02-6)
Platform(s) Windows, Mac OS and Mac OS X, Linux (cedega/wine)
Release date July 1 July 1, 2003, July 4, 2003 February 27, 2004
Genre(s) Real-time strategy
Mode(s) Single player, Multiplayer
Rating(s) ESRB: Teen (13+) OFLC: G8+
Media CD (1)
Input method(s) Keyboard and Mouse
Warcraft III: The Frozen Throne is a real-time strategy computer game developed for Microsoft Windows, Mac OS and Mac OS X by Blizzard Entertainment; it can also be played on Linux systems by using Wine or Cedega. It is the official expansion pack to Warcraft III: Reign of Chaos, requiring the ownership of Reign of Chaos to play. Released in stores worldwide in multiple languages beginning on July 1, 2003, it includes new units for each race, a new neutral race, four campaigns, five neutral heroes (an additional neutral hero was added April 2004 and two more were added in August 2004), the ability to build a shop and various other improvements such as the ability to queue upgrades. Sea units were reintroduced; they had been present in Warcraft II but were absent in Reign of Chaos. Blizzard Entertainment regularly releases patches for the game to fix bugs, add new features, and balance multiplayer play.
Contents
1 Story
1.1 Sentinels campaign: "Terror of the Tides" 1.2 Alliance campaign: "Curse of the Blood Elves" 1.3 Scourge campaign: "Legacy of the Damned" 1.4 Horde mini-campaign: "The Founding of Durotar"
2 Additions 3 Ladder 4 Development 5 Awards and ratings 6 References 7 External links
Story
Sentinels campaign: "Terror of the Tides" The Night Elf Warden Maiev Shadowsong pursues her former prisoner Illidan Stormrage across Azeroth. Illidan is met by the demonlord Kil'jaeden, who orders him to destroy the Lich King. He gains the allegiance of the Naga, former Night Elves who were mutated by the Well of Eternity beneath the Maelstrom after their city was blasted beneath the sea ten millennia before. The Naga do not stop Maiev, who pursues Illidan from Kalimdor to the Tomb of Sargeras. There, Illidan takes the Eye of Sargeras, a powerful magical artifact, and collapses the tomb in an attempt to kill Maiev. However, Maiev survives, and gains the assistance of Malfurion Stormrage and Tyrande Whisperwind to pursue Illidan all the way to Lordaeron. There she and Tyrande aid a new ally, Prince Kael'thas, against the Undead while Malfurion "communed with the land" to divine Illidan's intent. During the course of the Undead offensive, Tyrande is swept away by a river while defending the retreating elves. Maiev's grudge against Tyrande for releasing Illidan in Reign of Chaos leads her to lie to Malfurion about Tyrande's fate, knowing it would provoke Malfurion to move aggressively against the Naga rather than "waste" time searching for her. Around this time, Illidan attempts to use the newly acquired Eye of Sargeras to melt the icecaps around the Frozen Throne and hence destroy the Lich King. Malfurion and Maiev, mistaking his spell for something nihilistic, successfully prevent Illidan from completing his spell. Following the disruption of Illidan's spell, Maiev's lies regarding Tyrande are exposed. The Stormrage brothers temporarily put aside their disagreement to save Tyrande, their mutual beloved. Malfurion then pardons Illidan and permits him to leave unmolested in spite of Maiev's vehement protests. To prevent further troubles, he upholds Illidan's exile and directs him to leave through a summoned portal. Maiev, consumed by vengeance and hate, ignores the Night Elf leader's decree and chases Illidan.
Alliance campaign: "Curse of the Blood Elves" The Alliance campaign follows the adventures of Prince Kael'thas, leader of the Blood Elves, a group of High Elves that survived the invasion of Quel'Thalas by the Scourge. Originally helping the Alliance, the Blood Elves are imprisoned by a racist human Dark Knight, Lord Garithos, for accepting aid from the Naga (after Garithos pulled all of Kael's non-elven troops to the front line) and eventually rescued by Lady Vashj and her Naga. Vashj then takes Kael'thas to Outland, the remnants of the Orc realm Draenor, to meet their master, Illidan, who has been recaptured by Maiev. After fending Maiev off and gaining the allegiance of the native Draenei, Illidan is able to conquer Outland, where he hopes he will be safe from his failure to use the Eye of Sargeras to destroy the Frozen Throne. But his master, the Demonlord Kil'jaeden, catches them nonetheless, and the episode ends with Illidan renewing his vow to destroy the Lich King. The Human forces in this campaign are very different from the ones used in the multiplayer game. Instead of the full Alliance, only the High Elven units are available, with the addition of a few new units and a Blood Elf hero added to the expansion pack, as well as the Naga forces and a few Lost Ones. The single exception is the first mission of the campaign, which takes place before Garithos recalls Kael's non-elven troops such as human Knights and Footmen, and dwarven Riflemen, Steam tanks and Mortar Teams, all of which are available during that mission.
Scourge campaign: "Legacy of the Damned" In the blighted lands of Lordaeron, now known as the Plaguelands, a civil war is taking place within the Undead forces, who are splintering into three major factions: Arthas and Kel'Thuzad, who are loyal to the Lich King; the Forsaken, led by the Banshee Queen Sylvanas Windrunner; and the Dreadlords (Nathrezim), who are still loyal to the Burning Legion, but are unaware of Archimonde's defeat on Mt. Hyjal. The campaign switches between Arthas' journey to Northrend to assist the Lich King, and Sylvanas' war against the Dreadlords for control of the Plaguelands. During this time, Grand Marshall Garithos has assembled some of the last remnants of Lordaeron's army. They retake the Dalaran ruins, but Garithos is then brainwashed by a Dreadlord and saved by Lady Sylvanas. He helps retake the Capital City, but is then betrayed by the Forsaken. Sylvanas emerges as the nominal ruler of the Plaguelands. Meanwhile, Arthas travels to Northrend to defend the Lich King, meeting the subterranean Nerubian race, and eventually defeating Illidan in a one-on-one duel. He then ascends to the Frozen Throne and becomes one with the Lich King. A few men of Garithos' army escape, with some disappearing into the Alterac Mountains and others joining one of the last human organizations in Lordaeron, The Scarlet Crusade. The Scarlet Crusade is a holy group of humans that fights the undead from their strongholds of Tyr's Hand, Hearthglen, Stratholme, and Brill.
Horde mini-campaign: "The Founding of Durotar" The Orc mini-campaign is a departure from the rest of the game. It has features more like an RPG similar to Diablo, featuring a Beastmaster named Rexxar as he helps the Orcs defend and develop their new home of Durotar from various enemies. The Orc mini-campaign was created because the game designers felt that the Orc storyline didn't fit into the main plot of The Frozen Throne. The mini-campaign allowed the designers to move away from standard real-time strategy conventions and explore new level design and gameplay concepts. This campaign was extended by two more chapters through patches of the main game. It also established plot and setting details in preparation for Blizzard's MMORPG World of Warcraft. Completing the other campaigns is not a requirement to play the mini-campaign as the menu immediately allows the player to choose between the campaign missions and the mini-campaign. The player controls a group of two to four heroes, primarily Rexxar and a Troll Shadow Hunter named Rokhan. The player can also gain permanent control of a Pandaren Brewmaster named Chen Stormstout and Tauren Chieftain Cairne Bloodhoof, and temporary control of Orc Far Seer Drek'thar, Jaina Proudmoore, Orc Blademaster Samuro, and Cairne's son, Baine Bloodhoof. Maps are interconnected, with each one being set up as various areas of Kalimdor, such as the Orc fortress city of Orgrimmar and a Human city on the Theramore Isles. In the wilds of Kalimdor, Rexxar comes across Mogrin, an Orc messenger who is being attacked by Quillboars. Despite Rexxar's rescue, the Orc is mortally wounded, and passes on his message to Rexxar before he dies. Rexxar completes the Orc's mission, giving the message to Thrall, the warchief of the Horde. He stays in the city of Orgrimmar for a while, performing a number of duties for the Horde to earn his keep. Eventually, he discovers that a force of Humans is planning an invasion of Durotar, led by Grand Admiral Daelin Proudmoore, who has seized control of the Theramore islands from his daughter. Rexxar is sent to gather allies for the Horde, old and new, and leads the assault on the islands to end the threat to the Horde. The Admiral is slain, and the Orcs leave the island in peace, but the truce between the Horde and the Alliance seems to be forever strained by the battle.
Additions For each race, The Frozen Throne adds several new units and buildings, and one new hero per race. The entirely new race "Naga" has also been added, and can be played in several Night Elf and Blood Elf missions, as well as in custom maps if their basic unit (the Mur'gul Slave) is added via the World Editor. The Frozen Throne also adds several neutral heroes, which appear in the single player campaigns. Neutral heroes can be used in melee maps via the Tavern, a neutral building to hire them. The tavern can also instantly revive any fallen hero, with an increased resource cost, and reduced health and mana of the reviving hero. A nearby hero is needed to access the tavern. The Warcraft III Map Editor program now allows the user to do more custom work with regards to editing skills and new tileset and models to work with.
Ladder Battle.net servers host PvP Ladders for The Frozen Throne. Kalimdor (Asia), Lordaeron (USWest), Azeroth (USEast), Northrend (Europe) all have influential players of their own. However, the varied styles of play and range of skill is heavily favored towards foreign realms such as Kalimdor and Northrend. These realms sport such top pro-level gamers as MYM.Grubby, Yoan Merlo and Jang Jae Ho, among others. These competitive ladders have driven the game along with yearly pro competitions. In recent years the steady decline of top players on the domestic realms has led to the few remaining top players to leave to Kalimdor, Northrend, retire altogether or move onto the Blizzard MMORPG World of Warcraft. The battle.net ladder includes Solo, Random Team, Arranged Team (2vs2, 3vs3, 4vs4) and Free For All, giving a wide range in which a player can determine and choose which ladder best suits them.
Development Warcraft III: The Frozen Throne was originally announced on January 22, 2003. On May 29, 2003, Blizzard announced that the expansion set had "gone gold". There have been many patches, and Warcraft III: The Frozen Throne is now at the new patch 1.21b which allows the game to be played without the official cd.
Awards and ratings Like its predecessor, The Frozen Throne was well received among critics. It has an average rating of 90.5% on Game Rankings.
Best Expansion Pack - Gamespot Best Multiplayer Game - Gamespot Best PC Strategy Game (Readers' Choice) - GameSpot Game of the Month - IGN PC Editor's Choice (90 out of 100 rating) - Games Xtreme Editor's Choice (9 out of 10 rating) - Strategy Gaming Online PC Strategy Gamers' Choice - GameSpy 94 out of 100 rating - Next Level Gaming 94 out of 100 rating - Gamer Play Networks 94 out of 100 rating - Game Marshal 94 out of 100 rating - GameAxis 92 out of 100 rating - The Gamer's Temple 91 out of 100 rating - Action Trip 90 out of 100 rating - Gameguru Mania 88 out of 100 rating - GameSpy 84 out of 100 rating - PCGamer 10 out of 10 rating - Game Chronicles Magazine 9.4 out of 10 rating - GameZone 9.2 out of 10 rating - GameSpot 9 out of 10 rating - IGN PC 9 out of 10 rating - Gameinformer 8.9 out of 10 rating - Worthplaying 8.8 out of 10 rating - Gamer's Hell 5 out of 5 rating - GamePro A- rating - UGO
References
^ IGN: Warcraft III: The Frozen Throne Orc Campaign Continues
External links
The official Frozen Throne website Mojo StormStout's Warcraft III Strategy Guide Warcraft III: The Frozen Throne at WoWWiki, a World of Warcraft wiki
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