It’s nice to see the old games get a slight touch-up, and I’m hopeful that when Blizzard says they’re working with GOG on other classic games that they’re talking about Diablo 2. However, the GOG edition of Warcraft II will not allow matchmaking, so if you want to do your multiplayer Warcraft II and still get the bug fixes and quality of life changes made to the game, you’ll need to connect via LAN or P2P. Indeed, the whole point is to give you as close as to the original game experience as possible. They’re changed enough to make sure they work - not enough to give you a whole new experience playing them. Think of these as re-releases, not remasters or remakes.

One will be the classic release with matchmaking, while the other will be slightly enhanced with HD support but will also not be a graphical overhaul. The version of Warcraft I available has been optimized to run properly on modern computers, but it’s not going to look modern or play significantly differently, and the release of Warcraft II will have two versions.

It should be pointed out that these are not remasters. We suspected this was in the works when they announced that the original Diablo was being released on GOG.com, and now it’s official - both the original Warcraft: Orcs and Humans and its sequel Warcraft II are now available digitally on GOG.com, just in time for Warcraft’s 25th anniversary.

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