How World of Warcraft is changing Warcraft 3: Reforged
For months I ran the Stratholme dungeon in World of Warcraft, over and over through the burning city, through the big gate towards the corrupted paladin lord Baron Rivendare and his coveted skeletal horse. But all the time I never really knew why. I never really knew the significance of the place, that it was the turning point for famous paladin Arthas on his path to to the dark side, to becoming Lich King. But I would have had I played Warcraft 3: Reign of Chaos*.
I dabbled in Warcraft 3 - I think I even played The Culling of Stratholme mission - but it didn't mean anything to me then, some 16 years ago. Now, however, it does. The repetitive running on of Stratholme has hammered it progressively deeper into my memory, which is why when I play The Culling mission in Warcraft 3: Reforged at BlizzCon 2018, I see everything through new eyes. So that's what happened!
Warcraft 3 is chock-full of these kind of moments: Sylvanas becoming baddie Sylvanas (she's still my Horde chief) and starting on her genocidal path; Thrall leading the orcs horde to Kalimdor; and many more historic moments besides. Warcraft 3 is the foundation for WOW, and now Blizzard has decided it's time for the many millions of people the MMO opened the story to, to experience it.
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