Additional campaigns for Warcraft 3: Frozen Throne began to appear almost immediately after the release of the original game. Even after ten years, they remain popular. Campaigns are created by both fans and game companies. Many of the additional maps are closely related to the plot of The Ice Throne, and some create a completely new universe.
General information
Additional campaigns for Warcraft 3: Frozen Throne can be created by anyone. For this, Beazard has released a series of game editors. Understanding them is easy enough. At the moment there is a Russified version of all such programs. The player is given the opportunity to change the landscape, buildings, unit abilities. Initially, the editors assumed the creation of new maps for regular battles. However, later functions appeared that made it possible to create a plot and change the mechanics. Of the available textures, castles and entire cities can be made.
The player can upload new skins for characters. More difficult is the creation of something new, for example, the abilities of heroes. For their designation in the interface and animation, you can use existing resources.
However, changing the mechanics is quite difficult. Additional campaigns for Warcraft 3: Frozen Throne are often related. As a rule, one developer produces several series of cards connected by one plot.
"Dawn of the Blood Elves"
Quite a popular campaign among fans. The main plot is intertwined with the events of the original game. The campaign tells about the fate of the blood elves. Total includes twelve chapters. Six cards are also devoted exclusively to heroes. In them, the player needs to wade through the forest and fight with the magic towers. There are many new units in the campaign, for example, magic golems. They move slowly and are vulnerable to arrows. But at the same time they have great damage in close combat.
One of the most powerful heroes is Lortemar. At the maximum level, he has a thousand health units. The arsenal of eight magical abilities. In the story, he leads the blood elves. Another powerful mage is Celtas. Its advantages are a large supply of mana and speed of movement. After losing to Arthas, he no longer enjoyed the confidence of the prince.
Outland is among the new cards. It is a barren desert with a minimum supply of resources. There is gold, but there are practically no trees. Therefore, it will not be possible to build a large camp. But then you can use a large number of heroes.
The Curse of the Forsaken
The Curses series are optional campaigns for Warcraft 3: Frozen Throne that intersect with the main storyline. The focus is on Sylvanas. Even in the "Ice Throne" she was killed by Arthas and turned into undead. However, in Dawn of the Blood Elves, she managed to regain her will and free herself from the influence of Lich King. This campaign will delight players with beautiful maps.
Some cities consist of hundreds of buildings and look really bewitching. So fans of large-scale battles "Curse" will appeal.
The player will also meet familiar heroes. Risen King of the Dead, Thrall, Jaina, Varimatas. During the campaign there will be an opportunity to play for each of them.
Of particular interest is the King of Terror. This vampire has a lot of skills that he has had since Chaos Rain. Maps for Warcraft 3: Frozen Throne suggest partial destructibility of the landscape. Therefore, using the abilities of Varimatas gives a spectacular animation.
Card set
In addition to additional campaigns, there are many individual upgraded maps. They are designed to play in the "Battle" mode. Best played online. For example, the pack of cards "Tomb Raiders" will make it possible to play exclusively heroes.
Particular attention is paid to inventory and magical abilities. But there is no economic part of the strategy.
Fans of TD will love the special Tower Defense cards for Warcraft 3: Frozen Throne. Their essence is simple - not to allow the enemy to reach your source. The path can be blocked by several types of towers: fiery, stone, magic. In some versions, you can also create units. You can play both as a defender and as an attacker. Such cards are best suited for playing on the web.
"DotA"
Warcraft 3: Frozen Throne has produced many popular offshoots. The most famous of them is Dota. Initially, it was an ordinary card, which was installed in the original game. Then she gained world fame.
Entire internet sites were created (like Garena) for playing Dota. Textures from Warcraft 3: Frozen Throne were used. The passage consisted in capturing the Tree of Life of the enemy. Each player controls only one hero. Two bases - Good and Evil - are connected by three roads. Weak units, creeps, are continuously walking along them. For killing them, the player gains experience and gold. There are three towers on each line. Two more guard the Tree.
In 2010, Valve bought the rights to the game and created Dota 2, one of the most popular games in the world.