A preview of Warcraft 3 - Reign of Chaos has been posted at ferrago. Here's a bit:
Most of the remaining issues at this point center around the balance of the title's four factions, an indication that the game's foundation, in terms of engine stability and presentation, is rock solid. Several beta testers have backed up this claim, as well. It has been reported that the game runs very smoothly on machines with 700+Mhz processors and a minimum of 128 megs of RAM, and does so without any of the pitfalls normally associated with beta tests (crashing, glitching, etc.). Even in this late stage of development, it should be noted, system specs are subject to change. However, users with a machine in the general range of the specs listed above should not worry at all. The official word from Blizzard, in terms of system specs, is this: at least a Pentium III 600 (or equivalent), with 128 MB RAM or more, a mouse, 400 MB of available hard drive space, a 4X CD-ROM or faster, a 32 MB 3D accelerator card with Direct3D support, a DirectX compatible 16 bit sound card, a 28.8 modem (or better) with Internet connectivity, and DirectX 8.1. You must be running Windows 98, 98SE, 2000 (running with local Administrator privileges), ME or XP. For multiplayer, your Internet connection must be capable of running 32-bit Windows socket applications (such as Microsoft Internet Explorer). The game will support high resolution settings (1024x768 and above) as well. |
Warcraft 3 Preview at Ferrago
