Just finished 1.5 Good path.
Easily one of the best things I played in my life, I wish we had more campaigns like this. Can't wait to play the whole thing but will be sad when it ends.
What's good:
1. Writing.
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- Dialogues are mostly good.
- Story has stakes. Loosing Cenarious was unexpected and heartbreaking in a way - all this effort, we almost saved him. I genuenly was upset. But that shows that we actually can lose. The not so good part is that it almost didn't affect the characters, they were like "meh just another monday, sh#t happens".
- Same thing with losing to Jarraxxus, I didn't expect that & it was super good. Also them having their own agenda is nice.
- Dreadlords subplot is very interesting.
2 misses I felt with writings:
- It's a bit of a mess with who is behind Furion's corruption. Eredon or Exiled One. I suppose Eredon but then it's linked to the Exiled through the fountains... kinda what is going on send narrative help brigade. I initially though it was Xavious and I think it makes for a much better writing. Eredon should be dead because of the orcs ¯\(ツ)/¯ but that's not up to me.
- Characters not much affected by the loss of Cenarious.
Upd: when Furion has his next "mental moment" and everyone around is like "Furion, are you okay" for 10th time - it kinda makes me laugh
2. Gameplay.
- I find it funny that druid Malfurion is stronger than Sorcerer Malfurion. At least I felt so, maybe that's cuz he's a great support and I find his abilities much more useful. Upd: to be fair, I replay evil path now, and Furion completely melts faces with dmg, probably golem & fire shield just feel meh.
- Custom music is veeeeeeeery nice.
- Missions are perfect, 12/10.
- When you go to Northerend, that was a surprise, and all that comes next was Very good.
- No bullsh#t and also great balancing.
- Legendaries and artifacts, love it. Was a bit upset to get +5 def +500 hp ones cuz heroes almost never need these.
1 miss for me:
- Nightmare mission. Tho visually stunning, was kinda tedious and not interesting to play through.
3. Bugs (Mac)
- Got that big game crushing thing with Spread of corruption at the Temple of Elune + the Orange base. Somehow found a way, took me 50 loads.
- Scroll of town portal is not working in the last mission (where you defend Illidan's citadel)
- Not a bug, but the game could be slightly broken by summoning owls through the closed gates (in evil path that doesn't work with golem)
- Last W3 patch broke characters portraits for many custom campaigns but that's okay, well known thing.
4. Asks
@Turnro please consider AI voice over if possible. I recently played some great campaigns with AI VO and it is veeeeeeeery good addition (I played Exodus).
Overall enjoyed the good path more than the evil. Probably because evil Malfurion started to irritate me pretty quickly and I also didn't like his abilities that much. His dialogues are long and mostly "f you, now die". Plus I didn't enjoy the later mission's bosses.
Also, on evil path, Assault on Astranaar mission, there's a challenge in defeating north-east green enemy. But there's another such enemy in the west-most part of the map. His buildings are invaulnerable, would be nice to be able to have them as another optional challenge. First one drops legendary shield.
5. Conclusion
I probably should've waited for 2.0
Idk one of the greatest custom campaigns ever created. Wish I had that productivity with my art, which is music production.
Upd: oh no, started replaying the evil path. Btw SPOILERS next.
Blowing the portal in this campaign was freaking incredible

same for decimating Lordaeron in the previous Undead campaign.