Warcraft III: Reforged Scrapped Plans

[Evilhog]

Don't know where to post it, so I'll just leave it here:

According to WC3 RoC and TfT campaign designer Dave Fried, WC3 Reforged was initially supposed to get a remake of Warcraft 1 campaign. It never happened, and for that we have to thank Bobby K...

Dave uploaded some leftover design documents on his Discord:
Join the DesignerDave Discord Server!

Can anyone upload the stuff from there here (for those of us, who don't use Discord)?

Edit: found the transcription of the above-mentioned design docs. Perhaps, some things can be salvaged for fan-made campaigns?

Warcraft III: Reforged: The First War

The First War was an intended bonus campaign for Warcraft III: Reforged, depicting an updated version of the events of the First War, originally shown in Warcraft: Orcs & Humans. It would have had hero-centric gameplay and storytelling. Though the campaign was never created, some of its design...

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[Husarz94]

So this game is still in early Alpha version.

 

[Retera]

Perhaps, some things can be salvaged for fan-made campaigns?

Aren't there some really good First War campaigns on Hive Workshop that have been around for years without official support from Activision? Given that Activision doesn't have the gumption to finish things, why honor Activision with our time, energy, and focus instead of independent creators?

 

[Homor]

So this game is still in early Alpha version.

It's so much worse than that IMO. RF's scope and budget was cut down multiple times during production. By the end, the budget was 5% of the original. This isn't an Alpha. It's a pre-Alpha.

 

[raypack]

Aren't there some really good First War campaigns on Hive Workshop that have been around for years without official support from Activision? Given that Activision doesn't have the gumption to finish things, why honor Activision with our time, energy, and focus instead of independent creators?

Still, seeing what the original map makers could've done would be magnificent to witness.

 

[Homor]

Still, seeing what the original map makers could've done would be magnificent to witness.

Those are the arc words of Reforged at this point. "Imagine what they developers could have done if they were actually allowed to make a game."