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Warcraft II: Tides of Darkness (1995)

0.1564Canon Score · ranked #175 all time

Aggregated from 3 of 17 authoritative lists, weighted by authority and adjusted for each list's scope and age. How scoring works →

About the game

Warcraft II: Tides of Darkness is a fantasy real-time strategy (RTS) computer game developed by Blizzard Entertainment and released for MS-DOS and Microsoft Windows in 1995 and Mac OS in 1996 by Blizzard's parent, Davidson & Associates. A sequel to Warcraft: Orcs & Humans, the game was met with positive reviews and won most of the major PC gaming awards in 1996. In 1996, Blizzard released an expansion pack, Warcraft

Why it ranks #175

Every list on which Warcraft II: Tides of Darkness appears, with its position as published.

ListAuthorityPosition
Next Generation Top 100 (1996)Editorial list#10 / 100
Polygon 500 Best (2017)Critics' canon#226 / 500
1001 Video Games (2013 ed.)Critics' canonSelected