Warcraft 3 Reforged NEW Screenshots and Unit Models

[Archian]

Warcraft 3 Reforged NEW Screenshots and Unit Models

The Reforged Presskit Has been updated with some new unit models as well as the Warcraft III: Reforged homepage with some new screenshots!

Check out some of them below:

 

[Mr.Goblin]

still find the terrain and specially the tileset.... ugly and cartonny. They don't blend together well enough. They lack the sharp texture of the original warcraft as well.

 

[deepstrasz]

Phew, Illidan at least doesn't have glowing eyes through the blindfold anymore. Or it's only for the pre-Skull of Gul'dan model?
Hopefully those body tattoos are team coloured otherwise black were finer.
I can live with the blades being like that even though I liked the metallic ones better especially with the hidden meaning of the panda face on their middle
Would be better for the blades to also be team coloured.

Wait, what? A human on a frostwolf ?

Seems to look fine overall.
Maybe some tiles need some better colours/hues/contrasts/edits or even replacement.

 

[Mr.Henci]

Nice seing some custom maps being shown. Seing footman frezy there gives me hope engine will be more than able to handle so many units on a screen.

 

[Strydhaizer]

Still not feeling it. I wish they atleast attempted to make it look like Starcraft II while using the current engine. They could have atleast added ambient occlusion and depth to the textures especially the terrain.

 

[Nudl9]

What the fuck is that afro hair on the dryad.

 

[deepstrasz]

What the fuck is that afro hair on the dryad.

Dryads have seed brains and their natural minds grow.

 

[Edhel-dur]

Phew, Illidan at least doesn't have glowing eyes through the blindfold anymore. Or it's only for the pre-Skull of Gul'dan model?
Hopefully those body tattoos are team coloured otherwise black were finer.
I can live with the blades being like that even though I liked the metallic ones better especially with the hidden meaning of the panda face on their middle
Would be better for the blades to also be team coloured.

You mean something similar to this?

Yeah, would be funny to release Illidan in RoC all purple and green tattoos and then watching the TFT intro he is blue skinned again, then you start to chase him and he appears purple skin in a cutscene.

P.S. I also love original blue skin Illidan!

 

[deepstrasz]

ou mean something similar to this?

Yes! Except for the horns of course. It's the pre-Skull of Gul'dan aspect.

P.S. I also love original blue skin Illidan!

The character should be paler. 10k years in a dungeon won't keep your melanin going.

Still not feeling it.

How about now?

 

[FeelsGoodMan]

Is it just me or is Arthas' size disproportionate? He looks like a midget.

 

[deepstrasz]

Is it just me or is Arthas' size disproportionate? He looks like a midget.

It was so in the original game with mounted units. But they were aiming for realism, only partly it seems.
Compared to the horse, yes, it's like a kid.

 

[Shido]

That weird hair on dryad.... Oh gawd.
How from this:

To THIS:

No seriously, she looks like if she decided a lifetime planting the tree on her head and get a free hairstyle.


Dryad: " I M S O W A S T E D , I M S O W A S T E D "

 

[FeelsGoodMan]

Compared to the horse, yes, it's like a kid.

At least in the original one he's proportionate to his horse:

Spoiler

 

[Blackcat]

Dryad: " I M S O W A S T E D , I M S O W A S T E D "

Rofl.

 

[deepstrasz]

How from this:

Dryad: " I M S O W A S T E D , I M S O W A S T E D "

To this:

 

[Rui]

On the opening screenshot, it looked like she was carrying bananas or a pineapple over her head.

 

[deepstrasz]

So, do heroes get mounts or what?

 

[Archian]

That’s a Far Seer...

 

[deepstrasz]

That’s a Far Seer...

we trolled ourselves then.

 

[MrRious]

Wasn't Dryad skin pale(r)? She really looks ugly.

 

[deepstrasz]

Wasn't Dryad skin pale(r)? She really looks ugly.

Don't know why they want to make all night elves the same.

 

[MrRious]

Don't know why they want to make all night elves the same.

Yeah, I really liked the diversity even in their faces. (For example, archer's head was wide, dryad's was chubby) Now, they all look generic and unrecognisable.

Edit : I know I might be saying some BS, but I'm not thinking clearly right now.

 

[kovadarra]

This is DotA 1, right?

Hidden

Looks amazing! While I haven't played Dota 2, cursory look at some gameplay on YouTube gives me the impression Dota 1 in Reforged will look more realistic, though I'm judging solely by this one screenshot.

 

[Dr Super Good]

They lack the sharp texture of the original warcraft as well.

It was sharp? I am sorry but "sharp" and the classic graphics cannot be used in the same sentence. The terrain was a low resolution blurry and not continuous mess...

The Reforged Presskit Has been updated with some new unit models as well as the Warcraft III: Reforged homepage with some new screenshots!

Nice to see news in this place has its priorities correct!

• Changes avatar to Lilith from Diablo IV.
• Proceeds to announce new Warcraft III: Reforged content in news.
• Does not proceed to announce Diablo IV in news .

 

[Misha]

Wasn't Dryad skin pale(r)? She really looks ugly.

uh.. comparing to a high-poly model actually makes the original ugly.. so you can't really draw a conclusion from that. its basically the hairstyle that's the issue.

 

[MrRious]

uh.. comparing to a high-poly model actually makes the original ugly.. so you can't really draw a conclusion from that. its basically the hairstyle that's the issue.

I strongly disagree with you. The issue is that there's nothing original about her. She looks very, very generic.

 

[Misha]

I strongly disagree with you. The issue is that there's nothing original about her. She looks very, very generic.

nothing that a few tweaks to model and textures can't fix. you're loosing the bigger picture in small details that miff you

 

[MrRious]

nothing that a few tweaks to model and textures can't fix. you're loosing the bigger picture in small details that miff you

Sure, it can be easily fixed, but I don't think the modelers have any artistic vision. They make everything look the same.

Why do all of the monsters have human faces? Why do all of the women look like some sexy teenagers? (this one bothers me the most)

 

[Archian]

It was sharp? I am sorry but "sharp" and the classic graphics cannot be used in the same sentence. The terrain was a low resolution blurry and not continuous mess...

Nice to see news in this place has its priorities correct!

• Changes avatar to Lilith from Diablo IV.
• Proceeds to announce new Warcraft III: Reforged content in news.
• Does not proceed to announce Diablo IV in news .

Did you check this thread: Blizzcon 2019 Opening Ceremony

 

[Edhel-dur]

BlizzCon 2019 - Warcraft III: Reforged Deep Dive - MMO-Champion

Can't wait for tonight!

 

[deepstrasz]

Can't wait for tonight!

Arthas: "hi-hi-hi"...

 

[Chaosy]

Personally not a huge fan of the tiles displayed. Better than the old ones, sure.
Then again, I could make better looking stuff in paint.

 

[Misha]

Sure, it can be easily fixed, but I don't think the modelers have any artistic vision. They make everything look the same.

Why do all of the monsters have human faces? Why do all of the women look like some sexy teenagers? (this one bothers me the most)

eh.. its Blizzard. they'll always make things that aren't quite right xD I'm definitely going to try making some reforged models, if i get to grabbing the game

 

[stein123]

eh.. its Blizzard. they'll always make things that aren't quite right xD I'm definitely going to try making some reforged models, if i get to grabbing the game

Blizzard didn't make the models, Lemon Sky Studio are the responsibles

 

[MasterHaosis]

I like Naga units and buildings. But I do not know why they did not post this screenshot of Naga in their tropical ambirnce, instead of this temperate one with pines. I would like to see Sunken Ruins ingame screenshot.
Is it me or they look similar? Tail of Siren and Murmidon is almost identical in colors. Also they are blue, hardly to difference them.

 

[deepstrasz]

Blizzard didn't make the models, Lemon Sky Studio are the responsibles

Who's in charge, giving directions then?

 

[Misha]

kinda still blizzard

 

[Archian]

Brian Sousa is the art director of Warcraft 3 Reforged.

 

[Juveqis]

So Brian Sousa is responsible for adding belts on the Grunt's horns, stratospheric size of Footman's and Arthas's shoulder pads, the removal of Jaina's and Archer's cloacks... etc

For months I thought this responsibility fell on a member of the LemonSky team...

Now my eyes have opened...

My verdict is:

 

[SharSash]

So, do heroes get mounts or what?

That’s a Far Seer...

with this cloth looks like a homeless paladin on a wolf

 

[_lycan]

Yes! Except for the horns of course. It's the pre-Skull of Gul'dan aspect.


The character should be paler. 10k years in a dungeon won't keep your melanin going.

How about now?

That is not how arthas kills his father by the way, you can tell from the silhouette that he kills him the same way Bronn kills the knight of the vale... it's more graphic.

 

[deepstrasz]

That is not how arthas kills his father by the way, you can tell from the silhouette that he kills him the same way Bronn kills the knight of the vale... it's more graphic.

...
It was a joke for Srydhaizer's reply. I couldn't find a picture of the scene from the game's short cinematic piece.
Who care's about Bronn?

 

[YourArthas]

So Brian Sousa is responsible for adding belts on the Grunt's horns, stratospheric size of Footman's and Arthas's shoulder pads, the removal of Jaina's and Archer's cloacks... etc

For months I thought this responsibility fell on a member of the LemonSky team...

Now my eyes have opened...

My verdict is:

One disgusting thing Brian Sousa said in the panel will be stuck in my head forever:

Grubby: Do you have any fears?
Sousa: Well to me I have none haha

Like you can't have fears when you just sit as the art is outsourced and you just 'approve' the bad stuff and pretend like there is no problems at all when people are pointing it since day one. Now we will see the response to this 'But they've changed Footman's shield they listen to us!!11', yes a shield solves all the art problems surely.

 

[MasterBlaster]

Blizzard didn't make the models, Lemon Sky Studio are the responsibles

You make it sound as if Lemon Sky Studios did a bad job. They didn't. Models themselves are really high quality, I doubt they'd be much better, if at all, should they be done in-house by Blizzard. Thus, I really think that the modelers from LSS deserve a solid pat on the back. They're awesome.

What I think potentially failed here is the art direction. As far as I know, the way professional modelers work is that they base their creation on concept art, trying to recreate it as faithfully as possible. The fact that, say, the Footman has big shoulder pads isn't the modeler's fault, he just did what he was told to do - it's the fault of whoever approved the concept art.

 

[YourArthas]

You make it sound as if Lemon Sky Studios did a bad job. They didn't. Models themselves are really high quality, I doubt they'd be much better, if at all, should they be done in-house by Blizzard. Thus, I really think that the modelers from LSS deserve a solid pat on the back. They're awesome.

What I think potentially failed here is the art direction. As far as I know, the way professional modelers work is that they base their creation on concept art, trying to recreate it as faithfully as possible. The fact that, say, the Footman has big shoulder pads isn't the modeler's fault, he just did what he was told to do - it's the fault of whoever approved the concept art.

Yup, we can clearly say most of the model mistakes are thanks to Brian Sousa trying to reinvent the wheel with over detailed and non loyal to old concepts.

BUT there is also atleast someone disobeying the concept arts and gave Spirit Walker a stick instead of his axe like the concept art.

 

[Chaosy]

I like most of the models, sue me.

 

[Misha]

I like most of the models, sue me.

that's the spirit everything else can be tweaked later by us

 

[deepstrasz]

BUT there is also atleast someone disobeying the concept arts and gave Spirit Walker a stick instead of his axe like the concept art.

Well, Spirit Walkers are wizards. They are ranged units too. It makes sense not to have axes.

 

[YourArthas]

Well, Spirit Walkers are wizards. They are ranged units too. It makes sense not to have axes.

Yet it makes no sense to have them walk with a stick, their attack is made by their 'lambs' and axes were logically were there for melee combat if they have to. I don't think some cow that walks with a stick would be able to do anything in combat (if we are talking about logic and wizards being unable to wield axes)

 

[Juveqis]

Then I hope they change these icons for a walking stick