<s>
WarCraft	B-Application
III	I-Application
:	I-Application
Reforged	I-Application
is	O
a	O
remastered	O
edition	O
of	O
the	O
2002	O
real-time	O
strategy	O
video	O
game	O
Warcraft	B-Application
III	I-Application
:	I-Application
Reign	I-Application
of	I-Application
Chaos	I-Application
and	O
its	O
expansion	O
The	B-Application
Frozen	I-Application
Throne	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Released	O
on	O
January	O
28	O
,	O
2020	O
,	O
it	O
adds	O
revamped	O
graphics	O
,	O
new	O
campaign	O
gameplay	O
settings	O
as	O
well	O
as	O
modern	O
online	O
Battle.net	B-Operating_System
features	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Players	O
from	O
the	O
original	O
client	B-Protocol
are	O
able	O
to	O
access	O
and	O
play	O
with	O
Reforged	O
players	O
by	O
being	O
given	O
access	O
to	O
the	O
new	O
client	B-Protocol
(	O
after	O
they	O
have	O
purchased	O
the	O
product	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Similar	O
to	O
StarCraft	B-Application
:	I-Application
Remastered	I-Application
,	O
it	O
uses	O
the	O
textures	O
of	O
the	O
original	O
release	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
campaign	O
's	O
missions	O
were	O
visually	O
updated	O
to	O
reflect	O
World	B-Protocol
of	I-Protocol
Warcraft	I-Protocol
,	O
however	O
,	O
the	O
map	O
of	O
Azeroth	O
and	O
heroes	O
 '	O
appearances	O
were	O
still	O
kept	O
closer	O
to	O
the	O
original	O
WarCraft	B-Application
III	I-Application
concepts	O
than	O
to	O
those	O
appearing	O
in	O
WoW	B-Protocol
.	O
</s>
<s>
WarCraft	B-Application
III	I-Application
:	I-Application
Reforged	I-Application
has	O
the	O
same	O
plot	O
as	O
the	O
original	O
game	O
,	O
but	O
possesses	O
minor	O
visual	O
and	O
stylistic	O
changes	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Blizzard	O
intended	O
,	O
along	O
with	O
a	O
desire	O
from	O
the	O
player	O
base	O
,	O
to	O
develop	O
StarCraft	B-Application
:	I-Application
Remastered	I-Application
as	O
a	O
generally	O
pure	O
remake	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
contrast	O
,	O
Warcraft	B-Application
III	I-Application
:	I-Application
Reforged	I-Application
was	O
intended	O
to	O
be	O
less	O
pure	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
But	O
with	O
Warcraft	B-Application
3	I-Application
:	I-Application
Reforged	I-Application
,	O
we	O
've	O
talked	O
with	O
the	O
communities	O
in	O
Europe	O
and	O
in	O
China	O
[	O
who	O
say ]	O
,	O
'	O
Hey	O
,	O
we	O
do	O
n't	O
think	O
this	O
game	O
is	O
done	O
 '	O
--	O
The	O
goal	O
is	O
not	O
just	O
to	O
give	O
Warcraft	B-Application
III	I-Application
a	O
new	O
coat	O
of	O
paint	O
,	O
but	O
"	O
do	O
more	O
with	O
it.	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
Originally	O
,	O
Blizzard	O
author	O
Christie	O
Golden	O
was	O
commissioned	O
to	O
work	O
on	O
an	O
altered	O
campaign	O
,	O
while	O
the	O
original	O
campaign	O
would	O
be	O
partially	O
retconned	O
to	O
bring	O
it	O
in	O
line	O
with	O
the	O
story	O
of	O
World	B-Protocol
of	I-Protocol
Warcraft	I-Protocol
and	O
the	O
revisions	O
to	O
the	O
story	O
made	O
by	O
the	B-Protocol
World	I-Protocol
of	I-Protocol
Warcraft	I-Protocol
:	O
Chronicle	O
lore	O
series	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
internal	O
scripting	O
language	O
of	O
Warcraft	B-Application
III	I-Application
,	O
JASS	O
,	O
is	O
joined	O
by	O
Lua	B-Language
,	O
commonly	O
used	O
in	O
scripting	O
and	O
custom	O
content	O
for	O
other	O
games	O
,	O
and	O
for	O
Blizzard	O
's	O
World	B-Protocol
of	I-Protocol
Warcraft	I-Protocol
.	O
</s>
<s>
Lua	B-Language
is	O
intended	O
to	O
make	O
custom	O
content	O
creation	O
easier	O
and	O
to	O
expand	O
it	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
At	O
BlizzCon	O
2018	O
on	O
November	O
2	O
,	O
2018	O
,	O
Blizzard	O
Entertainment	O
announced	O
Warcraft	B-Application
III	I-Application
:	I-Application
Reforged	I-Application
featuring	O
remodeled	O
characters	O
and	O
graphics	O
with	O
a	O
prospective	O
release	O
in	O
2019	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Warcraft	B-Application
III	I-Application
:	I-Application
Reforged	I-Application
received	O
"	O
mixed	O
or	O
average	O
"	O
reviews	O
according	O
to	O
Metacritic	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
PC	O
Gamers	O
Fraser	O
Brown	O
concluded	O
that	O
Reforged	O
was	O
still	O
an	O
exceptional	O
game	O
at	O
its	O
core	O
but	O
was	O
plagued	O
by	O
bugs	O
,	O
a	O
lack	O
of	O
features	O
and	O
poor	O
design	O
choices	O
such	O
as	O
the	O
"	O
massive	O
"	O
user	B-Application
interface	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Similarly	O
,	O
the	O
game	O
would	O
temporarily	O
become	O
the	O
lowest-ranked	O
game	O
on	O
the	O
site	O
by	O
user	O
score	O
,	O
before	O
being	O
surpassed	O
by	O
Madden	B-Application
NFL	I-Application
21	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Many	O
criticized	O
the	O
remaster	O
for	O
its	O
absence	O
of	O
features	O
promised	O
by	O
Blizzard	O
at	O
launch	O
,	O
removal	O
of	O
previously	O
existing	O
features	O
,	O
technical	O
issues	O
,	O
changes	O
to	O
the	O
original	O
game	O
's	O
user	B-Application
interface	I-Application
among	O
other	O
gameplay	O
features	O
,	O
and	O
graphical	O
changes	O
which	O
some	O
felt	O
had	O
either	O
not	O
been	O
improved	O
enough	O
or	O
looked	O
worse	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Blizzard	O
was	O
also	O
criticized	O
for	O
their	O
decision	O
that	O
,	O
due	O
to	O
it	O
sharing	O
Reforgeds	O
client	B-Protocol
,	O
all	O
existing	O
copies	O
of	O
Warcraft	B-Application
III	I-Application
:	I-Application
Reign	I-Application
of	I-Application
Chaos	I-Application
were	O
required	O
to	O
update	O
to	O
a	O
newer	O
version	O
,	O
which	O
meant	O
that	O
many	O
of	O
the	O
gameplay	O
changes	O
to	O
Reforged	O
were	O
now	O
mandatory	O
in	O
the	O
original	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
project	O
has	O
been	O
named	O
Warcraft	B-Application
III	I-Application
:	O
Re-Reforged	O
.	O
</s>
