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29athrowawaytoday at 12:40 AM1 replyview on HN

> This is a really good and I think sadly under played and discussed game

WarCraft II sold 3M copies.


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Tiktaaliktoday at 2:38 AM

Yes it was one of the most successful PC games of the 1990s, but that doesn't say much today. Have a look at its subreddit and it's a ghost town. Wasn't remade and re-released often since and little to no effort has been put into growing the franchise.

In contrast contemporary SNES games have had more remakes and had their audiences grow remarkably over time. The franchise hasn't been cared for and so it's relatively obscure despite being a top tier best in class game on its release.

Tbh in general I think you could say the same of a lot of top tier successful PC games of that era.