What is really new?

[Boron]

Morkilus said:
Improved AI is a huge deal for me. The graphics were improved, by the way. If you were looking for something like Warcraft 2 -> Warcraft 3, well, you're not dealing with Blizzard here.

So OP: I'm curious, besides graphics, what were you looking for in improvements?

Between warcraft 2 and 3 are at least 5 years.
And imho blizzard was never famous for their graphics .
The graphics of all their games were only average.

[PhilD]

Boron said:
Between warcraft 2 and 3 are at least 5 years.
And imho blizzard was never famous for their graphics .
The graphics of all their games were only average.

Well, I find I liked the graphics of Warcraft 2 (and, even more, Starcraft) much better than Warcraft 3. 3D in strategy, be it RT like Blizzard does or TB a la HoMM, doesn't make it for me (but then, when it's all I can get, I still buy the games from time to time - a little eye candy and light solo game doesn't hurt when I'm bored).