Blizzard recently sent out a survey asking players aboutWarcraft 3: Reforged, indicating it may have more significant plans for the faulty remaster. The questions seem to suggest Blizzard could even be planning a soft relaunch ofWarcraft 3: Reforged.
A select group of fans on the Blizzard survey email list recently received a survey pertaining toWarcraft 3: Reforged. The survey’s questions were geared towards identifying what players like or dislike aboutWarcraft 3: Reforged, and what they would like to see change in the future.
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The survey also gauges player interest in anumber of new features inWarcraft 3: Reforged.Some of these were direct fromLegacy Warcraft 3, like Ranked Play, Clans, and Leaderboards, but others, like an in-game art update, storage size reduction, and improvements to the campaign, are new. One of the final questions even asks how appealing a “soft relaunch” ofWarcraft 3: Reforgedwould be.
This new survey from Blizzard is promising. AfterWarcraft 3: Reforged’slukewarm reception, players demanded refunds and considered the game a flop. However, after over a year of silence, Blizzard suddenly begangivingWarcraft 3: Reforgedattention, with multiple new balance patches and updates since then.
Players are interested to see what this new survey means for the future ofWarcraft 3: Reforged.Legacy Warcraft 3played a large role in elevatingWarcraftto one of Blizzard’s biggest franchises and creatingWorld of Warcraft’sdecades-long success. If Blizzard truly goes back andre-releasesWarcraft 3: Reforgedwith the changes posed by the survey, it could be a huge opportunity for both new and old players to experience the RTS game as a true remaster.
That said, players should temper their expectations aboutWarcraft 3: Reforgedfor the time being. Thesesurveys only show Blizzard is collecting feedback–until a formal announcement is made, there is no proof it is actually planning a soft relaunch ofWarcraft 3: Reforged. Even so, it is promising to see Blizzard has not forgotten about its attempted remake yet.
In the meantime,Warcraft 3players can experience aremastered version of the remaster withWarcraft 3: Re-Reforged–a fan project engineered by InsaneMonster. This vast project seeks to giveWarcraft 3: Reforgedthe new cutscenes, maps, lore, and other features promised in the original announcement. InsaneMonster has already completed the prologue and Human campaigns. If Blizzard is going to relaunchWarcraft 3: Reforged, hopefully, it will be before InsaneMonster finishes the game first.
