Warcraft II: Tides of Darkness - Intro Cinematic

The opening cinematic for the 1995 PC game Warcraft II: Tides of Darkness in the highest quality possible extracted from the newer version Warcraft II: Edition. The story picks up from the end of the Orc campaign of Warcraft I: Orcs and Humans where the invading Horde conquers Azeroth while its survivors as seen in this cinematic have retreated north of The Great Sea to Lordaeron and the Orcish Horde have followed them. North of Azeroth there is also Khaz Modan and Quel’thalas. The Alliance is formed with the coming of The Tides of Darkness. Warcraft 2 was Blizzard’s first hit. A legendary strategy game that took all gamers by storm. it sold over 3 million copies, this game was the foundation that made blizzard as big as they are now.