The Warcraft fan’s dilemma: A movie, but it’s based on the 1994 DOS game?!

The stars of the Warcraft movie as they appeared in Warcraft I and II. (We cheated a bit for Durotan, who doesn't appear in the games.) (credit: Ron Amadeo)

Editor's note: This article contains minor spoilers throughout. (Unless you're an avid WoW player, that is.)

"Blizzard should make a movie" has been a wish for just about every fan that has seen one of the company's gorgeous CG cinematics. And this weekend, these gamers sort of got their wish when the Warcraft movie finally arrived stateside.

Sadly, I can't imagine many fans wanted to see this Warcraft story get made into a movie. While the film was obviously created due to the success of World of Warcraft, it is not "World of Warcraft: The Movie." The story simply doesn't take place in the "Modern" Warcraft era depicted in WoW and Warcraft 3. Instead, this is the "First War" film-depicting the battle between the Orcs and Humans. If you're going by the games, the story more or less follows "Warcraft: Orcs & Humans" (aka "Warcraft 1"), the original DOS real-time strategy game from 1994.

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