World of Warcraft: Getting your RTS background in before it's too late
Some players are eager to know if now is a good time to be playing the old Warcraft RTS games, and, actually no, now is probably not a good time to be playing them. You should probably be heading up to the Isle of Quel'danas and helping your realm and the Shattered Sun get those dailies unlocked.
But yes, after patch 2.4 has quenched your interest in the
World of Warcraft for a while, now would be a perfect time to play Warcraft
III and its expansion, the Frozen Throne. Because it is right smack dab in the thick of the lore following both of those games -- Illidan and Kael'thas' stories have just finished, and the main event, with Arthas Menethil, is just about to start in Northrend. Up until the end of Wrath of the Lich King (and it is just now reaching the end of the
Burning Crusade),
World of Warcraft was really just a gigantic, cross-genre, extremely involved and detailed sequel to Blizzard's earlier
Warcraft games.
There are other places to go beyond this, however, of course, and being discussed a lot of them before (and will again, no doubt). But yes, if you haven't played the RTS games yet, you've already missed half of the story. Now would be a great time to play them, before you miss the second (and in my estimation, much more interesting) half.
Those who haven't played the old Warcraft games (especially Warcraft III and Frozen Throne) are really missing out. Knowing the past stories from the previous games really enriches the WoW experience. Going back and playing Warcaft I, Warcraft II, and Beyond the Dark Portal if you have the ability too. The gameplay is a bit cruder, but you get to run through Karazhan, the Deadmines, and even attack Auchindoin. It's fantastic stuff!
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