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** There were going to be sidequests involving Thrall helping Gazlowe the goblin repair his zeppelin, sneaking into a Gnome laboratory to steal blueprints, and transforming into a dwarf and infiltrating one of their fortresses.
** Zul'jin, instead of being captured by High Elves at the end of the Second War, would have been the owner of a trading post at an orc reservation. He also would have had a nasally voice as opposed to the Jamaican accent trolls usually have.
** Kilrogg Deadeye would have still been alive and Kargath Bladefist wouldn't have been in Outland making the Fel Horde.
** Alexstrasza would have been portrayed as sadistic and manipulative, a far cry from her canonical character. She would have been angry and vengeful towards orcs due to her enslavement in the Second War but would have agreed to help Thrall attack Durnholde in exchange for him killing Deathwing. Additionally, Deathwing would have been Alexstrasza's son instead of her brother.

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** There were going to be sidequests involving Thrall helping Gazlowe the goblin repair his zeppelin, sneaking into a Gnome laboratory to steal blueprints, and transforming into a Feral dwarf (later identified as a Wildhammer Dwarf) and infiltrating one of their fortresses.
Gryphon aviaries ( a fortress).
** Zul'jin, instead of being captured by High Elves at the end of the Second War, would have been the owner of a trading post at an orc reservation. He also would have had a nasally voice as opposed to with a cuban accent, the Jamaican accent trolls usually have.
fitting in with how ''Warcraft 2'' Trolls, later identified as Forest Trolls, talked.
** Kilrogg Deadeye would have still been alive and Kargath Bladefist wouldn't would have been supported Thrall becoming Warchief. This was implied in Outland making the Fel Horde.
manual for ''VideoGame/WarcraftIIIReignOfChaos'' and fit in with the lore of ''Videogame/WarcraftIITidesOfDarkness'', however it was {{Retcon}}ned with ''The Burning Crusade'' expansion for ''World of Warcraft''.
** Alexstrasza would have been portrayed as sadistic and manipulative, a far cry from her canonical character. She would have been angry and vengeful towards orcs due to her enslavement in the Second War but would have agreed to help Thrall attack Durnholde in exchange for him killing Deathwing. Additionally, Deathwing would have been one of Alexstrasza's son many [[AntagonisticOffspring sons]] instead of her brother.

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* KeepCirculatingTheTapes: A playable, nearly finished build of the game was leaked online in 2017, although it's still missing a number of cutscenes and background music.



* KeepCirculatingTheTapes: A playable, nearly finished build of the game was leaked online in 2017, although it's still missing a number of cutscenes and background music.
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* PlayingAgainstType: Had it been released, it would have featured Clancy Brown, Tony Jay and Sherman Howard in heroic roles. Anti-heroic specifically, but heroic nonetheless.
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* AllStarCast: Had ''Warcraft Adventures'' been released, it would have featured Creator/ClancyBrown as Thrall, Creator/PeterCullen as Doomhammer and Creator/TonyJay as Blackmoore.

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* AllStarCast: Had ''Warcraft Adventures'' been released, it would have featured Creator/ClancyBrown as Thrall, Creator/PeterCullen as Doomhammer and Doomhammer, Creator/TonyJay as Blackmoore.Drek'Thar and Creator/ShermanHoward as Grom Hellscream.
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** According to producer Bill Roper, had ''Warcraft Adventures'' not been cancelled its story and gameplay would have been overhauled into something completely different from the build that leaked in 2016.

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** According to producer Bill Roper, had ''Warcraft Adventures'' not been cancelled then its story and gameplay would have been overhauled into something completely different from the build that leaked in 2016.
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* BigNameActor: Had ''Warcraft Adventures'' been released, it would have featured Creator/ClancyBrown as Thrall, Creator/PeterCullen as Doomhammer and Creator/TonyJay as Blackmoore.

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* BigNameActor: AllStarCast: Had ''Warcraft Adventures'' been released, it would have featured Creator/ClancyBrown as Thrall, Creator/PeterCullen as Doomhammer and Creator/TonyJay as Blackmoore.



* KeepRecyclingTheTapes: A playable, nearly finished build of the game was leaked online in 2017, although it's still missing a number of cutscenes and background music.

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* KeepRecyclingTheTapes: KeepCirculatingTheTapes: A playable, nearly finished build of the game was leaked online in 2017, although it's still missing a number of cutscenes and background music.
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!!The Cancelled Game
* BigNameActor: Had ''Warcraft Adventures'' been released, it would have featured Creator/ClancyBrown as Thrall, Creator/PeterCullen as Doomhammer and Creator/TonyJay as Blackmoore.
* DuelingGames: [[AvertedTrope Averted]]. ''Warcraft Adventure'' original release date would have put it in direct competition to the technically superior ''VideoGame/TheCurseOfMonkeyIsland'' and ''VideoGame/GrimFandango''. This was one of the many factors that led to the game's cancellation.
* KeepRecyclingTheTapes: A playable, nearly finished build of the game was leaked online in 2017, although it's still missing a number of cutscenes and background music.
* TroubledProduction: Blizzard Entertainment, known for their RTS games, had little experience when it came to developing point-and-click adventure games. The end result was an incredibly linear experience that was outdated in terms of gameplay and graphics. Blizzard then brought in Steve Meretzky, an expert in the adventure genre, to oversee production and increase the game's quality. Meretzky has explained in interviews that to bring the game up to Blizzard's standards would have required starting its development over and that production was already under heavy time and budget constraints. The final nails in the coffin for ''Warcraft Adventures'' was when [=LucasArts=] showed off previews for its new, technically superior adventure games at E3 1998, as well as rumblings that point-and-click adventure games were starting to fade in popularity, leading Blizzard to cut their losses and cancel the release outright.



** Overall, the orcs, while still portrayed more sympathetically compared to previous games, are not the shamanistic and noble people that the novel ultimately present. Thrall uses dark magic and spells from Drek'thar scrolls instead of training himself to be a shaman devoid of the old Horde's influence, and the orcs fall to lethargy not due to demonic magic withdrawal but through the black ale from the Alliance that they have become so addicted to.

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** Overall, the orcs, while still portrayed more sympathetically compared to previous games, are not the shamanistic and noble people that the novel ultimately present. Thrall uses dark magic and spells from Drek'thar scrolls instead of training himself to be a shaman devoid of the old Horde's influence, and the orcs fall to lethargy not due to demonic magic withdrawal but through the black ale from the Alliance that they have become so addicted to.to.
** Early promotional materials advertise the game as ''Warcraft 3'' before it was changed into a spinoff leading into the third entry.
** According to producer Bill Roper, had ''Warcraft Adventures'' not been cancelled its story and gameplay would have been overhauled into something completely different from the build that leaked in 2016.
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** Taretha was [[https://twitter.com/ChristieGolden/status/503639621805551616 Christie Golden's original creation]] for the novel adaptation. As such, Thrall has a very different personality here, absolutely despising humans thanks to his treatment as a slave and the lack of any sympathetic human characters for him to interact. For example, when examining human skulls in Hellscream's lair, Thrall will noticeably mutter "Damn, humans" and do a SpitefulSpit on them. Grom's pet dragon Singe notes that's what Grom would usually do as well.

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** Taretha was [[https://twitter.com/ChristieGolden/status/503639621805551616 Christie Golden's original creation]] for the novel adaptation. As such, Thrall has a very different personality here, absolutely despising humans thanks to his treatment as a slave and the lack of any sympathetic human characters for him to interact. interact with. For example, when examining human skulls in Hellscream's lair, Thrall will noticeably mutter "Damn, "Damn humans" and do a SpitefulSpit on them. Grom's pet dragon Singe notes that's what Grom would usually do as well.



** There was going to be sidequests involving Thrall helping Gazlowe the goblin repair his zeppelin, sneaking into a Gnome laboratory to steal blueprints, and transforming into a dwarf and infiltrating one of their fortresses.
** Zul'jin, instead of being captured by High Elves at the end of the Second War, would been the owner of a trading post at an orc reservation. He also would have had a nasally voice as opposed the Jamaican accent trolls usually have.
** Kilrogg Deadeye would have still been alive and Kargath Bladefist wouldn't be in Outland making the Fel Horde.
** Alexstrasza would have been portrayed sadistic and manipulative, a far cry from her canonical character. She would have been angry and vengeful towards orcs due to her enslavement in the Second War but would have agreed to help Thrall attack Durnholde in exchange for him killing Deathwing. Additionally, Deathwing would have been Alexstrasza's son instead of being her brother.
** Overall, the orcs, while still portrayed more sympathetically compare to previous games, are not the shamanistic and noble people that the novel ultimately present. Thrall uses dark magic and spells from Drek'thar scrolls instead of training himself to be a shaman devoid of the old Horde's influence, and the orcs falls to lethargy not to demonic magic withdrawal but through the black ale from the Alliance that they have become so addicted to.

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** There was were going to be sidequests involving Thrall helping Gazlowe the goblin repair his zeppelin, sneaking into a Gnome laboratory to steal blueprints, and transforming into a dwarf and infiltrating one of their fortresses.
** Zul'jin, instead of being captured by High Elves at the end of the Second War, would have been the owner of a trading post at an orc reservation. He also would have had a nasally voice as opposed to the Jamaican accent trolls usually have.
** Kilrogg Deadeye would have still been alive and Kargath Bladefist wouldn't be have been in Outland making the Fel Horde.
** Alexstrasza would have been portrayed as sadistic and manipulative, a far cry from her canonical character. She would have been angry and vengeful towards orcs due to her enslavement in the Second War but would have agreed to help Thrall attack Durnholde in exchange for him killing Deathwing. Additionally, Deathwing would have been Alexstrasza's son instead of being her brother.
** Overall, the orcs, while still portrayed more sympathetically compare compared to previous games, are not the shamanistic and noble people that the novel ultimately present. Thrall uses dark magic and spells from Drek'thar scrolls instead of training himself to be a shaman devoid of the old Horde's influence, and the orcs falls fall to lethargy not due to demonic magic withdrawal but through the black ale from the Alliance that they have become so addicted to.
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** There is no mention of demons or the orcs' blood curse. The lethargy the orcs suffered was instead caused by alcohol supplied by Rend and Maim Blackhand.
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** Blackmoore was going to have Thrall executed for reasons unknown, and Thrall escapes Durnholde by tricking the guard into slipping on a puddle, wearing a human disguise to sneak out in the courtyard, and then launching himself from a catapult on his own. He had no help from anyone and the [[GuardsMustBeCrazy guards were dumb enough for Thrall to move undetected without any need for a fire]].

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** Blackmoore was going to have Thrall executed for reasons unknown, refusing kill one of his own kind (and also strangling him in retaliation), and Thrall escapes Durnholde by tricking the guard into slipping on a puddle, wearing a human disguise to sneak out in the courtyard, and then launching himself from a catapult on his own. He had no help from anyone and the [[GuardsMustBeCrazy guards were dumb enough for Thrall to move undetected without any need for a fire]].
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** Blackmoore was going to have Thrall executed for reasons unknown, and Thrall escapes Durnholde by tricking the guard into slipping on a puddle, wearing a human disguise to sneak out in the courtyard, and then launching himself from a catapult on his own. He had no help from anyone and the [[GuardsMustByCrazy guards were dumb enough for Thrall to move undetected without any need for a fire]].

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** Blackmoore was going to have Thrall executed for reasons unknown, and Thrall escapes Durnholde by tricking the guard into slipping on a puddle, wearing a human disguise to sneak out in the courtyard, and then launching himself from a catapult on his own. He had no help from anyone and the [[GuardsMustByCrazy [[GuardsMustBeCrazy guards were dumb enough for Thrall to move undetected without any need for a fire]].
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** Taretha was [[https://twitter.com/ChristieGolden/status/503639621805551616 Christie Golden's original creation]] for the novel adaptation. As such, Thrall has a very different personality here, absolutely despising humans thanks to his treatment as a slave and the lack of any sympathetic human characters for him to interact. For example, when examining human skulls in Hellscream's lair, Thrall will noticeably mutter "Damn, humans" and do a SpitefulSpit on them. Groom's pet dragon Singe notes that's what Grom would usually do as well.

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** Taretha was [[https://twitter.com/ChristieGolden/status/503639621805551616 Christie Golden's original creation]] for the novel adaptation. As such, Thrall has a very different personality here, absolutely despising humans thanks to his treatment as a slave and the lack of any sympathetic human characters for him to interact. For example, when examining human skulls in Hellscream's lair, Thrall will noticeably mutter "Damn, humans" and do a SpitefulSpit on them. Groom's Grom's pet dragon Singe notes that's what Grom would usually do as well.
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** Taretha was [[https://twitter.com/ChristieGolden/status/503639621805551616 Christie Golden's original creation]] for the novel adaptation. As such, Thrall has a very different personality here, absolutely despising humans as a whole thanks to his treatment as a slave and the lack of any sympathetic human characters for him to interact. For example, when examining human skulls in Hellscream's lair, Thrall will noticeably mutter "Damn, humans" and do a SpitTake on them. Groom's pet dragon Singe notes that's what Grom would usually do as well.

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** Taretha was [[https://twitter.com/ChristieGolden/status/503639621805551616 Christie Golden's original creation]] for the novel adaptation. As such, Thrall has a very different personality here, absolutely despising humans as a whole thanks to his treatment as a slave and the lack of any sympathetic human characters for him to interact. For example, when examining human skulls in Hellscream's lair, Thrall will noticeably mutter "Damn, humans" and do a SpitTake SpitefulSpit on them. Groom's pet dragon Singe notes that's what Grom would usually do as well.
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** Blackmoore was going to have Thrall executed, forcing him to escape Durnholde on his own. Whether or not Taretha was in the game is unknown but considering [[HumansAreTheRealMonsters Thrall's attitude towards humans]], it was likely she was only created for the novel.
** Thrall has a very different personality here. Unlike in the novels and future Warcraft games, Thrall absolutely despises humans in general thanks to his treatment as a slave. When examining human skulls in Hellscream's lair, Thrall will noticeably mutter "Damn, humans" and do a SpitTake on them. Groom's pet dragon Singe would note that's what Grom would usually do as well.

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** Blackmoore was going to have Thrall executed, forcing him to escape executed for reasons unknown, and Thrall escapes Durnholde by tricking the guard into slipping on a puddle, wearing a human disguise to sneak out in the courtyard, and then launching himself from a catapult on his own. Whether or not He had no help from anyone and the [[GuardsMustByCrazy guards were dumb enough for Thrall to move undetected without any need for a fire]].
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Taretha was in the game is unknown but considering [[HumansAreTheRealMonsters Thrall's attitude towards humans]], it was likely she was only created [[https://twitter.com/ChristieGolden/status/503639621805551616 Christie Golden's original creation]] for the novel.
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novel adaptation. As such, Thrall has a very different personality here. Unlike in the novels and future Warcraft games, Thrall here, absolutely despises despising humans in general as a whole thanks to his treatment as a slave. When slave and the lack of any sympathetic human characters for him to interact. For example, when examining human skulls in Hellscream's lair, Thrall will noticeably mutter "Damn, humans" and do a SpitTake on them. Groom's pet dragon Singe would note notes that's what Grom would usually do as well.

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** Blackmoore was going to have Thrall executed, forcing him to escape Durnholde on his own. Whether or not Taretha was in the game is unknown.

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** Blackmoore was going to have Thrall executed, forcing him to escape Durnholde on his own. Whether or not Taretha was in the game is unknown.unknown but considering [[HumansAreTheRealMonsters Thrall's attitude towards humans]], it was likely she was only created for the novel.
** Thrall has a very different personality here. Unlike in the novels and future Warcraft games, Thrall absolutely despises humans in general thanks to his treatment as a slave. When examining human skulls in Hellscream's lair, Thrall will noticeably mutter "Damn, humans" and do a SpitTake on them. Groom's pet dragon Singe would note that's what Grom would usually do as well.



** Alexstrasza would have been portrayed sadistic and manipulative, a far cry from her canonical character. She would have been angry and vengeful towards orcs due to her enslavement in the Second War but would have agreed to help Thrall attack Durnholde in exchange for him killing Deathwing.

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** Alexstrasza would have been portrayed sadistic and manipulative, a far cry from her canonical character. She would have been angry and vengeful towards orcs due to her enslavement in the Second War but would have agreed to help Thrall attack Durnholde in exchange for him killing Deathwing. Additionally, Deathwing would have been Alexstrasza's son instead of being her brother.
** Overall, the orcs, while still portrayed more sympathetically compare to previous games, are not the shamanistic and noble people that the novel ultimately present. Thrall uses dark magic and spells from Drek'thar scrolls instead of training himself to be a shaman devoid of the old Horde's influence, and the orcs falls to lethargy not to demonic magic withdrawal but through the black ale from the Alliance that they have become so addicted to.
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* WhatCouldHaveBeen: This story was originally going to be told in ''Warcraft Adventures: Lord of the Clans'', an adventure game in the same vein as ''VideoGame/MonkeyIsland''. Blizzard put an end to the game because they felt that the gameplay was mediocre. However, the story was far too important to disregard as it was the major set up for the then upcoming ''Warcraft III'' so they released a novel based on the scripts and outlines of the game. As time went on, story details and gameplay footage became available, revealing that the game would have been much different, with Thrall going on various adventures and meeting different characters.
** Blackmoore was going to have Thrall executed, forcing him to escape Durnholde on his own. Whether or not Taretha was in the game is unknown.
** There was going to be sidequests involving Thrall helping Gazlowe the goblin repair his zeppelin, sneaking into a Gnome laboratory to steal blueprints, and transforming into a dwarf and infiltrating one of their fortresses.
** Zul'jin, instead of being captured by High Elves at the end of the Second War, would been the owner of a trading post at an orc reservation. He also would have had a nasally voice as opposed the Jamaican accent trolls usually have.
** Kilrogg Deadeye would have still been alive and Kargath Bladefist wouldn't be in Outland making the Fel Horde.
** Alexstrasza would have been portrayed sadistic and manipulative, a far cry from her canonical character. She would have been angry and vengeful towards orcs due to her enslavement in the Second War but would have agreed to help Thrall attack Durnholde in exchange for him killing Deathwing.

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