Daemonic Sword ORPG . . . if i had to describe this map in a few words it would be: "The king of classic orpg war3 maps"
Now, don't be fooled because i called this map a classic, aka an old map, because if i had to compare this map to anything in the real world, i would have to compare it to the whole robot/it tech industry, because similar to that, Daemonic sword started like most other maps, having lots of issues and being pretty generic, But because of its amazing community and the people that worked on this map it evolved past normal standards and it became over the years the most exquisite and interesting rpg map in the whole war3 custom maps universe, heck 99% of all other games (outside of the war3 custom games) can't compare to what this map has become, even calling it just a map feels like i am making an injustice to it!
The sheer overwhelming amount of complexity this map has its beyond anything i've ever seen in any other game, so i'm going to try to explain in short most of it:
~ The Terrain:
The terrain in this map is excellent, it feels like you are actually entering a real world when you start playing, u can literally just click on a random spot on the mini map (considering you have the map on all visible) and you will lend on a place that looks like a cutscene from a well made war3 movie.
When you walk around this map and go from a place to another you can actually see the difference in landscape from the plants, the different types of earth, the animals, the creeps, the trees, etc.
Now this map like most other rpg maps has places like cities and dungeons, but that's where the similarities end, because the cities and the dungeons in this map are something special, the normal landscapes are good and look beautiful, but when you enter a city and even better when you enter a dungeon, you can actually feel the change, is huge, i would go and say, this map has the most beautiful dungeons you will ever see!
And nothing feels empty, for example when you walk in a forest, or in a city you will always meet with either a peasant, a random unit like a bandit, with a creep or a cute pet.
The cities in this map feel alive, the people feel like they actually have lives and have things to do and places to go to, it feels vibrant like a real city, (and that doesn't end with the cities either, everywhere u go you will notice how people travel and events happen).
~ The gameplay:
What i love most about this map is its power to combine simplicity and complexity, creating this amazing feeling of adventure and wonder.
You always want to go somewhere, to travel the lands and see what you can discover!
The map even rewards the players that do that, via unique spots, with lots of secrets that will help you greatly in your adventure.
Coming back to that simplicity part, even tho the map feels and looks so complex full of all these landscapes to look at and things u can do, the heroes, the units, and everything used in this map is similar to their normal selves from the original game, giving that sense of familiarity that simply says to you, "yes this is still the same warcraft 3 universe you love but just in a different world full of wonders".
Playing through this map sure is a different experience, because in a normal rpg you can sure do your normal creep farming and doing the very few quests there are (if there even are any), but not here, not only you have 2 Main quest lines (1 for good and 1 for evil) which are super complex (with amazing dialogues and stories) and can even change the world around you if you do them, but you actually have tons of other quest lines from different professions you can do, that will improve your hero in a lot of ways! (some of them are in plain sight and some of them are hidden).
This map has a very cool system of professions that actually are integrated in the gameplay and will help you during your many fights against creeps and bosses or solving dungeons, quests and many other riddles and problems that are all over the map that are a ton of fun to try and solve them.
From playing cool songs on your guitar to talking to people all over the world, to catching rare fish and hunting wild animals and even being able of breaking into fancy houses evading guards, lockpicking their chests and stealing their treasure

this map's professions are simply put one of a kind!
Most of the time you will have so many things to do and experience that you won't even pay attention to your level bar and make levels and get stronger without you even noticing.
~ The items:
Once again this map excels at this point as well, having such a huge variety of different kinds of items, and most of them if not all are unique to this map, so many types of effects, stats and skills, the items in this map can give you is insane, and trying to collect them all and see what is best for your hero is lots of fun!
One unique aspect of this map that actually elevates it even more are the Sets, you can search and try to build up unique sets that are formed of different parts, trying to find those set parts to combine them feels like a great adventure and the reward is so nice when u finally manage to do it and to combine them, creating those beautiful set items, which have lots of unique stats, passives and spells that will boost your hero greatly!
One other unique aspect of the map is the fact that when your hero equips items, he actually does it, most of the items like weapons, shields, hats, etc can be seen on the hero and that is amazing! making you want to get those items even more!
And of course most of the items themselves have real shapes when they are unequipped on the ground as well, giving that increased sense of reality to the gameplay.
~ The Heroes:
There are 14 different heroes in this game, i call them heroes and not classes because the heroes, like everything else in this game, feel very much alive.
Every hero has 4 main spells and 1 hero specific "book" of spells which u can level up overtime, and with each level you will get new hero specific spells and passive that will level up on their own as well.
So basically every hero has pretty much 15 spells (some active and some passive), usually 2 or 3 of those being your ultimate spells (you will slowly get those ultimate spells and all the other ones after you level up and upgrade your hero's special "book" of abilities to the max).
Every player has his own backpack as well, the backpack has not 2 not 6 but 12 slots, and trust me you will need every single slot, because in this map you will gather plenty of items.
One other thing about the backpack and this is a brand new future, is the fact you can customize it! there are a ton of different skins you can get, that are found all over the map, some unique, some secret, most of them are of course very hard to get.
~ The boss fights:
Daemonic Sword is filled with mini bosses and bosses, and to my surprise and probably to everyone's else is the fact that every and each one of those, even the very small ones have their own mini boss battles events, making every fight special!
Of course nothing will compare to the boss fights in the Dungeons, those will be on a whole nother scale and level!
This map has the best epic boss fights you will ever see, fighting the dungeon bosses will actually feel like a challenge that will force you to think of strategies and ways to defeat them, making the reward so much better, giving the feeling that you actually achieved something by defeating those epic bosses.
~ Other:
- Another brand new future of the map is the music, yes the map has its own unique soundtracks for most of the regions and places on the map, making the gameplay feel even more real.
- There are some cool events as well, like festivals for example.
- Max level is 400 and every hero can evolve as well, giving them brand new and enhanced spells and skins.
Overall this is a Must Play map in my opinion, i had a blast playing it and i still do!