I was kind of expecting that for the new installment of Diablo3 the graphics are going to be like Character Selection screen from D2 and have realistic armor that shines etc. It can totally be done with DX 10, and for those with weak computers given option to turn off these effects to get playible performance.
I think the kind of cartoony graphics of Chaos engine certainly have their place in RTS and MMO becaue you have to render 40 players cast spells at the same time or 100's of units attack, but it's not unreasonable to expect high level character detail out of RPG, because it's not that much stuff rendered on screen, plus Diablo always had shadow arround character so it didn't have to render all at once.
D1 and D2 had not great graphic but it was realistic becoz the artist in 2d can just draw exactly what they want and CHAOS is really limited polygon count that's why only cartoony games work well like WoW, that embrace polygon and design characters that are funny looking, but in D3 when they zoomed in on Barbarian it was almost cartoony like WoW.
P.S. I know that Character Selection Was pre - rendered, just saying that now with powerful graphical cards they can make graphics like this rendered in real time!
But is it WoW?... No it isn't... It isn't a 3rd person behind-the-back view... Its a Diablo based game with the same feel, mood and action of Diablo 2 and LoD... But this time its for people who will get upgrades for their computers finally... I'm just going to get an upgrade for my computer or buy a new one for this game... Its about time Diablo moved out of paper dolls and went to 3D.
Oh you must be joking upgrade pc for this game, so far this game looks like it was made in the year 2001.
Blizzard need to rise their scale a little it's about time.
In the year 2009-2010 when the game will be out this graphic tech will look way outdated.
I vote for overhaul the SC2 way.
way too cartoony for me, need a little more shine on the armors/weapons and get rid of the green hue from my screen.
At least we know we all love diablo for the gameplay! cause so far the atmosphere lack, seriously.
Did you choose that completely at random? It seems irrelevant. The point is this not that they look similar to any particular World of WarCraft player character archetype, but rather that they would fit right in because it is the same art style, attempting to compensate for the same minimalistic modelling and texturing -- these are the World of WarCraft's artists, after all.
Stylisation is great, but if the point of stylisation is to differentiate a franchise from others, why use another franchise's style?
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Did you choose that completely at random? It seems irrelevant. The point is this not that they look similar to any particular World of WarCraft player character archetype, but rather that they would fit right in because it is the same art style, attempting to compensate for the same minimalistic modelling and texturing -- these are the World of WarCraft's artists, after all.
Stylisation is great, but if the point of stylisation is to differentiate a franchise from others, why use another franchise's style?
The fact is, this freakin thread isnt about your fucking childish arguments about cartoonish graphics, it is about the actual graphics selection screen of d2, so maybe you should focus on that instead
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Wow, for a new game that's just coming out, the gameplay graphics are even worse than WoW's.
Blizz said they want the game to be able to work on as many systems as possible... When has Diablo ever been about graphics? I read somewhere that Diablo 2 was criticized about graphics, but guess what, it's been 8 years and there are over 50,000 people still playing
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The fact is, this freakin thread isnt about your fucking childish arguments about cartoonish graphics, it is about the actual graphics selection screen of d2, so maybe you should focus on that instead
I was as on-topic as Kalyptein, for better or worse.
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Blizz said they want the game to be able to work on as many systems as possible... When has Diablo ever been about graphics? I read somewhere that Diablo 2 was criticized about graphics, but guess what, it's been 8 years and there are over 50,000 people still playing
Erm, did you even go to the link I quoted for my post? It was a youtube link to Warhammer's MMORPG, but I clicked on the related gameplay videos on the side and they look god-awful.
It be cool if graphics did one day look like the cinematics.
Oh, I'm sure that's not too far away. I was blown away by Crysis' graphics, especially in DX10. I think maybe in the next 10-15 years, there will be gameplay that look pre-rendered.
I think the kind of cartoony graphics of Chaos engine certainly have their place in RTS and MMO becaue you have to render 40 players cast spells at the same time or 100's of units attack, but it's not unreasonable to expect high level character detail out of RPG, because it's not that much stuff rendered on screen, plus Diablo always had shadow arround character so it didn't have to render all at once.
D1 and D2 had not great graphic but it was realistic becoz the artist in 2d can just draw exactly what they want and CHAOS is really limited polygon count that's why only cartoony games work well like WoW, that embrace polygon and design characters that are funny looking, but in D3 when they zoomed in on Barbarian it was almost cartoony like WoW.
P.S. I know that Character Selection Was pre - rendered, just saying that now with powerful graphical cards they can make graphics like this rendered in real time!
This looks like WoW + armosr sets look in cartoony style like WoW.
Blizzard need to rise their scale a little it's about time.
In the year 2009-2010 when the game will be out this graphic tech will look way outdated.
I vote for overhaul the SC2 way.
way too cartoony for me, need a little more shine on the armors/weapons and get rid of the green hue from my screen.
At least we know we all love diablo for the gameplay! cause so far the atmosphere lack, seriously.
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"WoW, It's like a disease"
no it does not
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Whenever you bring up anything related to graphics the fight will go on Sol... its inevitable.
Correct.
Did you choose that completely at random? It seems irrelevant. The point is this not that they look similar to any particular World of WarCraft player character archetype, but rather that they would fit right in because it is the same art style, attempting to compensate for the same minimalistic modelling and texturing -- these are the World of WarCraft's artists, after all.
Stylisation is great, but if the point of stylisation is to differentiate a franchise from others, why use another franchise's style?
‘I'M NOT LEAVING UNTIL WE ALL HAVE AIDS!’—The importance of calling them ‘mercenaries.’
Wow, for a new game that's just coming out, the gameplay graphics are even worse than WoW's.
The fact is, this freakin thread isnt about your fucking childish arguments about cartoonish graphics, it is about the actual graphics selection screen of d2, so maybe you should focus on that instead
Blizz said they want the game to be able to work on as many systems as possible... When has Diablo ever been about graphics? I read somewhere that Diablo 2 was criticized about graphics, but guess what, it's been 8 years and there are over 50,000 people still playing
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Erm, did you even go to the link I quoted for my post? It was a youtube link to Warhammer's MMORPG, but I clicked on the related gameplay videos on the side and they look god-awful.
I personally love D3's graphics.
If your insane, but still sane enough to know it, are you insane or sane?
Oh, I'm sure that's not too far away. I was blown away by Crysis' graphics, especially in DX10. I think maybe in the next 10-15 years, there will be gameplay that look pre-rendered.