As I'm sure you've seen in the D3 forums this guy has a program for Diablo III to make it "grittier" which actually imo looks amazing. Giving it that real dirty D1/D2 feel which i miss and love. D3 currently just seems really colorful and child appealing like wow (now remember boys, im not saying anything but the color is like wow -.- dont jump my gun haha) with the vibrant colors. Check it out cuz i know i will be playing with this.
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My take on the filter stuff: on a screenshot it definitely looks better with the filter, but while playing the game, it gets boring after a while if all colors are so dull. I think it's a bad idea to just darken the whole game because you're also ruining atmospheric lighting and places that are supposed to be bright. In the end it just comes down to personal preference though.
If you are using a Nvidia graphics card, try upgrading to the newest driver and turn on Ambient Occlusion in the settings. I do not have the beta, but supposedly this makes the game look noticeably better.
Diablo 1 and 2 had a rougher look simply because of they were 2D, when you add 3D graphics to anything the visual element will substantially change obviously, that's why it looks so different to the original games. 3D also requires additional colors to make the figures and objects in the game look correct. In my opinion that mod looks no different than the original game, its colors are just darker.
Also, I am an old-school Diablo player, I've been playing the series since a year or so after the first games release and have consistently played from then til now. And have played through the beta a number of times, from my experience Diablo 3 retains much of the dark 'gloomy' look and feel from the past games. But when you add 3D it makes anything look more bubbly and playful, it's impossible to escape.
Having played WoW for 3 years, Diablo for close to 10, and playing the Beta, I feel the only quality they share is the 3D, aside from that they look absolutely nothing alike. Diablo 3 is just as dark as it can be in relation to the previous games considering it is bumped up to such superior graphics than before.
I think they should sharpen the textures out in the open and make it crisper... It's very blurry and looks like it's been painted with pastel or something.
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My take on the filter stuff: on a screenshot it definitely looks better with the filter, but while playing the game, it gets boring after a while if all colors are so dull. I think it's a bad idea to just darken the whole game because you're also ruining atmospheric lighting and places that are supposed to be bright. In the end it just comes down to personal preference though.
Also, I am an old-school Diablo player, I've been playing the series since a year or so after the first games release and have consistently played from then til now. And have played through the beta a number of times, from my experience Diablo 3 retains much of the dark 'gloomy' look and feel from the past games. But when you add 3D it makes anything look more bubbly and playful, it's impossible to escape.
Having played WoW for 3 years, Diablo for close to 10, and playing the Beta, I feel the only quality they share is the 3D, aside from that they look absolutely nothing alike. Diablo 3 is just as dark as it can be in relation to the previous games considering it is bumped up to such superior graphics than before.
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