Personally, I liked what I saw -- and I saw that demo right on my face on a HUGE screen at the event with plenty of detail. The outdoors naturally need to look sharp and colorful, while the dungeons have that dark ambience. There is also obviously a change of illumination between 2D and 3D environments.
UPDATE: This quote was from the same day the game was announced, so it doesn't reflect much on the afterward fan response to the game. In short, he did not read the petition at that point. However, for your knowledge, I submitted today the Diablo III Art Design Direction Survey thread to Bashiok (Diablo III Community Manager). Your feedback was confirmed to have been received.Keith Lee - One of the things that we considered when we were working on the visuals for Diablo III is the fact that color is your friend. We feel that color actually helps to create a lot of highlights in the game so that there is contrast. A great analogy is like in Lord of the Rings. Not everything is dark. It allows you to see what a creepy dungeon can be like but if everything is dark it doesn't allow you to have a lot of contrast.
He continued: Diablo I and Diablo II are darker, and I think that the one of the main reasons why is the fact that in Diablo I, you're basically in a dungeon the whole time. And in contrast to Diablo III, you'll be exploring outdoors, you'll be in dungeons, you'll be experiencing so many different areas. We want to bring as much variety as we can when you're playing the game so that you're excited to check out new environments. We don't want everything to look the same and that's really what we're trying to aim for.
Said thread contains links to three of the online petitions.
You all should probably get over it.
The only thing they're probably going to change is the textures, which will probably be more detailed. Other than that, saddle up boys, time to stop whining.
oh well sorry for pointing that wrong, but artistic direction can also be the lighting in the game, the use of colors here is to convey mood which some people obviously aren't getting because they complain that it's too bright and that the artistic design is taking the wrong turn
don't jump to conclusions, people making a petition this early in release is a weak argument against blizzard
stop acting like they're a stupid company, find me one game that they made a mistake on and it hasn't sold millions
Define the word shallow for me and then maybe you can use it correctly.
I'll point out one game they made a HUGE mistake on that has sold millions...
WoW.
The game has no replay value. It is a long arduous grind with no real sense of accomplishment. It's a carebears/casual players paradise. An amusement park where everyone is tall enough to ride all the rides.
The Art Design for WoW is spot on though. It follows WCIII well and hey...it's kid friendly and carebear friendly and that's who WoW is marketed toward.
DIII Art Design does not follow D1 or D2. It follows WCIII....which makes no damn sense.
We live in America and last time I checked I can petition the Lord first before ever knowing if he's real or not.
Your argument that we should wait till another video is released is weak. Why wait, when we don't know how long that could be? Why not start now and stop this art design from continuing in the following acts and before they get too far along to turn around and change it?
It would be a mistake to wait and that's why we haven't.
Now go back to playing WoW and practicing your Carebear stare.
thank you and i think lost vikings sold pretty well lol, i remember it being popular
but don't speculate and jump to a conclusion that the rest of the game will be like what the gameplay video was like
Amusing! *popcorn*
alright i guarantee you played WoW so don't trash on WoW
that can't be a well thought argument, i mean really, long grind of accomplishments..what's bad about that, maybe people like a challenge in the game and that's what i loved about WoW, nothing was the same
and there you go again, your point of view is based on speculation on a small segment of a gameplay video, ever think that maybe they chose a bright scenario in the game to show everyone what's happening? my eye sight is bad and if i was stuck in the back of the WWI room, i would have a hard time explaining to myself what is happening in the video
D3 can follow ANY art design that THEY want, "We live in America" and last time i checked, they own the company, not you
and my argument is as weak as the fact that this petition is based on very little evidence
i have as much of a right as you to say that i like the new direction, dont agree with me, go and play D2 some more before they release D3 then
As a matter of fact I did say something, bout page 5ish in fact, just no one paid any attention.
I am just really amused that some people are getting so worked up about the changes. I personally like the new style that I am seeing visually.
So no, I aint gonna lurk nor am I gonna piss off.
I enjoyed WoW when it first came out. I enjoyed leveling up to 60 and killing people on my way. Then I go to 60...and the game became a job, and a boring mindless job at that.
BC didn't help it at all with even more crap rep to grind out and the fact you had to run instance over instance over instance again and again and again.....
BG's killed world PvP, Raids are dull, too long, and boring, and the thought of leveling up an alt is the least desirable thing about the game.
So if we go by how fun the game is, its replay value, and the intricacies that go into the questing and leveling system...the game fails.
If we go by how easy it is, how casual friendly it is, and how many units it has sold...well then...IT IS A HIT!
I don't mind WoW, what I mind are WoW fanbois and novice MMO players and/or novice Diablo players running on these forums telling the rest of us we are wrong for not liking the art design just because they seem to enjoy the cutesy wutsey WoW-like graphics.
all people have different opinions
and just because someone likes the new direction doesn't mean theyre a WoW fanboy, for all you know they could be a hardcore diablo fan and they just enjoy what they see, ive played the game for 8 years in total since diablo I, and i like how it looks
Wrong. There is nothing challenging about WoW. That's why it's such a success. Anyone can jump in and be the best. It's not a challenge to grind out rep. If you think so...then you obviously have played very little MMOs.
Did you ever consider that the rest of the game they haven't shown is probably just like that? No? Why not? Oh I know...because you're close minded. First off, the character models and skins of the NPC's and surroundings will be the same throughout. We want them to be changed to something grittier and something with bump mapping. The Art Design will be the same throughout the game. You are still failing to grasp the difference between LIGHTING and Art Design which is a combination of color pallets, and skins. Secondly, some do want the light to be dimmed down...and IF the case is that it is DARKER IN LIGHT in other parts....then there is no harm in the petition. HOWEVER, if they aren't then this petition is good to have now. The earlier we voice our concerns, the better.
Now you're just flinging shit for the sake of flinging shit. You know you've lost....just shut it.
Your argument is weak because you have NO EVIDENCE to support your claims that HEY THE REST OF THE GAME IS PROBABLY THE WAY YOU WANT IT!
You don't know, we don't know....no harm in voicing our concerns now instead of later when it will be TOO LATE.
In case anyone mised it this is the video interview with Keeth Lee:
http://www.wegame.com/watch/Diablo_3_Interview_with_Keith_Lee/
obviusly he nows his stuff so whiners pls pls pls STFU TIA:mad:
That's all. I'm done. People are going to disagree with one another let's just stop trying to say one is right and the other isn't. That's the whole reason I got into this damn thread.
Don't tell people they're wrong for making a petition based on your half-assed theory that the game COULD POSSIBLY MAYBE HOPEFULLY MIGHT IN THE SLIGHTEST BIT be different in another video, because you don't know and I'm willing to bet my life it isn't for the very reason that they would not change the design of the skins and suddenly add bump mapping and also go from a bright color pallet to a more darker one.
Also, the Art Design will not change from the smooth layout of happy trees to a more Gothic one from one act to another. That would be the equivalent of Design ADD.
So true, dude.
Its also hilarius how people dont get how awesome the new tunes are:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Geh2e57T2oY
Instead they stil think the old boring drums and efects stuf is good!
Whiners = lame = stuck in the past = blinded by nostalga
And you can't even compare the previous games to this one. If you wanted something just like D2 (and LOD), then don't buy D3 and just keep playing D2.
First of all, it's a completely different rendering engine (3D vs 2D).
Second, it's not done!!!!!!!!!!!
Thirdly, you are seriously going to watch that gameplay video and complain?! Did you see what I saw!?
....
It's pathetic.
YOU PEOPLE ARE PATHETIC!!!
Well said (the last line anyway).