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.
Oh my god your reading comprehension is TERRIBLE! I'm done talking to you until you learn how to read and comprehend the words in front of your beady little eyes, you pathetic putz.
What will you do if you have to pay a fee for D3? You know that they are considering this...
correct me if im wrong but i believe that's assumption
and if you played it that long, you have no reason to complain, you paid for the game, you played it to the end, making fun of WoW is making fun of yourself because once upon a time, you were one of those people
and dont troll on other people telling them to fuck off, seriously what is wrong with you? show some respect to other people and be appreciative that blizzard is doing this for us
with every little response you give, you only get flamed more in back by the community, you need to respond in a more respectable manner, you're treating this in the wrong way and it's not welcomed here
no they arent, theyve established the fact that NO you wont be paying, it's off of battle.net
So, (according to what we're being told) it's 20 years after D2 and people have forgotten or chosen to forget what happened in the past. The short scenes we were shown are in the very beginning of the game. If this is just as things are getting bad, it makes sense that things will look a little brighter--and get darker as the game progresses and evil becomes more prominent.
Colors can be as important to telling a convincing tale as the story itself in a visual medium, so I think they're giving themselves the opportunity to present an ongoing story in the most effective way possible.
As for the characters and realism - I don't know, I'm on the fence. Most animation I've seen that tries to be as realistic as possible usually ends up looking forced and fake. When animators choose to go in a more stylized direction, it's easier to effectively convey emotions and actions because we're not looking for perfect realism.
To me, what I've seen looks to be a perfectly acceptable continuation of the Diablo series. I'm eager to see more information and screenshots to make my final decision on how it looks.
Yes it will be on Battle.net....a new version. Go back and watch the video. When someone asks "Will there be a monthly fee?" The dev responds "Right now we aren't sure whether we will or will not have a subscription for D3"
I'm not making fun of myself for bashing WoW since I played it. I realized long ago that the game was horrible months before BC was released. I stopped playing as much and kept my sub up because some of my guildies were still playing.
I also stopped PvEing for the most part and just PvP'd. I would camp people, gank, and do arenas.
The PvP in WoW is decent...but could be improved.
Well you must remember that D1 & D2 were pretty low on the resolution side.
D2's graphical jump over D1 was to offer us 800x600 in addtion to the 640x480!
An isometric view in those ancient low-rez modes, in my opinion, was one of the big factors for the "Diablo" feel. There are people nowadays who can't even think of a time when the native resolution of a PC monitor was 1024x768 much less 800x600!
These days with games running in DX-9 in modes up to 1920x1200 Blizzard has to join the new century and give us more than 800x600! And in these higher modes the texures are going to look cleaner and crisper. These days games come out with physics that have each blade of grass blowing in the wind and this is what modern gamers expect. The days of dark and murky muddled low-rez games is fading into the past.
I trust Blizzard to take our Diablo universe into this brave new world of *gasp* MODERN graphics and still remain faithful to what the Diablo universe is. I don't think using bump mapping and other attempts to replicate the look of D1 & D2 will work in anything higher than 800x600.
And I for one do not want to be stuck in 1999 and want D3 to push my display to its limits!
In the end some will love they way it is and some will hate it. Of those some will play it anyways. I just hope it sells well and gives them the push for more, more more!!! I think I will be like 60 some odd years old by the time D10 comes out, but if I am still alive and kickin I will be first in line!
You just dont get it.... it's the TRUE definition of CONTRAST. Walk through a darkhallway... open a door... the room is dark... no diff right? Walk through a hallway with a huge lamp / light in it... open a door.. the room is dark... you SEE the huge contrast and it has a much larger effect.
I love the colors, it adds VERSATILITY to the game. There will be enough blood / gore / death in the game to make you forget about the "colors", I'm sure:rolleyes:
Sheesh.. you guys sound like some pissed off interior decorators.
Mario music in the Durance of Hate just wouldn't have worked would it ;)?
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Gee thanks! Now the next time I am in the Durance of Hate I am going to hear in my head "Da da da - da da da da - da da da da da da da da"
No kidding! They sound like a bunch of spoiled brats who just got a new Ferrari but complain its not the color they wanted.. How about shutting the hell up and actually being greatful that we got our DIABLO 3! But no, you all bitch and moan about something that shouldnt even be bitched about. The game looks great. If you dont like it, dont play it. More room for the rest of us.