Here's a snippet:
After watching the Diablo III gameplay footage, I was really excited. The visuals were fantastic, a lot of small improvements had been added without seeming to get in the way of what makes the series great, and by the end of the video I found myself moving my mouse around the screen as if I was playing. That's sad, but what's even sadder is that I'm not a big-time game journalist so I can't come up with a term like "gamesturbation" to describe the lonely and desparate act while making myself cool and quotable.
Imagine my surprise when I discovered that my positive impressions were irrational and baseless, while most of the internet saw the game for what it truly was: A personal insult to them and a serious threat to all they hold dear. If you find that you've mistakenly become mildly optimistic about the game, read on to find out where I went wrong so you can adjust accordingly.
The article actually manages to delve pretty deeply into the subject that's been making headlines in the recent days. Yes, it's actually serious. Some of you may not agree with the article, but if anything you should check it out for some good laughs, even if it means having a good laugh at yourself.
Thanks for the tip, Vacorsis!
Improved graphics does not = new art style.
Dude, badass.
How'd you become a Staff Member? o.0
I created those signatures and I beg to differ, the textures are intentionally of a painted watercolor finish in the original image and intentionally lack detail to place more emphasis on the blocky geometric shapes (they even pretty much stated this in an interview). When I worked on those images I can tell roughly what the original texture resolution was and what I drew on top would be possible to some extent without upping the texture resolution at all. I would also like to point out that the floor hasn't had detail added, but instead I made the existing dark patterns darker and the light areas lighter to give the texture more contrast and give the impression of more detail.
Yeah, thats what your moms said yesterday. SCHWIIING!!
Oh crap!
Past the farcical verneer, though, it does illustrate the rediculous and extreme opinions that people have. It kind of makes me sad, they work so hard on this game for 4-5 years (how they did that with NO ONE finding out about it...) and they finally unveil it and rather than be met with praise and adoration of their 'fans' they are met with *relentless* criticism.
/giggles "Hardcore just got hilarious."
Titled: "An Open Letter to Diablo III Fanboys"
http://www.bingegamer.net/index.php/2008/an-open-letter-to-diablo-iii-fanboys
EDIT: LMFAO
Hear, hear! Huzzah! Other early 1900s saying!
Blizzard Artwork Trailer, showcasing their current art direction.
Edit: WOOPS, wrong thread.
Hold on, let me turn the gamma up on my computer so I can see what I'm typing. I'm such a depressed person I can't bear to see anything with colour in it so I stare at a black computer screen all the time.......
I always played D2 with max gamma, because I wanted to SEE the area, but thats irrelevant because its an opinion.
You can't have darkness without brightness. You won't appreciate the darkness of the dungeons without having the brightness of outside forests. (Was it only me that didn't get that when you cleansed the den of evil, sunlight was pouring in, but when you went outside it was pitch black and raining?)
Computers have settings for a reason. If you hate the brightness, turn it down THEN rewatch the gameplay trailer. The trailer was to SHOW-OFF (yes, SHOW, not hide) some of the advancements in the game. (How would you see the monsters climbing the wall if it was really dark?)
yeah, the gameplay showed that its more light and cartoony looking, but it's only because the graphics became more 3d and detailed(I think), and of course, its been improved. And I think its not dark, its more of gothic looking, but without the muddy, diabolical looking dungeons of d1 and 2. Overall, it looks fine, we're just not used to a more detailed look of Diablo, so let's get used to it!:)