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!
My fav quoute was at the end, "skeletons that hide in barrels, pygmies that stand on each other's shoulders to create larger pygmies, and enormous Satanic grubs."
Haha, I was laughing at how ridiculous the whole art saga thing is now.
so an evil skeleton/minion borne of the bowels of the abyss hiding from you in a gddamn barrel is realistic? Diablo 2 wasn't realistic, please. They're moving forward with the franchise and i'm starting to become more optimistic (if thats even possible) everyday! this was an awesome read.
That would be my guess as well. Cool, animated, monster-specific deaths would rule!
Good find, mate!
There is a difference from expressing ones opinion and using ones power to influence their opinion on others.
I am perfectly fine that sol agrees with the artistic direction of d3 completely.
I how ever think that if the demo is indeed a foreshadow of whats to come in the complete game, then there should be a few minor changes to the game.
The problem is that Sol is using his power (as staff member) to force his predigest (on a site that is officially linked by blizzard) to convey what he believes with out supply the other side of the argument.
Is that your rebuttal? It doesn't even address the questions or proposition I have brought up.
I think there is quite a big amount of your staff that "actually likes the art" and they express it without showing a huge bias.
I think what they are doing is puting cartoon art just so everyone can play it. Like they sell more copies and make more profit. That director need to be hs.
I hope they dont get the idea to put ''more color'' in stacraft 2 or put the wich doctor in sc2 because it is ok to steal from our project.
Hey fuck tard if you dont have enough imagination to create a game frome scratch + past diablo games then abandon your post stupid director. I never played wow caused it suxed. So dont start fucking around with diablo 3.
I'd like for you to explain how I 'showed bias' by writing the post. The fact that you disagree with the content of the article should not prevent me, or anyone else from posting it. We have ten pages full of readers who enjoyed the article with you and a few others as exceptions. Even amongst the few, you are the only one making an issue about the article going up in the first place.
I suggest you get over yourself.
Our project? What? You've certainly got a deep sense of entitlement. Guess what? Developers owe you nothing.
Aren't you contradicting yourself?
I hope your happy, cause guess what, COLORS WILL REMAIN, and all you suceeded in doing was give Blizzard a bunch of bad rap on an unreleased game.
Diablo fans my ass. A true fan would take all aspects of the Diablo universe into his or her bosom.
If you actually read my post you would see:
First I did enjoy parts of the article. I said it was funny in parts.
Now you claim some of my arguements are removed from reason yet supply no evidence.
I think I have explained very clearly how you "showed bias".