[Internetpersonality]

Judge said:

Diablo II was also very successful and after nearly a decade it still has a large and dedicated playerbase and fanbase. And your way of thinking is a terrible business model. Unfortunately, that is what Blizzard seems to be going for.

Azeroth is also not Sanctuary.

Is your post serious? Honestly?

My post was serious for starters.

I realize they are not the same place.

But, this is from the same company, for one.
Two, WoW is one of those games that changes how a lot of shit is done. If it was a complete failure, I doubt you'd see anything remotely looking WoW in Diablo 3.

It's not that Diablo ISN'T successful, but from what I know, WoW is WAY more successful.

(And that's NO knock on Diablo by far)

But when something that big comes along and such a wide fan base likes it, then people in the industry are going to go along with similar ideas. If people liked that "cartoony" armor in WoW and WoW is a standard right now (even if it's a different game) they're going to use it. They're not trying to detract from Diablo so much as they're trying to gain MORE fans for it.

[redseptember]

they've manage to fuck mine most favorite game in the world
there goes my childhood!

[redseptember]

Internetersonality you are wrong for the year d2 was published it was way more succsessful then wow

[SithDiablo]

That's what's wrong with Most Business today, alway think with $$$, instead of True quality/respect to the original source/fanbase.

[soender]

Equinox said:

I highly disagree. I think sound and music are much more important. FarCry was beautify but it wasn't immersive AT ALL. Some games I will not name were pretty ugly but had great atmosphere formation with the eerie music, randomized sounds in the background, and the effects on monsters and such... And, in the end, design over graphics. Diablo I is example of good design with not very advanced technology. I really don't know a 3D top down game that satisfied my design requirements, though...

I don't think you got my point.

For starters this thread aint about sound and music. Im talking gfx and how they help to immerse you into a certain mood/atmosphere.

Allthough I agree all artistic aspects make for a greater game.

[Avett]

redseptember said:

Internetersonality you are wrong for the year d2 was published it was way more succsessful then wow

Year it was published doesn't matter... WoW is an MMO and it gets more popular as time goes by.

I love Diablo, but in terms of popularity? WoW wipes the floors with it.

[redseptember]

they have said it in the video that the enviroment was create to draw fans that didnt know diablo story before (meaning little wow motherfuckers)

[Equinox]

Well, I think people should start making threads about the sounds and the music (which I didn't like). It sounds like visual is the only thing people care about.

[jaik]

nasser said:

agree. I loved the realistic weapons and armor that looked like you could pick up.

Look here:
Does this inventory hand-painted axe look like something *YOU* could hold? Fuck no.

Yes...

I remember when i was in hugh school, friends of mine even those who didn't playu diablo came to see the game, and when i showed them beautifuly detailed items im ny inventory they were amazed!

This inventory which thewy showed in demo sucks!!!!! Its worse than WoW.

[redseptember]

they are really fucking with the old diablo fans

[soender]

Equinox said:

Well, I think people should start making threads about the sounds and the music (which I didn't like). It sounds like visual is the only thing people care about.

How about starting one yourself. You're the one complaining ;)

[HEYF YOU]

Ultramegazord said:

By anyone being able to do that doesnt mean it's not the right way, they're just concept pictures to show how the game should look, there's obviously flaws because we DONT HAVE THE ENGINE, we only have access to screenshots.

Being low poly doesnt mean it cant look realistic, most of the recent games use few poligons but with the modern technologies like bump maps, normal maps and so on they can give a extremely detailed look to those low poly models without pushing the computers, it's even more effective than using more polys, pick up any recent game and look to the floor textures, it's basicly a couple of flat textures with bump map, look at the characters, it's flat textures with bump maps, normal maps and other techniques, Blizzard isnt using any of those and until someone explains me why I will keep saying they're doing a huge mess.

Hey you should call blizzard up to work with them dude for real:thumbsup:

[redseptember]

I'm so mad why diablo and they know everthing that is wrong with and they are proud of that shit
w could make it dark n gloomy but it turned all cartoonish and colourful and PUKEEEEEE

[jaik]

Please blizzard give us a sign that You agree with us, and You will make changes in art design...

[redseptember]

we havent waited for so long > for that crap!

[streamline]

a gem takes as much space as an axe? haha thats funny

and also most of the monsters look funny to me zombies are just like the undead from wow - goofy pricks, and two pounder was like a big shit. also the bloated guy with the eels was the stupidest and most lame idea ever! And how come every creature he showed that day had BLUE skin! man pitty doom and PoP immitation..

on behalf of graphics - have you played mythos? (mythos.com) that game aims to be cartoony and but is more scary than current d3. the textures in d3 are from wow and everything is so lit ...and characters look really discusting im better of playing with heroes from warcraft 3

[soender]

Someone with a cd key go on B.nets D3 site and link to this thread please.

[meigloo]

i love warcraft3 but w3 is w3/wow is wow...and diablo 3 is diablo 3!!!!! blizzard do not try to mixed..don not try to make a fu@@ing cocktail! do somth about that disney world.

what about other diablo forums...they also have a thread like this? i know is one on B.net and i-m verry sure that blizzard know about this and watch us.

[Sinister Tech]

I agree with the OS and many others that Diablo 3 is looking to be more "Colourful" and more like WoW. Diablo 3 is about Demons, Hero's and epic battles, with the before and after screens on the OS put up, i do think they are much better as you can see certain details much better, like the fire particles coming from the witch doctor's fire bomb attack, the body's, the cracks in the ground etc.

But as another user said, "Its been 20 years since Diablo and Baal's defeat, the world will be happier now", sure he has a very strong point on this which explains the lovely lush colours for the outside, sunny meadows etc.

But what about the cathedral? i bet no humans have ventured into the long and derelict halls for 20 years, so where is the rotting corpse's, the blood splatters etc, and whats with the lnavy/midnight blue colour pallett? - sure the cathedral has poor lighting but it needs more grey and more BLOOD

I'm sure blizzard are doing there best to satisfy the true diablo fan-base need's, lets just PRAY they give us modding opertunities so we can make our own evil reskins of places such as seen in the OS's post.

Screw an SDK, dont let little nooblets who call themselv's modders and crap get ahold of precious core files, as with many games, alot of the modded content is retarded, just like alot of games made in modern day times, having a WWII mod. - Blizzard, please give us just amazing graphics with options to change them.

EDIT: i've just read more of the posts above mine, and i must say i agree with alot of people, Blizzard - D3 is your game, just like its predecessors, but please for the love of god dont make our precious diablo 3 to be wow but a hack and slash. Wow graphics and fan boys can f**k off with there little fluffy bunnys roaming the landscape, diablo is a gothic, medievil game with crap loads of blood, dark and sinister colour pallett's and music.

Also ive noticed that the big blue thing that impoldes once killed into alot of worm things, looks like the Undercity guardsmen in WoW. - who else wants to bet we're probably going to see more ridiculous mob's from WoW in Diablo 3? - we might even get an expansion called "Wrath of the huge-ass rabbit!

[HEYF YOU]

Hey I live in California. I am going to go to blizzard studio and drop off a package with all these post.