I think that's the problem with Jay Wilson, his team, and really all of Blizzard right now. They think they have to make every thing "over the top" (I hate that term), make everything completely mind poppingly huge, make everything go overboard. I, and judging from the reaction after D3 was revealed, many other people, liked Blizzard's old subtlety when it came to their games. In Diablo, we heard about the huge sin wars or mage wars, but we didn't see them. In Starcraft, the Protoss had a planet burning space ship, but it wasn't in the game. Blizzard focused on smaller, more personal conflicts, and added a subtle touch that really set their games apart.
Of course, people say that was only due to the fact that Blizzard had limited resources and couldn't protray grand events in a believable fasion, but whatever the reason, I think there early games will always be considered scared to a lot of people.
I've said this a lot, but I think that a touch or more of realism always makes a game more exciting because we can relate to it.
Well I guess you are right, but I'm pretty sure this is just one of the trends that we see all over. Remember the disaster movies at around 2000? There was a lot of them, now it seems for me at least that many game companies do this "over the top" at the moment. And I guess it is acceptable since with todays technology they can finally do something overwhelmingly huge and nice with their games.. everything like this would have looked really stupid with the old days graphics, thats why they rather kept it simple and small I guess.
This is at least what I think about games now that I try to remember
But anyways, even when we see some nice artwork of huge big cities it doesn't mean the game is all about it, the cathedral etc at tristram isn't that epic, we probably have some smaller towns and camps to visit. Well we have to wait and see.. I bet we won't get disappointed.
D1 was that one catacomb.. D2 was 4 acts outdoor and indoor and catacombs and sanctuaries and what not.. really D3 must "top"(do something differently) D2 with that too or else it will just be a copy on that department.
And btw I'm quite sure there will be a bit more towns(quest areas) this time. There could be these huge cities but also some smaller towns in each act we get to visit. So the game probably isn't all big epic castles and cities, maybe thers a little bit of D2 small town feeling in it also.
How do u know what sized things belong to diablo universe and what not.. according to D2? That game didn't show us much.. with the limited resolution etc it wasn't really wise to build up HUGE elements to the game that would fill the whole screen.. for example diablo was so pathetic size. Now I guess we get to see some spectacular views and monsters(siegebreaker).
Takes 50 years to build? Maybe it was there already at Diablo2 times.. who knows, it wasn't just told about in the game.(sorry I haven't read all the books yet so I have no idea if theres some reference to the place in those).
Just get used to it.. its not D2 anymore with its outdated graphics(outdated already when the game came around)..
This is at least what I think about games now that I try to remember
But anyways, even when we see some nice artwork of huge big cities it doesn't mean the game is all about it, the cathedral etc at tristram isn't that epic, we probably have some smaller towns and camps to visit. Well we have to wait and see.. I bet we won't get disappointed.
RIP: Demon Hunter: lvl 50 | Barb: lvl 60 (plvl 5) | Monk: lvl12 & lvl70 (plvl 200)
RIP: Demon Hunter: lvl 50 | Barb: lvl 60 (plvl 5) | Monk: lvl12 & lvl70 (plvl 200)
They didn't change everything they are just showing us things that haven't been seen before.
RIP: Demon Hunter: lvl 50 | Barb: lvl 60 (plvl 5) | Monk: lvl12 & lvl70 (plvl 200)
RIP: Demon Hunter: lvl 50 | Barb: lvl 60 (plvl 5) | Monk: lvl12 & lvl70 (plvl 200)
RIP: Demon Hunter: lvl 50 | Barb: lvl 60 (plvl 5) | Monk: lvl12 & lvl70 (plvl 200)
Takes 50 years to build? Maybe it was there already at Diablo2 times.. who knows, it wasn't just told about in the game.(sorry I haven't read all the books yet so I have no idea if theres some reference to the place in those).
Just get used to it.. its not D2 anymore with its outdated graphics(outdated already when the game came around)..
RIP: Demon Hunter: lvl 50 | Barb: lvl 60 (plvl 5) | Monk: lvl12 & lvl70 (plvl 200)