Really just a different voice from the same crew that is the D3 team. What I found interesting was this:
...no-one believes the ramblings of the now-aged Deckard Cain and everything has turned into a somewhat baffling legend.
Scope for our hero then to do some exploring to see if those decrepit senile ramblings of Cain's are true? So Cain was really right after all...
The opportunity for humour as well to balance the dark story line - perhaps Cain drifting off on a tangent, his mind awash with dementia?
Additionally the article made me think about the potion/orb system:
[the] health globe system replaces piles of potions with glowing red orbs, dropped by slain enemies, that heal you and anyone near you when they're touched. This makes the game more mobile and in co-operative situations lets you save your partner from a quick death, rewarding those who keep close to each other.
Yes! The new health system makes it a little harder for us to tag along on the edges of battle in normal mode while our friendly uber helper from hell lays waste to all.
I wouldn't say *much* harder to help at this stage without more details. The effective radius will have to be wide to incorporate ranged party members similar to D2 amazons and necromancers.
The interesting fact remains though that the job is open, and I am very suprised why someone INSIDE blizzard has not been promoted to it, and that they are hiring and outside source for such a big job. Whoever gets it though, hopefully they can make diablo 3 better than what they showed us so far.
Who says you can't work in a job you have retired from? It's not like retirement is a life sentence. Ever hear of people coming out of retirement? People retire all the time and come back. There intent is usually to never go back, but that is not always the case.
Maybe he quit because he is burned out? Maybe he quit so he could be with his family more? Maybe he quit so he could start a new company with some close friends? There are plenty of reasons a person would quit, and hating your co-workers or the actual game are only some of tte few.
Maybe no current artist on the inside is capable of taking a role where you need to be a leader? Directing an art team, especially a big one, is no easy task and perhaps no one atm was currently looking for the added responsibility. Perhaps they are just looking for new blood for the hell of it. All we can do is speculate.
No matter what happens the direction will not change, so don't be surprised when it doesn't happen. The lead designer has say over the overall design of the game and Jay has already stated numerous times that they will not change the design. Sure you may see some graphical change, but that happens as development on a game progresses.
You see, everyone's got a boss, and so does a lead art-director.
The basis for artwork (i'm beginning to hate that word) in D3 has already been set. Approved. Built.
By approved, i mean, the guys on top (morhaime, etc) already went with what D3 currently looks like! We shouldn't worry about change...
You are an intelligentsia and a prophet, mister.
This means nothing, the art is done, they wont change anything, and if they do, they will only make the game darker and more sinister.
Blizzard wont go stepping on toes about this art and graphics issue, people have made so many petitions about it, that its highly unlikely that they will make the game look worse..
If they bring in some fresh meat for art design, many of you will agree with me, that 2 art designers biulding a game, is a whole lot better than 1 art designer.
That goes for just about anything.
Cheers.
When I read this I thought It's good that he Quit, or as I believe got sacked and was told to say he leave on his own account. Blizzard doesn't like to show weakness, they wanna look firm in their decisions without getting swayed by the fans outcry.
Who in his right mind leaves Blizz in the middle of such major project to build his own company with the state of the market today. Couldn't he wait some more? who knows, They should interview him and not Blizz about it, maybe he'll spill the beans.
And If he leaves in the middle it's not going to help his resume :rolleyes:
Anyway ppl Ignore to what he "contribute" to the art as stated above. It can't be bad to get new perspective to stuff after all his good doings /sarcastic off
Why not elevate someone within Blizzard to the job if it's not a major role still? If the art direction is completely done with why not to...? The answer I vote for that it's not over & done with, expect some changes.
I swear if i even remotely feeel a WoW concept in D3.....so help me.....
!!!!HIS QUITTING HAD NOTHING TO DO WITH THE FANBOY PETITIONS THAT SOME OF YOU THOUGHT WOULD MAKE A POINT!!!!!!!!!
Here's an idea, unless you want to sign up and program and code this game into completion or help with the Art Direction, hows about you Shut your pie hole?
I happen to know that the lighting of this game was done bright in the beginning to give the game depth. That way when evil is let loose it REALLY has a effect, plus this game is starting in daylight, the others began at night.
Maybe we should all wait for more than the first maps to be created before we criticize.
Grow up.
the petition also points these thing out, its not that simple
i thought fanboys are people who belive blindless in game comapanies if they were some almighty god
i think blizzard is just a bunch of talented humans that can take some advice sometimes
Well that's the thing, should we be saying something now and letting those changes get implemented the first time around, or should we wait till things are too late and too much of a bother to alter in later stages of development.
If people are going to "shut our pieholes", we'd at least like to hear something from some of the developers. If they said something like: "Your opinions have been noted. We're experimenting with our artwork based on some of the suggestions by the fans and we'll try to make the best decision on how to proceed with the artwork with the project."
If they managed to at least acknowledge some of our requests to some extent, then that would probably make people feel a little bit easier. Instead what happened is a critique of some of our photo shopped images, using some talking points which I don't consider to be completely truthful.
Personally I think him stepping down is most likely due to some internal conflict with some members of the art staff and the management. It may have been rolling around some his justification of his choices, maybe not, but I do think there was some sort of issue that led to his resignation. For an important title like this, it's very unusual for an upper level developer to leave at this stage in the title (usually it's either very early or very late, nowhere in between).
Its better for someone to think your a fool, then to open your mouth and remove all doubt.
Try and post with a mature and reasonable fasion.
If you take offence to this post, then its you who is causing the problems.
Thank you. Cheers.
Second point:
Unholy god and Hell. Orly? Im the one causeing the problems for taking offense to your post? Nay, it is you I say who is the problem causer, and what I take offese to is you being the online equvilent of an oxygen theif and taking up thread space with your hippy like attitude of peace and friendship. You want mature? heres Mature. Go Fu....never mind, kids read this (and i can tell from some of the responses.) Here is something though even the youngest diablo fan knows: There no room for Hippies in Diablo - no go pick some flowers or smoke a joint or do whatever it is hippies do nowadays - im gonna go kill some demons and then go kills terrorists (cause thats my job, im in Iraq - in the Infantry - so dont even think about calling me out on what I do and questioning whether I know the real world or my maturity level or anything else you think you can flame me on because you cant intimidate me.)
Exactly
srry if this has been posted!!
OLYMPCIS