the art direction for diablo III doesnt give the diablo universe feel

please petition and save this franchise!!!!


http://www.petitiononline.com/d3art/petition-sign.html

example


OMFG WHY DIABLO III GOT RAINBOW?!?!?!? its so like my littlepony shiat

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Added on July 2, 2008, 2:35 am

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Added on July 2, 2008, 2:37 amCommon arguments:

Q: The game is still under development, it's on pre alpha stage, we only saw the first act, much can change.

A: True, the game is still under development but the artistic direction isnt since it's one of the first steps in the development of a game, until you have a fully developed artistic direction and concept you cant easily move on with the development of the game, the artistic direction will tell the artists (modelers, texture artists, etc) how the game elements shall look and feel. Since this artistic direction is already fully and happily developed (words from Blizzard) this cartoon'ish and colorful style will be present in the whole game.



Q: Being less cartoon'ish and more realistic would make the game heavier on computers

A: False, there's a lot of techniques like bump mapping that help developers give a realistic look to textures, any recent graphic card with less than 8 years support bump mapping, there's a lot more techniques that can help giving that realistic look, being 3D doesnt mean it should look cartoon'ish.



Q: Diablo 3 happens 20 years after Diablo 2, the world is peaceful and the evil is gone, that's why the scenarios are colorful and vivid.

A: That doesnt mean forgotten dungeons should be clean and shinny, looking like a team of house keeping maidens spent hours there cleaning and making everything clean and shinny, without any trace of dirt, dungeons are supposed to be creepy and scary.

Diablo 1 Tristam also looked evil and scary before the evil was unleashed, check this picture of Diablo 1 Tristam and compare it to Diablo 3 Tristam: http://img126.imageshack.us/img126/5194/tristram2jh.jpg find the differences.

This post has been edited by subimpact: Jul 2 2008, 02:37 AM

then diablo 3 will be a let down for diablo fans .. then the game will flop... when release.. u just cant WoWfied some stuff. each game franchise must have their own art direction... i say diablo 1 ftw

i feel its gonna be like titan quest but im gonna play just the fun of it.. prolly will test it out since i can test retail games for free

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Added on July 2, 2008, 9:57 amyour dead wrong on the dungeon

in diablo 3 we see color shading aura in the dungeon.. where else in d1/d2 is pitch black wif out any colorful shades lolz... except when u meet catwarrior holding torches..

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Added on July 2, 2008, 10:00 am

the dungeons so resembles WoW raid instance... and its pretty clean and cartoonish like WoW

This post has been edited by subimpact: Jul 2 2008, 10:00 AM

coz we got used wif WoW art direction from blizzard >_> which also touched on starcraft 2...

dont get me wrong that i dislike the art direction... its just that .. its gonna be another game which doesnt feel like its goth, eerie, dark, gloomy era, evil days.....

yea i guess but they never even bother to try something more darker, gloomy or goth, evil ? instead they just WoWfied it
hehe

"stay a while and listen..."

well time will tell lo.. see if the hardcore diablo fans wrath get to reach blizzard before the game go gold hahahaha....

but dun care la... i just want to see the storyline ... if the storyline can make me feel like the good old diablo days.. then im sold

hahah now we have to wait till blizzard hear em.. or shut their ears hahaha

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Added on July 2, 2008, 10:18 amdiablo 3 will be like just another mythos clone


This post has been edited by subimpact: Jul 2 2008, 10:19 AM

lol some hardcore diablo fans art direction

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Added on July 2, 2008, 10:26 amcurrent state of game


saturation reduced


saturation and brightness reduced


This post has been edited by subimpact: Jul 2 2008, 10:26 AM

kekekeke maybe u not hardcore diablo fan haha like some ...

i know some ppl play diablo 2 grind feast like mad cow lolz... on the b.net ladder haha

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This post has been edited by subimpact: Jul 2 2008, 10:30 AM

emo slider.. the more u drag towards emo.. the more emo the game becomes haha

ya u can see your character slit his/her wrist during battle

lol hellgate london was fun while it lasted la.. singleplayer nice
but they drag their patches so it became www.flagshipped.com

hope Blizzard does add Rainbows, gnomes and little cute bunnies, just to piss off the fanboys.

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Added on July 2, 2008, 5:34 pmhahah they gonna have legendary set and tier 1 till tier 5 armor sets

This post has been edited by subimpact: Jul 2 2008, 05:34 PM

LMAO

~_~ lolz

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Added on July 3, 2008, 10:52 am

This post has been edited by subimpact: Jul 3 2008, 10:52 AM

dungeon siege ahhhh memories



This post has been edited by subimpact: Jul 3 2008, 11:00 AM

yea the bashing is getting way out of hands la.. hahaha jebus those fanboys

but i want secret carebear lvl.. where u can amputate them haha

aiya.... wait till the game come out , we play it then only judge la... lolz... stupid fanboys