Aug 6th, 2008 | Diablo survey

Which version of art / style / atmosphere would you prefer for the final version of Diablo 3?


Remember the angry fans that created a petition and then darkened several screenshots to their liking? Well one gaming blog managed to sit down with the lead designer of Diablo III, Jay Wilson. At which point they showed him the altered screenshots to get his thoughts on them.

He took each one and broke down exactly why it couldn’t be put into a game. Essentially he pointed out that in the end they were just pretty pictures and wouldn’t actually work in a game. Partially because it would make it much harder to see the monsters you’re fighting.
He did state that there will be no rainbows in Diablo III, so at least they got that much. You can see the full break down of his thoughts here and if you’re curious about a particular screenshot, he addresses each one individually.



Which version of art / style / atmosphere would you prefer for the final version of Diablo 3?


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Daitalianman2
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New York, United States

posted Feb 8th, 2009 at 00:32 CST

...There are in fact a lot of people who prefer it to be darker not just a few...the Reason is because both Diablo 1 and Diablo 2 were much darker and more gothic looking and Diablo fans feel as though the diablo 3 has a "warcraft" feel to it and has lost the gothic dark side that we had grown to love about this game.  I personally prefer the fan made retouch because it simply just looks like how a diablo game should be after playing the prequals for so many years.  That being said, i trust blizzards judgment and understand that the look they chose goes best with 3d graphics.  Theres no reason to say that the people who prefer soemthing different than you are losers or dumb people because they want to feel like they're playing Diablo and not Warcraft.  Maybe you would understand if you had even played diablo 1 and 2.

Nny69
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Minnesota, United States

posted Oct 17th, 2008 at 00:58 CDT

Lol I voted the fan version...just cuz it looks...more...real I guess...but if I was actually playing I'd definitely go with the D3 version just because i like it to be nice and clear when I'm slashin shit up. I wouldn't mind either of them. I just want it to be fun. the graphics don't mean much really.

Ulamss5
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Singapore

posted Oct 2nd, 2008 at 03:46 CDT

"DARK FTW FOREVAH!!!!" seriously, if you want dark, play with a black screen, or even better, save money, just paste a black piece of paper onto the wall and stare at it, its black enough all right. Bliz's original - 68% , Fan's retouch - 32%. guess the reason why so many dark supporters appeared is because theres afew of them ,and they got no lifes and made lots of accounts and different profiles on all sorts of sites to complain about it. even bliz's janitor(if they have one) is 10x better and smarter than you losers.

Ghidoran
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Canada

posted Aug 27th, 2008 at 08:44 CDT

haha cry more

 
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