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Diablo III Designer Defends New Look and Feel
In response to a fair amount of angry outcry at the new look and feel for Diablo III, designer Jay Wilson has critiqued some fan-altered screenshots and defended the new style. "The key thing to remember here is that this has been Photoshopped. This isn't created by the engine. Though it looks really cool, it's almost impossible to do in a 3D engine because you can't have lighting that smart and run on systems that are reasonable. If we could do that, we probably would in a few of the dungeons."
Step 1) Turn down your monitor's brightness
Step 2) Stop whining
Step 3) There is no step 3!
Honestly, IMHO, the Blizzard shots are nicer. I have to squint to make out what's going on in the fan-created screenshots.
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All they have to do, take all that green, all that distanced lighting shit, and make it black. Pitch as fuck black.
You're one of those monochromatic artists, aren't you?
My work here is dung.
I would buy this in a second, if only I could decide whether I'd rather play as Diablo tormenting Hello Kitty, or as Hello Kitty tormenting Diablo.
It lasted about two hours for me, but then it just gets painful. I'm confident that if I were sufficiently motivated I could hold a flashlight and a BFG9000 at the same time without duct tape.
"Most people, I think, don't even know what a rootkit is, so why should they care about it?"
Too creepy, right after I hit 'submit' the power at the college went out for a minute and the whole room went dark.
"Most people, I think, don't even know what a rootkit is, so why should they care about it?"
Here's what you can do:
Problem solved. Diablo zealots are happy, blizzard is happy. Emo kids can use this approach for a host of other games too. As for me, I won't do any of that sillyness. My monitor is rectangular for a reason.
stay away from the ventilation ducts.
Why is it cheesy? When it rains, there are rainbows. Also, the imagined homophobic reaction of some gamers is delightful to me.
Diablo 3 now with novelty sunglasses!
There's a marketing opportunity here.
You sounded almost like Bob Ross,
"You can do whatever you want with your world. It's your world. You can put a happy little bush here. Or some happy little clouds. Let's do that. *relaxing paintbrush tapping sounds* You see that? That'll be our little secret."
It's like, how much more black could this be? and the answer is none. None more black.
Doom 3 - The only game you can play with monitor on or off and it still looks the same!
For heaven's sake: even Diablo II had a secret cow level!
Yes but it was dark secret cow level.
That's how you know it's evil.
What the hell? That article has a screenshot of Doom 3.
Circumcision is child abuse.
but honestly, this is to be some form of a dark game, this is not hello kitty meets diablo.
Be afraid. Be very afraid.
dude, bright colors cannot possibly relate the incredible angst, the utter desolation of my soul, the desperation of it all. oh, life is so devoid of brightness, so sad... why should my game be different?
Well.. This is /. after all. It's certainly mean, but from a geek's perspective it's an obvious fake. Now if it were a brilliant link like this that would be fun and cool.
Awwwwww. Don't cry, emo kid!
All I want to know is if there's gonna be a secret cow level?
Although I'm getting tired of slaying evil walking cows... Make a deal with Fox and make a secret chicken level.
Of course, we'd need to have a chicken NPC give us a bad coupon to be able to enter the secret chicken level, but I'm sure Blizzard could squeeze that somewhere in the story.
Why don't we wait UNTIL the game comes out to actually see the finished product before some more idiots start bitchin" !!!!!
I'm an old gamer, but geez folks, don't get your panties in wad over graphics until the game comes out in another year or two !!!!
My god, someone get this man on the phone with Blizzard!
I hate you so much right now.
Look on the bright side. He's never gonna give you up.
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Oh, I get it! You're one of them, aren't you?
fluffy and cuddly kitties in Diablo III. I think somebody should show Blizzard how to add cute little kitties to the game. It would be so much better.
You don't need meteors or prime evils to have defiled dungeons?
Sorry, I can't decide if I'm attempting dark humor or political commentary.