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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."

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  1. Solution to Blizzard's design decisions by douthat · · Score: 4, Funny

    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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  2. Re:Shadows Set the Mood by eldavojohn · · Score: 4, Funny

    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?

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    My work here is dung.
  3. Re:Shadows Set the Mood by kat_skan · · Score: 5, Funny

    ...this is not hello kitty meets diablo.

    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.

  4. Re:I don't see it by Aphoxema · · Score: 4, Funny

    Too creepy, right after I hit 'submit' the power at the college went out for a minute and the whole room went dark.

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  5. Hey emo kids, try this!! by nobodyman · · Score: 5, Funny

    Here's what you can do:

    1. get some transparency paper
    2. print out a radial gradient fill that's clear in the middle and black on the edges
    3. paste it on your screen

    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.

  6. Re:I don't see it by AndersOSU · · Score: 5, Funny

    stay away from the ventilation ducts.

  7. Re:Shadows Set the Mood by the+Atomic+Rabbit · · Score: 4, Funny

    It's like, how much more black could this be? and the answer is none. None more black.

  8. Re:I don't see it by Hossicle · · Score: 4, Funny

    Doom 3 - The only game you can play with monitor on or off and it still looks the same!

  9. Re:Shadows Set the Mood by Stormwatch · · Score: 4, Funny

    What the hell? That article has a screenshot of Doom 3.

  10. Hello Kitty 40,000 by tepples · · Score: 4, Funny

    but honestly, this is to be some form of a dark game, this is not hello kitty meets diablo.

    Be afraid. Be very afraid.

  11. Re:Impossible? That's laying it on a bit thick. by oneTheory · · Score: 5, Funny

    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.

  12. Re:Impossible? That's laying it on a bit thick. by beckerist · · Score: 4, Funny

    I hate you so much right now.

  13. Re:Impossible? That's laying it on a bit thick. by palegray.net · · Score: 5, Funny

    Look on the bright side. He's never gonna give you up.