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Diablo 3

  • JohnC
  • June 26, 2008 at 5:03 AM
  • Sentura
    • February 18, 2011 at 1:23 PM
    • #281
    Quote from Rick_D

    i 100% guarantee that if blizzard had made diablo 3 an isometric game built in the same style as d1+2, people would be complaining that blizzard can't make bold changes with art direction and that they are a 1 trick pony, or that the grimdark theme is so 1990's, why don't blizzard get out of the past? etc etc etc ad infinitum.

    seems more like they're a 1 trick pony with the current art direction, as it's the same as the world of warcraft one...

  • insta
    • February 18, 2011 at 1:26 PM
    • #282

    Wouldn't it be (atleast) 2 trick pony since diablo2 had such a radically different art direction?????

  • insta
    • February 18, 2011 at 1:27 PM
    • #283

    Why do ponies need tricks anyway, they're made for riding!!!

  • Sentura
    • February 18, 2011 at 1:32 PM
    • #284

    well in any case i just wanted to prove rick wrong, but yeah you are a probably right insta..

  • Grinwhrl
    • February 18, 2011 at 1:46 PM
    • #285
    Quote from FrieChamp

    The people who are so invested in a game series that they go on the internet to complain about the colour palette of the latest iteration are precisely the ones who pick up the title in stores on day one (if only to complain some more afterwards).

    But wait, there will be 2x that amount who are not into the game series and pick it up day one because they are new to the series.

  • FrieChamp
    • February 18, 2011 at 2:04 PM
    • #286
    Quote from Dark

    But wait, there will be 2x that amount who are not into the game series and pick it up day one because they are new to the series.

    Either way, Blizzard wins. :derp:

  • Gloglebag
    • February 18, 2011 at 2:24 PM
    • #287

    Won't different worlds/areas have different theme and artstyle. Maybe one will be all grim dark.

  • Rick_D
    • February 18, 2011 at 2:45 PM
    • #288
    Quote from Sentura

    well in any case i just wanted to prove rick wrong, but yeah you are a probably right insta..

    but diablo 3 doesn't look like WoW

  • dux
    • February 18, 2011 at 3:03 PM
    • #289

    Yeah, I think it looks more like starcraft. :derp:

  • Rick_D
    • February 18, 2011 at 3:16 PM
    • #290

    just for shits and giggles, the first image in google for each of the games.

    starcraft2:

    http://www.digitaltrends.com/wp-content ... aft-ii.jpg

    world of warcraft:

    http://www.geek.com/wp-content/uploads/ ... 80x435.jpg

    diablo 3:

    http://www.diablo3demo.com/diablo3screen6.jpg

    damn guys, did i just accidentally link to the same image 3 times, cause i really can't tell the difference!

    it's almost like i don't have any artistic eye whatsoever and confuse opinion with fact!

  • ReNo
    • February 18, 2011 at 3:18 PM
    • #291

    I hate to stir the flames of the Diablo 3 hate, because personally I think it looks pretty ace and a damn sight better than those screenshots of the "old" version of the game, but I do agree it has similarities to WoW. By no means a visual clone as they are easy to tell apart, plus I really like the look they're going for, but I do see why people make the comparison.

    On that note while doing a quick google image search of Diablo 3 screens just to check my opinion before posting, I found this screenshot strangely reminiscent of the one Dux just posted...

    http://windows7themes.net/wp-content/ga ... I_ss19.jpg

    Clearly uses the same stair asset a the WoW screenshot you just posted with a bit more grime on the texture Not trying to condemn such a tactic by the way as it happens all the time in the industry and makes a lotta sense, just thought it kinda funny!

  • dux
    • February 18, 2011 at 3:18 PM
    • #292
    Quote from Rick_D

    damn guys, did i just accidentally link to the same image 3 times, cause i really can't tell the difference!

    I totally thought you did until I double checked!

  • Serenius
    • February 18, 2011 at 4:07 PM
    • #293

    How dare Blizzard use stylized art that allows them to set lower system reqs and make their games more widely accessible to PC gamers. Curse those lazy bastards!

  • Sentura
    • February 18, 2011 at 4:13 PM
    • #294

    ...at the expense of immersion, no less!

  • Rick_D
    • February 18, 2011 at 4:15 PM
    • #295
    Quote from Sentura

    ...at the expense of immersion, no less!

    [Blocked Image: http://ui21.gamespot.com/468/diabloscreen_2.jpg]

    it's like i'm really there!

  • ReNo
    • February 18, 2011 at 4:17 PM
    • #296

    First genuine LOL of the day there, cheers Rick

  • Sentura
    • February 18, 2011 at 4:25 PM
    • #297
    Quote from Rick_D

    [Blocked Image: http://ui21.gamespot.com/468/diabloscreen_2.jpg]

    it's like i'm really there!

    and don't you forget it!

  • Bunglo
    • February 18, 2011 at 11:04 PM
    • #298

    http://www.pcgames.de/Diablo-3-PC-27763 ... ug-698529/

  • Rick_D
    • February 19, 2011 at 10:59 AM
    • #299
    Quote from Bunglo

    http://www.pcgames.de/Diablo-3-PC-27…r-genug-698529/

    please please please don't tell me that is your idea of evidence that diablo 3 looks like torchlight?

    thmbnail images that have been desperately taken in the same general area (oh no, both games have a bridge! oh no, both games have a room!).

    using a thumbnail comparison i can prove without a shadow of a doubt that crysis and farcry require the same system specs, and have the same graphics. crytek just reused all the assets and charged another 50 bucks for the same game! how dare they!

    [Blocked Image: http://i.imgur.com/ZxZGY.jpg]

    see, the problem with talking shit, is that it stinks.

  • Jetsetlemming
    • February 19, 2011 at 11:13 AM
    • #300
    Quote from Rick_D

    [Blocked Image: http://i.imgur.com/ZxZGY.jpg]

    That's a really compelling image right there

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