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  • I have 3 main problems with Diablo 3.

    1. Color scheme is just like W.O.W.

    2. The environment is way to rounded. It doesn't look edgy at all. Way to clean.

    3. Not being able to play offline, is very, very stupid.

  • Im just wondering.. how come that the diablo fan concept is the same picture as the screen shot just with some effects on it .. I guessing that someone took the screenshot made some effect on it from Photoshop .. OR on one picture the fog of war is active and its inactive in the other.

  • Diablo 3 will fail if it follows the wow path.. I mean a bright colorful atmosphere in a game that has the devil.. and is actually named after the devil?

    Come on blizzard get your sh!t together

    This is why indie games are rocking nowadays because independent developers are the only ones with balls, common sense and logic.

  • 0:29 JESUS CHRIST HOW WOW PALETTE HORRIFYING

  • I think the main problem is blue/green lighting schemes in dungeons as opposed to darkbrown/gray/black.

    I want it to look like the tiles in the cathedral have blood and rust seeping into their cracks... Not some strange green fungus.

  • the problem isn't really the darkness of the environment, although it should be darker. The problem is the cartoonish/ ugly WoWish character models, and how gay all the new spells look. in Diablo 2 the spells and skills weren't so flamoyant and flashy and gay, they were toned down and looked awesome. And WTF is wrong with the appearance of items in the inventory!??? they look like 8-bit shit! inventories in diablo 2 looked better!!!!

  • The problem with Diablo 3 is that it took them so long to come out with it - well its now dated....the graphics engine is crap for nowaday's standards. I'll look to borderlands 2 coming out this year to solve my loot grinding urges...Blizzard have you really not given a release date yet?!!!! It doesn't take 20 years to develop and balance a game. I have lost interest and will be ignoring blizzard games for now...too much hype and not enough results.

  • Fan concept? The effect achieved by the fan is almost possible by changing your screen's color color and contrast settings.

  • There is NO WAY they will change anything. It is very naive of people who sign the petition to think otherwise. You need to understand that it has been 15 years since Diablo first came out and demographics of players change drastically. They don´t care they will piss off me or you or other "few thousands" of players in exchange of millions.

  • In my opinion I have no doubt that the game will be a hit as both diablo 1 and diablo 2 were both fantastic games however im am extremely dissapointed with certain aspects of the game. Mainly the enviroment. Diablo 1 had a very gloomy and evil prescense to it same with Diablo 2. Which kind of was like a trademark which they removed from 3. I feel like the game is very childish by looking at the graphics its like disney with blood. Also the characters dont look realistic which seemed to be the a

  • Replace all the flashy stuff with old cathedral statues and gore.  Replace cool looking with medieval looking. Less fantasy : More Diablo atmosphere.

  • Its just like the trash talks of WOW before it came out when Blizzard said they will charge monthly.

    If your too emo and haters to play a game that is overwhelmingly likely to be awesome just because its "popular", like so many people do today, go play Tourchlight, which is the game the people that made Diablo 1-2 have made, and see how much its LESS dark, MORE cartoonish and UNBEARABLY generic and boring compared to Diablo 3.

  • OMFG PEOPLE!

    MOAR DARKNESS! GIVE US MOAR DARKNESS! YEAHH!!!!!

    fucking Lower the Gamma on your screen! and no, Diablo 3 doesn't seem less dark then Diablo 2's act 2 and most of act 1.

    Most of you are probably too young to remember Diablo 2 anyway!!

    Blizzard have NEVER released a game or expansion that were not a hit and were not excessively invested in and that took years to develop. Diablo 3 included.

    

  • @imperialifty Diablo was actually made by Blizzard North which is defunct.

  • @imperialifty (""fucking Lower the Gamma on your screen! and no, Diablo 3 doesn't seem less dark then Diablo 2's act 2 and most of act 1."")

    you've got to be kidding right?

    this is the stupidest comment i've read... with that said, please stop trolling and go play wow kid.

  • wow, adding the fan concept makes it look a creepy and dull. I feel grave with despair when looking at the fan concept. It's an awesome feeling, like I could feel the terror of those skeletons about to rip me apart. I could just imagine a skeleton lurking in the shadows... but the downside is the lack of color emphasis on the player.

    Original looks like visually appealing candy color. There's no way I'd be freaked by the colorful rainbows and unicorns. It feels more fantasy-like than horror.

  • baaaaad

  • I've got a link to a fan-fricking-tastic site that explains quickly why and how Diablo 3 looks like W.O.W. At this point, it would be an uneducated and downright foolish statement to make if you were to say that Diablo 3 doesn't look like W.O.W. Please I beg you, email me and I'll send you the link, since Youtube won't allow links. The dude that made the article put up pictures as well to prove his point.

  • @slingblade234 :D i know right its gonna eb an AMAZING game

  • It's not enough that graphics are 2005ish, they had to make it look like WarCraft too...

  • @Hunterbgpz ikr. and for the low price of 39.99 you can get a weapon to 1 hit diablo. sigh

  • Great use of Nostradamus tracks, they actually fit this game perfectly.

    And I like the renewed look, much more akin to Diablo 1 and 2 without sacrificing good graphics. I hope somebody makes a mod for the game to look like this, or Blizzard provides complex color option sliders to change the appearance how you like.

  • @Blashyrkh22 Blizzard said that the use of mods are not allowed :/

  • @excelkid99 How would they know if you did in single player?

  • @Blashyrkh22 You wont be able to play Diablo 3 without being connected to the internet ( even if your playing single player). With that said, i'm not quite sure how they would but im sure if Blizzard said no mods they will find a way to ensure no mods

  • @excelkid99 Hmm I am able to play SC2 offline, so I can't see why it would be different for D3.

  • @Blashyrkh22 Blizzard stated that the game had to always be connected to the internet even in single player. I believe its their way to prevent hackers/dupers/character editors and such. I guess time will tell though

  • @excelkid99 They should just keep single player and multiplayer characters separate like D2 if that's the case.

  • How does a color contrast block hackers? That's dumb thinking.

  • If you look lastest Screens from Diablo3 you can see they have change the Colors!! Its more darker now sence before.. Look on the brigde from 2008 till now you will see the change

  • The graphics are too cartoonistic... The name of the title itself should bring fear...

  • blizzard rejected the art petition to make diablo 3 more darker,jay Wilson and blizzard likes there colorful art better.

  • Sigh, I do think D2 has a much better atmosphere. It's sad that it probably wont change at all.

  • I believe what most of you fail to notice is that they took out the gorey gruesome scenery, in diablo 2 there were corpses torn in half on torcher devices in dark sewer rooms n chained souls screaming n reaching for help, i think they lowered the age lvl from TEEN to Ages 8 And Up...

  • i like it, maybe a bit too "black & white" on some of the pics, but i think the darker graphics is the right direction.

  • The fan concept just look like a bad blury retro TV, the official colours are also ugly and mis-shadowed.

  • Bad new graphics. Not Diablo worthy.

  • I won't be surprised a fan-made patch will be made for the graphics tweaking after a few weeks' of the game release

  • I really hope they take the fan concept on board, I like how they retained the sounds and style of items popping from chests and such, I don't remember there being corpses in diablo 3 so far> We'll see

  • This is pretty awful, I can only assume that the people who make these" fan concepts" hate their eyes as much as I hate them.

  • @Dubblecast If you don't like Diablo 2 style, get out.

  • This is awful, you dont "get" diablo at all.

  • @grisslyhora63 If you don't 'get' diablo 2 style, get out.

  • isnt it funny how as soon as i look at the darker images the legacy of DIABLO jumps straight out at me...but when it's lighter it feels like a crappy replay of Dungeon Siege...:C

  • THIS IS WHAT HAPPENDS WHEN BLIZZARD NORTH GO OUT OF BUSINESS...SAD :C....NOW WE HAVE TO DEAL WITH THE WOW SPILLING OVER ONTO EVERY GAME....>:

  • Yeah listen up Blizzard! If you care at all about keeping a fanbase around this series, you will appeal to our plea. Diablo is a DARK fantasy. Instead, you decide to use a lighting scheme strangely reminiscent of that homosexual Fable game. Be forewarned, you are about to destroy the Diablo franchise.

  • FUCKING ACTIVISION CAME BOUGHT BLIZZARD AND NOW ITS LIKE THAT SHITTY CALL OF DUTY....

    WE WANT DIABLO BACK!!!!!

  • I have to say, the fan concept lighting looks a hell of a lot better and much more like the way Diablo 1 and 2 looked. Diablo 3 as it is just doesn't have that dark atmosphere.

  • To much lights and light saber effects wtf is this medieval or starwars i cant even be able to see my gear when there is so much bloom

  • Diablo 3: Eh, looks boring, but okay, could use some better artistic direction

    Fan concepts: CAN'T SEE SHIT CAPTAIN

  • I think they need to find a good middle ground between fan and theirs. leaning more towards the darkness of the fans

  • I'm definitely not going to buy this game. Not a fan of WoW, thanks.

  • I find the fan concept a bit more interesting, its a lot erriee, more gritty compared to Blizzard's direction. Diablo was seperate from WoW because its more based on religious taboos of heaven and hell, not a fantasy. When you add fantasy into the game, it sucks the identity out of the genre.

    Of Course, Diablo is in some ways a fantasy, but Its more darker, and less about adventures.

  • the fan concept says it all. plus music and sfx are everything.

  • The fan concept is much better! Damn you blizzard, you should make the game like this!

  • in all honesty, i would like the darker atmosphere much better than the newly changed art style.

  • uuhhh??? this crap is not becouse a 3d world ..do u need put a rainbow just becouse its 3d? what are u talking about (planet diablo comment)? this look like WOW. 100% cartoonish. lets face it.

  • OMG THIS IS GREAT.. .i dont want wow in fdiablo 3

  • I like the new art concept

    I like the fan concept even more. I was even more surprised to not see as much lighting and contrasts against environments when spell effects occur

  • i believe it should be darker. it should be so dark you cant see outside of the light radius at all - which makes the game unpredictable. my ideal diablo 3, in the first time you play the game youll remember because youll have no idea what comes next. seems like with this diablo everything can be predicted. just my 2 cents

  • Now thats more like it.

    This is the basis in witch blizzard should had based their work on the first place, a more obscure, realistic, darker world with macabre scenarios. Great work !!

  • the current art direction is pretty bad, I agree. I hope they decided to change it to be closer in line witht he changes in this vid...

  • yea it's a bit too colorful but once I buy the game i wont give a crap

  • @DSTDave But that's how Diablo is supposed to be! You're supposed to feel overwhelmed; a grim sense of hopelessness, and that's what the gothic art does. People just don't know how to appreciate the old art style these days :(.

  • Personally, I like the fan concepts better. However, my main gripe is not with the graphics of the environment, but rather, the PLAYER SKILLS. They just look... overdone. Like, the shockwave, for example. It just looks like too much. I want my barbarian to feel powerful, but not Dragonball Z powerful. Back in Diablo 2 I was perfectly content using double swing on my enemies without any of the super special effects and explosions. I like the way lightning looks on weapons though.

  • Either way they make it colorful or not im probably still gonna end up buying it, but I know that it defiantly wont feel like the original diablo1/2. Theres too many things that are taken straight out of Warcraft, WoW kinda screwed up all the franchises.

  • i like that diablo 3 graphic ... that "dark" graphic sux its for emo's maybe

  • @D4rQW4v3 Or maybe you've only played Diablo once or twice and have no idea how to appreciate its dark atmosphere and grim premise. Seriously, it's not about being emo.

  • This is much better !!!

  • I prefer the gothic art, but art isn't everything. As long as I can choose to play hardcore i'm satisfied. Nothing beats the feeling you get when you exit a game and have 1-100 hp left. The adrenaline! priceless!

  • fun concept is much nicer ..i also think that there should be monsters that are more creepy than ugly....dunno mb more satanic like goats from d2.... more pentagrams ...it makes a game more atmosphearic

  • I say you can leave the outdoor areas as they are. Because even though I like the dark style, it's not really logical when you think about it for it to be ALWAYS foggy and dark outside... as for dungeons I definately like the dark version better. They way it is now the concrete and stone looks blueish-green...so yeah... renewed art direction = good for inside, bad for ouside

  • Their main aim now is WoW Cataclysm. Even if they are more or less done with Diablo 3 they will surely wait for their main source of income (WoW) before they release this masterpiece.

  • @Mauser91: Hey tough guy, it's not about contrast and being able to see what's happening.. And stop using "nigger" as insult. Grow up. I for one doesn't care which graphic style they choose in the end and Torchlight (2009) proves colorful style works pretty well too.

  • @Mii85

    Adjust your brightness levels,,

  • All We want is for DIABLO and W.O.W to be 2 distinctly separate worlds. I agree you can turn down the gamma but there is more to this issue than just the contrast of the game. The modeling of the characters have started to take on the "WOW Look" as well. The Diablo Dev's should remember to keep Diablo Dark and more realistic looking rather than the Bright colorful over exaggerated look of WOW. Dont get me wrong I am playing WOW while waiting for D3, Its not a bad game.

  • lol fan made ones look so shitty you want it to look like that? turn the gama down idiots.

  • Looks good. Would be amazing if blizzard could render that atmosphere in the game engine.

  • This video is retarded and the idea for the petition is retarded...TURN DOWN THE BRIGHTNESS ON YOUR MONITOR IF YOU WANT IT DARKER....i trust blizzard to make a game this whole petition thing is gay as hell

  • and why dont you GRAB YOUR CLOURS AND START PAITING BUTTERFLIES ON YOUR SCREEN AND FILL YOUR ROOM WITH RAINBOWS AND GARDENS!!!! if that what turns u on then you're definetly you're the one who's gay as hell

  • Demon's souls I believe, is the true successor of Diablo 2 when it comes to art direction.

  • woot 0:57 Lot better

  • diablo 3 should be satanic.

  • have you considered this gayplace is act 1 like a tutorial? you cant expect the whole story to develop if right from the begining this thing is already blood bath! it rested for like 20 yrs duh! if you dumdums read the forum, you will notice that the environment is a plot key!

    1st its somekind of sanctuary(hence the name)then slowly as the story goes on the world wil be a slaughter machine. in short blizzard doesnt want to spoil by showing the dark(fun) parts cos its near the end!! idiots!!!!

  • a letdown is that there aint a necromancer ,i like the barbarian and the mage but the other 2 ....no comment,they better add a paladin for the 5th character ,i had couple of lv 99 palas and will miss them :'(

  • hey idiot! ever thought the witch doctor is a "necro druid hybrid"? themonk is an asian paladin with assassin weapons the fifth is obviously a ranged attacker

  • Yea The New Diablo Is Junk.

    Too Bad So Many People Say They Like It Any Way.

    Well, I Got News For You,

    This Is Not Real Diablo And You Are Not True Fans,

    So GTFO.

  • @Tadddius: Well, I personally wouldn't call it "junk". I can't say I fully agree with colorful WoW art style, but i'm most definetily going to buy Diablo III as long as it plays like true Diablo game. Have you played Torchlight yet? Torchlight had true Diablo atmosphere and still used colorful visual style, even more cartoonish than Diablo III, and still kicked butt like no tomorrow. I honestly can't wait Diablo III.

  • @Mii85 I played torchlight, and yes it did have a lot of the same aspects but it didnt play like the original diablo. It was more like a watered down form even though it was an indie.

  • Yeah.. Blizzard dont maek bad games. They dont make mediocre games. Blizzard only ever make masterpieces. Only masterpieces. They even said this was running on 2005 technology, all kinds of changes will be made. I must say though, the concept art looks just right though. Bang on job. People who know a bit about art seem to have a good idea how this game would ideally look. Unless we saw an alpha of what they had planned we will never really know. Like you say though... Its gonna rock!

  • @Mii85 Torchlight is getting boring pretty fast. I wouldn't compare Torchlight to Diablo.

  • @Tadddius A true fan would play and enjoy the game for the sake of the gameplay and not bitch and whine cause it looks a little fucking different. The game still looks amazing. I do realize that the art sort of looks like WOW but who fucking cares it still looks amazing. Fanboys need to grow the fuck up, stop bitching and whining cause the games not done how they want you. We don't see you spending 9-10 years making the fucking game so just shut the fuck up.

  • @Tadddius It's good to see that blizzard is going with brighter and more variety in the maps in the game and not the same old dark and grungy looking maps like D2. People don't want the same exact look all the time. Variety is better than nothing and if you can't appreciate what Blizzard is doing then you can't call yourself a Diablo fan. True Diablo fans know that the graphics aren't important at all. Its all about the gameplay. Quit bitching like a little school girl.

  • @Tadddius Well said.

  • Boo. Dammit, Blizzard, why did you make it so freaking Dark and Brown!? This is Diablo, not Gears of War! Gears of War is for tools! Not even an RPG! Go back to the more gothic look of D2 where you could actually see stuff!

  • the only reason the original diablo looked like that is because blizzard had no choice. This new one is going to be just a brutal.

  • the original diablo looked like it did because Bill Roper, the creator, envisioned a dark and creepy fantasy world, and went and made it the way he wanted. Bill Roper has said himself he is not pleased with diablo 3s art style(nor are we fans), and he also said it does not look like the world he created. everything a diablo fan will have memories of from the first 2 games is being stripped away. including light radius, potions, realistic characters, armour, and weaponry, and the inv screen

  • i dont want fat monster i want like skeleton rushes with 100 skeleton.

    and then skeleton is to light

  • Too much WarCraft not enough Diablo for my tastes.

  • @stin842 i agree with you completely, what seperated diablo from warcraft was its sense of realism (as far as a fantasy game went anyway), l When i bought D2 back in 5th grade, i remember i was too scared to play it for a while, and i liked that, we like the ominous themes, the muddy/shaddy YET realistic dungeons, part of the appeal was the creepiness of not be able to see and having things startle you, now we have radiant colors, over exagerated shoulders, and a WoW feel. Diablo isnt Warcraft!

  • @TheGodfather101

    you hit the nail on the head

  • Otherwise, I like all the fan concepts better than their originals! I signed the petition for if I didn't like the "renewed" artistic direction. There's my 2 cents.

  • I like the concept of light radius. I could only imagine how creepy (and awesome) it would be in Diablo 3 to run around in colorful darkness... movements in the shadows! I also like all the lighting effects. It adds contrast to the darkness thus enhancing. I would like it if the colors are somewhat kept in the lighting effects. I think the outdoors should stay on the bright and colorful side. The only outdoor concept I find that has been changed a lil too darkly contrasted is the bridge @ 0:53 .

  • The worst case scenario would be that i would have to decrease the gamma and raise the contrast in the options menu... that-s really the only thing you-ve done to your pics 2 ;) but i have agree with you, its waaay 2 colorful and the design team had just came by from wow. those big shoulderplates reall remind me of wow.

  • Can anyone tell me the name of the song at the end? Fan concept rulz:D

  • 00:00 - 01:15 "Dawn of Creation" intro by Judas Priest

    01:15 - 01:54 "Prophecy" by Judas Priest

    Both songs from their newest record, Nostradamus.

  • I read an article about this,

    They said that the scene is from the beginning, when the world is still peacful. As you continue, the world gets darker and darker. And as for the stupid light ring, it was only needed for a portion of diablo 2, and they said they are going to try to work it in to one of the dungueons if they can make it look good.

    Happy?

  • the problem with newer games is that they are all slaves of technology advancements, i.e. if a good programmer discovers how to make flickering lights in 3D, then it seems the director is -obliged- to use them somehow in the game, even if it has nothing to do with it. Developers should care more about the feel and concept of the game, even if they leave out some new shiny stuff.

  • i think it should only be dark when your ina cave or something..not out side

  • I think that you are right: diablo should look like diablo not wow. I play wow and like it more than diablo seies, but as a former diablo 2 player I was really upset watching the wowis paladin images out of diablo 3... that's really a shame! when I saw the fan concept I suddenly felt again the real spirit of diablo! hope blizzard will understand that...

  • Darker is MUCH BETTER but in some areas is maybe little bit to dark... but feels much more like DIABLO!!!

  • not good... day looks like night lol

  • that is much better

  • dude you suck, if you dont like the brightness, just turn down the gamma or saturation, im sure you can do that if you look at the options... just fucking wait for the game to get finished ffs

  • you can still have a "dark" montage using some bright colors. and the graphics are still rendered pretty realistically....

  • There is a good reason by you labled the alternative "fan concepts"- it was done by a fan....and it looks a lot worse

    Don't get me wrong, I don't mind a more "noire/ gothic" look, but from a gameplay point of view all it did was kill the player's ability to see stuff, and art wise u killed the values and deadened the color to the point that it almost looks like a black and white flick. even diablo 2 and 1 had rich colors in them

  • good

  • Killing floor's graphics are all grey, it turns into an eyesore.

  • imo, there IS a sun in Sanctuary so why should it not be day there too? Since when are characters in Diablo nocturnal?

  • I initially welcomed the new art direction with indifference, but seeing those fan-altered images reminded me of the powerful presentation of Diablo's past. I didn't realize it at first, but the official D3 pictures don't invoke nearly the same emotion and atmosphere for me as D1 and D2. The atmosphere that past Diablo games created was an essential part of hooking me to the series, which the fan-altered shots recreates.

    But as you said, we're all going to play it no matter what, and like it.

  • i think this was complete rubbish.. people should remember that we live in the year of 2009 and not 1999.. The technics is movin forward guys and u gotta stop living in the past. I'd say the graphs in D3 is brilliant and 2nd that i think Diablo isn't so much about the graphs for me, it's more important to me with a good followup story and a good lore :) couse i have always looved the story of diablo and hes brothers and can't w8 to find what going to happen next :D

  • plus there isn't anything wrong with actually being able to see whats on the screen.

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  • eerr... the way people critisize it... JUST LOWER THE BRIGHTNESS ON YOUR MONITOR!!! :P

  • I dont care about people workin their ass off for this game... Let´s face it, their are making the game bicouse of $. They are not making the game because of you and me. I am hoping their are working their asses so much that thei can´t sleep!!! This game must be done right! Bicouse i am giving my hard working $ for it! ;) And i am the buyer here...

  • btw STOP comparing D3 with freaking WoW! hate when people do that!

  • and yeaa Blizzard pls put more dark goth look in dungeons and the outside look the way you did in the traler. And we all are happy ;)

  • i like the new. not that the old is bad. but i want somethink new in d3. not d2 lookalike ;)

    still the story must be dark an evil. that´s world of diablo. and that is something i mis in other games.

  • Like the new grafic a lot, was to Goth or Dark before!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  • i like the darker verson better but i don't really care for graphics

  • Diablo 2 didn't look like that, it was dark, but colorful

    except for the monastery

    but the rest of the game wasn't that dark

  • i agree with making dungeons and caves darker, but outside could look the way they did it in the trailer, gives you a interesting feeling to get off a dark cave and see light everywhere. but i like the actual graphics anyway :D

  • i want it to be so dark, that ist notnhing but a black screen.

  • DAAAAAAARK!!

  • i would say the graphics r OK

    the graphics show more rounded lines lik that of warcraft

    diablo 3 is not cartoonish

    i agree with making a light radius around the char

  • i agree with the light radius in the dungeons, but i don't think you should do it outside unless its night or raining. maybe the night dosen't last forever in Sanctuary(world of diablo) you know?

  • If everything is dark it all has the same feeling. Blizzard said they are making dark caves and such to explore, but wanted every environment to have it's own feel to it.

    If you like it darker you could always wear sunglasses when you play.

  • definately leaning towards the fan made renders by bounds. i get some serious omnious feeling just from the photos that im seeing rendered darker.

    if the game becomes darker naturally during the game's progression, its true that it would make some things hard to see. yet, i believe that to cause more of a challenge, and i love challenges >:).

  • I must say the modified screens are very cool. But I have faith in Blizzard. Also to me it looks at least decent the way it is. A darker design might have hidden many nice eyecandy effects and such. In any way : Gameplay Provails ... So lets hope they nail that part.

  • Well, i think the altered screen shots looks more awesome, but i've read alot about this and jay wilson says that everything will get worse as you progress in the game, so maybe everything will darken, and maybe there will be mutilated corpses everywhere.

    However, i don't like the overall childish design of it.

  • even though the current pics and videos that blizzard have showed are not the usual creepy greyish tones of diablo we still havent seen the big picture

    maybe hell will be a really Nigtmarish place worthy of dooming our dreams ( if we go to hell xD) like i said we havent seen the big picture and so far blizzard have not dissapointed me with the diablo series so lets see =D

  • the one with the bridge looks awesome renewed

  • Umm... Why did you photoshop the screens?

    All you did was make Diablo 3 look like a graveyard. Diablo is supposed to have a hellish feeling to it, it should have more shades of red then black.

  • yeah, good luck actually implementing those photoshops into the game. some of the pictures are simply impossible to produce in full motion on mid range computers.

    honestly, i don't see what all the controversy is. the game looks fine

  • A lot of the changed graphical styles that you've put in here are amazingly brilliant and beautiful compared to the way Blizzard is changing it... my favorite is 0:54, how it highlights the rain, makes it feel very gritty and intense, really sucks you in.

    But as we all know, Blizzard has changed from a company that produces decent games into a company that only wants to make money money money, they don't give a damn about their fan base, they do what they do, because we'll buy it anyway :(

  • i like the way the the graphics are!

  • well, they have only shown 2 areas....i mean..look at the desert from D2...yeah...that is not dark

  • i don't like it to be so dark

  • is better the fan-made! XD

  • if people want it to be that dark, just adjust your screen so its that way. i perfer it the way bliz made it. making it dark blocks out all the good details

  • gameplay #1, the darker feel will come into play when you reach hell.

  • I have a solution for this when this game comes out!!!

    Turn down the contrast.

    Too lazy? here's another one.

    Squint.

    The game is fine as it is, 35 year old office workers are never happy.

  • I just hope that there's still an option to reduce light and gamma.

  • If this were a 3rd person game with camera behind rather then overhead that art form would work. Right now with the gameplay experience being what it is I feel the tones are necessary, besides they've darkened it up somewhat I believe after seeing recent screenshots. Besides I think there is a more important issue to discuss like BRING BACK THE NECRO (J/king)

  • Too dark, most of the detail is lost that way

  • Yeah lets play a black and white game, and i'm gonna throw out my modern day TV and buy a 1950s one while i'm at it.

    And these emos are ultra WHINY about this too, like they think their superior to the 99% of people who think the graphics look amazing.

    This has to be the biggest made-up controversy in the history of video games.

  • And Mii85, before I jump to conclusions did you type the bit from "DIABLO UNIVERSE IS MADE OF:" and below or did you copy/paste from the petition site?

  • The way Diablo III is now seems perfect, keep in mind that Baal, Diablo and the Lesser Evils have been gone for a while. Leaving the world to regenerate, maybe later in the game (when a new evil presents itself) the worlds darkens again.

    It shouldn't matter to being with, fans should be estatic that Blizzard decided to make it into a trilogy. Instead of complaining of the looks, they should be fucking partying.

  • There is something called "Contrast"...

  • along with "Saturation", but most game don't have that option.

  • While some of the new color correction seem realistic and neat, it doesn't make the game very playable. Half of the stuff is too dark to see.

    And I'm more focused on "Will my computer run it REASONABLY" than if it looks dark, creepy, and realistic. I vote keep it the way blizz made it. They know what they're doing, they always have, and (hopefully) always will.

  • the new dungeon design looks great, and not having a stupid light radius is the best thing that could've happened to d3

  • what's the song called?

  • "Dawn of Creation" (intro for Prophecy) and opening seconds of "Prophecy" by Judas Priest. You can find both songs from their newest album, Nostradamus.

  • it is just me or can these "fans" be satisfied just by turning down the gamma when they get the game? cuz if you want the game darker just turn the gamma down dudes, well gee that was easy lol

  • seriously...

    you want dark? D2 wasnt dark at all it had much more brightness in it than the first Diablo and i dont see anyone complaining about D2. I truely hope that these people dont play D3.

  • yea this kinda color corrections is quite good

    but i dont know how would this affect gameplay experience.