Fans petition against DIablo III..... (56k )

"sigh" it was announced 2 days ago and people are already going crazy...

A petiton has been made by some gamers AGAINST Diablo 3 saying that it is too colorful and happy and that they want the diablo 2 look back...

here is what they say=

What we got in Diablo III:

- Cartoon'ish art direction, obviously influenced by the Warcraft universe, Diablo isnt Warcraft.

- Hand made, pastel looking textures with bold lines, defined contours, smooth colors and clean shapes.

- Dungeons with a blue/green environment lighting, technique used in cartoons to depict a dark, creepy and scary feeling but once again, this is Diablo, a mature game, dungeons should have a dark aura with the occasional lights from candles, just like we got in the previews Diablo's.

- Character models defined by cartoon characteristics like over-sized and exaggerated parts, vivid colors and unrealistic elements, almost directly taken away from World of Warcraft and pasted to Diablo.

- Outside scenarios with vivid colors, beautiful forests with colorful vegetation, shinny and beautiful waterfalls where even rainbows take place.

- Cartoon'ish and unrealistic weaponry and armory, over-sized and stylish armors, over-sized weapons, items that look pasted directly from World of Warcraft.

- Blocky, cartoon'ish graphic elements like big, over-sized fire braziers in dungeons, heavily influenced by the World of Warcraft art **** over-sized and cartoon'ish scenario decorations like smiling statues, Warcraft **** architecture and decorations.

What we want:

- A darker, gothic, cryptic and creepier environment.

- A more realistic artistic direction, more independent from the Warcraft universe art direction.

- Darker dungeons without a blue/green environment, Diablo dungeons are dark and shadowy.

- The return of the light radius / shadow system from Diablo 1 and 2, a concept modified picture made by me roughly shows and suggests how the shadow system should work on Diablo 3: http://i31.tinypic.com/2zta5o7.jpg

- Slightly less colorful and less vivid outside scenarios, they are too heavily influenced by the World of Warcraft ones.

- Darker and less colorful landscapes, Tristam never was colorful and beautiful: here's how it looked in Diablo 1 (before the evil was released across the lands): http://img126.imageshack.us/img126/5194/tristram2jh.jpg

- And most importantly: An independent and renewed artistic direction, not a recycled art direction taken from the Warcraft world, Diablo never was meant to be as cartoon'ish as Warcraft, they shall have independent and distinct ****, this isnt happening in Diablo 3, at first sight it looks like a remake of World of Warcraft, graphically and artistically speaking.

- Example of the heavy influence from World of Warcraft that we dont think it fits the Diablo universe: http://img56.imageshack.us/img56/6795/diabloiii20080628035157dw4.jpg and http://www.blizzard.com/diablo3/_images/screenshots/ss9-hires.jpg

here are some pictures that they made to show what thyey want...

IMO they are getting pissed too early ....all games specially blizz games look way different from when they are done...so give them a chance and wait

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Wow. Plus I would think mods could fix that easily.

Well I admit the modified bridge picture looks pretty badass.

But the rest, NO. The art direction of Diablo 3 is awesome. It looks like a dream or something.

how sad...they spot one thing wrong and are threatening to not buy the game over it.ice144

I think what they are actually trying to do is tell Blizzard what they think and that they should change a few things. It's a more excessive way to do it, but it probably will get Blizzard's attention.

The darker pictures actually look better imo.

But I will wait till I play the game before judging it.

They want a darker, gothic game? So...they want an Emo Diablo. Awesome! Maybe get some Fall Out Boy or Simple Plan songs in there and everyone will be happy!

Pathetic.

They're 100% right. It looks just like the warcraft art stlye. Not that there's anything wrong with the warcraft art style, but this si diablo, not warcraft. It should be much darker than this. The comparitive pictures of the bridge scene are a good ecample, the bottom, darker one looks way more like Diablo should look. They're taking this in the wrong direction, is this going to stop a bunch of people including myself from buying the game? Nope, and that's why Blizzard doesn't give a crap. It's further proof Blizzard is riding the money train if you ask me, because the warcraft art style is appealing to a wider audience, which is obviously why they're using it. It looks like they're shooting for a teen rating as well, again shooting for a wider audience. All Blizzard sees these days is $$$$$$$$$$.Benevolentbob

I'm so hardcore, I can't play this crap! And we all know hardcore people can't see green or blue. :roll:

They want a darker, gothic game? So...they want an Emo Diablo. Awesome! Maybe get some Fall Out Boy or Simple Plan songs in there and everyone will be happy!

Pathetic.

CMPunk13

The'yre not emo bands, theyre pop punk. Emo bands are like MCR and all that crap. Diablo is gothic though, so goth music would be suited. Although Diablo 2 did have some awesome dark guitar type stuff!

They want a darker, gothic game? So...they want an Emo Diablo. Awesome! Maybe get some Fall Out Boy or Simple Plan songs in there and everyone will be happy!CMPunk13

Is that suppose to be funny? Emo was funny when it first started getting slung around, but calling everything and anything that isn't a chocolate coloured rainbow emo kinda gets repetitive.

They want a darker, gothic game? So...they want an Emo Diablo. Awesome! Maybe get some Fall Out Boy or Simple Plan songs in there and everyone will be happy!

Pathetic.

CMPunk13

[QUOTE="CMPunk13"]

They want a darker, gothic game? So...they want an Emo Diablo. Awesome! Maybe get some Fall Out Boy or Simple Plan songs in there and everyone will be happy!Kez1984

Is that suppose to be funny? Emo was funny when it first started getting slung around, but calling everything and anything that isn't a chocolate coloured rainbow emo kinda gets repetitive.

On topic, I'm not sure it gets any nerdier than that petition.

[QUOTE="Benevolentbob"]They're 100% right. It looks just like the warcraft art stlye. Not that there's anything wrong with the warcraft art style, but this si diablo, not warcraft. It should be much darker than this. The comparitive pictures of the bridge scene are a good ecample, the bottom, darker one looks way more like Diablo should look. They're taking this in the wrong direction, is this going to stop a bunch of people including myself from buying the game? Nope, and that's why Blizzard doesn't give a crap. It's further proof Blizzard is riding the money train if you ask me, because the warcraft art style is appealing to a wider audience, which is obviously why they're using it. It looks like they're shooting for a teen rating as well, again shooting for a wider audience. All Blizzard sees these days is $$$$$$$$$$.lettuceman44

I'm so hardcore, I can't play this crap! And we all know hardcore people can't see green or blue. :roll:

They are starting petitions early because if they do it later it'll be much to late for Blizzard to even consider redoing everything. I don't understand how people can't appreciate the diablo artsty1e and are happy with the WoW sty1e clone. The weapons and armor are STRAIGHT out of WoW. We want to play diablo 3, not world of diablocraft 2.3.

TIt looks like they're shooting for a teen rating as well, again shooting for a wider audience. All Blizzard sees these days is $$$$$$$$$$.Benevolentbob

Yup, that's why when they presented the trailer for the first time they had a hilarious "16+ rating expected" pause right after the first 2 seconds.

Turn the brightness down and the contrast up.

Turn the brightness down and the contrast up.

Kez1984

Haha, hes just dereailed the petition! Well done, I was thinking of turning gamma down just before I read this.

[QUOTE="meetroid8"]How pathetic....flclempire

Opinions are always pathetic, aren't they drone?

Anyways the reason why the PC rocks is mods are win.

Wow, I agree. The darker pictures do look better and it does look a lot different from the first two versions of the game. I didn't notice it at first, but now that they mention it I can't stop noticing it.

Didn't I read that they weren't going to support any mods for this game?

Oh my god, Blizzard themselves said right before the video, "This is a work in progress, much remains to be done"

I have no doubt they'll make it darker like the old one but even then it still is beautiful
Toriko42

Those images remind me of those threads where people turn an old game 'next gen' by muting the colors and adding bloom.

Though Blizzard's games are starting to look awfully similar to each other. I guess they've just developed that sort of style.

Wow. Plus I would think mods could fix that easily.

Killfox

so you admit to not loiking the new look?

So we're flipping out over the demo level of the game Blizzard just announced? The worst part about this is that when the game turns out just as dark, if not darker than the originals, those idiots, those clowns will think it's because of their lame petition.

So we're flipping out over the demo level of the game Blizzard just announced? The worst part about this is that when the game turns out just as dark, if not darker than the originals, those idiots, those clowns will think it's because of their lame petition.

mdisen

And when it doesn't then they will have to play a game infected with the WoW virus :( Does anyone honestly think they would do a complete graphical stlye overhaul at this point? No wai.

Has anyone started a petition against the petition yet?

Sign me up for that.

Has anyone started a petition against the petition yet?

Sign me up for that?

agentfred

The darker tone is nice but....

Do you people realize this is their game and they should be able to do whatever the hell they want with it?

Stop complaining. If you don't like it you have four option:

1. Don't buy the game.

2. Make your own damn game and you can make it however you want.

3. Make/download a mod that makes it darker.

4. Turn down the brightness on your screen.