Blizzard has uploaded some new art and a couple of screenshots. I must confess I’m a little underwhelmed.
The barbarian character looks fine when reduced several times but zoom in and you see brush strokes – it looks like the artist had an hour or less.
It does carry the message that barbarian armor is crude and rugged but I’d love to see a bit more details. Other AAA titles have MUCH, MUCH superior art.
Update: I see a few Blizzard fanboys commenting how I don’t appreciate Blizzard brushstroke genius. I simply said “I’d love to see a bit more details“. Here’s what I mean – compare Warhammer concept art to Diablo 3 concept art. Now, tell me Blizzard are not taking shortcuts when it comes to concept art. They do and you’ll be blind as a bat if you don’t see a difference in the level of “finish”.
