Comments on: Diablo 3 Art Director

By: SadJo is Sad

SadJo is Sad — Sat, 16 Jul 2011 09:09:41 +0000

Diablo III…I was tempted to try the beta , looked some demos and said , no thx.Not my kind of stuff.I explain.

Cartoonish , lacking iconic classes of dark fantasy (and previous episodes , where is the knight ? THE iconic class of that kind of universe , the paladin , the crusader , the holy champion ) , introduction of strange concepts ( witch doctor ?!) , end of old leveling character creation for a more simple one, combats looking like most beat-them-up console games , no gothicness ( clean dungeons , bright lights and shiny effects everywhere , ),etc

A very mainstream diablo III.

I am happy for the ones who likes it , hope they get fun .But, i am not one of them.

Well the old diablo team left blizzard , so i cant wait from the guys that did WoW something in the same vein as Diablo.
The logo is the same , the product isnt.
Some will love , other will hate , thats life.

But just 3 things :

First, i am sad blizzard totally forgot about the guys that loved their old games and made them the big company they are today.
Sad.but there are other games.And since blizzard isnt able to pull anything new in 10 years ( yeah , troll on that as much as you want , its true , and i am sad because they used to be very creative ) , just re-use stuff invented by others or by teams now gone , i have no regret.
North blizzard , farewell , you made me dream , you made me fear , you made me enjoy.
Now , it seems its time , for old fans and original authors , to leave .

second : I saw blizzard answering that , what fans requested was too hard for programming , for computers processors , etc.Its not true.If you can do it shiny , you can do it creepy.If u can do it clean , you can do it dirty.Adding textures , playing on light effects , is the basics of game design.If you dont know to do it , well …lol.Then you have lost all skills working on WoW ?
Once upon a time , blizzard was ahead concerning that kind of stuff.Now , they say “too hard”.And are far behind.

third : wow fanboys should give a little more respect for the “gothic nerds” , because without those and the money they spend on diablo ,starcraft , warcraftI&II , you wouldnt play your cartoon mainstream uni-sex uni-age games today.
We can feel angry if we feel betrayed.And we are.You had WoW and starcraft II, we hoped to have diablo III, it was fair.Now you have everything , and us , nothing.
So think before answering to an angry guy , because maybe he has the right to be.Insulting may not be the smartest answer.And he may be right.

Me , i am not angry , just sad.But no problem.they’re other games as i said.
Farewell blizzard , you lost me , and all of my friends (yeah around 12 customers ) .definitly i think.Now we go back to our cave , to play our creepy games like diablo II or DDO

By: Kiriyama

Kiriyama — Sat, 02 Apr 2011 08:40:47 +0000

Mortanius
+1
You are right!
That’s not diablo, it’s wow- style bullshit. fuck it.
I played diablo 2 for 9 years, liked blizzard until saw that crap.
True fans, do not buy it!

By: More Diablo 3 jobs

More Diablo 3 jobs — Sat, 12 Feb 2011 16:47:54 +0000

[...] comes directly off Blizzard’s site. A while back there was the ad for an Diablo 3 Art Director, now this one. Get into the Diablo 3 [...]

By: V.

V. — Wed, 02 Feb 2011 22:13:34 +0000

Yeah, Blizzard North was FAR above the new team which designs D3. But that’s life, when something is regarded as work of art and almost popular (and D2 WAS popular) the next thing it turns into a plate full of shit so that all the mediocrity out there can enjoy it and feel important about themselves. We must all be equal after all…

By: Raziel

Raziel — Fri, 12 Feb 2010 13:37:12 +0000

That ‘s true. There is an interview that features wilson ‘s 9 years old daughter and his wife playing Diablo 3 in E3. :O That ‘s what this masterpiece was fated to endure; being turned into shit so that preteen girls could play it alongside carefree housewives! THE NERVE!!!

By: Mortanius

Mortanius — Sat, 06 Feb 2010 08:24:22 +0000

Diablo 3 is NOT a diablo title. They ruined ALL the characteristics which made the series a UNIQUE and EXQUISITE-QUALITY gaming experience. First of all, an RPG lacking potions and their multiple uses, is honestly, not an RPG. Another troublesome issue, is that in the previous titles, ANY character could raise strength stat as much as he wanted, resulting in wearing ALL items from quilted armor to full plate; now the classes will have specially designed armors for each one (i bet the wizard will be limited to cloth armor). Really, D3 was never meant to be an MMO; why on earth all this fuss about character customization and gender choice? Old system with predesigned characters, simply rocked. And some classes would look simply gay by featuring a gender out of the “ordinary”. Now the real damage has been done to the artwork and the disintegration of the awesome atmosphere the previous games had. Light radius, the point of reference of all predecessors, has been removed from the game; the creepy atmospheres with gloomy dungeons and downright goth/maccabre environments has been replaced with merry-go-round cartoonish shit, rainbows, butterflies and flowers blooming next to mommoth skeletons. I DO UNDERSTAND THE NEED FOR INCOME BY MAKING THE GAME APPEALING TO LITTLE CHILDREN OUT THERE (to gain new audience=more cash flowing in) OR THOSE “happilly dangerous” WOW JUNKIES (big shoulderpads for armor, skill trees, skill synergies, crafting system etc), BUT RAPING ENTIRELY DIABLO AND WHAT IT STANDS FOR, SENSELESSLY SPITTING ON THE FACE OF ALL US OLD&LOYAL FUNS (who by the way rewarded you with MILLIONS of SALES and the FEAT for your company that even today you are being able to sell diablo 1&2 retails, no other company boasts selling original games after 5 years at best…) IS AT BEST PLAIN IDIOCY; YOU SIRS ARE DONKEYS. (sorry donkeys for insulting you by comparing you with those abominable slobs).
TO CONCLUDE, I PLEAD EACH AND EVERY O L D FAN OUT THERE TO KEEP AWAY from D3 SHIT STUFF, DO NOT BUY IT, IN ORDER TO PASS A MESSAGE TO THESE TRAITOROUS, MONEY-HUNGRY DOGS. IF WE DO NOT BUY IT, THAT WILL MAKE THEM RECONSIDER RESTORING DIABLO 4 TO ITS FORMER GLORY. AT LEAST, IF YOU BADLY WANT TO PLAY THIS CRAP, JUST DOWNLOAD IT CRACKED AT ISOHUNT, BTJUNKIE, DEMONOID OR PIRATEBAY.ORG, 1-2 MONTHS AFTER IT IS OUT! BETRAY THOSE WHO BETRAYED US! THEY THINK ONLY CASH, TALK THEM ONLY CASH FOR ARGUEMENTS AND ANSWERS! I sincerely hope Diablo 3 hits bottom, and diablo 4 gets redesigned as soon as possible. Tis the only hope…