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Blizzard shoots down crying Diablo fans

Category: PC, Posted: 08/02/2008 at 12:45PM CDT by Eddie Inzauto, Senior Editor

Diablo 3 Blizzard will not be altering Diablo III's art style, no matter how many people sign the petition to get it changed.

Some 50,000 fans have signed an online petition to revert the game to something less vibrant and more reminiscent of past Diablo games, but Blizzard refuses to budge on the matter. They've finally responded publicly to the campaign, saying:

"There's no going back now. We're very happy with how the art style is. The art team's happy. The company's happy. We really like this art style, and we're not changing it."

The team at Blizzard chose to implement the current art style to avoid precisely what fans are asking for--a saturated, gray-looking game. According to lead designer Jay Wilson, that particular color palette would make combat more difficult as the on-screen monster count rises, as well.

It's good to see that they are sticking to their guns, because the game looks very nice thus far.

Here's a comparison shot of the three Diablo games, just for fun:

[via CVG]

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Posted by El on 08/02/2008 at 03:05PM

>:(

Posted by Acerbus on 08/02/2008 at 03:28PM

You can mod it or something if it's really that bad.

Posted by lskennedy on 08/02/2008 at 03:40PM

so people are mad because a game looks..good?

Posted by Aidblood7 on 08/02/2008 at 04:35PM

yes

Posted by enben980 on 08/02/2008 at 06:01PM

yep that is pretty much it kennedy

Posted by Archem on 08/02/2008 at 06:05PM

I'm gonna miss the dark, gothic look. WoW stylization blows, and not having the line of sight shadows will definitely take away a lot from my experience.

Posted by Requiem on 08/02/2008 at 06:46PM

OMG colors! wtf are these developers thinking!

Posted by El on 08/02/2008 at 09:20PM

It looks like WoW, so I'm one of the crying fans

Posted by sig220 on 08/02/2008 at 10:09PM

Maybe its just that I've never played a Diablo game before, but it looks fine to me.

Posted by Imonfire on 08/03/2008 at 12:08AM

I played Diablo (both 1&2), and I like the graphics.

Posted by The Hylden on 08/03/2008 at 02:53AM

Good grief...

Posted by jambo on 08/03/2008 at 09:23AM

Q_Q

Posted by Haseo on 08/03/2008 at 12:44PM

not bothered never been a fan of blizzard but seems thier happy not listening to the fans, just remember Blizzard thier the ones who BUY your games

Posted by Eddie R Inzauto on 08/03/2008 at 03:28PM

For those of you who are unfamiliar with the aesthetics of the 3 Diablo games, I've added a comparison in the body of the article.

Posted by Requiem on 08/03/2008 at 03:35PM

looks like Diablo 1 was a hell of a lot lighter....this bickering is nonsense. the game is gonna be great either way

Posted by The Hylden on 08/03/2008 at 09:31PM

"not bothered never been a fan of blizzard but seems thier happy not listening to the fans, just remember Blizzard thier the ones who BUY your games"

You should also remember just how much money they've got to make a game. So much, and that's all. They can't scrap their plans and waste more money now that they're so far into making this game. Unless you want them to double their budget, have the game be on hold for another year, or whatever, and oh, probably get tons of people fired... If that's what a true “fan” really wants, then Blizzard need *never* bother listening to any of you.

Posted by The Hylden on 08/03/2008 at 09:32PM

...And looking at those screens, there was plenty of happy colors in both the previous games.

Get a grip, folks. I swear, the world is steering toward utter madness...

Posted by edb87 on 08/04/2008 at 01:25AM

Diablo's graphics are brighter than 3. Diablo 2 was sweet, but that was a while back people. Chill the hell out.

Posted by Viktor Berg on 08/04/2008 at 09:33AM

Ah well, I always knew that petition would go to waste. It's okay, I guess, I grew to like the style.

Posted by Raven on 08/04/2008 at 11:55AM

I agree it's a little too bright, but what really bothers me is that the game looks almost exactly like Marvel Ultimate Alliance, and not Diablo. Not a fan of their new graphics engine and faster paced gameplay.