Diablo III is still far away as Blizzard intends to focus most of its time on StarCraft II and plans to release it ahead of Diablo III but we can still discuss it as the months go by.
In case you dont know Diablo is a PC-RTS game devolped by Blizzard, it also sports online coop play or team matches, ect.
You basically take on the role of a character under a specific class, and run around dungeons killing monsters, leveling up and gaining cool items. Trust me its very addictive even though it may not sound like it^^
Blizzard has released two games in the Diablo universe along with one expansion for each game. Diablo III will bridge the 8 year+ gap since Diablo II.
When Blizzard announced the game, they had shown the world in game footage and tech demos. However, rather than be happy that a new Diablo game is on the horizon, many many Diablo fans ripped at Blizzard cause they hated the art/design of Diablo III. They thought the sequel was too "bright, colourful and unrealistic". They felt Blizzard swayed away from the art syle of the previous Diablo games and took a more "WarCraft approach". As a result, a petition sporting almost 60,000 signatures was made to let Blizzard know, fans arent happy, even G4 Tech T.V mentioned this to Blizzard.
In retaliation, Blizzard stated, they wanted to take a different approach in this game and believes it will make the game better. Mainly with the light, players can see things they couldint in previous Diablo games, they can expreience a whole new world thats as much outdoor as indoor with more vivid colours and more realistic environments. Also Blizzard stated, many video cards dont have the power to produce lighting of the same calibre in Diablo II simply cause Diablo III is 3-D. Also with a dark background you wont be able to see distant objects and many monsters and backgrounds would have to revolve around simple colors in order for them to stand out. It can also get repetirive running around in the same dark gloomy dungeon...
Times have changed, graphics have improved and we can do more now, I think Blizzard made the right choice in its art approach, I think this is a postive revolution and fans simply are ungrateful. When has Blizzard ever failed? They have constantly produced top notch games of highest quality, so I see no reason why Diablo III will be any different. Though I'm sure Blizzard will start to work on its art direction in order to satisfy their fans, they wont change the art style but they might make an attempt to make the game more darker.
Heres an example pic of a fan made comparison of the current Diablo III art style vs what the fans what:
Current art stlye (Top)
What fans want (Bottom)
Heres a vid of what people want Diablo to be, its a half screen of dark vs bright.
http://ca.youtube.com/watch?v=LwB2L8DbadY
Also Blizzard even attended some conference or something forgot, but all Blizzard representatives wore baby blue T-Shirts with white puffy clouds and a rainbow on them just to prove a point lols.
As of now its too early to estimate a release date, after StarCraft II comes out, well know, but for now were stuck in the dark, I'm guessing Diablo III will come out at the earliest, late 2010? But as Blizzard said "when its ready".
In case you dont know Diablo is a PC-RTS game devolped by Blizzard, it also sports online coop play or team matches, ect.
You basically take on the role of a character under a specific class, and run around dungeons killing monsters, leveling up and gaining cool items. Trust me its very addictive even though it may not sound like it^^
Blizzard has released two games in the Diablo universe along with one expansion for each game. Diablo III will bridge the 8 year+ gap since Diablo II.
When Blizzard announced the game, they had shown the world in game footage and tech demos. However, rather than be happy that a new Diablo game is on the horizon, many many Diablo fans ripped at Blizzard cause they hated the art/design of Diablo III. They thought the sequel was too "bright, colourful and unrealistic". They felt Blizzard swayed away from the art syle of the previous Diablo games and took a more "WarCraft approach". As a result, a petition sporting almost 60,000 signatures was made to let Blizzard know, fans arent happy, even G4 Tech T.V mentioned this to Blizzard.
In retaliation, Blizzard stated, they wanted to take a different approach in this game and believes it will make the game better. Mainly with the light, players can see things they couldint in previous Diablo games, they can expreience a whole new world thats as much outdoor as indoor with more vivid colours and more realistic environments. Also Blizzard stated, many video cards dont have the power to produce lighting of the same calibre in Diablo II simply cause Diablo III is 3-D. Also with a dark background you wont be able to see distant objects and many monsters and backgrounds would have to revolve around simple colors in order for them to stand out. It can also get repetirive running around in the same dark gloomy dungeon...
Times have changed, graphics have improved and we can do more now, I think Blizzard made the right choice in its art approach, I think this is a postive revolution and fans simply are ungrateful. When has Blizzard ever failed? They have constantly produced top notch games of highest quality, so I see no reason why Diablo III will be any different. Though I'm sure Blizzard will start to work on its art direction in order to satisfy their fans, they wont change the art style but they might make an attempt to make the game more darker.
Heres an example pic of a fan made comparison of the current Diablo III art style vs what the fans what:
Current art stlye (Top)
What fans want (Bottom)
Heres a vid of what people want Diablo to be, its a half screen of dark vs bright.
http://ca.youtube.com/watch?v=LwB2L8DbadY
Also Blizzard even attended some conference or something forgot, but all Blizzard representatives wore baby blue T-Shirts with white puffy clouds and a rainbow on them just to prove a point lols.
As of now its too early to estimate a release date, after StarCraft II comes out, well know, but for now were stuck in the dark, I'm guessing Diablo III will come out at the earliest, late 2010? But as Blizzard said "when its ready".