Following the appeal by over 52,000 Diablo fans to re-invent the art style of the latest game in the RPG series, Blizzard has pledged to evaluate the current style of the game and make it more appealing to its fanbase. In an online petition hosted on the PetitionOnline website, fans called for Diablo III’s art style to be ‘darkened’ with “Gothic and obscure scenarios” and a generally “macabre, dark and realistic art style” instead of the current “cartoonish art direction, obviously influenced by the Warcraft universe”.
For the world exclusive first screenshot of the new “darker” direction for Diablo III, continue reading through the link below. Be warned though: this is big. Really big.
Since announcing that the rallying of Diablo fans has been “overwhelming” and that a new art style would be created, Blizzard Entertainment’s graphics team have toiled away to recreate the former darker style so favoured by the previous games of the series. Upon completion of the design of an outdoor, rural area of the game’s map, our source at Blizzard leaked us an exclusive screenshot of this new “darker” art style and we’ve lined it up with a shot of the original art style below.
Hot damn! I’m impressed, Blizzard. This new darker art style certainly looks a lot better. The differences are subtle but overall the whole thing looks spectacular. I’m sure the Diablo fan base will be more than pleased with the new direction you’ve decided to take: bravo!
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6 responses so far ↓
1 JameZDeadman // Aug 1, 2008 at 2:27 pm
wow they were serious with the darker thing…cl
2 spikevamp // Aug 1, 2008 at 2:27 pm
I almost believe it, I mean, the graphics are a little cartoonish for a game called Diablo…
3 DeusExMathias // Aug 1, 2008 at 3:02 pm
Come on. That’s not nearly dark enough. I saw a pixel illuminate on my screen when I zoomed in on it. Try again, Day-ablo! (tsk, tsk, tsk…)
4 V3NOM // Aug 1, 2008 at 3:20 pm
I was fooled until I saw the screenshots…
I know it’s Friday, but maybe I believed the article was serious because I want it to be true. Diablo III looks way too different from its predecessors.
5 iBrick // Aug 1, 2008 at 5:13 pm
Nope, not dark enough yet. I want to feel the darkness seeping into my soul.
6 Yamster // Aug 1, 2008 at 6:36 pm
@V3NOM: Unfortunately, the opposite has just happened for real. The petition is real, but Blizzard have said they wont change the art direction.
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