Art Director leaves

[Wing Zero]

regarding brian, he recently resigned to form a startup company "outside the game industry", which is why we posted about the open position. That change won't impact the game...we're really pleased with the look and feel that brian helped create for diablo iii, and the new person we bring aboard will work with other artists on the team to maintain the art style moving forward

finally we can get rid of the clolorr

[Johnny]

Originally Posted by Wing Zero

finally we can get rid of the clolorr

Even if the only colors they use from now on are brown and black there will still be too much bloom. It's too late, cannot be saved.

[Renzokuken]

They should get Bungie on board for this. MOAR BLEWM.

[Darkmatter]

Ohh no now all we will have is brown.

[electricmole]

colors are fine just make it darker to fit more on the diablo dark and gritty world.

also unit proportion and scaling is important in the next diablo game, it should be artistically realistic not exaggerated like the units in warcraft.

[Johnny]

I don't care if the game looks WoWish, it really doesn't matter. I didn't mind the way the gameplay video looked, maybe it was my ****ty comptuer making things too dark, but it was not that bad. I care much more about the story, gameplay, and multiplayer.

[Darkmatter]

But what about the brown? That's right.

Doesn't matter.

[electricmole]

^ it does matter to the majority. and thats why diablo 3 is being criticize heavily just like sc2. well sc2 is going better now.

[Johnny]

I like brown and black as much as the next guy but a little bloom never hurt anyone.

[caboose101188]

I personally liked the direction of it right now and wish they would make it even brighter.

PS What does bloom mean? I like these smilies hxc

[electricmole]

a "diablo" game needs a dark evil feel. why would you want it brighter?

[Johnny]

Originally Posted by electricmole

a "diablo" game needs a dark evil feel. why would you want it brighter?

Because I want to see what I'm doing.

edit: bloom is the bright/happy **** in the game, plants, light, etc.

[electricmole]

^ well diablo 2 was dark and yet no one complained about vision problems.

[Johnny]

Originally Posted by electricmole

^ well diablo 2 was dark and yet no one complained about vision problems.

It wasn't that dark. I still turned the brightness on my monitor up for it. Seriously, read the whole threads such as the art direction thread and see what people are recommending through photoshop.

[electricmole]

^ well i dont need to read "all" the thread. i still got my own opinion.

[Jenny]

Did he leave or was he 'released?' Like is the art direction going to change or is it going to stay the same? Coulda swore Blizz said they weren't changing the art direction no matter what. No grimdark.

[electricmole]

yes i think they will not completely change maybe just some minor toning. the diablo artist already contradicted the critics and fans complaints saying that its their like and more to their liking or something like that.

[Wing Zero]

Originally Posted by Jenny

Did he leave or was he 'released?' Like is the art direction going to change or is it going to stay the same? Coulda swore Blizz said they weren't changing the art direction no matter what. No grimdark.

they said they are sticking to what they have.

[electricmole]

and videos and screenshots on the gameplay dont actually justifies how it looks like when your actually playing it.

[keenp1]

I have no problems with the current art direction. I'd be nice to at least what you're trying to kill. "Fog of war" belongs in RTS games, not hack and slash RPGs.