Diablo 3 Color Controversy Revisited, See Diablo 3 Desaturated in Action

This is just going a *little bit* too far. I think Blizzard should put a secret level in Diablo III where it places you in a dungeon so dark you can't see shit. All you can hear are the screams of your character getting his ass ripped to shreds. Oh and make it flag your character as hardcore too.

I registered just to say this. Only a few words right now, but I love the video. I am an avid Diablo series fan, and I cannot even begin to tell you how I feel about the general direction of the Diablo series, let alone the artistic part of it (which is only a small part). The storyline, the art, the gameplay, the characters, the skills.
And for those of you that dont know (after reading many posts it seems obvious that many do not know this:) Blizzard Irvine and Blizzard North are NOT the same people. The real people that actually did real work on Diablo 1 and 2 are NOT the same people working on Diablo 3, hence the very great contrast in story and art in comparison to the first two. Check this link out for more info http://www.videogamer.com/news/diablo_3_what_bill_roper_thinks.html
I could make an intelligent long winded post about how I feel on his board, but I doubt anybody with a noteworthy opinion would read it.... so one word about the art that "Blizzard" has taken upon itself to defend and employ in Diablo 3 from a real Diablo series fan: ew.

He110 my fr13nd5 , 573y a wh113 & 11573n...
I am speaking in the name of all the geeks from the scene.

If u r unable to read this above , u my friend r a n00b to internet , & if u didn't heard that sentence before u r a n00b for our bellowed Diablo.

Diablo had atmosphere and a some dark feeling , which made the Diablo what it was , a dark , bloody
& creepy...

This what the new Blizzard offers , is cartoon , a homosexual version of the original Diablo , respect to Chris Faylor for trying to show u , bunch of n00b's what he was hoping that Blizzard will do something about it .

And for a couple of u idiots that think they know something about video ...

yes , blizzard can fix this without tuning all of the textures. It includes shaders , post processing effects and volumetric lightning.

And stop kissing blizzards ass u fucking fags , this is not the same blizzard that made Diablo so it needs tips...
If anyone from Blizzard reeds this , keep in mind that some of this geeks who has no life r the only ones who bought all of your games , even if they could get them for free , via our precious torrent networks . They respected u and u try to give them this , this ugly clone of what used to be the best hack and slash ever?
Listen to the hardcore veteran gamers , not to the ones who played 10 games in their life.And get them from hardcore gamers for their birthday.
Many of the comments i we seen here tells me they didn't even played Diablo at the time it was released , or not at all.
Yes t3h Diablo I & Diablo II ,have bad graphics , but when they was released their graphics was great , and they had the best atmosphere ever , ever.

And all of u that loves cartoons , go post comments for the upcoming barbie title , tell them how they have nice graphics and art...
Also some stated that we don't have life's , this is our life , this r the things that make up our memories , this is where we live.

sincerely H4ck573r

Dude, this is EXACTLY what it should look like. Good job, hop they'll take it into account.

D2 fan 4 ever

This is my view: The point of the video is so show what diablo fans thought of a horror game (not a fantasy game like WoW). Though, I really do like the bright, crisp, contrast environment outside the dungeon. However, looking the at the alter video and the original, I believe the effects to be great in the dungeon but not in the outside environments. It does not make sense with a light radius if the environment is sunny (except at night).

The video did show one important point and I don't know if u guys have realized it. Diablo is a horror game so a darkened surrounding (and thus a light radius) is would be very appropriate because you would want to explore UNEXPLORED areas! That's what makes is suspenseful. Monsters (may it be powerful or weak or how many there are) might be lurker and you'll potentially walk in a trap. That's what makes a game fun. What is the point of going into a dungeon where u know the locations of all the monsters, the loots, and etc? If everything is shown, that is so like WoW......

My point is, a light radius is very important for the diablo DUNGEONS since the franchise is based on horror and suspense.. However, bright crisp contrast graphics, like the ones where they show the barbarian moves in the forest, is also very GOOD. It is appropriate in the daytime (though, they could adapt a toned/darkened effect at night with a light radius).

Also, as many of you have commented, the video is showing it's own views. It does not say that Blizzard doesn't know how to create a game. So give the author of the video some peace. I absolutely respect the guy for spending his time altering the video.

Hey i have a legitimate solution everyone! LIGHING SETTINGS

if you dont like the colorful, cartoony look, change the settings to make it look like what you want it to look like

if you dont like the dark, macrabe look, change the settings!!



as for the big shoulderpads and the WoW look, i dont know.

but still a good idea am i right?

if you don't like the colors don't buy D3 and keep playing diablo 2.

I guess the developers of diablo 2 don't know wtf they're doing even though they made hugely phenominal starcraft and world of warcraft both of which have color and people arn't bitching about it them too bright.

Wow, I'm sorry but the fan video looks many times better than Blizzard's.

You actually feel like you're in a dungeon. It's dark, it's creepy, and it's difficult to see your enemies until they attack. If Blizzard can't do the light radius because of 3D limitations, at least implement some way of blinding the player. Otherwise walking through a dungeon that's fully lit as though fluorescent lights were in the ceiling feels as immersive and authentic as a horror movie set in Disneyland.

Now if only Blizzard stopped adopting WoW textures and models for Diablo 3...

The desaturated one is too dark. Maybe it is more realistic that way, but it also makes it a pain in the ass to see what's in the corners and on the edges of the screen.

The only thing I would tweak is maybe toning down the blue-greenish tint in the original a bit, but I would keep the more even lighting and level of brightness the same as the original.

GIVE ME RAINBOWS!

A. I like the desaturated look
B. Who is the biggest 'nerd, loser', one who uses motion graphics tools to prove a point or one who sits making stupid and pointless comments on this message board.

You know you can easily change the saturation on almost any graphics card.
it's not an issue. really

What I don't understand is Blizzard (allegedly) not making the game very scalable.

i prefer the darker version but it really isn't an issue. The lighting reminds me of Neverwinter Nights, the first one. That didn't do that game any harm.

What really bothers me is the seemingly nonstop flood of nerdrage attacks AGAINST anyone who dares voice their opinion on these colors (here's looking at you steve). While yes, the petition might be a bit "too much", it at least states the reasoning behind the opinions, which is a tad bit more than people simply saying "trust blizzard"; what, I'm not even allowed to have a differing view or opinion ... just because its Blizzard?

Seriously, who here is actually saying "blizzard are obviously faggots for using green", or even "lets boycott blizzard", "I'm not going to buy D3 because of the gayness"? No one is saying anything negative. Its just constructive criticism.

And I mean hey, the Sonic Team does wonders with Sonic, amirite?

Original looks fine, this "desaturated" one looks Goddamn awful tbh.. bunch of nerds talking bout nothing being silly, having nothing to do with their lives lol

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Fuck you, gamers.

I hate these armchair critics. I cant believe somone has taken time out of their life to create a video demonstrating their doubts about microscopic color levels in a game trailer.

I mean seriously, am I the only one who finds this all a tiny bit sad?

At first, I was like: "Oh, for fuck sakes...fucking whiners."

But then as I was watching, I was like: "Holy shit, that looks...really good."

I actually like the desaturated colours a LOT.

Contrary to all the angry nerd nerd-haters, I would like to give the guy credit for making this video. Instead of just bitching (like this thread) he made a video to show what his vision of D3 would look be. I find it MUCH more sad that so many are nerdraging back at him.

Now lets see how those translate using the actual engine and NOT some After Effects filtering and see if you yield the same results. Get off of it already, I wonder if Speilberg ever had to deal with fan boys asking him to take a different direction with cinematography. All this for color, the internet has really become a stupid place..

Am I the only person who is sick of everything having to be dark and gritty, with the palette consisting mainly of different grey's and browns?

Colour is good people. We have a whole fucking spectrum of colour, and yet for some reason the vast majority of people always aim for the extreme ends of it. Colour makes things visually stimulating, and easier to read.

I hope Blizzard continue doing what they are doing and pretty much ignore the people that want to make everything boring.

Oh seriously, Blizzard, I'm fine with the brighter color scheme, but what's so difficult about adding an extra shader or two you could tick on in the options menu? That'd most likely be enough to satisfy absolutely everyone.

I liked the original footage better.

There is no need to darken half the screen for good frame rates anymore so i don't see why they should hide half their artwork in black fog.

The dungeons and environments artwork in Blizzard's World of Warcraft is far more enthralling than the already excellent stuff in Diablo 2 & Lord of Destruction, in my opinion. I love both, but the stuff in WoW is a step up from D2, mainly because it's so varied. Diablo 3 wouldn't be a further improvement if all the environments looked dark and desaturated like in the previous titles.

I'm not saying all the environments in Diablo 3 ought to be as colorful as, say, Silvermoon, Nagrand, Maraudon, or Tempest Keep, but having everything set in badly-lit areas with only a few torches here and there, mostly in gray and brown tones, would be very monotonous.

hmmm, if i had to choose between one or the other, i'd probably choose the darker version, as it reminds me so much of diablo1, which was miles ahead of diablo2 (may it rot it hell) in terms of quality/ambience.

but truth be told, ideally the 3rd one would be in between what blizz came up with and what this guy came up with.

can't imagine it would be that difficult to allow an option in the game, something like what they did with mass effect, for those that liked the grainier film effect. but obviously with a different filter for this case.

but in th end i think bliz is to full of themselves to think anyone besides themselves know how a game should be made.

Blizzard, don't listen to video game nerds. Do what you've been doing for the last few years. Players who won't play or buy a game because it doesn't look EXACTLY how they want it, don't deserve to play something from Blizzard anyway, seeing how graphics always take a distant second to gameplay.

it looks better this way.

I prefer the original footage ...

Hay. Regarding those opinion/ed comments at the bottom, I think it'd be sweet if you guys had small avatars instead of just the name, sort of like the Mii heads they use here: http://arstechnica.com/journals/thumbs.ars/2008/09/04/showdown-is-the-xbox-360-price-cut-desperation-or-boldness

Just smaller and with names underneath maybe?

After seeing this I vote for Blizzard's original color scheme. Too much gets lost with the darker, desaturated look.

I want Diablo 3 as they have done it in the Gameplay trailer; it's pretty, atmospheric AND Blizzard knows what the fuck they're doin', so I say, let them!

People still going nuts over this?

We should let Blizzard show us the other environments before we really now what's the game like. All they have now is this one dungeon and one outdoor area.

these guys all need to qq more

They could, if they wanted, ship with a post-processing effect that achieves the same thing the video does, then allow the user to choose.

Sorry but the video looks hella boring. Greyscale dungeon is not interesting.

I will trust the art direction of Blizzard over some random fans any day of the week.


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What do they somehow think Blizzard doesn't know what they're doing?

They've made the best PC games every created.. I don't think they're gonna all of a sudden just fuck up a game they've been working forever on.

Give the choice, I'd pick the colorful version over the "which dark splotch is the one I'm supposed to hit? That one? The one that killed me? Well, fuck this jazz."

I like the art, I like the colors, I don't want my games to be a world of dark greys and shit browns. If I wanted that I'd go ahead and shove my head into my toilet.

That was very cool of him to do that. I really hope they keep it the way it was, and not change it for the 'rabid fans'

A dead horse's spirit howls, "please stop beating me! I've been dead for months!"

i believe it looks to clean, and to digital perfect otherwise :[

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