Diablo 3 'opening cinematic' revealed

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  Fantastic cinematic, pity it has nothing to do with the gameplay! : Yxalitis
  • Like all Blizzard cinematics! : coyoterys
  • isnt that what a cinematic is? : maulla
  • The hole in the cathedral created by the meteor is one of the first locations you visit. How does it have... : Serpico74
• Damn, the amount of detail in the characters is just ridiculous. Everything down to their hair just looks... : Ambient80
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  I really love the sketchbook stuff, but the rest, especially the writing and acting, just seemed so half-... : kallanta
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    Writing and acting hasn't been Blizzard's strengths for a very long time. They absolutely nail everything... : Serpico74
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      Diablo 2 barely had a story, but it was compelling and interesting to follow. Mostly though it just got ... : kallanta
      • I know the storytelling is going to be bad, but I also know that the mechanics and gameplay will be secon : Serpico74
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        "Mostly though it just got the hell out of your way, set a desperate tone, then shut the hell up." The... : Serpico74
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          The "limited" storytelling in the earlier games was probably the product of not having enough resources t... : Serpico74
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            Yep they were random and funny but most of all they were great homages to well shot and directed scenes i... : SpaecKow
            • Absolutely. The filmmaking in most cutcenes are really bad. Blizzard's are always well made, even though ... : Serpico74
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            "Go kill lots of things. Here's a vague reason." That's all I want or need in Diablo, especially if I'm... : kallanta
            • Easily skipped, so that's fine : Serpico74
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    All those animated sketches looked and felt exactly like the Guild Wars 2 material : Home Nugget
    • These moved more than the Guild Wars 2 images though. How did they do that? : Dr_Cube
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    How did they do that? : Dr_Cube
    • Looks like a combination of roto and AfterEffects target blends. : SpaecKow
    • The Thief cutscenes were done a bit like that! :) : SpaecKow
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      Probably quite simple--build simplified models of the characters you want to show moving/rotating/etc, se... : kallanta
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        You can definitely do a 3d model and do materials for it that simulate sketching, but I don't think that'... : SpaecKow
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          Probably right on the raven. I was thinking more of the stuff that you see as the cinematic goes on. A ... : kallanta
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            Yeah the 3d freezeframes are probably sheets in a 3d program textured with someone's sketches. There's a ... : SpaecKow
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              Yeah, it's really well done whatever it is, and a LOT more effective than the stuff after it, regardless ... : kallanta
              • I like the full 3d animation! I think it's strong, very careful mix of realism and physical proportions t... : SpaecKow
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  Cool. For my money, though, Hellgate London still has one of the all-time great opening cinematics and t... : wytefang
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    maybe i'm crazy, but the Hellgate London trailers came closer to capturing the tone of Diablo than this o... : CecilPhilpot
    • I don't think you're crazy - which means you're very much spot-on, imho. : wytefang
  • Damn you Hellgate London and your promise of epicness! You came so close but feel short of your goals! Lo... : fustah
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  Cool art style, but that's something smaller studios do because they can't afford full on CG. I'm actuall... : Bensam123
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    This is because style, storytelling, and context matters less than how much money you can conspicuously t... : Serpico74
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      That is exactly right, and we know this is the correct philosophy because of how much money Transformers ... : SpaecKow
      • Why do they show Indy's travels in Raiders Of The Lost Ark with a red line on a map? That is so fucking c... : Serpico74
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      Because if you can put a lot of money into something it's obviously going to be terrible? They only us... : Bensam123
      • Tell me what you think is not render heavy about blowing up a cathedral? : SpaecKow
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        Of course throwing money into something doesn't automatically mean it's going to be terrible, but it is j... : Serpico74
        • When you can do something others can't, that empowers you to produce something that is seen intrinsically... : Bensam123
  • I don't really understand what you are saying. Where are they pinching pennies? The sketchy looking sec... : Gwyndion
• Youtube Mirror: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nas1rJpm7wY : Ellissd
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  I see Blizzard carried their crack writing team from SC2 over to Diablo 3. I'm thrilled. : David Craddock
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    It's aggressively bad, it must be that they're laughing in their sleeves at the audience, giggling to eac... : SpaecKow
    • It's like they forgot how to write and decided to take cues from Saturday morning cartoons. : David Craddock
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      It's bad? I guess I'm out of the loop. What was so terrible about it? Wasn't Blizzard always praised f... : Zips
      • Cinematics yes, writing not for a long while. : Dontdrop
      • Listen to the dialogue again. They probably saved the rest of fantasy cliches for the rest of the game's ... : David Craddock
    • Since Metzen was there from the start, who else was a major influence earlier at Blizz? Ofc Diablo 1 and ... : Marrbe
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      These are the guys that ripped off warhammer for their initial hits and haven't even hinted at a new IP i... : gooblerampling
      • Was Bill Roper their Romero? : Marrbe
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    The problem, I think, isn't that they're terrible. Is is that they don't realize that they're terrible. S... : frenziedbadger
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      Yeah, that's Metzen. : SpaecKow
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        please tell me Metzen is not involved in D3 : CecilPhilpot
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          Metzen has an overarching narrative/lore production role in all Blizz stuff. Starcraft, Warcraft, Diablo.... : SpaecKow
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            guess i should have said "not directly involved"...but no doubt he'll be doing all the voice work for Dia... : CecilPhilpot
            • I'm certain that the Skeleton King in the beta is him : Serpico74
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  All I want to know is, how the hell is deckard cain still alive? : furiouschuck
  • He's the series resident Gandalf. Dude just got nuked by a meteorite in that cutscene and even his innoce... : SpaecKow
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    Deckard Cain is part cockroach, meteors don't kill this guy : Serpico74
    • obama social security : scernos
  • Replicant : Magus
  • that's a long story. stay awhile, and listen... : dirge23
• i like how even his niece gets tired of his yammering : Unleashed
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  Replaced this video with the YouTube version. : XAVdeMATOS
  • should have replaced with: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uWAvnT_bN9U&feature=fvst : fustah
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  Wow this is a MILLION TRILLION times better than the last one they had. : dodob
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    Also the scripture/ink animations are fucking awesome. SF4 started it, but Blizzard perfected it. They al... : dodob
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      SF4 had the better theme song though: http://youtu.be/prDVEQ4DfOc : Serpico74
      • Oooooh, man. *Cranks volume* : David Craddock
      • Cool up to second 20, then it just get gay. : code-e255
      • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9jzCvbctEqQ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pTYeAPKEpwE are much better... : Longgshot
    • The Mark of Kri / Rise of the Kasai would like to have a word with you... : Kniggit
    • Yeah, the ink stuff was wonderful. : node
    • Not sure who was the first but remembered Homeworld doing it quite awhile ago http://www.youtube.com/wat... : fr0x
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  Blizzard aren't bad at CGI are they? : MeestaNob
  • No they seem to be rather decent. : SpaecKow
• There's a jizz-thermocline in me knickers. : underground banana plantation
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  Doesn't Blizzard use Blur Studio for their cinematics, or am I thinking of a different game studio? : Jobos
  • Blizzard's team is in-house, most other game studios use Blur Studio. : sgtsanity
  • I used to assume that as well, until a coworker (nerd) corrected me. I guess it's a compliment to both ci... : gooblerampling
  • You're probably thinking of Bioware, but yeah lots of studios have their cinematics done by Blur because ... : dpgagnon
• Did the composer from PoP: Warrior Within work on this? Blizzard, I don't want cheesy metal in my games, ... : roodytwotone
• Wow, the writing... and female voice acting.. not very good at all. : Xulu
• Sweet, where is the rest of the game?... : surley_monkey
• I am disappoint. : fustah