Posts Tagged ‘art direction’
Blizzard Denies Art Complainers Their Day
August 1st, 2008 / / by Sol Invictus
Blizzard’s Jay Wilson, lead designer of Diablo III has finally posted a response to the users complaining about Diablo III’s colorful art direction with a definite show stopper of an interview in MTV’s Multiplayer Blog.
52,000 signatures certainly wasn’t enough to sway Blizzard’s opinion on the subject and make them scrap over 2 years of work. As most people know, e-petitions work about as well as goth clothing on… well… anyone. Except for goths. Those complaining about the game’s art direction are the goths of the internet.
But that’s just my take on it.
“There’s no going back now,” he said during an interview in a Manhattan hotel where Blizzard was showcasing their newest games. “We’re very happy with how the art style is. The art team’s happy. The company’s happy. We really like this art style, and we’re not changing it.”
We all know that regardless of the game’s art direction, Diablo III will most undoubtedly outsell its predecessors and achieve top honors, so there’s little anyone can do to dissuade Blizzard from its decision to make the game more accessible to everyone.
Jay also notes the decision didn’t come easy when he states that Diablo III carried a grim and gritty look two and a half years ago during the game’s first and second iterations, but with all the targets on screen it became difficult to see what was actually going on and that the light radius from previous games didn’t quite work in a true 3D environment. When they made the move to a third art style they realized it was time for a change.
Jay further notes that there will indeed be ‘dark’ environments all throughout the game in spite of the game’s brighter areas, so we can expect to see a significant degree of diversity throughout the game’s locations.
Further details can be read at MTV Multiplayer, so be sure to check out the full article.
Thanks Delacroix.
Diablo 3 Producer: “Color is your friend”
July 2nd, 2008 / / by Sol Invictus
MTV’s Multiplayer Blog has an interview with Diablo 3’s lead producer, Keith Lee, on his thoughts about the recent issues and petitions relating to the game’s use of colors and he had some of the following things to say about it, justifying the art direction and its use of colors. Read more…
