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Four new Diablo III screenshots released!

kotaku.com — One showing green, grassy fields, the other three showing dark, dingy dungeons. As someone who never got into Diablo at all, gotta say, it's a shame the whole thing's not outside under a blue sky. Diablo mechanics with a Sega Rally aesthetic would be just the kind of thing to get me onboard.

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  • inactive, on 09/19/2008, -2/+98Submitted by D14BL0 no less. Nice...very nice.
  • kingmanic, on 09/19/2008, -7/+95I really hope there is a secret rainbows and butterflies level made just to piss on all the emo goth whiners who want the game to be a giant brown black smear.
  • inactive, on 09/19/2008, -2/+58Sweet, four new screenshots that don't really look different from the other ones we saw before.

    Thanks.
  • cerealjynx, on 09/19/2008, -3/+38How can you work for Kotaku and have never played Diablo?
  • goeric, on 09/19/2008, -4/+34I CANNOT WAIT FOR THIS GAME!
  • relaxeder, on 04/17/2009, -11/+39NEEDS MOAR SEPIA TONE OMG BLIZZARD LOOK WAT U DID
  • inactive, on 09/19/2008, -4/+32Dammit Blizzard, the blood should be VENETIAN RED not SANGRIA! VENETIAN RED!!!
    Gosh!
  • Destinatus, on 09/19/2008, -5/+31Wow the description is actually the same length as the article!

    "it's a shame the whole thing's not outside under a blue sky" nothing says Hell like a blue sky
  • jkr801, on 09/19/2008, -2/+18This game is going to kick ass and it better im getting sick of doing the same ol thing in d2
  • Lixie, on 09/19/2008, -3/+19I have these things in my eyes called 'cones'. I like to use them.
  • BuddyDoQ, on 09/19/2008, -5/+19Not sure why folks are bashing the art direction, looks really damn good to me. Characters pop, textures are interesting, I can instantly tell what kind of environment they are from thumbnails... and it's clean! Then again, I'm a so tired of everything being bloomed, brown, and grimed this generation, that anything with actual art direction looks like a gem to me.
  • Omek, on 09/19/2008, -2/+15The flaming elemental demon looks sweet...
  • diggerbez, on 09/19/2008, -2/+14I hope SOJs do not become currency
  • LogicBomB, on 09/19/2008, -1/+12The secret rainbow cow level.
  • inactive, on 09/19/2008, -0/+10looks like their development team used the SPORE CREATURE CREATOR.
  • ronintetsuro, on 09/19/2008, -3/+13Thank you. I agree. Getting really tired of all the "it's not realistic" talk when the item in question is a game about barbarians and shamans knocking the undead ***** out of zombies and such.

    I mean, really? These graphics whores mare me sick. I'm old skool, so accordingly, I care about that one tiny thing next-gen assumes is a mythical beast: GAMEPLAY.
  • feanix, on 09/19/2008, -0/+10Ask someone dying of thirst in the desert.
  • Rsam, on 09/19/2008, -0/+91. It looks much better than Runescape
    2. Since when has Blizzard ever been known to be cutting edge. They want their games to run on a wide variety of systems.
  • latova, on 09/19/2008, -0/+9Who gives a crap, its diablo III. With all the crappy games coming out these days, blizzard is finally making one that we already know doesn't suck.
  • huntermcwhite, on 09/19/2008, -8/+17not enough brown.
  • stonebone4, on 09/19/2008, -2/+10I read a comment on there about how Blizzard hasn't had any new IP since like 2000....it reminded me of an awesome game they made a long time ago that they should totally reboot:

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blackthorne

    Seriously one of my favorite SNES games. It pretty much looked like a Warcraft side-scroller but it was so awesome.

    EDIT: I forgot about this one. It rocked pretty hard too.

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Lost_Vikings
  • jonshipman, on 09/19/2008, -6/+14I be so buyin' this game. Now hopefully me Macbook `06 will run 't. yarr
  • Dejital, on 09/19/2008, -1/+8Dugg for ye pirate speak!
  • Frozo, on 09/19/2008, -1/+8the pixels.
  • Krovvy, on 09/19/2008, -4/+11Then go and play Diablo II, act II, III, V - all have colour and preserve the mood of the game.

    It's almost like I'm the only one who's played Diablo and Diablo II.
  • strictnein, on 09/19/2008, -0/+7With the art direction I've always assumed that the farther you go in the game the darker/bloodier the game will look.
  • Acglaphotis, on 09/19/2008, -0/+6chaos7: You are arguing that Diablo is a realistic game. Think about that for a second.
  • strictnein, on 09/19/2008, -2/+8I hope you washed your hands somewhere in that sequence...
  • kingmanic, on 09/19/2008, -4/+10Did you play the first two games?

    http://www.cdaccess.com/gifs/screen/diablo2l3.jpg
    http://www.sweetkidz.com/Diablo2%20(10).jpg
    http://infoceptor.net/strategy/diablo2/walkthrough ...
    http://i269.photobucket.com/albums/jj64/eWarezmk/d ...
    http://www.blizzard.com/shared/blizz-com/images/di ...

    They were pretty damned colorful and even a little whimsical (cow level)... You establish atmosphere in many ways but without some contrast or some more notes other then "relentlessly brown" it's a pretty ***** atmosphere.
  • ErrorF002, on 09/19/2008, -0/+6Dude,
    I have been trying to remember the name of The Lost Vikings for months. Simple, and engaging. I used to play it on the PC. Now to find a copy....

    Thanks!
  • SpeedSteamBoat, on 09/19/2008, -0/+6You're just NOW getting sick of D2?
  • inactive, on 09/19/2008, -1/+6How long till they release screenshots of stuff we haven't seen yet? t.t Hopefully Blizzcon '08 at the latest.
  • kingmanic, on 09/19/2008, -1/+6Good art direction survives overtime much better then the latest and greatest "photorealistic" designs. Go back and look at far cray, amazing for it's time, now a little dated. Now go back and look at TF2. No matter how technology progresses it'll still look good.
  • inactive, on 09/19/2008, -4/+9hat looks really nice, now we need SC2 to come out already...then this can be released.
  • Chuck95, on 09/19/2008, -0/+5I have had Diablo 2 installed on every machine I've had since 2000. The original release was kind of 'meh' but with the expansion its great. I know some people find it boring or tedious, but I'm just one of those that loves item searching. Dunno why, its just fun.
  • Shiftyeyedgoat, on 09/19/2008, -0/+5Just in case you haven't seen the gameplay, here is a nice, long video of it: http://www.wegame.com/watch/Diablo_III_Gameplay_Vi ...

  • masterofshadows, on 09/19/2008, -0/+5I wonder how exactly you qualify as more of a fan than someone else just because you dislike the new version. Just because its not as dark and now its 3d doesn't mean that its bad.
  • strictnein, on 09/19/2008, -3/+8Not really impressed with your comment.
  • feanix, on 09/19/2008, -0/+5Please... please tell me that was parody, ThiefAnders.
  • 1807, on 09/19/2008, -2/+7Dude Soul Calibur 2 came out a long time ago..get with the program.
  • jonshipman, on 09/19/2008, -0/+560 doubloons! I suppose I could either lay off th' bordellos or commandeer more ships... COMMANDEER MORE SHIPS! YARRR!
  • Andrwmorph, on 09/19/2008, -0/+5Har har! That tickles me wooden leg, by the briny deep!
  • steelclash84, on 09/19/2008, -2/+7All the emo kids complaining about the "bright" atmosphere are still going to buy it and play the ***** out of it. In other words, stfu.
  • inactive, on 09/19/2008, -0/+5pwned.
  • Achaean, on 09/19/2008, -2/+6i'm psyched for this game. I hope it comes out soon.
  • ThiefAnders, on 09/19/2008, -0/+4Haha, yeah it was parody. I've never even played Diablo 1 or II, but I'm really excited for this game. I just remember being really irked by all the angry fanatical fanboy responses when the game was first announced which is why I posted the above comment. Guess I should have added /sarcasm, but for some reason I thought the intentional bad grammar and spelling of my above comment would have been enough of an indicator haha.
  • wonkavsn, on 09/19/2008, -0/+4Blizzard is pretty low on "suck".
  • stretch611, on 09/19/2008, -0/+4Heck I would be happy with a HI-Res version of D2:LOD that can be installed from a single DVD. (Also, a larger stash :) )
  • djbon2112, on 09/19/2008, -0/+4I agree, but in a dungeon it accurately reflects real-life: if you're carrying a torch, you can only see as far as that light goes.
  • kingmanic, on 09/19/2008, -2/+6Aww how cute your mascara's running. I'm sorry little timmy, but the adults here are talking .Why don't' you go run along up to your room and continue cutting yourself.
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