Diablo 3|Petition gegen die Comic-Grafik gestartet

Kaum ist das Spiel Diablo3 von Blizzard angekündigt, schon zücken die ersten Unaufhaltssammen ihren Federkiel und verfassen eine Petition gegen Blizzard Entertainment, dass Diablo III viel zu bunt wirkt und sich somit mit der Comic-Grafik viel zu sehr an dem MMORPG World of Warcraft anlehnt. Ebenso wird die doch zu freundlich gestimmte Grafik angesprochen, so wollen es die Petitionsgründer, dass die Stimmung doch erheblich mehr ins düstere übergehen soll. Passend dazu zeigen sie auch auf einigen überarbeiteten Bilder, wie sich Diablo 3 nun gestalten soll:

What we got in Diablo III: Cartoon´ish art direction, obviously influenced by the Warcraft universe, Diablo isnt Warcraft. Hand made, pastel looking textures with bold lines, defined contours, smooth colors and clean shapes. Dungeons with a blue/green environment lighting, technique used in cartoons to depict a dark, creepy and scary feeling but once again, this is Diablo, a mature game, dungeons should have a dark aura with the occasional lights from candles, just like we got in the previews Diablo´s. Character models defined by cartoon characteristics like over-sized and exaggerated parts, vivid colors and unrealistic elements, almost directly taken away from World of Warcraft and pasted to Diablo. Outside scenarios with vivid colors, beautiful forests with colorful vegetation, shinny and beautiful waterfalls where even rainbows take place. Cartoon´ish and unrealistic weaponry and armory, over-sized and stylish armors, over-sized weapons, items that look pasted directly from World of Warcraft. Blocky, cartoon´ish graphic elements like big, over-sized fire braziers in dungeons, heavily influenced by the World of Warcraft art style, over-sized and cartoon´ish scenario decorations like smiling statues, Warcraft styled architecture and decorations. What we want: A darker, gothic, cryptic and creepier environment. A more realistic artistic direction, more independent from the Warcraft universe art direction. Darker dungeons without a blue/green environment, Diablo dungeons are dark and shadowy. The return of the light radius / shadow system from Diablo 1 and 2, a concept modified picture made by me roughly shows and suggests how the shadow system should work on Diablo 3.