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[Zero]

No reason to spend an extra 7.50$, I still have some games to finish first.

By the way, does Torchlight work with WASD like Bastion, or is it more point & click like the Diablo series?

It's clicky clicky. Though amazing fun.

Haven't tried bastion yet. Looks interesting though. Voice actor is great too.

Edit: ooooookay seems that my "newest post" link sent me to yesterday...odd. Late reply was late!

[Смерть]

So you mean the art style that Blizzard's used in like.. all their games?

All their games IMO except Diablo and Dii--which I think are their most "less-cartooney" products. Diii for me looks more like their other games than the original diablos--talking about the art direction "around the edges".

[Zalis]

Space Marine is about ten bucks on Steam today. It's on my wishlist, but I really haven't had much time to play lately. There are other games I want to play, too, so... I'm tempted to just forget about it altogether, as it doesn't seem like a must-play.

[shawn]

All their games IMO except Diablo and Dii--which I think are their most "less-cartooney" products. Diii for me looks more like their other games than the original diablos--talking about the art direction "around the edges".

Well it's incorrect to call it a WoW style, considering it started with Warcraft 3. Around that time is when they decided to create a cohesive art style, and every game since then has used it. (Even SC: Ghost, RIP )

[Alaris]

Lost vikings?

[sorudo]

the only game from blizzard that doesn't have any ridicules looking graphics is the startcraft series, also the only game i like from blizzard....

[Смерть]

Well it's incorrect to call it a WoW style, considering it started with Warcraft 3. Around that time is when they decided to create a cohesive art style, and every game since then has used it. (Even SC: Ghost, RIP )

Interesting--did not know. Within that cohesive art style, I would still like to have seen Diii keep closer to the look of D2.

For example, how the buildings look here

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compared too...

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I just wish D3 were more "realistic" like D2, which IMO gave it that "dark" or even "gothic" quality. While WAY off from Torchlight, D3 reminds me of it more than D2.

[shawn]

I don't see how it doesn't look realistic.. going off those two pics, the latter seems darker and more gothic to me than the top one does, by far. The whole atmosphere with the fog and dreary buildings and such.. it gives off the feeling that New Tristram is inherently creepy. Harrogoth has none of that.

[Alaris]

I like both art types. Variations on a theme, really.

[Zero]

I believe there's a blue post (possibly by Bashiok) about the art style CM. They decided to go for something that would "age well" rather than going for the best of the best graphics.

While I do prefer the harder lines of everything in D2, I still think D3 looks good.