How Diablo 3 could have looked like... originally.

[venn2010]

I just found this from Kotaku: http://us.kotaku.com/#!5761172/this-is-what-diablo-iii-looked-like-a-long-time-ago/gallery/1

Apparently, this was how Diablo 3 originally was supposed to look like, before Blizzard canned it and decided to go a little different direction.

While I like the current look, I really liked what I saw in the blog. Much more than current one, in my humble opinion. Yeah, the character model (upon close inspection) looks kinda dull & outdated, but the environment is kick-arse and the overall feel is much closer to previous installment.

Man, I would have really loved to play in the Heaven map...

[Split]

Those environments do have a pretty awesome crispness to them, but other than that everything looks a bit too pre-alpha to judge on quality. Overall, I like their new direction because I like variety, but who knows? The release date still seems to be a ways off. I wouldn't be surprised if we encountered some areas like these towards the endgame.

[Outrider]

I actually think that looks pretty good for a 5-year-old alpha build.

[Akaimizu]

Pretty neat. But this is only in stills. It kind of looks like Diablo 2, but we've seen both Diablo 2 and Diablo 3 in motion. In motion, that has a good possibility it would look worse than what we've seen of Diablo 3.

[Kent]

I think I much prefer the new visual direction, over the old. Though it certainly doesn't look bad, it does seem slightly bland.

http://www.planetdiablo.com/images/photo/big/d3rainbowlogo.jpg

[Akaimizu]

^^ Hehe. Now that's funny. What's classic about that picture is that it has exactly the elements my PSU/PSP character Tynselle says about Mufonna. Could use more flowers, though. (Did I just say that?)