Ahh!! The light! My eyes!!

I actually think this is one of the biggest complaints most people had when initial screenshots and videos of the game were released. There were even fans who came up with how they thought Diablo 3 should look like, taking official screenshots and editing them to be a lot darker, similar to Diablo 2.

Fans argued that Diablo is all about not knowing what and where your enemies are coming from, forcing you to step cautiously within the extremely limited visibility during gameplay. ShadowJr will agree with this statement, I’m sure.

Now, I’ve only seen a few screenshots and very limited gameplay of Diablo 1, but I remember saying that Diablo 1 was a lot darker compared to Diablo 2. It made me wonder if fans had complained about the same thing back when Diablo 2 was in development.

It struck me as odd that people are bashing and ranting because they felt that Diablo 3 was too bright and colourful, and that it might as well have rainbows and ponies prancing along in the dungeons.

Yes, I agree that Diablo 3 should look a bit darker. But I also agreed that Red Alert 2 looks like a cartoon RTS when screenshots were first released due to its bright and vivid colors, which was totally different from the other Command & Conquer games before it.

Looking back, it gave the Red Alert series a whole new personality. Red Alert became the “fun” side to C&C, and everyone ended up loving it. Not to mention, when you actually start playing the game, you no longer feel that you’re playing a cartoon-ish RTS anymore.

Is the level of brightness and colour pallete used in the game really makes much of a difference? We don’t know how it will affect the gameplay yet, so other than player familiarity and preference, we can’t say whether it will make or ruin the game.

Since the environment can now be influenced by player actions, it might actually be a good thing. Unless of course, you prefer to run around the dark and gloomy dungeon trying to figure out if there’s a wall you can destroy on your left to slow down the advancing horde while you have your hands full defending against the attacking swarm of undeads on your right.

This is still pretty dark

Personally, the graphics looks good to me right now. I don’t have any real complaints about it. It’s still dark, just the colours are more vibrant and alive, showing more details which players can appreciate and adding a whole new dimension to the gameplay. I mean, if you really like it dark, go replay the first 2 Diablo games.

Whether Blizzard will make any final adjustments to the game’s brightness and contrast level or not, I trust that they know what they’re doing in making the game the best it can possibly be while staying true to Diablo’s roots. If not, there is still time to complain and whine later, when they’ve released the game and we have some actual proof and a more solid argument to go by.

But still, it would be nice if Blizzard would make the game a teeny bit darker

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