EPIC MAJESTIC UBER GRITTY DIABLO III OPENING CINEMATIC

[Mrowak]

Fuckin' sucked, man.

I've been thinking about this. In D1, Diablo was the "lord of terror". Meaning - he was a spiritual, metaphysical force first and foremost. It didn't matter if you killed him as a physical entity, he'd always come back - because terror is an essential part of existence. Now in D2 and D3 he's just a big frog you kill over and over again with your powerful dick you grinded with your 13 years old friends

Secondly, the "forces of heaven" - I remember reading in the D1 manual that they were not any better than the forces of hell. The point was that the two sides wanted to win humanity over to help them win their war and rule over the world. The forces of hell would corrupt men, and heaven would enroll men into their religious orders. The angels were inhuman, cold, disciplined and ruthless. It was more about law vs chaos than good vs evil, if we want to use that shit from D&D. It never was about helping man, just using him.

And this war ultimately wasn't meant to be LoTR bullshit, all out fightan orcs agaisnt knights. It was metaphorical. The existence of man is where the war really happens. The story of the hero in D1 is symbolic of that.

Bullshit, man.

This bullshit again? Are we looking for literary value in Diablo now?

That's the bloody point. As DraQ said, you really feel the is strong when a damn hack&slash from late 90s is far better storywise than what we are spoonfed now.

 

[Nukester]

I was trying to catch an upskirt shot at the 2:21 mark but alas couldnt get a glimpse

 

[ortucis]

I was trying to catch an upskirt shot at the 2:21 mark but alas couldnt get a glimpse

Move few frames forward then..

 

[ChristofferC]

Boring. That is all.

 

[damicore]

Fuckin' sucked, man.

I've been thinking about this. In D1, Diablo was the "lord of terror". Meaning - he was a spiritual, metaphysical force first and foremost. It didn't matter if you killed him as a physical entity, he'd always come back - because terror is an essential part of existence. Now in D2 and D3 he's just a big frog you kill over and over again with your powerful dick you grinded with your 13 years old friends

Secondly, the "forces of heaven" - I remember reading in the D1 manual that they were not any better than the forces of hell. The point was that the two sides wanted to win humanity over to help them win their war and rule over the world. The forces of hell would corrupt men, and heaven would enroll men into their religious orders. The angels were inhuman, cold, disciplined and ruthless. It was more about law vs chaos than good vs evil, if we want to use that shit from D&D. It never was about helping man, just using him.

And this war ultimately wasn't meant to be LoTR bullshit, all out fightan orcs agaisnt knights. It was metaphorical. The existence of man is where the war really happens. The story of the hero in D1 is symbolic of that.

Bullshit, man.

This bullshit again? Are we looking for literary value in Diablo now?

That's the bloody point. As DraQ said, you really feel the is strong when a damn hack&slash from late 90s is far better storywise than what we are spoonfed now.

Hey guize let's not fight, wRPGs have never had good storylines IIRC, they're always your typical LOTR or sci-fi shit save may be a couple of them (PST, FO?).
Storyfags, the decline has still not come for you, rejoice!

 

[Castanova]

ITT outrage over an opening cinematic

I'm more outraged they didn't reveal the release date.

 

[Kaol]

Is it me or does moaning about a bit of cgi seem rather pointless? I thought Outpost had decent cgi for its time but the actual game was shit.

 

[Mangoose]

That's because the good employees of Blizzard left. For example:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FjCehYrEbO0&ob=av3e

WoW: Dragon shows up, wrecks everything

Guild Wars 2: Dragons show up, shit gets real

Skyrim: Dragons try to wreck everything, don't like it when people yell at them a lot

Dragon Age: More the minions than the dragons, but they still periodically show up to wreck everything.



It's like 'dragons are pissed' is the new trope, battling it out with zombies for gaming prominence.




Oh fuck, NECRO DRAGONS! INCOMING!

Dunno what's up with the Dragons trope actually. Anyways I was speaking more of just the art style.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R06xYQF2szo

 

[Excidium]

Oh fuck, NECRO DRAGONS! INCOMING!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eMRhnC4-QGQ

Blizzard is always one step ahead of everyone.

 

[Luzur]

they are trying to hard to be epic.

also meteor right at Deckard's desk.

totally RIGHT IN YOUR FACE OLD MAN IT HAS BEGUN EXTREME

 

[Wirdschowerdn]

What is it with this American fetish of showing "suggestive themes" of teenage girls in video games lately? First The last of Us, now this.

Kwans secretly teen rapists, or just sexually frustrated?

 

[Captain Shrek]

What is it with this American fetish of showing "suggestive themes" of teenage girls in video games lately? First The last of Us, now this.

Kwans secretly teen rapists, or just sexually frustrated?

Marketing pyschology. They know what YOU ( as in general public) secretly wants.

 

[tindrli]

totaly unepic

 

[tindrli]

totally unepic

 

[Excidium]

ITT outrage over an opening cinematic

Yeah, it's hilarious.

 

[Hoodoo]

UNKELLLL

 

[Castanova]

What is it with this American fetish of showing "suggestive themes" of teenage girls in video games lately? First The last of Us, now this.

Kwans secretly teen rapists, or just sexually frustrated?

Uh, how was The Last of Us suggestive? It has a teenage girl in it with a long-sleeve shirt and jeans on. If you thought that was suggestive, I think maybe you're the one with the fetish.

 

[Wirdschowerdn]

What is it with this American fetish of showing "suggestive themes" of teenage girls in video games lately? First The last of Us, now this.

Kwans secretly teen rapists, or just sexually frustrated?

Uh, how was The Last of Us suggestive? It has a teenage girl in it with a long-sleeve shirt and jeans on. If you thought that was suggestive, I think maybe you're the one with the fetish.

If you think some scruffy bad shaved guy (Nolan North again?) gonna protect some smartass teen isn't ending up into something *suggestive* in the latter part of the game, then you're dumber than you even look.

 

[Terpsichore]

Next: Diablo the movie.

 

[Annonchinil]

Brood War and Diablo II probably were the heights of Bliz cinematics.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pv5ybRRz-vk

Still like;

"You must go intro these fields with your eyes open" and "My pride killed him and now my pride has consumed me as well". Gerrrad is cool.

 

[fizzelopeguss]

What is it with this American fetish of showing "suggestive themes" of teenage girls in video games lately? First The last of Us, now this.

Kwans secretly teen rapists, or just sexually frustrated?

Uh, how was The Last of Us suggestive? It has a teenage girl in it with a long-sleeve shirt and jeans on. If you thought that was suggestive, I think maybe you're the one with the fetish.

If you think some scruffy bad shaved guy (Nolan North again?) gonna protect some smartass teen isn't ending up into something *suggestive* in the latter part of the game, then you're dumber than you even look.

Of all the 100 million man hours of animation the game will have (it's ND), guaranteed the girl has the lions share of that. Pandering.

 

[CrazyLoon]

WHO IS DAT CHICK?

 

[sea]

Great visual direction and excellent animation, but holy shit was that writing hackneyed as fuck. Light and darkness, yawn. What happened to the original story setup and interesting characters of Diablo II? Instead of an old man in an insane asylum being forced to relive his memories, we have... Generic Cute Girl. Even Deckard Cain is boring compared to his other appearances. Where's the lore, the mystique? It just strikes me as watered down crap afraid to be anything more than a giant cliche. The complete and utter lack of direction and pacing is extremely apparent compared to the cinematics from Diablo II, StarCraft and Warcraft III.

By the way, the writing sucks in the main game as well, based on the beta. Just as lacking in any emotional impact and has very little lore to speak of. It's like... well, like I wrote it.

 

[Castanova]

What is it with this American fetish of showing "suggestive themes" of teenage girls in video games lately? First The last of Us, now this.

Kwans secretly teen rapists, or just sexually frustrated?

Uh, how was The Last of Us suggestive? It has a teenage girl in it with a long-sleeve shirt and jeans on. If you thought that was suggestive, I think maybe you're the one with the fetish.

If you think some scruffy bad shaved guy (Nolan North again?) gonna protect some smartass teen isn't ending up into something *suggestive* in the latter part of the game, then you're dumber than you even look.

So you saw the suggestion of something potentially suggestive.

 

[Castanova]

Great visual direction and excellent animation, but holy shit was that writing hackneyed as fuck. Light and darkness, yawn. What happened to the original story setup and interesting characters of Diablo II? Where's the lore, the mystique? It just strikes me as watered down crap afraid to be anything more than a giant cliche. The complete and utter lack of direction and pacing is extremely apparent compared to the cinematics from Diablo II, StarCraft and Warcraft III.

They've stated that they're trying to seamlessly dispense with the narrative in the game itself rather than stuffing it into the cutscenes. Not saying D3 will have a masterpiece storyline but it's not surprising that the intro movie is just, well, an intro.

 

[Occasionally Fatal]

Technically proficient. Embarrassing story-telling that makes no sense. Pretty much what you would expect after SCII. But I guess maybe it will make sense later? I don't know.

Also, didn't Deckard Cain make an appearance in one of the first Diablo 3 sequences that was demo'd?