I’ve learned yesterday that a Malaysian studio called Lemon Sky is the one that is remastering WC III’s graphics for Blizzard…
xhttps://www.facebook.com/lemonskystudios/posts/2086835961338317
It made me really upset and kinda killed my hype from 100000000% to 30% , I always said they changed style it is okay, it’s a pre alpha so things will get better etc
The thing is it is not about realistic stlye , it is not about cartoon style
It is not about being a purist or loving new retconed designs
It is just about quality, I always fought against WoW designs being implemented to WC III Remaster but there is one thing WoW art team always does great jobs (they are the only team that does it’s job great in WoW) and they are THE team of Blizzard itself so they must have nice quality, but looks like an outside studio is ‘cheap’ to Blizzard so they decided to use them and I sadly know the agreements\partnerships made for atleast 5 years that’s why Blizzard could not change this choice otherwise they’lld pay penalty fee. This also explains why some concepts are not loyal to WC III or some models are not looking like they were described in Warcarft Universe as a whole, so yes I know this decision can’t be changed but atleast add a quality controler to the Malaysian art team and let that member be a part of Blizzard’s own art team otherwise I think quality will go down hill and game will be sadly an anime hero arena instead of Warcraft…
also spoilers here is our Goblin Tinker: xhttps://scontent.fsaw1-1.fna.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/44263683_2049867458368501_8442325830280937472_n.jpg?_nc_cat=100&_nc_ht=scontent.fsaw1-1.fna&oh=5b46884dc636bd0f092f7356c2f9a425&oe=5C7BA131
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Yeah because what we’ve seen is already so anime, right? Sweet exaggeration my dude, keep sticking it to the man.
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Just leave differences aside and check what it is all about, if Blizzard goes all the WoW retcon way by themselves we would be arguing about it, I’m not arguing about purism or WoWism I’m arguing about quality(I’lld not say WoW Art Team is doing it’s job always great otherwise) be it all retconed or pure WC III as a whole it does not matter.
Stick to the topic or go to another topic where we discuss pure vs WoW
Okay you need to be clearer. What do you mean retcons now all of a sudden?
Also I am sticking to the topic. I quoted your original post and made my responses. Is your opening post not on topic now?
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It’s kinda is though. Arthas is straight from a chinese mobile game. Many people have thought that the game was being outsourced before even knowing it was because of the quality and art direction of the models.
I assume it was the only way to have so many HD assets with the given budget.
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Sad but true… You can’t throw away a partnership even with fans that are being critique about product, but really they need someone to quality test each and everything, I’m not saying this studio made everything bad but Blizzard must control them to make everything in ‘Blizzard quality’ we know
I think they will manage to do something great in the end. The grunt is their gold standard and I think he looks good.
Yep not entirely sure why they’re outsourcing this when their classics team is an ongoing venture rather than a one-off project.
I’d withhold judgement until I see the results of the next art pass, however - things will change.
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You should know though, you work at Blizzard on Warcraft IIII remember?
Yes i have many leak here is a new one
xhttps://i.imgur.com/8mtmwAI.jpg
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But they’re doing a great job right now. What’s the problem? I’m pretty sure Blizzard already checks their work and gives the final word on whether they like the models or not.
I disagree, I love the new art style. Looks absolutely stunning!
I have conflicting feelings about this.
Sure it’s great if the work itself is good in the end.
But what if it isn’t? How can we be sure that the game will still contain the blizzard spirit?
That said, knowing that they pretty much did all of the art for SC:R is pretty reassuring since SCR looked great (for the most part (looking a you Protoss victory screen)).
One thing they should change is Arthas neck though. Before he had none, but now I feel like it’s too much xD
Was this found to be true?
Yes, 100%. This is why WC3 reforged is under so much scrutiny. They don’t care about fan outcry like this though. They care about remastering and releasing with largest profit margin. And so, they have a random cheap studio overseas who makes mobile games do their art.
Aha so here is #nochanges thread