The controversy surrounding Diablo 3 has been utterly ridiculous, and nobody seems to know that more than the developer itself. Blizzard has been poking fun at purist "fans" who complained about the game's artistic style for a while now, and the joke has come to a head with these mocking screenshots.
As Diablo obsessives whine and moan that Diablo 3 isn't dark and ugly enough to be a proper sequel (even bitching about realistic rainbow effects), the game's community manager has poured several tanks of gasoline on the fire by showing fans two Diablo 3 screens with special enhanced features, such as unicorns that sh*t rainbows and a special "love spree" bonus meter. The results are quite hilarious, and will definitely take some of the snobby aggressors down a peg or two.
At least most of the Battle.net forums where these were posted found the situation funny and not some sort of grave insult. Personally, I feel that anybody who looks at that image of a demonic, mace-wielding Marshmallow Man without laughing should be covered in boiling hot marmalade and thrown into a nest of wasps.
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8:00 PM on 02.03.2009
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I want to play this game now.
Delicious comedy overkill.
Say what you will about it being generic, Blizzard';s sense of humor is still riotously funny.
I wonder if this stuff would be in the game as an easter egg or something?
Although this is not what makes me want to play the game, that's awesome.
how did you know my secret fetish?
Secret rainbow-shitting unicorn/marshmallow man level.
Blizzard: 1
Fucking morons: 0
And yes, Rainbow shitting unicorns/marshmallow man level is the new Cow level, methinks.
Gen Eric Gui at 02/03/2009 20:12
...after being totally turned off by Diablo 2
I will kill you. Gruesomely.
You know what...the Bethesda boys need to do something like this with Fallout...
Id love that.
Reminds me of the good ol' classic Cow level.
I cannot wait for Diablo III.
I couldn't agree more.
This is how I imagine it:
You are running around in Diable and suddenly your dead via a unicorn pooping rainbows on you and then they loot your corpse. ( I don't know if D3 will have player corpse looting)
Pink: Yeah, Charlie. You silly sleepy-head, wake up.
Charlie: (groans) Oh, God, you guys. This had better be pretty frickin' important. Is the meadow on fire?
Blue: No, Charlie. We found a map, to Candy Mountain, Candy Mountain, Charlie.
Pink: Yeah, Charlie, we're going to Candy Mountain. Come with us, Charlie.
Blue: Yeah, Charlie, it'll be an adventure. We're going on an adventure, Charlie.
Charlie: Yeah, Candy Mountain, right. I'm just gonna, you know, go back to sleep now.
Blue: (jumping onto Charlie's back) Noooo, Charlie. You have to come with us to Candy Mountain.
Pink: Yeah, Charlie, Candy Mountain. It's a land of sweets and joy ....and joyness.
Charlie: Please stop bouncing on me.
Blue: (still jumping up and down on Charlie) Candy Mountain, Charlie.
Pink: Yeah, Candy Mountain!
Charlie: Alright, fine! I'll come with you to Candy Mountain.