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D3 Opening Cinematic Released

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inReacH
Profile Blog Joined August 2008
Sweden1612 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-12-12 01:19:03
December 11 2011 04:28 GMT
#1
This was just posted in the Diablo 3 general thread but I can't imagine anyone but the most dedicated D3 followers are still checking that very often so I thought this deserved a thread of it's own.



I really like the style of this cinematic although I've been told parts of it look to be inspired heavily from Guild Wars 2.

Enjoy!

I have a lot of D3 stuff on my youtube channel so feel free to check it out and subscribe if you're interested in seeing high level PvP with commentary when release comes!

http://www.youtube.com/user/lolrofllolDOTcom
Mithhaike
Profile Blog Joined August 2010
Singapore2759 Posts
December 11 2011 04:35 GMT
#2
There's one more.

Black Soulstone Cinematic
Mew Mew Pew Pew
inReacH
Profile Blog Joined August 2008
Sweden1612 Posts
December 11 2011 04:38 GMT
#3
That's a bit older, from Blizzcon, this one was just released tonight!
Soreas
Profile Joined June 2010
France17 Posts
December 11 2011 04:49 GMT
#4
SO BEAUTIFUL!Diablo 3 im waiting for you when you want!
mordk
Profile Blog Joined November 2010
Chile8385 Posts
December 11 2011 04:53 GMT
#5
Beautiful cinematic. I loved it.
operwolf
Profile Joined April 2008
United States324 Posts
December 11 2011 04:54 GMT
#6
OMG that was fucking awesome! I can hardly wait for this to come out!
He'll end up dead, because he'll die.
KezseN
Profile Blog Joined August 2009
Singapore1450 Posts
December 11 2011 05:00 GMT
#7
RELEASE THE RELEASE DATE ALREADY!!!!!!!!!!!!
To Skeleton King: "Have you considered employment at Apple?"
village_idiot
Profile Blog Joined July 2008
2436 Posts
December 11 2011 05:00 GMT
#8
That was a bit cheesy, but you if the gameplay is good, I won't mind too much.

Also, the meteor is obviously Diablo. I mean, who else would be crashing the old Tristram church than him?
RCMDVA
Profile Joined July 2011
United States708 Posts
December 11 2011 05:02 GMT
#9
Could be one of the Angels falling.
EEhantiming
Profile Joined August 2010
Canada519 Posts
December 11 2011 05:07 GMT
#10
my body is ready
emesen
Profile Joined October 2010
United States256 Posts
December 11 2011 05:43 GMT
#11
yeah the opening half of the cinematic with the animated drawings reminded me a lot of a guild wars 2 trailer

i might be alone in this but i didn't particularly like the intro cinematic... i felt the beginning half's action and feeling of "epicness" was dulled down by the use of stylized art even when animated... had it started off witht he drawings and evolved into full blown CGI i think woulda worked better...

the second half of the intro was bland...

and I really couldn't put my finger on why I didn't like this cinematic as a whole until just now... and i blame it on blizzard for releasing the cinematics out of order... watching this after already having seen the Black Soulstone movie diminishes this one's effectiveness... maybe that's just me
may the best of your todays, be the worst of your tomorrows
Xxio
Profile Blog Joined July 2009
Canada5565 Posts
December 11 2011 06:03 GMT
#12
I wish this was 120 minutes long.
KTY
village_idiot
Profile Blog Joined July 2008
2436 Posts
December 11 2011 06:23 GMT
#13
On December 11 2011 14:43 emesen wrote:
yeah the opening half of the cinematic with the animated drawings reminded me a lot of a guild wars 2 trailer

i might be alone in this but i didn't particularly like the intro cinematic... i felt the beginning half's action and feeling of "epicness" was dulled down by the use of stylized art even when animated... had it started off witht he drawings and evolved into full blown CGI i think woulda worked better...

the second half of the intro was bland...

and I really couldn't put my finger on why I didn't like this cinematic as a whole until just now... and i blame it on blizzard for releasing the cinematics out of order... watching this after already having seen the Black Soulstone movie diminishes this one's effectiveness... maybe that's just me

These D3 cinematics all have this full blown war and apocalypse feeling whereas in D2 it was like a creepy horror movie of sorts.

And am I the only one that's bothered by the script? Everything they say sounds really cheesy. And why is Leah shaking her ass so sexily while walking?
HaXXspetten
Profile Blog Joined October 2009
Sweden15718 Posts
December 11 2011 06:38 GMT
#14
Blizzard really is the king of CG.
Epic as always, everytime one of these gets released you wish there was a movie about it.
Still hyped as hell about D3, and this sure made it even more so
DeltruS
Profile Blog Joined April 2010
Canada2214 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-12-11 08:35:16
December 11 2011 08:30 GMT
#15
Blizzard just one upped Guild Wars 2. The part where the crow flew off into smoke and hundreds of burning angles were falling off a cloud was fantastic.

I do notice that when Diablo burst from the ground they borrowed the animation of the frost wyrm breaking out of the ice from the WotLK cinematic.
http://grooveshark.com/#/deltrus/music
DeltruS
Profile Blog Joined April 2010
Canada2214 Posts
December 11 2011 08:32 GMT
#16
Here is a link that works:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y9mUe5vHYzs
http://grooveshark.com/#/deltrus/music
eleaf
Profile Joined September 2011
526 Posts
December 11 2011 08:33 GMT
#17

On December 11 2011 14:43 emesen wrote:
And why is Leah shaking her ass so sexily while walking?


You made me watch the video again
eleaf
Profile Joined September 2011
526 Posts
December 11 2011 08:36 GMT
#18
On December 11 2011 15:03 Xxio wrote:
I wish this was 120 minutes long.


Be realistic, let's hope it could be 90 mins at least...
MVega
Profile Joined November 2010
763 Posts
December 11 2011 09:19 GMT
#19
So amazingly excited for this already and now even more so after watching the intro video. Release already ... or at least beta invite!
bumkin: How can you play like 50 games per day... I 4gate 2 times then it's nap time
ItsMeDomLee
Profile Joined November 2010
Canada2732 Posts
December 11 2011 09:25 GMT
#20
Blocked... which is dumb. Say byebye to free advertising.
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