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Feb 27 2021 03:02am
Quote (Djunior @ Feb 27 2021 09:00am)
You should start by watching the deep dive and the Q&A, then come back here before you embarrass yourself any further


You should read closely what i wrote before spewing words out of your ass.
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Feb 27 2021 03:12am
Quote (b1tterman @ Feb 27 2021 10:02am)
You should read closely what i wrote before spewing words out of your ass.


You sound bitter buddy. Or are you just farting around for the heck of it? Child
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Feb 27 2021 12:26pm
When i first opened this thread I thought you were exaggerating or trolling, then I went and looked at the pictures and holy crap, OP is right.

I am surprised you focused on the Amazon and Barb because in my opinion, the worst one is the Assassin
The developers claimed in videos that they are "extremely passionate, digging through every old file and reference and content they can find to make sure D2R is as exactly close to the original vision as possible"
Yet, if this is true, why did they change the assassin to an Asian? It's obvious if you look at D2, the assassin was a white girl. A goth chick.

So if they are so focused on accuracy why would they change this? Obvious to me, some executive told them "There's too much white characters. Make one an Asian also make the Paladin a lot more black"
On top of that, they make her ugly as sin.
Is this the kind of "inclusivity" asians want? "Hey, give us a butt ugly asian character!" I don't think so. They could have at least made her attractive.
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Feb 27 2021 01:00pm
Quote (wh0racLe @ Feb 27 2021 12:26pm)
When i first opened this thread I thought you were exaggerating or trolling, then I went and looked at the pictures and holy crap, OP is right.

I am surprised you focused on the Amazon and Barb because in my opinion, the worst one is the Assassin
The developers claimed in videos that they are "extremely passionate, digging through every old file and reference and content they can find to make sure D2R is as exactly close to the original vision as possible"
Yet, if this is true, why did they change the assassin to an Asian? It's obvious if you look at D2, the assassin was a white girl. A goth chick.

So if they are so focused on accuracy why would they change this? Obvious to me, some executive told them "There's too much white characters. Make one an Asian also make the Paladin a lot more black"
On top of that, they make her ugly as sin.
Is this the kind of "inclusivity" asians want? "Hey, give us a butt ugly asian character!" I don't think so. They could have at least made her attractive.



Why though? They shouldn’t look attractive at all in my opinion for a few reasons.

1. They’re literally fighting Diablo. You’re supposed to look a bit rugged/rough around the edges.
2. How much time will anyone be actually looking at the character faces?
3. Asking for pixelated characters to be considered “attractive” is just weird. Go outside and talk to a girl.
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Feb 27 2021 01:10pm
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Why though? They shouldn’t look attractive at all in my opinion for a few reasons.

1. They’re literally fighting Diablo. You’re supposed to look a bit rugged/rough around the edges.
2. How much time will anyone be actually looking at the character faces?
3. Asking for pixelated characters to be considered “attractive” is just weird. Go outside and talk to a girl.


because people want the characters to look good, why does being a rugged fighter mean you gotta be ugly?
I want the Barb to look more muscular, he should look like a roided out beast. Doesn't mean I am gay and want to jerk off to him.
Also the Paladin seems to have gotten fatter, the characters over all just look worse

People want to play as good looking characters. for example i play WoW Classic. Look at female human characters. There are various faces to choose from, including a number of ugly female faces, but nobody ever picks them. everyone picks the cute faces


Im not saying they need to look like supermodels. Look at D2, the assassin was not ugly, she was good looking but not some bombshell. Look at Diablo 3, the female characters don't look like men.
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Feb 27 2021 01:15pm
Everyone seems to be missing the OP's point.

It's not about how they look now. It's about how they CHANGED them to look the way they do in accordance with todays society.

The OP's originals post stated if it were to be a brand new game he would understand. The fact that they made an effort to change them to what they are is the frustrating issue.

Me: It is what it is and it doesn't change the game play BUT the changes are quite the coincidence.....

Leave politics out. The crazies don't need to infiltrate D2r too. They have their own fantasy land called "real world"
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Feb 27 2021 01:48pm
what a bunch of dumbasses. you really care that much about char select screen when ull be covering the char in armor anyways. what a joke. this is why america is doomed. cause of all you crybabies who cant stand a little creativity in a remake of a 20 yr old game that will likely be fucked up worse then your mom when she started to talk back.
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Feb 27 2021 01:48pm
I feel like this only impacts you if you're a fragile butterfly and actually looking for things and attempting to tie it to stuff like some tinfoil hat Q conspericy theorist.

All I saw was a rejuvenated game to be excited about since it will give me a shot of that good old nostalgic feeling. A character modle might be a bit ugly but shit once it's covered in armour I won't notice anyways except the portriate and I knew if enough people found it ugly they would likley change it anyways.

People are beyond fragile these days.
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Feb 27 2021 01:56pm
Quote (SBD @ Feb 27 2021 08:48pm)
I feel like this only impacts you if you're a fragile butterfly and actually looking for things and attempting to tie it to stuff like some tinfoil hat Q conspericy theorist.

All I saw was a rejuvenated game to be excited about since it will give me a shot of that good old nostalgic feeling. A character modle might be a bit ugly but shit once it's covered in armour I won't notice anyways except the portriate and I knew if enough people found it ugly they would likley change it anyways.

People are beyond fragile these days.


The same could be said about the people that are hell bent to change them cuz 2021...

Buncha snowflakes that can't deal with the fact that this classic game is still popular and isn't scorched by their political branding iron (yet).

It's sick man
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Feb 27 2021 01:57pm
Agreed dislike the zon, but don't understand why people think barb looks soy. He looks strong as fuck
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