==Fans' Rections==

::Skip to about the 21:00 mark to hear it. To paraphrase, the designers talk about how their memories of D1 and D2 were that they were dark and gritty, but that when they actually looked back through the games they found much more color than they expected. They also say that they looked at horror movies and noticed how the color was used effectively to create mood, and that they're following that design path with Diablo III.

*[http://www.petitiononline.com/d3israd/petition.html Petition to support Blizzard] 815

One of the petitions against the new art direction got quite popular, and Blizzard originally did not comment on that petition on itself. There was also petitions starting to support Blizzard's decision. The number of signs on the different petitions are probably not a good guideline for what fans think in general however, as the fans who do like the current direction really has no reason to sign a petition for it. Only fans that reacted to the complaining by other fans would probably do so.

==Blizzard's Response==