A surprise, but not by much, since he only lacked the call, Blizzard announced that among the available classes in Diablo III there will be a male version of the Demon Hunter. Like his female counterpart, revealed last Blizzcon with the classic movie full of class and charisma that Morhaime and company have accustomed us, is a character based on ranged weapons and dark fascination with both the envy of Nick Cave.
"With this class you will have the opportunity to play a bit 'on the edge between good and evil," explains art director Christian Lichtner. "It's a character who knows things about demons that others completely ignore. He knows the nature and severity of the ongoing conflict and knows that this is a war between Heaven and Hell." Lichtner said that the development team focused on a lean figure, dry, almost austere, in order to adapt as much as possible to a figure so shadowy and enigmatic.
"The Demon Hunter woman is obviously much more sexy, while the male figure is more than one type at Clint Eastwood. It is moody and sullen, one of those scary thugs who would not want to meet in a dark alley." "It's definitely not the medieval character and most stylish of all those available," added the senior designer Jason Bender.
"It tastes very modern and when I see him I can think of Trent Reznor." However, the Demon Hunter was not born suddenly. According to Lichtner, the team of designers have tried and discarded several different looks before you get to the agile and sleek killing machine that you can see in the pictures.
"When we started talking about the Demon Hunter ... at the beginning it was more something like a ranger, Aragorn seemed the Lord of the Rings. It was a good character, simple, well structured, but there was nothing exciting. We therefore decided to add some more, giving it an air of 'desert', an 'influence in the Middle East, with a style based on two combat knives, but this did not seem to work "As often happens in the house Blizzard, the end result is was the product of hours of testing and modifications.
"I think, insisted Lichtner, that people would be very surprised to know how much effort and how many hours of planning are required for each class." "As a result, both the male than for females, is that we have talked to people of both sexes to see how he liked both classes. We wanted to ensure that, once created the final version, the female character does not prove too impersonal, too foreign.
These are not the classic fantasy characters with which players usually have to do, we wanted to create credible figure, with substance, background right. With this announcement should now complete the range of available classes for the most anticipated action-RPG ever, that unless some big surprises will allow us to choose between male and female versions of Monaco, Barbaro, Demon Hunter, and Witch Doctor Magician.
The problem is that we still do not know when we can do it. There has been no official announcement and it is still unclear when all the pieces are put together. Rob Pardo, Blizzard bigwig known, hopes to release Diablo III in 2011, while the CFO of Activision, Thomas Tippl said that two games software house based in Irvine will be on the shelves in 2012.
We, as usual, there is nothing to do but pray that Blizzard holy grant us the grace and try to dribble as little as possible. Ah, if only I could hibernate until the day of release! 
"With this class you will have the opportunity to play a bit 'on the edge between good and evil," explains art director Christian Lichtner. "It's a character who knows things about demons that others completely ignore. He knows the nature and severity of the ongoing conflict and knows that this is a war between Heaven and Hell." Lichtner said that the development team focused on a lean figure, dry, almost austere, in order to adapt as much as possible to a figure so shadowy and enigmatic.
"The Demon Hunter woman is obviously much more sexy, while the male figure is more than one type at Clint Eastwood. It is moody and sullen, one of those scary thugs who would not want to meet in a dark alley." "It's definitely not the medieval character and most stylish of all those available," added the senior designer Jason Bender.
"It tastes very modern and when I see him I can think of Trent Reznor." However, the Demon Hunter was not born suddenly. According to Lichtner, the team of designers have tried and discarded several different looks before you get to the agile and sleek killing machine that you can see in the pictures.
"When we started talking about the Demon Hunter ... at the beginning it was more something like a ranger, Aragorn seemed the Lord of the Rings. It was a good character, simple, well structured, but there was nothing exciting. We therefore decided to add some more, giving it an air of 'desert', an 'influence in the Middle East, with a style based on two combat knives, but this did not seem to work "As often happens in the house Blizzard, the end result is was the product of hours of testing and modifications.
"I think, insisted Lichtner, that people would be very surprised to know how much effort and how many hours of planning are required for each class." "As a result, both the male than for females, is that we have talked to people of both sexes to see how he liked both classes. We wanted to ensure that, once created the final version, the female character does not prove too impersonal, too foreign.
These are not the classic fantasy characters with which players usually have to do, we wanted to create credible figure, with substance, background right. With this announcement should now complete the range of available classes for the most anticipated action-RPG ever, that unless some big surprises will allow us to choose between male and female versions of Monaco, Barbaro, Demon Hunter, and Witch Doctor Magician.
The problem is that we still do not know when we can do it. There has been no official announcement and it is still unclear when all the pieces are put together. Rob Pardo, Blizzard bigwig known, hopes to release Diablo III in 2011, while the CFO of Activision, Thomas Tippl said that two games software house based in Irvine will be on the shelves in 2012.
We, as usual, there is nothing to do but pray that Blizzard holy grant us the grace and try to dribble as little as possible. Ah, if only I could hibernate until the day of release!
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