I dun get it, Daiblo had a solid range of colors...it was not "modern" tones of 4 shades of brown,green and red............
Diablo III Art Director Quits
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I think the new art style looks better, as i didn't' care much for the Dark, grainier look of Diablo 2, also It's more realistic, as pure black in a dungeon isn't realistic like, as it's usually dark Blue, but that's my 2 Cents. 
They also spelled cartoonish wrong.
I don't get their beef with the big shoulderpads. They've always been in Blizzard games, including Diablo 2. The better your armor gets, the bigger and more exaggerated your shoulderpads become. Check out some of the high-end barbarian armors and you'll see what I mean.
That's a screencap of Halbu from Pandemonium Fortress. The big shoulderpads are just apart of Blizzard's style, it's not exclusive to WoW at all.
As for colors, there were enemies every color of the rainbow. In the Arcane Sanctuary, the clan demons were BRIGHT RED. I recall purple, green and blue enemies as well, not to mention they turned neon colors after being poisoned or frozen. Certain armors and weapons were bright colors such as purple, green, blue, etc..
I think this is just a case of people remembering things the way they want to, and not the way they actually were.
I don't get their beef with the big shoulderpads. They've always been in Blizzard games, including Diablo 2. The better your armor gets, the bigger and more exaggerated your shoulderpads become. Check out some of the high-end barbarian armors and you'll see what I mean.
That's a screencap of Halbu from Pandemonium Fortress. The big shoulderpads are just apart of Blizzard's style, it's not exclusive to WoW at all.
As for colors, there were enemies every color of the rainbow. In the Arcane Sanctuary, the clan demons were BRIGHT RED. I recall purple, green and blue enemies as well, not to mention they turned neon colors after being poisoned or frozen. Certain armors and weapons were bright colors such as purple, green, blue, etc..
I think this is just a case of people remembering things the way they want to, and not the way they actually were.
I think the new art style does manage to keep the colors going strong and maintain the original feel of the Diablo series. I sat through the Art panel at the Blizzard WWI when they announced D3 and Morrisroe was the one presenting. He definitely emphasized that this was what they were going for. Simply updating what everyone knows already. I highly doubt anything will change with his leaving. Sure the art director may be gone, but I guarantee the majority of the actual artists and visionaries are still actively working on the project. People come and go all the time.