Bill Roper likes the look of original Diablo better than Diablo III

Bill Roper, design director for Cryptic, says that he prefers the "darker, more realistic" Diablo to the "Blizzard interpretation" of Diablo III.

Speaking in an interview with VideoGamer.com, the ex-Blizzard North exec said he does not think that the new Diablo looks bad as such, just that he liked the more gritty version better.

"You know, I liked the darker, grittier. I liked the differences in art style, to be honest. So, I think I would personally, from a player standpoint, prefer that.

"I think that one of the things that we always tried to get across was that Diablo was Gothic fantasy, and I think there was just a need that was put in there from the visuals that I didn't necessarily get," he continued.

"I got it from the architecture and to a degree from the character design but not the feeling of the world. I can't say that I dislike it. I didn't look at it and go, 'Oh my God that's horrible.' But I looked at it and went, it's not really... To me, as a player, it just didn't really ring with Diablo."

Say it ain't so, Bill. More through there.