09-13-2011, 07:19 PM
I'm going to catch fire for this, but as someone who has now watched the beta in person (Damn you Sether, you're so damn lucky!!), I'm requesting you acknowledge that screenshots =/= atmosphere.
Atmosphere is revealed in not only the picture you're staring at and judging, but also the music, the background sounds, the voiceovers, the movement, the UI, the setting and the story/quest you're on. As Sir Doyle pointed out, a pastoral and calm looking rural farmland can be more threatening and gloomy than the darkest places of London, depending on your perspective.
The opening certainly felt gothic to me.
Atmosphere is revealed in not only the picture you're staring at and judging, but also the music, the background sounds, the voiceovers, the movement, the UI, the setting and the story/quest you're on. As Sir Doyle pointed out, a pastoral and calm looking rural farmland can be more threatening and gloomy than the darkest places of London, depending on your perspective.
The opening certainly felt gothic to me.
Hardcore Diablo 1/2/3/4 & Retail/Classic WoW adventurer.