(06-25-2012, 08:18 PM)ViralSpiral Wrote: (More on Bad Writing Theatre: Having the souls of people you "wronged" show up to yell at you.
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Leah stupids her way through everything (and then blames the player herp a derp?
Heck, I was depressed when someone else killed Imperius.
Are these kind of misunderstandings why Blizz tried to err on the simple side?
The "souls" of the departed are just apparitions of Diablo. Or at least I thought their incredibly out-of-character claims, followed by transforming into demons, should have given that impression.
Imperius and friends were not killed on the arch. All angels were incapacitated while Diablo was messing with the arch, you can even see them moving on the ground. After Diablo is killed, several angels show up, so clearly Imperius should be fine.
(06-25-2012, 11:18 PM)ViralSpiral Wrote: Actually to my knowledge, this is the first Diablo game to mention there BEING any Gods. I figure the older games didn't want to piss off any real world religions and just kind of avoided any mention of deific beings. I was a little shocked to hear there -are- any, actually.
The godS have nothing to do with angels or demons. That's more the reason the past Diablos ignored them, they had nothing to do with the Christian gothic ethos. Therefore there's no danger in bringing them out now, as they have nothing to do with the religions of America. In D3 Jay actually made a point that they weren't going to be using pentagrams or upside down crosses precisely to distance themselves from Christianity.