New Map/Tilesets - Art Direction?

[Visions of Khas]

I'm very glad they're making these changes to the tilesets. I've always been somewhat discouraged from gameplay due to the detail saturation, particularly the specular highlighting of terrain. This change in intensity, or value, is extremely important in guiding the eye in art and creating focal points. The previous tilesets wrought havoc, artistically. It now allows for a greater degree of focus and readability.

[sandwich_bird]

I remember reading/hearing something about fighting Amon in the Void, so maybe that's a reason as to why a tileset inside the void exists.

Maybe a lore master can enlighten me but... why does the ''void'' even have a tile set? It's the void! How did ''nothing'' become some sort of diablo final level? I could accept the fact that dark templars use ''void energy'' even though it's border line magic because it's kinda sci-fi that you can somehow harness power out of the absence of anything but now... blizz is telling us that the void is some kind of alternate hell dimension!? Come on! They better have good explanations (they won't).

Also, much needed warcraft reference to laugh at blizzard's creative bankruptcy: http://wow.gamepedia.com/Void

Edit: well, according to http://starcraft.wikia.com/wiki/Void, it's a realm separated from the material universe so... if it's not material... then why... ahhh forget it

[Visions of Khas]

It was hinted that Amon could control the "fabric of reality" within the Void, which would be a weird thing to say unless the Void were its own reality. But if we go as far back as StarCraft I:

"I have traveled between the most distant of stars. I have beheld the birth of negative suns, and born witness to the entropy of entire realities."

They're probably using this as an anchor for their renewed vision of the Void. It is also said Dark Templar ships traverse the Void instead of using conventional FTL drives.

It's also possible this is some FEAR bullshit, ie Amon's psychic will is so powerful he's created a world of nightmare a la Alma.

[Turalyon]

Maybe a lore master can enlighten me but... why does the ''void'' even have a tile set? It's the void! How did ''nothing'' become some sort of diablo final level? I could accept the fact that dark templars use ''void energy'' even though it's border line magic because it's kinda sci-fi that you can somehow harness power out of the absence of anything but now... blizz is telling us that the void is some kind of alternate hell dimension!? Come on! They better have good explanations (they won't).

Also, much needed warcraft reference to laugh at blizzard's creative bankruptcy: http://wow.gamepedia.com/Void

Edit: well, according to http://starcraft.wikia.com/wiki/Void, it's a realm separated from the material universe so... if it's not material... then why... ahhh forget it

You're thinking, which means you're not doing it right.

I assume a "void" tileset doesn't really exist in a physical sense but that it's like a dream or vision type thingy. Afterall, in WoL we have missions based off memories held in an Ihan crystal and one of those is based on a figment of the Overmind's imagination (In Utter Darkness).

[Gradius]

Void is also used in SC to refer to space. I'm assuming that tileset is merely just a location in space.

[sandwich_bird]

Void is also used in SC to refer to space. I'm assuming that tileset is merely just a location in space.

But then it would be somewhat(but not entirely) inconsistent with the naming convention of other tile-sets based in space(space platforms).

We'll see but I'm putting my money on demon realm

[Sheliek]

Void as a tangible-yet-immaterial place isn't that odd in sci-fi. The Warp in 40K, and the entirety of Event Horizon come to mind as similar alternate, chaotic and unpleasant domains. It's also consistent with Amon wanting to remake reality in his image and even Duran's quote from Dark Origin.

[Nissa]

Don't none of you guys do the Dungeons and Dragons thing? Obvs it's the Shadow Plane, coexistent to the Material Plane.