Diablo III: Book of Tyrael Hardcover Author: Tyrael | Language: English | ISBN:
1608872793 | Format: PDF, EPUB
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“…phenomenal in visual appearance… Almost every page in the book contains at least one piece of artwork and a piece of dedicated scripture, all of which is printed perfectly on the highest quality of paper.”—Inside the Box Reviews
“While this insight into the backstory of Diablo III is very welcome, at least half the draw of the Book of Cain was in its gorgeous illustrations, the sort of images you only find in concept artwork, except more fully fleshed out and featuring a greater degree of detail. The Book of Tyrael continues this tradition, and is described as featuring ‘stunning original art throughout.’”—The Escapist
About the Author
Tyrael lives in Irvine, CA. Known for blockbuster hits including the Warcraft®, StarCraft®, and Diablo® franchises, Blizzard Entertainment, Inc., is a premier game developer and publisher of entertainment software renowned for creating some of the industry’s most critically acclaimed games. They are based in Irvine, CA.
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- Hardcover: 164 pages
- Publisher: Insight Editions (October 22, 2013)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 1608872793
- ISBN-13: 978-1608872794
- Product Dimensions: 10.2 x 8.1 x 1 inches
- Shipping Weight: 2 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
Today, I have received, and fully read (about 6 hours) the entirety of the Book of Tyrael.
The authors of this book (Matt Burns and Doug Alexander) had quite the task of matching the wonderful writing of Book of Cain (Flint Dille). I am happy to say that they were up to the challenge, and the writing of this book, is every bit as good as what was put forth, by Flint Dille.
As a complete Diablo lore nerd, I cannot begin to describe my anticipation for this particular lore book. I will most assuredly be re-reading this, many more times, before the release of, Reaper of Souls. I am left both satiated, and still wanting more!
If you are looking for more Diablo content, this is what you "should" buy! (Note the word "should!")
For now my friends, is where It breaks my heart, to talk about the flaws of this potentially wonderful book, the printing.
The Book of Cain, was designed and printed with wonderfully detailed artwork, great pagination, smart use of switching between printed and hand-written text. At no time was the TEXT ever unreadable!
Most of this book is suppose to look like Book of Cain pages glued to modern pages.
While I can surely appreciate the artistic intent, the coloring of these pages, is just too dark.
The black text on DARKLY colored backgrounds makes several words in the book unreadable!!!
Far too many of pages are only readable if you have a direct light beaming down onto the book.
For those of you who think I am probably just going blind, let me assure you that I do wear either glasses, or contacts, and have my vision checked yearly. This is not a case of eyesight.
Not that Diablo has ever been known as the pinnacle of literary achievement for its tie-in products, but this is somewhat poor even by those standards. The artwork is beautiful, the layout is serviceable, and the binding is great. The book itself is nice to hold and to read, though I liked the more rough-hewn texture of the Book of Cain more by comparison. This one's shiny/smooth exterior and gilded pages make sense given the supposed origin, however, so it attempts to be true to the fiction in its design, which is a nice touch.
The only problem is the writing.
Cain's fictional voice has always been subject to gross hyperbole. Never have we expected Shakespeare from the man, and his descriptions of otherworldly beings have always tended toward the absurd. Nearly everything is "God forbid this should ever happen" or "My mind can scarcely comprehend this blasphemy", to the point where if taken at his word, the guy would have been a gibbering mess long before the events of Diablo 2. Unfortunately, the writer's stylistic missteps are much worse here, for other and, sadly, more damning reasons. Given the fact that Cain is supposed to be a scholar of some renown, it's hard to take the work seriously, because the writing is anything but scholarly in tone. In fact, it almost all comes across as the opinion of someone with rather too much confidence in his own analysis, and he constantly qualifies things with "It is my belief" or "In my view" (I paraphrase) even when those things would reasonably be considered, were they true, either common knowledge, or one of very few options of opinion on the subject, rending such qualifying of his opinion as a wanton waste of text.
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