This Was Diablo 4

[@Thyco2501]

That slow Whirlwind at 0:55 will never get old :D

[@vyktorzhuravlev8304]

It's rather the dance :)))

[@markototev]

That WW killed me. Again.

[@ChuckFresco]

Lmao 😂 haha need that back

[@Ahch_not_op_of_Judah]

Facts

[@nikt12]

Lol 3% more damage between 3am and 4am" accurate af Those item buffs were so garbage in D4.

[@theholk]

haha i never caught "+x damage against dead games" the first time round.

[@mchlschndr8046]

+5% dmg vs diablo 2 fans. that one hit hard

[@thorbenmeyer152]

yeah thats true, feels lile Blizzard dont know what they are doing - its like patch work 😢 They told us it should be more like D2 now its like Frankenstein (a part of some dead games 😂)

[@astryl]

To be fair stuff like this exact thing existed in D2 classic on older patches.

[@DirtMerchant101]

This is what happens when you have a bunch of idiot activists making a game.

[@seanparker4461]

I clicked because I thought this was going to be a satirical cartoon.. But it's actually a preview of the game!

[@dangerousgrape]

Can recommend the incinirate build for lazy levelling

[@piratebouviere]

No it's not.

[@SquidGains]

😂

[@aohige]

It's actually legacy content as some of these are no longer true lol Mount not being usable and/or getting stuck was fixed, the terrible itemization was simplified and we no longer have to spend 2/3 of our time staring at the loot screen, etc lol

[@dangerousgrape]

@@aohige Meh, too little far too late. POE 2 will end it all for D4

[@MrAzraDark]

I love the "OVERQUALIFIED DRUMMER AT KIDS SHOW" the best!

[@inquisitorwalmarius6650]

oh, it was that one they where playing

[@wcjerky]

Nyangostar's abilities are something to behold.

[@eddapultstab2078]

And the shredding bowman

[@hoofhearted4]

i had to go watch it since its been a minute

[@myselfnooneelse3358]

had me in stitches that one

[@SirJungleBunny]

A conduit Shrine with no enemies left is on point.

[@boostalexwoot2738]

I'd always end up killing like 5 enemies spread out over that entire distance and THEN find packs again.

[@meinacco]

RAKANISHU! That sound is so deeply ingrained into my memory. It's about on the same level as WOLOLOO

[@Archimedes1988]

Same!

[@KingLich451]

Collenzooooo!

[@eddapultstab2078]

Even in d&d we use that as the kobold battle cry

[@FlawlessRhythmGG]

The D2 sounds are amazing. Shame that they couldn't just expand on their old formula.

[@TarossBlackburn]

Memory almonds were activated IMMEDIATELY for that.

[@oscarrodriguez6244]

14:20 it's the cherry on top for me. Huge congratulations for the immense display of creativity and humour.

[@SkipEtchells]

I love the original video. Japan is just great sometimes xD

[@barrakkethking]

What song is this?

[@oscarrodriguez6244]

@@barrakkethking hahahaha no idea, mate, but search "When you're overqualified for the job" and that's the video, it's pretty cool to see it create chaos... controlled chaos hahaha.

[@huynhphucm445]

"Uhmm so as you can see, we are dying and uh..." Necromancer: *It's free real minions*

[@brandonoflight8274]

Running around trying to get kills as a barbarian when the sorc just stands there deleting health bars...I feel that

[@divon18]

Barb was top tier for how many seasons deleting health bars?

[@kyles6813]

@@divon18 I guess people never played season 4 or 5 Bleed WW or Bash Barb lol. We kinda were the best for both of those seasons

[@kesasika]

@@kyles6813 Yeah maybe in end game but the point is that when you're leveling as a barbarian with a sorc, you don't really get to do much and you're constantly a fraction of the power for the entire journey.

[@kyles6813]

@@kesasika I found Bash Barb out leveled all classes in Season 4 so ......

[@matthewshelton9573]

@@kesasikaNot a fraction of the power, its just a ranged vs melee thing. In pretty much any mmo ranged classes are always going to be better at early game just due to the fact that they can kill stuff at range before the melee can get to them. Melee classes generally catch up once they level up and have access to more movement.

[@procow2274]

10:01 hold on now 10% chance to batman? Obviously top tier

[@momom6197]

>10 attacks later > Does indeed bat a man

[@kgniku503]

It just makes you an orphan, not worth it

[@garcello3398]

​@@kgniku503 Then what it does if you're _already_ an orphan?

[@Flaphand]

As someone who grew up with D1 and D2 this video gave me more enjoyment than D4 ever could. Thank you ❤

[@ChuuniKaede]

d4's in a really good place rn lol. grew up with d1 and d2, started d3 after ros, picked up d4 at launch and its been a lot of fun watching them iterate upon and improve d4 to where it is today.

[@jamesbyrd3740]

Sorry, those games just aren't that good.... It's all nostalgia.

[@Flaphand]

@@jamesbyrd3740 No, they are that good. It's not all feelings and bias, though for some I do believe nostalgia plays a role but not entirely. But then again, isn't how games make us feel an important factor anyway?

[@jamesbyrd3740]

@@Flaphand If D2 came out today, people would call it trash. They were great at the time.

[@Flaphand]

@@jamesbyrd3740 You don't know that. Pure speculation. Lesser games, with lesser graphics and gaming mechanics have been received quite well the last decennium. Good games don't lose their value over time. It either is good or it isn't.

[@DismemberCow]

The boss looking at it's rapidly depleting healthbar was ....just fantastic

[@allcohoIic]

Now tune in for our new expansion. Where we fixed most of the stuff with new stuff. Guess whos gonna playtest our bugs? Thats right, you, for the low price of just $40 you get to do it all over again.

[@zarthemad8386]

dont worry the Devs only made 1-3 builds viable for end game content *due to buggy coding

[@allcohoIic]

@@zarthemad8386 Ah yes, that pesky coding, always up to no good. Making Devs work and stuff. Boo coding boo.

[@AngryOntario]

40?

[@Foatizenknechtl]

new stuff? all that shit was in d3 before? xD

[@markmcclain3347]

You know the main way and best way to bug test is letting your fanbase play because they know how to break the game more than the developers... hence how dupers keep duping. They keep looking for new ways after the old way gets patched and that gives insight to the team on things they need to fix

[@lord_termy5142]

I completly forgot this absulutly stunning drummer performance

[@nikt12]

"visit out micro transactions store" Lol accurate. Do you guys not have phones?

[@roborob4296]

i actually spend $1000 on a phone so i could sit in front of my $3000 gaming pc and be able to play diablo. to then find out i couldnt get legendary drops unless i spent $50 per rift

[@KingLich451]

i play diablo 1 on the phone, so fun

[@mancamiatipoola]

Do you guys not have credit cards??

[@alvydasjokubauskas2587]

Yes children have credit cards and go bancrupt early life...

[@TempGuest7]

its funny cause everyone still bought diablo 4 haha

[@Bancheis]

OMG the fact you put a Nyango Star reference in this at 14:21 is amazing. I love you.

[@aohige]

Or just the Anpanman theme song reference, literally the 2nd most popular children's theme song in all of Japan after Doraemon's lol

[@most-average-athelete]

This crowd control clip is still the best 8:30

[@chargedattack3559]

So glad I watched this video. That was my favorite part.

[@blight79poop61]

I was cracking up.

[@Shaojackify]

Its sad I immediately recognized the son playing Diablo 1 from the sounds after so long.

[@azureflair3175]

no, thats not sad, thats AWESOME that means you've been around since the OG diablo graced us with its presence

[@armorvil]

remembering an awesome game is never sad

[@catjazzhappycat7273]

I'm just glad my Diablo 1 came with the free memory card for the PS1, Used most of it just to save a game ... Totally worth it.

[@corbeau-_-]

@@azureflair3175 Playing D2 for so long made me sad when I found Duriel in D4. No 'looking for Baal' kind of line... Butcher was awesome, though! One of the few things I did enjoy a lot. On the whole I always think fondly of my 'experience' with green screen commodore, them tapes... The amazing 3.5 inch floppy, . Atari. Pacman Mortal Kombat 😅 Trendsetters! Sometimes less is more. Chess is still fun to me, it's simple, but effective. Balanced. Though D4 probably will probably not 'stamp' people like its predecessors did. Like starcraft and warcraft did. Sometimes you take the betamax direction... To be fair, it's hard to top. Some VR franchise/immersive experience will probably set a new high bar at that. I don't think Blizzard will be competing for most memorable title anytime soon. They'll probably make a load of money though, so who knows. Maybe they'll hire some (gameplay) talent by mistake ;)

[@krokosaur777]

Idk I've played Diablo The Hell 3 mod just yesterday :D

[@Jon-py9xl]

The Butcher turning on the Rogue like that was one of the funniest things I ever seen 😆

[@gerald8289]

i cant breathe. The part with the comparing items and the horse in the trash... im dieing

[@jamesnigelkunjuro12]

The fact that the title includes "Was" feels kinda melancholic :( we had a ton of Diablo 1-3 content in comparison. Still glad you covered these, best friend!

[@ohnosmoarlulcatz]

It's because the expansion is changing up a lot of things and the Paragon Board is likely going to break a lot of stuff knowing the history with modern Blizzard

[@jamesnigelkunjuro12]

@@ohnosmoarlulcatz oh good, I was prepared for the worst. I had Carbot's WOW Remastered video in mind when writing this comment. It's sad seeing beloved franchises die to poor decisions from the management.

[@Keshro]

@@ohnosmoarlulcatz lol changed what? The game is the exact same from what I've seen

[@atlasstudios]

diablo 1-3 had a bunch of updates and expansions over their belts

[@whoxman1621]

Diablo 1 and 2 indeed, we had a ton of content. But for Diablo 3? We had nothing. Just one video about rushing the game, another with jokes about two classes, and that's all. The two parodies of animations of the game can not even be counted.

[@NinjaSushi2]

The mix of Diablo 1 and 2 sounds was wonderful as always.

[@gloweye]

Diablo 4 items: 6 insignificant bonuses to 4 stats in 17 extremely specific circumstances.

[@nlrz313]

Is it still like this after all the updates?

[@augustusguap228]

@@nlrz313 less, but to a degree yes. As a whole it's getting better each season tho

[@i_am_ergo]

What an absolute trainwreck of a design choice.

[@roborob4296]

its sad diablo had the best itemization of all arpgs. nothing else could really compare. then in some failed attempt to make this more approachable to dumber players and new comers to the genre they somehow made the worst itemization in diablo history

[@wkndplaya]

Yes, they have hidden most of the "on Tuesday" effects, so when you stop randomly doing damage you know why.

[@Y_R_U_running]

i am getting mad just watching 11:50 and the laughing in the end is just cherry on top. you perfectly nailed that little orb things personality 😂😂

[@richard3365]

I swear, if that little bubble orb thingy ACTUALLY laughed at you like that, I might have had the tiniest enjoyment for lightning storm dungeons. As it was, I avoided them like the plague they were.

[@beezlebubisfly3211]

I love that the son is playig with the original Xbox duke controller. He is the quintessential capital "G" Gamer.

[@fullout42]

And you can hear that he’s playing diablo 1

[@LegionZGaming]

the creativity is through the roof

[@LordDragox412]

It's a shame Carbot didn't animate the classic timed defense event, wandering soul ("They've been feeding on me. My soul... please, take it away from them. Let it end."). It had the classical Diablo 4 twist where you succeed in the defense, but the wandering soul turns out to be evil in the end and goes full Palpatine on the player - "Such power... Hahaha!", and the female VA line delivery was a bit comical due to not having great direction.

[@Soggy-In-Seattle]

This encapsulated my experience exactly. And I’m definitely the archer in the group battles trying to keep up. 😂. You guys rock!

[@prodigalpriest]

Hearing the sound effects of the first two Diablo games and others made this highly entertaining. Thanks guys! 👍

[@nikidubert8870]

+5% damage to NPC streamers is the best! :D

[@zerochill4326]

That C- was absolutely dastardly. 😂😂 Edit: and yes i paused and read the manual on the boots.

[@Asgardians3t]

At 04:00 mins the game the kid is playing being posses is Diablo 1 u can tell by the sounds of the warrior getting hit

[@balkthor]

Diablo 2: Awesome in spite of some of this accurate silliness Diablo 4: Ridiculous because of this accurate silliness

[@christopherchampion5244]

The scream when you see the butcher in the early days has never been more accurate lol.

[@Sojiiro545]

Love the FF9 background music

[@Zidizzle87]

City of Treno! Played way too much Tetra Master in that town 😅

[@polca4love]

They forced the Tetra Master on that part. Only bad part in that masterpiece.

[@OodlesOfSkiddoodles]

Today is the day we watch as the Druid werebear becomes the rune bear

[@bunnyphang]

You see, you can tell it's "This WAS Diablo 4" because they removed the "On Tuesdays" modifier. Everything else still rings true.

[@Nick-xn3pu]

I was raised as a 13LizzChild- I came to expect the very finest and perfected finely tuned game that they boasted for so long. "It'll be ready, when it's ready" That used to be their motto. Now it's. Have it your way. Here take this game full of resent.

[@zeusleague.]

This is my favorite channel, I would do anything to see them mass produce such videos every day. Makes my day every time. Thank you ❤.

[@JustMarty]

Aww! The legendary items went on a fun adventure to get to the adventurer! I can't wait to see more adventures with this plucky happy bunch!

[@kael13]

All the Final Fantasy IX music! I love it! ahaha.

[@TatteredCaptain]

i love the Diablo 2 Barb sounds

[@opposingcritter]

Butcher only appears on my low level characters and just runs me down then never to be seen once I have gear.

[@heyj64]

Player Character: "Aaah... Fresh chicken..."

[@Pokdemon]

as is tradition

[@codyharney2997]

Always

[@TheFairyGothmother]

I just ran into him 2 times in realm walkers. I nuked his health so fast I was shocked. I remember the first encounter with friends. It was very much like this cartoon! 😂😂

[@TrueProtestantGaming3]

I haven't played Diablo IV, but I feel like I'm getting more entertainment value out of thia video than I would the actual game.

[@superninja_youtube]

Reminds me of how there was a tournament for Diablo 4 when it first came out... And no one showed up. The only people in the crowd were the tournament participants & staff. They had to shut it down. Says a lot about the quality of Diablo 4.

[@kylejamer]

How would you have a tournament on D4? 😂🤣

[@BurningSpear213]

Ya don't say, and where was this tournament? Who sponsored it?

[@rogerskitt1542]

Youre thinking of the contest they had for quickest to 100, then everyone realized how long it would take and just gave up

[@corbeau-_-]

@@rogerskitt1542 On Sept. 9, the developer hosted an in-person competitive event in South Korea, in collaboration with local esports channel TEN. As shown on the livestream, however, people didn’t exactly show up. The livestream showed two teams who faced off each other on Diablo 4 in front of empty seats. The show was shared on Diablo‘s official KZbin and Twitch channels, but the audience didn’t surpass 300 viewers

[@corbeau-_-]

@@rogerskitt1542 there were quite a few messy events... I think it really started with that immortal introduction. 'Do YoU GuYs Not HaVe PhoNes?!'

[@Reaper9-4]

On a more positive note, thanks for bringing us so much joy with ur videos for all these years.

[@Arnyh0ld]

These videos are 99% better than the actual game.

[@Cashman9111]

so... almost twice

[@robert7568]

😂 Troll

[@miriamweller812]

I mean, they feel like made by a salty player and crybaby, so of course the crybaby crowd that wastes their lives with whining about a company they hate would love it.

[@Cashman9111]

@@miriamweller812 go buy another shitty game for 60$ haha

[@redemptionjack4657]

No the game is great it is only the end game content that is meh.

[@gregoryvn3]

I just love the bear growl sounds so much. And the terrified screams. I giggle. 😊

[@SomeNerd361]

7:46 They changed the music! CURSE YOU LICENSING!

[@bobbenson6825]

The "overqualified drummer" bit was great, but the next Conduit Shrines one was my favorite. Because it happens that way in all these games. I've lost count of the times in Last Epoch where I hit a good shrine and, indeed, the tumbleweeds are all that is left while the shrine effect is up.

[@Khrann]

Also even if the shine is cursed you get its power when you touch it anyways so by the time the event has finished you stare at an empty shrine every time XD

[@Uldan1988]

CC one is the GOAT ,its so accurate :D

[@shardinhand1243]

7:44 i love this maybe a little more than i should... its the floppy walking, and everythings so damn cute.

[@The1Syndicate]

This is literally the game

[@feuph]

100% accurate. The most annoying is the cleaning chores, they also added that to wow and I absolutely refuse to clean and mob the floor on a fucking videogame. Idk they “go talk to someone that is right over there” is also a recurrent quest around blizz games now

[@ydoumus]

"Carbot 2025 calendar", aka "Carbot Elden Ring calendar"

[@dantheman_nc]

Takeaways from this… the old Rakaneechu sound, getting frozen sucks, nothing worse than having conduit shrine but killed everything before you got it.

[@blazedehart2748]

I’m watching this instead of playing.

[@merikariu]

Good idea. I tried it for 4 hours (45 minutes of which were cinematics) and found it to be boring.

[@blazedehart2748]

@@merikariu I played a little of the new expansion. In one of the first cutscenes you get killed by a random soldier guy with zero powers. I literally just skipped the rest of the scene. Godawful writing.

[@TheKorkak]

I decided to give it a shot after couple seasons thinking maybe they fixed the game and omg it is still as boring as first day and all those damage to small dicked demons %3 and stuff is still suck as fuck

[@jaredsmith4919]

The Archer just rocking out with that bow and bunch of arrows. Fantastic animation!

[@TheUnkow]

That song ... Cheff's kiss.

[@Pythonhier]

I remember playing Diablo, and Diablo II for the story. Idk what the games become now.

[@BlueShellshock]

1:19 Wind Waker music got me. I haven't heard that tune in forever.

[@Kasp123213]

Love your art drawing and humor I really do!

[@TyrantsRuin]

If I remember, 18 min of Carbot, so 18 weeks maybe 1/4 year of working on only diablo 4?

[@GoldAnthroWolf]

Goddamn, that Lilith part, that is my frustration. I can literally 3 second the first form, but if I get touched by ANYTHING of the spikes, I die, second form, I can do the same but that last 2% I instadie from something. That fight needs a serious rework! But yes, Carbot, you have the best animations and this is a pure shining example of what the game was/is :D Keep it up!

[@kreiyu]

in her first form, just walk around her at the edge of the circle area to dodge her attacks. it's surprisingly effective.

[@daemeonx]

The itemization part is EXACTLY how diablo 4 feels!

[@justanothergrunt9053]

God man when I got mad running speed on my rogue that was actually pretty fun. Love the horse reference.

[@Ascension646]

I like the final fantasy 9 Treno playback lol 9:20

[@Hawaii901]

FF music has no place in Diablo 4. XD

[@Bselcaro]

The amount of joy I got from watching this! Great work and thank you. The conduit shrine was my favourite.

[@zitokeratin2643]

This is so incredibly good and accurate. I was dying watching it. Congratulations on such an amazing work.

[@FanOWater]

I loved the Nyangostar homage. That had me near crying it was so funny. Everything in this video is spot on! Well done!

[@ruen1423]

"Remember to visit the Microtransaction store!" I read that and gezzz, too close to home... and KFC

[@BigbossShoshka]

The last one with the necromancer had me rolling! The same scream and death animation over and over, and it's timed perfectly.

[@savagedonut]

The fact they came out with that itemization for a loot runner game is insane. They came out with a mega beta version of the game. I think Mefisto was the last boss of the real D4 initial game but they were forced to ship faster. You can see in the new dungeons the old objectives are there but disabled, so the Kurast act was there on launch probably.

[@lashaxoperia5917]

I don't think so

[@Temeraire306]

I love the drummer reference to the metal drummer playing in the Nyamong costume during the Anoanman show😂

[@floydstash]

i wish this game was good like diablo 1 and 2 were.

[@lashaxoperia5917]

At the moment this game is better than diablo 1 and 2 ever were.

[@Exod3us24]

Love the music at the end, it remember me Diablo 2 when i was a kid ^^

[@medigoomnis]

There is WAY...WAY...WAAAAAAY more Diablo 1 and 2 energy in this short animation than the entirety of Diablo 4...while this animation shows about 10% of the problems and failures of D4, this > that.

[@ridervillian]

Me staring at the mini-map while riding my horse...always be getting caught up on every rock and tree! lol

[@KraggHC]

This absolutely perfectly illustrates why Diablo 4 bad.

[@geefbird]

these are all brilliant lol, this might be the best thing that has come from Diablo 4 existing.

[@11131618570]

Funny but so true show of the game. Thank you for doing this. I would have laughed hard if you could have shown how when in town all the items of every player were loaded.

[@phthisis]

"Universal Acclaim" "A spectacular sequel"

[@TheUltradad]

Had more fun and enjoyment watching these videos than playing the game

[@frankieslattery615]

Your depiction of the Legion events is one of the most accurate and funniest things I've seen

[@procow2274]

Accurate especially the horse 🐎

[@codyharney2997]

Beautiful. Great work. Only a true grind goblin could put it so simply.

[@Iam.krusty]

Damn this Truthbomb is accurate! Standing Applause guys! 🤕

[@TheAlmightygizmo]

Just hearing the d2 character sounds brings me so much nostalgia! When she hit the tunnel and got the death noise, i creased lol.

[@ArcticBanshee]

This whole thing made me lol. Especially the dang horse to foolery. Subbed.

[@Momoka7]

9:23 Looking at this, I think the itemization in Diablo 4 was trolling on Blizzards end. There is no other way for me to explain why it was convoluted like that. They like to do that in World of Warcraft too, so you can't run a optimized build by just looking at stuff.

[@JinFreeks]

The funny thing is, I found that D4s itemization is *super* straight forward. Or was, just after launch. Never touched the game again after. Sure, it took a hot second to figure out which stats actually do anything. But after that it was very easy. Does item x have stats y, z and q which I know can roll on item x? No? Ok, item is bad. Yes, ok, item is good so compare if it's an upgrade. They somehow managed to overwhelm you with useless stats and at the same time make the simplest itemization in an ARPG I've seen to date. That takes some talent, I guess.

[@Momoka7]

@@JinFreeks I bet they worked hard on that, loll. Friends pulled me back to DIablo when Diablo 2 Reforged came, then the Diablo 4 open Beta came and they all liked it and said I am gonna buy it... I didn't. I seen in the Beta that the Talent system is awkward(for me) and that they not utilized the open world at all... I'd rather teleport to a rift in Diablo 3 then running to Dungeons in Diablo 4. At the end of day I am not a huge fan of those kind of games... I liked Diablo 2 quite allot, Titan Quest and Grim Dawn.

[@themidnightace8295]

8:24 reminds me of the ooze in "Who Framed Roger Rabbit" lol with the screams 😂😂

[@ralgore]

Soda...check, popcorn...check, favorite blanket...check. I am now ready to indulge in Carbot's review of DiabLoL 4.

[@stormraingreen7543]

The antimate ddrum solo. Saw the original recording years ago. Still quite something to behold.

[@EFJoKeR]

Rotten day. Way the hell too much drama at work. Hurt myself a couple times. And so on... Just a day of piss poor bad luck... And then i get home... Go on YT, and find this gem of a video... Made my day. Thank you Carbot... In the business of turning CRAP into GOLD !!!

[@starfoxBR77]

The horse parts and the voice of the npc of the challenges is the peak!!

[@ArticulateArena]

The last season before the expansion was nice. Idk what they were thinking with this expansion and new class

[@Jayrehm]

The expansion is good IMO

[@VideoHostSite]

@@Jayrehm Well, at least they still have YOUR money.

[@lashaxoperia5917]

Expansion is super cool, i guess you are not playing it.

[@danielkanewske8473]

Nailed it! AS a Barb main, my favorite part was when the barb put on the glasses!

[@magusgrise9385]

Now we just need to get Carbot to give Path of Exile Two a go when it comes out so they can make a video titled This "Was" Supposed to be Diablo 4. LOL

[@vincebrannon3353]

The freeze bombs the wall and the sqush 🤣 Too real!!1

[@m3taphyz1kal]

The getting stuck on rocks was all too real man

[@theirontenth2099]

This covered literally every experience I had in the game, I though maybe I was the only one having these issues lmao.