Diablo 2 Resurrected just FIXED a HUGE PLOT HOLE from the Original Diablo 2

[@deanfraiser]

Diablo 2 resurrected will also fill a large plot hole in my adult life 😪

[@SSDavyS]

about time we get our childhood back :)

[@dewardsteward6818]

That's what she said.

[@r6-AgentScorpionParkerKRider23]

yes giving us the D3 we as real players always wanted(kinda)

[@frodosfrostbite]

Blizzard remasters have been a shitshow the last few years. I’m not keeping my hopes ip

[@CalvinFongeist]

made me chuckle thanks!

[@brunocomparin2295]

Marious' voice was outstanding. I hope they found someone with a similar voice. "How could that broken shell of a man, barely able to carry the weight of his own sword, be the burning terror?" That part always got to me.

[@elnumbrotres]

They kept his voice files

[@DarkLOREDash]

He was the best. THEEEE BEST

[@VerkingKerng]

I was hoping none of the voice acting would be changed, are they redoing it?

[@brunocomparin2295]

@@VerkingKerng Well, I doubt they'll follow the cinematics 100% as the original, so it is probable they'll make some changes, even if small ones.

[@LignGranite]

@@VerkingKerng they won't change the voice. They said that in the interview.

[@justarandomname420]

The sence of dread, hopelessness, and loss I felt watching that cinematic the first time after finally killing Diablo perfectly suited the horror D1 made me feel. You lose no matter what.

[@eeyuup]

Diablo is amazingly dark. Diablo wins because he gets a stronger body as a host, and the other two heroes are corrupted and made to go mad respectively. Diablo doesn't just win, he wins a big victory.

[@sumerian88]

It's disheartening that all the heroes from the first game end up worse. Brave and virtuous mortals, the best humanity had to offer, failing to resist the power of Hell.

[@moguldamongrel3054]

Yea I don't think any of us would shove a demon stone into our forehead.

[@moguldamongrel3054]

@@BlotterWizard thats a different matter, of people profiting off of death. That's like trying to sell shwag as heads. It only works if your mids is so good it can pass off at heads quality for mids prices. I still believe that plants are ok. It's when people concentrate stuff and try to control people threw drugs for money that it becomes a problem. Shamans and tribes have been passing the peace pipe longer then my progeny have been alive.

[@tanksforless]

@@sumerian88 that kind of a story isn't even allowed to be published anymore lol

[@rin-joh8644]

Maybe it did kill the Warrior, and he is just a walking corpse.

[@jonathancunningham8739]

I don't think so because there was some resistance early on like in the opium den.

[@WereCreed]

The warrior was alive, but controlled by Diablo, who took over the soul of the warrior.

[@jonathancunningham8739]

@@WereCreed Exactly thank you happy some one remembers the old cut scene.

[@renegadusunidos6151]

@@jonathancunningham8739 Maybe his soul remained inside his body but the body itself is just a shell container thus a literal walking corpse

[@jonathancunningham8739]

@@renegadusunidos6151 you could be right never thought of it that way then again this is a universe where magic exist so all there is are theories.

[@michaellv426]

The trailer teaches me to not pick up foreign objects laying in the street and put it into my skull, because those might be soulstones

[@V2Guerrero]

Marius and Ba’al in the insane asylum is probably the best voice acting I’ve ever seen. It’s definitely the most remembered of all the cinematics I’ve seen. We miss you Marius, you drugged out follower of a wanderer !

[@Sorain1]

"We want you to do a short scene for the assignment." "Any scene?" "Submit it for approval." "I'm gonna need a partner." The reactions of the whole conversation between Marius and Ba'al (from the first cinematic to the last, I went and wrote his full narration down.) of the class were absolutely worth the effort me and my friend put in. The teacher didn't recognize the source and assumed it was a novel.

[@mareksicinski3726]

Drugged out?

[@toddwatkins5011]

@@mareksicinski3726 he smokes opium trying to forget the horrors of tristram

[@alexbon4768]

I find it trash in english. Way better in french. Especially mephisto's voice wich is 1000times better and more scarier in french.

[@frsknsld]

@@alexbon4768 nah

[@TheHeartlessFour]

That's hardly a "HUGE" plot hole. I always assumed it was just hidden until he could assume his final form.

[@bobloerakker7010]

Yeah me too, never gave it a thought really.

[@karsonkammerzell6955]

Yeah... We kind of all assumed that homeboy just shoved it in there and it was consumed into him. Not sure what to say if people thought this was a 'plot hole' for this long.

[@frozengoat5834]

The dropping it on the ground is pretty big, but it always seemed obvious that that just sort of...wasn't canon. Like, they could say "well no he decides to go pick it back up." that's just lame. I always figured that was actually the "better part" of his soul that got left behind, which he wasn't actually clutching, he just sort of imagined that, already going mad-searching for sanity in the East where all that awaited him were the goals of his possessor

[@FeLiPeInSiDe]

@@frozengoat5834 I always considered that PARTS of the stone came out and dropped to the ground on his journeys. Kinda makes that other cinematic work with the canon.

[@TheNightman.]

Yeah it's called clickbait videos

[@alexandarvoncarsteinzarovi3723]

Lesson for the day, avoid putting evil hellish demonic magical crystal in your skull!

[@shtroizn]

Sounds like prudent advice! 🤣

[@alexandarvoncarsteinzarovi3723]

@@shtroizn Hey my first Diablo character is proof

[@shtroizn]

@@alexandarvoncarsteinzarovi3723 True dat :)

[@Twitch_Moderator]

I *ONLY* like putting evil hellish, demonic magical crystals in my skull.

[@alexandarvoncarsteinzarovi3723]

@@Twitch_Moderator NO HERESY!!!

[@franciscodetonne4797]

Holy sh*t the Warrior from D1 had a very modern military-looking Bowie knife from *our* world. *gasp*

[@DarkLOREDash]

Next video "The Hidden Weapon of the Warrior you Wouldn't BELIEVE" :P

[@franciscodetonne4797]

​@@DarkLOREDash Hahaha

[@rin-joh8644]

Dude found a Ka-Bar in hell. Doesn't matter, looks cool.

[@procow2274]

All the characters have thar knife

[@ryospeedwagon1456]

@@DarkLOREDash I feel like that would be the mysterious sword in the Diablo 1 trailer.

[@Alatriste90]

I watched this trailer in a friend's house back in 2002 when I was 12 and played diablo 2 for the first time. Had totally forgoten about it, but rewatching it makes nostalgia flow. Cant wait for sept 23 to be able to play it again, a couple of week after i turn 31. Almost 20 years man, times flies.

[@DarkLOREDash]

I hear ya, happy birthday in advance!

[@lakdav]

Of all the things I'm looking forward to in Resurrected, it's the redone HD cinematics. Modern graphics with the old excellent writing, yes please. I watched the old ones dozens of times when I was a kid, probably could recite most of them

[@hemphoeather5504]

When I saw the remastered cutscenes I seriously thought they were the original, that's just how good they looked in my memory. Out of the redone cinematics that I've watched, they're all done greatly

[@Gandoan]

I had thought the stones were always just a prison vessel but the body could also be a similar vessel. I remember Diablo one, Diablo really didn't want to fuse with Albrecht because he was just a weak child so it's possible that he deliberately didn't severe the link to the stone. I had assumed Diablo just fully implanted his soul into the warriors body. Heck maybe even swapped places with the warriors soul, ejected the warriors soul into the soul stone then discarded it. That way he would control the body uncontested.

[@darth0tator]

and then growing back another soulstone, from your own hellish magic powers to make you survive another hero slaying your body

[@simbriant]

"This guy jammed the soul gem into his head and look what happened. Guess I will do the same. What could go wrong?"

[@hellspawn3200]

He thought since he killed diablo so easily that he thought he could contain diablo.

[@Odinoian]

I love the idea of the soulstone, or Diablo himself, cursing his slayer to replace him, and thus living forever!

[@DarkLOREDash]

Is a pretty wild concept yeah!

[@spaz113z]

Me too. Even as kid playing for the first time this was cool. The victory is so bittersweet. Then again who wouldn't want to be the god damn titular Diablo.

[@diond6976]

Yeah pretty terrifying concept.

[@Kopie0830]

Why don't they just destroy it?

[@marcmartino8518]

@@Kopie0830 Requires the Hell forge. And you do destroy it at the end of Act 4 in D2. Baal's was the only one left until D3 pulled a BS "Black Soulstone" out of their ass.

[@Crazozourus]

I always assumed that the warrior lodged the stone in his forehead, absorbed the essence of Diablo and than took it out. Also Baal soul stone was damaged that's why Tal Rasha embedded it in his flesh.

[@matthuck378]

A brain can take a surprising amount of trauma and still survive and function.

[@DarkLOREDash]

Is that right??

[@neo7538]

@@DarkLOREDash I remember an artical that talks about a guy got his head (and brain) pearced by a pole(?) during a coal mining operation (yes, its way bacc in the old days). He survived but his mental state wasnt the same. Anger problems and stuff. So yeah, real shit

[@Zhizza]

Look up Phineas Gage

[@neo7538]

@@Zhizza yeah, thats the guy

[@nickmeyer238]

Yep. His personality completely changed.

[@SuppositionalBox]

7:19 "Under the city of Travincal, we see the brothers *_mate_* " K

[@lbonvillain-wm4ds]

"Give it to us Blizzard and all shall be forgiven" lmao

[@MavByte]

"You have done well Blizzard... Now I think you shall have your reward.~" *kills off Blizzard*

[@asterixobelix20]

@@MavByte "What have I done to deserve this"-Blizzard (to which my answer: "You made Warcraft 3 Reforged and pissed in your own fanbase's cornflakes").

[@AidanMclaren]

@@asterixobelix20 Oh, they've done far more than that just that... Warcraft 3 Reforged should have been the final nail in the coffin, though.

[@juiceboxbzrk]

Meanwhile in China...

[@utterchaospainting]

@@MavByte Agreed lmao

[@GldnClaw]

I'm surprised there was this much confusion over it in the first place. Have we fallen so much as to need to be spoon-fed cinematically? The stone on the road always seemed like a reminder that IT was the major influence of the wanderer's decisions (allegorical rather than the stone was actually dropped). There are two kinds of people: those who can extrapolate from incomplete data...

[@themakkoning]

"The logic of the stone sharing space with his brain makes little sense to me" but demons gargoyles and ghouls, Magic and all that jazz makes TOTAL sense =D

[@khurgar8120]

It does make sense yes, because we know what gargoyles and ghouls and magic is in context with the game. We also know what would happen to us if we jam a rock into our head.

[@cult_of_odin]

@@khurgar8120 a normal rock yes. But a magic juju filled rock is a different story.

[@rockk9753]

Thats the cool thing about magic it doesnt have to make sense and theyre magic stones

[@Pinefr0st]

Soulstones are intensely magical items meant to house souls. The demons corrupted them, and I figure they altered the stones to be able to be embeddable into a host body for the sake of possession. This means that the stones would be specifically enchanted not to interfere in the workings of the body and even compensate by augmenting any damaged tissues and magically taking up the slack. So the wanderers brain damage wouldn't be an issue, nor would the stone impaled within Tal'Rasha's sternum. Diablo enjoys the augmented power he gets from being bonded with his stone, so he forms his new body to incorporate it. Baal did not need the raw power because he had a plan for the stone, so he wore it like a charm after using it to rebuild his own body which took longer to do than Diablo's intensely painful yet near instant transformation.

[@rvcoone2018]

Great explanation! Your hypothesis feels spot-on with how the soulstones operated in the game. Curious question though, did the game ever reveal where Mephisto soulstone was embedded? Or was he just carrying it on him the whole time? I know that Mephisto's mortal physical form was a corrupted version of the Que-Hagan of the Zakarum, Sankukur. But that's all I can remember.

[@MalekitGJ]

@@rvcoone2018 i now I'm late to the party but: I think it was on Sankukur's sternum too, buy vertically.

[@OriginalMokthol]

I would like to add to that last bit about "This scene better be spot on - or we riot". The scene where we see Tyrael fighting Diablo, and actually using his "wings". If he doesn't use his wings the same way in the remastered version, I'll riot.

[@brad4058]

Yeah, Tyrael and Baal better be harassing each other with their tentacles or there will be riots!

[@WheelzOfFortune]

Nice video! Here's the thing that has always bothered me. The ending cinematic from D1 when the Warrior jams the soulstone into his skull CLEARLY happens in the Caves part of the game, but like... Diablo doesn't die in the Caves. He dies in Hell. So did the Warrior go all of the way back to the Caves before shoving the stone in his head? Is there some area of Hell that we didn't see in the game where there is a lava field? This is like Chewbacca living on Endor with a bunch of two-foot tall Ewoks. It doesn't make sense!

[@DarkLOREDash]

If Diablo is a prime evil, you must equip!

[@fostena]

I can answer about the Ewoks, at least. Endor was supposed to be the Wookiees' home but they didn't have enough money so they filled it with killer Teddy Bears. About the D1 cinematic: it was due to lack of communication between the teams. Clearly an error.

[@faustomadebr]

He said in the video: they did whatever they wanted... If something this big was unexpected, imagine where it happened.

[@D0omscream]

Do you remember seeing any gargoyle statues in the caves?

[@jonathancunningham8739]

It was hell manifested like what Azmondan did once Adien left the cathedral everything went nearly back to normal for a short time though but it still left it's mark in the deep catacombs of the cathedral.

[@HunterOfDune]

Psyched to finally get the release date. So damn excited

[@DarkFactory]

In E3 trailer of Diablo 2 the warrior throws away the soul stone. I always thought it didn't make sense.

[@pfistor]

Yeah same. It would have made sense if the warrior tries to get rid of the stone, but then someone else finds it and is compelled to insert it.

[@legendaryvicius]

I had no idea thay weren't planning to do that on the D1 ending! Great vid, mate, thanks!

[@rockk9753]

I had no idea that you had no idea that they had no idea about the diablo 1 ending

[@SamuraiHonor]

The whole soulstone thing could be explained in the original D2 like this: it holds Diablo's evil / soul, when the warrior had it embedded long enough, it either transferred the warrior's soul to the stone or the stone was empty as Diablo was fully in control / integrated into the warrior's body. When Diablo takes his original form, the crystal regrows again, in the same way as nails, hair, horns or whatever does, for animals. A physical part of a fully (re)grown prime evil. Hence why he didnt' have it at his innitial transformation back to his Diablo form, when he still was recovering and building up his old strength.

[@aoyidragon8337]

That quote didn't age well... "Give it to us Blizzard, and all will be forgiven." What they get: $40 What you get: Server Disconnects, Random Crashes, and hour long login Queues.

[@shtroizn]

Great video! Well done!

[@DarkLOREDash]

Thank you!

[@aurawolf664]

"The skies shall rain fire, and the seas will become as blood. The righteous shall fall before the wicked, and all of Creation shall tremble before the burning standards of Hell!"

[@unholyiiamas]

Like a thousand needles in my heart

[@cocomunga]

I really hope I never see a Hammer Bot ever again. It will be so awesome playing the game with a lot of people again.

[@joshuanoble5895]

And little to no trigger point. HC party will be a real fun thing finally.

[@WeBeItching]

Your videos are the best! Keep it up please very informative.

[@DarkLOREDash]

Appreciate it!

[@Quartered_Rodent]

So glad I found this.... it's just enough time to enjoy a breakfast meal and i just got in thinking... shit i didn't prepare a video... but you came to the rescue... dark lords bless you

[@Quartered_Rodent]

Agreed with the last part. I don't know how they are going to match the voice acting but here's hoping.

[@truechaos6927]

i never thought of it as a plot hole especially when it is either in a booklet that came with the game that talks about the warrior returning from the depths covered in blood and what looks like a wound in the middle of his forehead that seems to have healed over already or it was something Deckard Cain had said in game.

[@TheInfinityMaster1]

I always assumed it was inside him, but that rare trailer where he DROPPED the soulstone made me go "WHAAAAAAT?!"

[@fromfilmtocode]

The Diablo 2 teaser trailer is one of the greatest gaming medias. I was watching it on repeat when it came out tens and tens of times.

[@tlee656]

My favorite cinematic has to be the end of Act 3, when big D transforms. Mephisto was always my favorite Prime Evil, even in the books, mainly because he was a conniving asshole that worked from the shadows. That scene sent chills down my spine as a kid, and his voice was amazing! Still some of the best voice acting I've ever heard in gaming.

[@deumevet]

as you can see in the cinematics he is the bigger brother, the brain and the boss. mephisto rules.

[@capnlatenight5356]

You have the best voice for your type of content. Speaking of cinematic trailers, does anyone remember this one from the original Diablo CD. It shows a warrior fighting an orc and then the sky began to rain fire. What game is that one for?

[@elnumbrotres]

Warcraft 3

[@capnlatenight5356]

@@elnumbrotres thank you very much

[@DarkLOREDash]

Well, thank you!... I remember playing Diablo on a ripped CD my friend gave me. Pls don't report

[@pomps8085]

The original cinematics were ground breaking and the story told was amazing. I hope the new cinematics can match them

[@JReyesTbn46]

I had never seen the video of the wanderer dropping the soul stone. I had assumed by the blemish that it was a scar left behind after the stone had fully embedded itself into the cranium.

[@hullbarrett]

Top notch content, as always. Thanks for seeing those tiny details that I missed in D1 and D2. The only thing left is to figure out why the D2 Flayer Dungeon Music is the same as the D1 Cathedral Music... Thank you, Mr. Hero Person!

[@DarkLOREDash]

My pleasure & didn't notice but will check it out!!

[@jonnekallu1627]

"What have I done to deserve this?" Is the original "I never asked for this."

[@HeyBlondieGamer]

The ending of D1 uses the classic structure of horror fiction. The evil is banished, but may return someday. As gothic as the rest of D1 is, the ending cemented it firmly in the realm of horror fiction. I'm glad that Brevik lost the argument on Diablo's ending.

[@1shadow4fun]

I always thought the soul leaked out of the stone and intro his body. Because the stone is nothing but a prison, not diablo himself.

[@-Keith-]

While it was meant to be a prison, it also served as a permanent foothold in Sanctuary that prevented them from reforming in hell after being defeated. The prime evils would never willingly cast off their soulstones because they were the very thing allowing them to remain in the mortal realm for all that time.

[@kazzar831]

I was glad you mentioned the old D2 trailer from back in the day. Most people forget about that trailer.

[@bartomiejzemsta2932]

Diablo 2 on PS4/PS5 - That's all I could ask for! It's more than a dream come true😈👿👹👺

[@roymcdre9180]

2077 awaits you muhahah

[@bartomiejzemsta2932]

@@roymcdre9180 D2R can't be as bugged as CP2077, don't even think about it!

[@rodrigodeusfontes]

I still think that the stone being shoved up the head of the first char at Diablo's 1 cinematic was to send a message to the player like "Ok, I'll shove this on my head and die, saving all". Then the hero screams because he's seen himself alive and knows now he's the vessel for Diablo himself. He does struggle sometimes during Diablos's 2 scenes until he finally colapses.

[@tomasjurik7175]

Tell me Marius, how was it NOT your fault...I just love that line :D Especially when I worked on IT and one employees name was Marius He came with broken PC....I just wanted to tell him that, just for the heck of it :D

[@Khalek420]

could always look at it as a hallucination conjured up by diablo, convincing him to cast it aside. diablo is gone...faded into nothingness...as an attempt to get aidan to let his guard down just enough for him to fully take control. yes it turns out that its lodge in his head, but thats the frontal lobe...where all youre decision making motor skills and self control is...if aidan/the dark wanderer is now just a meat puppet for diablo, then he doesnt need any of that.

[@walterlundy723]

I never followed the cinematic that well, it seemed all over the place, I just played the game

[@Ragnarok26]

MY GOD I had no idea this wasn't just a simple HD remaster or something, fuck I'm excited for this!!

[@RJ_Ehlert]

Maybe a holy relic designed by angels and made by the most powerful mages to ever live would be able to absorb the Warrior's brain functions (or soul) and allow him to operate with the Soulstone replacing his brain's function.

[@marhawkman303]

who needs a brain when you have a magic gem controlling you anyways? :D

[@ryelor123]

Magic in Diablo seems to often take the form of fusing 2 separate things into a new thing that shares the functions of both its constituent parts. Kind of like how stone curse doesn't kill the creatures its cast on and how many of the skills in Diablo 2 that enhance the body don't actually harm the functions of the body.

[@RJ_Ehlert]

@@ryelor123 That's an insightful observation. The deep lore (if I recall correctly) says there was one god alone and it split itself in two. That made the eternal light and the many dragon-headed prime evil. They in turn ripped each other to pieces, creating new less powerful beings; the angels and demons. Humans, being descendants of the nephalem, themselves fusions of demons and angels. Humans having shown the ability to become stronger than archangles and prime evils. By this reconning, magic which fuses brings about something closer to the original most powerful being.

[@zeryphex]

I miss "the hidden" from the first Diablo. They were cute monsters, and I am not sure why Blizzard did not re-introduce them in D2 or D3.

[@DarkLOREDash]

By cute you mean scary af. And yes, fantastic concept. I hear that "warh" sound they make in my head

[@moguldamongrel3054]

Lol "cute" demons. You must be a succubus.

[@kuksio92]

Well, if Tal Rashas teaches us anything, the soulstone contains the Soul, but it cant contain it for too long, thus the need of a host to fight the demon. What i dont understand is why Tal rasha looses control when Marius takes baal's soulstone off his chest. It clearly shows, that tal rasha just became baal, so why ejecting BAAL's soulstone, set him free? Did it kill Tal Rasha's in the process? That is something i wish was clearer. And i guess you dont need a soulstone since you have a host, but pressumably diablo was making another just in case there were another diablo killer who decides to shove it in it's head, to keep the party goin. I guess that Warrior from d1 just wanted to fight him since he knew diablo's soul is in the soulstone, but had no other means of containing it, since it is Tyrael who knew of the Hellforge, not Horadrims. Cuz if they knew, would they stick Baal in Tal Rasha instead destroying them in the Hellforge since they were potent enough to slay Baal in the first place?

[@DarkLOREDash]

Tal rasha was bound with a binding stone & a broken Shard of Destruction. Hence why he was bonded at all. The horadrim knew the stone itself wouldn't hold him. Why taking it out of tal rasha released Baal was due to the Shard only being half of the containment

[@orderdivinewarrior]

Pre-ordered this game make your own scission best for you my opinion Diablo two is awesome

[@kmaguire7161]

I totally remember that video from Star Craft and as someone who didn't play Diablo I remember thinking "WTF did I just watch?".

[@ciuyr2510]

Stone to the head puts a new meaning to his D2 line: Not even death can save you from me

[@Highwind_]

I always thought that his skin was growing over the soulstone, scarring his forehead. It's an interesting story, I like how that trailer and the Act 3 cinematic seem to imply either a rectcon or a different story.

[@garystewart2355]

Can't wait for this never got to finish it as a kid, my friend who owned it moved away and by the time I got a computer of my own 7 years later I forgot and moved on.

[@Helaw0lf]

I only got to finish Act IV once last decade during college. I may attempt to warm up my XP and see if the game files can be transferred to either Win7 or Win10 via flash or external drive. Only a few games is all I need to be wowed. Might even get Diablo 1 working and do the same thing on newer computer systems with the mod.

[@MrGoesBoom]

Despite being so old ( 20 years or so, yeah? ) the D2 cinematics seem to have aged fairly well, unlike the actual in game graphics

[@franciscodetonne4797]

Is it bad to assume that the soulstone became parts of the Warrior's brain? :P

[@DarkLOREDash]

No wonder he was so confused

[@franciscodetonne4797]

Or it's just plain unnecessary to keep the stone around, as the Warrior is fully corrupted?

[@dp.anzaldo]

It could probably be safe to assume Diablo's essence in the soulstone sensed the warmth of a new host as The Wanderer thrust the stone into his forehead, and in the process, the stone started sharing its demonic life force contained within to keep the host from dying.

[@Jason-bd5iq]

It was a good game but I can’t remember the last time I watched the cut scenes and started playing it again 5-6 years ago on and off. Whenever playing with other people at the end of an act you move forward as quickly as possible.

[@chrisg2739]

I saw an X-ray of a guy with a Bowie knife buried to the cross guard in the top of his skull and he walked into the hospital after driving himself there.

[@XxMeatShakexX]

I love that he acknowledges the nonsense of replaying a game repeatedly and actually writing in an explanation. I wish more game devs considered stuff like that, it's so stupid in Overwatch for example how you're just killing your clone repeatedly. Is it really that much of a plot hole? It's a universe where you can teleport and potions heal any and all wounds. I'm sure a super crystal can get plugged into your body no problem.

[@hemphoeather5504]

Ifkr. There's magic, can you explain magic?

[@aroundthefur1210]

Fun fact, the voice actor for Marius also did the voice for Grom Hellscrem in the epic cinematic where him and Thrall kill Mannoroth.

[@DarkLOREDash]

No way. Frank Gorshin was a beast

[@sselluoss5935]

Preordered on switch. Can't wait to relive my childhood

[@Capjedi]

You neglected to mention that after defeating Diablo the second time, you must take his soul stone to the Plane of Hell. Then, smash it on the Hell Forge! I've always wondered: why weren't you tasked to do the same for Baal and Mephisto? Couldn't they return?

[@elnumbrotres]

You do for mephisto

[@roymcdre9180]

Destroying diablo's stone happens in a cinematic or off screen or something

[@roymcdre9180]

Baals was basically in the world stone after he got to it and used it to corrupt it

[@greenman4502]

I just interpreted it as - the guys who made the cinematics considered the early trailer as canon, and that the soulstone the wanderer dropped no longer contained the evil in it, but rather it had transferred itself to live in the wanderer. Then once he transforms into Diablo, he grows a new soulstone in the mould-like shape on his head.

[@manoqueenz]

That makes sense. Always hate bs arguments like "it is not canon". Sometimes a story just doesn't make sense, doesn't mean something isn't "canon". Your explanation fixed that for me!

[@Sharkonus]

i was thinking that day exactly this idea :D and today someone think same and comfirm this :D

[@Maverick5588]

I thought the same

[@kubel83]

This game took countless hours away from my late teen years... Now this game will take my remaining hours away. I have not been this excited in a long time.

[@Zephairein]

if i was to guess on the lore or create it myself I would have edited it to have him rip it out in hopes to remove diablos presence but as it hits the ground and the chariot leaves have the soul stone fade to symbolize that diablos "Soul" was no longer in the soulstone and in fact the two souls have already Merged and there was no more stopping his fate, and that's why he had that crater in his head and why when he succumbs to diablos soul a new soul stone is created and juts out of his head.

[@andrehil]

I like your version better haha. Also because it explains the cinematic where he drops the soulstone. The new one ignores that, I guess.

[@KageNoTenshi]

Deckerd was never able to tell what he did, so after he shaved the stone into his head, it was not suppose to be visible The real plot hole is how Marius was able to get everywhere we do all the quest to get to, while deprived of sleep can’t fight and barely functioning, after he was no longer with the wanderer, and tyreal actually expected him to be able to get through hell

[@disgruntledtoons]

The explanation I read was that the warrior went mad, and the idea that he had imprison Diablo was spawned by that madness.

[@ragegrowler8367]

The ending of the first Diablo is intense and gives me goosebumps everytime same with in Diablo II Act IV scene.

[@tjking9782]

They could have at least added some whispering to the end cinematic of D1, like Diablo was coercing him into putting the stone in his head

[@recramorcenlemniscate7945]

Solution: He did discard the "stone" in the SC2 trailer, & it came out of his head. When the stone was shoved into his head, Diablo's soul or essence was put into Adrien, but as time went on, he couldn't handle the corruption, so he tried to remove the stone & subsequently healed himself. Still holding the stone & still being corrupted by it he leaves; on the road he discards, as he is now weak, without hope, & just doesn't care anymore. But because Diablo wasn't killed, & his soul unmerged from Adrien; Diablo either recreated the stone, or manifested the stone within his skull, which would explain the immeasurable torment he was experiencing on the road.

[@amphitheatre]

your last sentence is the problem with that interpretation. if he can recreate multiple soulstones, why just have one? you could create dozens and be sure to never be defeated because a few would always be out there somewhere. jeez that sc2 trailer really did a number on the lore in a manner of seconds.

[@recramorcenlemniscate7945]

@@amphitheatre no, because I said or manifest. Or another way to think about it is, after Aiden dropped it because the soul stone was still bound to Diablo, the stone manifested itself back inside Aiden; to reassert itself over Diablo.

[@fergusonja8]

still doesn't explain why the soul stone was dropped on the ground in the first cinematic...

[@procow2274]

Question your talking about the warrior why show the mage version?

[@DarkLOREDash]

Cus im a genius

[@Tom_Van_Zandt]

If I've said it once I've said it a million times, give me a Diablo 1 HD remake or give me death!

[@Arma2Fanaholic]

Yea d1 is great and all, but D2 is much much better it’s why they are remaking it.

[@ProfessionalGasLighting]

Forgotten memory unlocked in that cinema.

[@jennerngai]

HUGE PLOT HOLE in this video 1:44 → Diablo's Godafther

[@zxczxczxc7240]

It took a lot of researching, but the warrior really put the soulstone up his ass in D1.

[@ohiep_]

"This scene better be spot on - or we riot" Agreed!

[@nickywampole3306]

I haven’t played Diablo 2 since 2003 so I completely forgot about this

[@beaming25]

The warrior that jammed it in his head was akaras BF Albrechts brother and leorics son btw to clear up any confusion

[@tanjinpang]

9:20 When Blizzard announced "Diablo Immortal"

[@HempioN721]

The soul stone kills the Warrior, brain and all and then it’s just the soul stone alone ( or Diablo if you will) keeping the shell body moving forward.

[@jreschke5]

Great video

[@vespa2901]

For me it makes perfectly sense. An idea can't be killed! This is what Diablo is about. Fight between light and darkness. Or difrent said: good vs evil. Or honesty VS corruption etc. Etc. Every human can be corrupted. Especially the depper you dig, so more corrupted you get. See politics, manager etc. The longer they stay in power the more corrupt they become. So this game tells about all human evils. Corruption, terror, lies, etc. That leads to the prime evil.

[@winfriedbauer2280]

Can.Not.Wait!!! Might be one of my most hours put into a game... So interested to see how I feel when I first start up D2R... Hoping for nostalgia overload!

[@rayymondmorgan1697]

The Warrior/ dark wonderer didnt do the unthinkable when he smashes the soul stone in his head. That was Diablos plan, to find a strong host, over the young boy Aldric

[@ZUGTFO]

I do not doubt that the above scene you mentions WILL be spot on, they nailed a lot of it in what we have seen so far, so excited!

[@royalwithchz_5328]

You’ve got a type-o in the end of the video. You say Blizzard North was taking creative license, when it was blizzard South.

[@kavya1638]

That salvation trailer was probably a teaser, whether they wanna admit it or not. That's like Clive Barker's Jericho, where the trailer showing the templar chained up in present al khali never happened, but was later played on with another templar in game who is entombed (and the last sane one).

[@김봉섭-l4r]

4:40 Can anyone tell me title of this trailer?? I've never seen this before. Im eager to see it

[@TheCrusaderBin]

I always assumed that warrior put the stone in his head because of the corruption, not keeping the Diablo at bay.

[@chilasohai9446]

I'd love to see you cover other games I think your channel would really blow up

[@margaretcarley5066]

Thanks lore Dash, so real good video and great graphics. Way to go 😂

[@dravendfr]

7:19 Meet, he said meet, the other would be quite a surprising turn in the story.

[@tubetorius]

It's easy to explain honestly, Diablo knew he couldn't spawn and then travel to Lu Golein because he'd need to find the tomb first and if he was revealed along the way then it would attract other heroes to him just like the one who killed albrecht or the ones who had put him in the soul stone in the first place. He would need to travel in disguise hence occupying the body of the wanderer in the first place. He probably needed the body in tact what was why it was such a battle, not just for the hero but for diablo. Trying to keep all that raw power contained so he didn't accidentally destroy his vessel too early so when we see the hero struggling, Maris was wrong, it wasn't the hero struggling to contain Diablo, it was Diablo trying to contain himself and the hero's spirit was never there, he left when the crystal entered his skull. Or maybe he could have been absorbed into the crystal which opens all kinds of other doors. That's my fanfic anyway.

[@reeven1721]

I find it delightful to see that Blizzard South has a proud tradition of knowing better and doing whatever they want since as early as Diablo 1. /s