The Evolution of Diablo

[@tylerbenjamin328]

It's crazy that.... this part of my life that started out as just "playing a game" could become such a defining part of my experience. The fact that I played these games as a young boy and now I'm watching documentaries on them... like parts of my life becoming history lol! Same with Pokemon too! Thanks for the amazing video!! Truly wonderful narration 💖💖💖

[@matthewlucas4990]

Diablo is truly one of the most reliable "nostalgia kicks" in my life. Wanna relive your childhood for a bit? Turn on D2.

[@XxgoodbudsxX]

​@c h guess we all can't be cool like you

[@Dolbecftw]

true gaming really does take a big part of life

[@Ryan-sn3uo]

So much effort, yet so little views. What a criminally underrated content creator.

[@8vtec]

Because it’s too long

[@vuetoob3983]

On the contrary, the subscriber to views ratio is amazing! When you compare this to a 100k subscriber channel that only gets 50k views per video, the hard work is rewarded.

[@marcopierucci4519]

Prolly because he added the full content cinematics of probably on of the most viewed cinematics in KZbin (ok maybe second to WoW). PS: I've watched it completely, just saying

[@jefism]

I like long. I found it a year later. Enjoy my sub and contribution to your engagement via this comment.

[@JynxBlack13]

Right!!! Content creators like this are not getting the love they deserve 😢

[@macgyvervanschwartzenstall4662]

Cow level from rumor in D1 to reality in D2 really showed how the developers were connected to the community. I think it was nod-worthy. I thought crafting was also something that might have been worth a mention. But, overall, this was so interesting. I lived through this and had no idea of the backdrop of the stories. I even played 3DO at the store, but my mom said it was too expensive to get.

[@MitchellGodsend]

Ha! The Secret Cow level being a rumor so prevalent in Diablo 1 that the dev's decided to add it into Diablo 2 is actually in my original script - it was one of the things I cut from the final render to trim the excessive anecdotes to keep the video-length down. By crafting do you mean the cube recipes from D2 or the artisans in D3? Either way, I agree that I should have added a bit more about both.

[@macgyvervanschwartzenstall4662]

@@MitchellGodsend I never played D3 (for the reasons your video mentioned). Hearing you talk about food and hunger as a cut D1 mechanic, it reminded me of crafting in D2, and I assumed there was something in D3. Just a way to draw is into our heroes outside of "go somewhere, kill something, get gear, repeat." I loved your video. Such great content. Sorry you couldn't get everything in!

[@sulkoma]

not only that but they actually cared to make a good game, vs trying to make a profit earning game blizzard now only care about profits & injecting real world politics into their games

[@SloRush]

Too expensive is an understatement

[@cathan001]

Watching this now after the Diablo 4 beta is really interesting. Really well done, very well structured. Would love to watch this style of video for other games.

[@rrawmah]

truetrue!

[@anonanonx8]

Loved this video, I started playing diablo 2 in third grade with my dad and it definitely is one of my favorite games of all time. You did a fantastic job putting this together and I even turned off my adblocker just to watch some ads on it for you, looking forward to the next video!

[@rofrdr]

the delivery of story and information was top notch. Please keep making videos. As a diablo 3 player, I never got to experience what true diablo feels like. Don't get me wrong I love diablo 3 and the thought of it being dark and gritty and not overly cartoony makes me wicked excited for d2 resurrection and d4 .BTW @1:10:35 i laughed so f'ing hard. Awesome video man.

[@eclipsedarksouls6036]

As someone who's only every played Diablo 3....on consol! (Xbox 360 at launch then the reaper of souls edition with off line mode only. Then the switch version just this month. There is diablo 2 ressurected budle that includes it was on dale fpr about 25$) seeing the pc version of diablo 3 is strange

[@Bombtheory]

Several of the still shots in the D1 chapters are actually during the development of D2. Colleagues include: 2:48 Matt Householder (standing) and Mike Huang (far right) 2:56 Kelly Johnson 5:20 Alan Ackerman and Peter Kemmer I miss them all. -S

[@sterlingcampbell2116]

I applaud your not pulling your punched over Blizzard's greed. This whole video was perfectly paced and will delivered by somebody who clearly understands what Diablo is/was supposed to be.

[@JayComedyDirector]

Man. Incredible work. I wish YT had pick this up. Specially now that D2R is out. Great video !

[@xwoklord2460]

I hope you get more exposure, because your whole performance and the video is high quality af

[@dimikxx]

This is triple A quality work. Thanks for the trip down memory lane.

[@latincristo]

Now a days is triple A quality really a compliment??? Nah he's got indie developer passion and vision. (Cus he is!) Now that a real compliment

[@mrrighteous8804]

I'd have to say this is the best video on the Diablo series I've ever seen!! Great work...

[@jimzeez]

I had put off watching this for a while simply cause I wasn't sure if I would sit through the whole thing in one go, which feels like a betrayal to the video. I was absolutely wrong. I was drawn in and kept attentive the whole way through. The pacing of the video, the visual and audial quality, the interesting content, and perhaps the fact that anything that starts with the opening chord of Tristram's music has my immediate attention kept me entertained the whole way. Fantastic video, thank you for making it. I didn't know much of this about one of those games that's been historically played by everyone in my family since I was 6 or 7, and it was a wonderful dive through those memories. Anecdotally I enjoyed your rant about Diablo 3. I remember quite enjoying it my first time playing, but it was after I had mentally accepted that thematically, or maybe spiritually, it wasn't really D2's successor, and felt like more of a Warcraft take on a Diablo game. I remember some of my friends purposely misunderstanding me saying I was "judging the game only for it's graphics" as though the art style in Diablo had never been a core part of it's dark and doom theme. Not sure why you reminded me of that, but there it is.

[@johand.h1087]

Awesome video! There aren't that many quality long form analysis videos on KZbin, but this one was absolutely fantastic. This also made me consider playing D1, since it's the only one of the games I haven't played. Keep doing what ya doing!

[@marcbraun5342]

Definitely one of the best narrator voices I've heard so far, do something with that! Great retrospective, having seen much content about Diablo, this does a good job to elevate above many others.

[@ascendingvisions1350]

By far my favorite game through the years. Love that you did one on diablo and blizzard in general!

[@udug3583]

This game is perfection 22yrs later, played since 2000 and now enjoying diablo ii resurrected. So here is to playing for 20 years more! if I'm alive that long.

[@youtubeshadowbannedmylasta2629]

if we're all alive that is. with brandon not knowing to not mess around in a nuclear powers backyard, that would be a stretch.

[@Ny7emare]

@@youtubeshadowbannedmylasta2629 man shut the fuck up. this is a video game video. go back to your boomer channels

[@sulkoma]

same, I think I started diablo 1 in 1997, I used to play with my neighbour on a dialup game many nights & it was godly fun I remember when diablo 2 came out & the graphics were so good it lagged my PC Even to this day, Diablo 2 is by far one of the best games I've ever played The itemisation alone can't be beaten or replicated in any other game

[@youtubeshadowbannedmylasta2629]

@@sulkoma I member getting lucky, the house living in at the time had two phone lines so I didn't have to tie up the phone playing diablo and StarCraft. good times for sure.

[@MonoPrime]

@@youtubeshadowbannedmylasta2629 Ahahaha Russian shill - maybe Russia should learn not to invade another sovereign nation to gain territory.

[@gleamingstreets9022]

Hey dude, I don't really comment on videos but I saw the view count and thought how lame it is that this has less than 10,000 views. This was a super informative & well thought out video and I genuinely thank you for making it. I've only ever played Diablo 3 & now Immortal, but was considering getting Diablo 2R and your video sold me on it. I remember the auction house being controversial but I didn't play D3 until around 2018 when it was long gone, so I never understood why it had so much controversy, but now I fully understand. Thanks again!

[@dac314]

incredible depth and detail, really appreciate it. Also, I remember in Diablo 2 having to like, BUY ARROWS and such, whereas in Diablo 3, the Demon Hunter quickly gained two abilities that you could spam one after the other ad nauseum. It became a cartoon, instead of a gritty as fuck action RPG. it was like 4th Edition Dungeons & Dragons, where everyone had "spell-like abilities" instead of a more grounded "I hit it with my sword" style role-playing.

[@talthusv451]

Best video I have seen explaining these 3 games. Make more content please.

[@HeirofAzaran]

I loved this video. I had thought about making a video on Diablo's history, but I think you covered pretty much everything.

[@xXTwinFusionsXx]

great video man, hopefully the algorithm will pick this up

[@Shonn188]

Thanks!

[@radovansubotic1009]

Great work, keep it up. If only all content creators put this much effort in.

[@ayozab8540]

KEEP MAKING CONTENT. This is top tier.

[@jackdarko4486]

Commenting for the algorithm. Exceptional work - informative, thoughtful, and thorough. I appreciate your contribution.

[@Dredswich]

Thoroughly enjoyed. Took a while before it was recommended.

[@Ana_Ng]

this is the strangest work instructional tape i've ever watched edit: i'm glad you mentioned you had a soase video at the end! love that game.

[@dabkevinhere5422]

It should be a crime that a video this good has so little views and comments. I hope to see more

[@bigglesworth06]

Man… the last part of the vid covering D3 was top tier comedy! Subbed.

[@Gimmicgaming]

This is a great video man. Thank you for taking the time to make this

[@Sabretooth-Biggavel]

Hey man this is the best retrospective on diablo I've seen, you can really tell you are a hardcore d2 player, like me!

[@obrenn3096]

Awesome video it’s like a love letter to the series in a documentary fashion

[@JujuInFlames]

Just got Diablo 3 for my 360 and I know people have their issues with it but I’m really enjoying it, my first Diablo game and really the first time I’ve gotten into an rpg. I’m a nut for history videos on stuff I like so this was great, I also used to live in San Jose so we would pass mt Diablo depending on where we were going

[@Jennifer812]

Wow, absolutely loved this. Will definitely subscribing and can't wait for future content.

[@noahfremer1554]

Nice. Appreciated your honest opinion on D3, salt with humor is always a treat. Hammered on the first two games like crazy, but late-stage Blizzard always online stuff just sours the hell out of me. I still haven't played it, and might not ever. Torchlight and Grim Dawn scratched that specific itch well enough. Great work! I still have awful/magical memories playing goddamn Everquest on dial-up. Man, that wretched sound.

[@The-Sentinel]

Very good summary of the making of the series. Great job. you should do one on the lore/story of diablo

[@gaeden]

Beautiful, well-paced vid. I really enjoyed watching this, and something I would've loved to have you cover is the vast difference in combat in each game, like how in Diablo 2 enemies were more clustered and threatening; in Diablo 3 an entire room is full of enemies and "skill" is based on how quickly you can kill them all.

[@ThiagoUriel]

Nice video! Great memories from Diablo! Thanks for it! Very well written and narrated! I'd just want to suggest a less disruptive transition between shots, to match the calmer style of narration.

[@Yem1010]

Very good documentary mate, had similiar thought's on most of the subjects (D3 included). GL !

[@christamius2834]

I’ve played since the shareware demo came out on Diablo. This is the best recap of Diablo (and by association, Blizzard) that I’ve ever heard. Kudos.

[@3693G]

Thanks for making this. Banger of a video!

[@ChristopherVanDerWesthuizen]

Great video! Really enjoyed it. One quibble: at 6:06 you mentioned "Brevik spent a Saturday afternoon...[making the game real time]". That's incorrect. At least, all sources I've seen (including the video snippet you included from GDC) mention Friday.

[@vryday]

The beta of D4 got me interested in the history of the franchise as a whole, and as I love long videos, I clicked on yours. And man, did you nail it. I hope you get more subs an divews in the future, because the way you narrate and articulate yourself is top notch. Cheers.

[@MikeyStreet314]

I was there during the hay day. No expansion pack , no mercenary, no druids or assassins. Dupes were everything and soj’s were our currency (perfect skulls were currency before soj) it was an amazing time !! WW barbs and orb sorbs were the meta. I remember when javazon, speed barbs and nova sorc came into the fray they were so good I had to build them myself… but then 1.10 ruined it all and nerfed my characters to the bone…. My 12 year old soul was crushed!

[@latincristo]

I came in later during lod... But I want good at the game... So I literally spent my time trading. Went from practically nothing to having a barb torch... On a druid... Buy hey not bad for someone who hadn't even noticed the resistances in the state screen

[@MikeyStreet314]

@ we were young but it was still SO fun haha

[@gameaddict6969]

Great video man. Love the Diablo history lesson. Grew up playing this series. I had to install d1 every time I wanted to play because my mother was a hardcore Christian and this was forbidden fruit for me.

[@Cybermnkey]

10/10 video, deserves ALOT more views...

[@yanliechocki]

The low number of views and thumbs up is ridiculous. I hope the KZbin algorithm will make your documentary get more exposure in the future. I will do my part in publicizing whenever I have the opportunity. I subscribed to the channel.

[@ripv3744]

What an amazingly well done video! As an massive Diablo fan since 1996 this had one me locked in for listening 1 hour and 24 minutes.

[@ShinoSeven]

Great video! Would love to see a sequel video to this that includes Immortals and Diablo 4

[@timucinbahsi445]

great video. didn't lose focus for one second. cheers

[@b1ngnx33]

Excellent documentary. Thank you!!!

[@LDFrost117]

I'm going through the Diablo games for the first time in my life and this video was a fascinating companion piece to that, I know it's a cliche to say it, but genuinely baffles me how it doesn't have more views, it's a fascinating outlook on how the gameplay changed through the original trilogy, sometimes for the best, sometimes for the worst

[@wingsofabe]

i wish they keept the auction house, being abel to sell your loot is awesome and rewarding. you said it yourself in the video players in d2 who found items they didt need was used for trading. it definitely encourage people to play the game if they know they can sell there items for 10 dollars.

[@wadeodonoghue1887]

Great Points and excellent vid, my childhood was Diablo and finding the right loot in a well-tuned balance between common and cool," catching the big fish among the guppies' gave me such pleasure. I had a bad feeling about Diablo III because it was online and also the time period between games was insane, thank you for clearing up what the story behind the story is and I guess it is profit. Profit to the players in Diablo 1 and II and Profit to the businessman in Diablo III, not the same profit but a form of profit to be sought with one's time.

[@analogGigabyte]

You trully are a godsend my friend, this video was a delight. I wish you would make more like this, I enjoyed the sht out of it

[@NKVD_Enjoyer]

WOW! You deserve so much more views!!!

[@roycearandolph]

Algorithm slid this into my recommended. So much work put into this. Keep up the good work boss! Looking forward to you including d4 when the time is right! 😀

[@draknarok]

Thanks Lord KZbin to recommend me this chanel. I love your voice and the edition of your videos, hope you gona grow to the top. Gracias al señor KZbin por recomendarme este canal. Me encanta tu voz y la edición en tus vídeos, espero que crezcas hasta la cima, te lo mereces. ;)

[@johanandersson9018]

Wow.. me and my friends played DIablo 2 24/7 when we were younger. I had no idea that you could use keys to open gates to kill harder bosses. Crazy... To face Diablo, Mephisto and Baal at the same time also, cool :D

[@CivilDefenceCanada]

It's criminal how underviewed this is for the length and depth of your knowledge and research.

[@karma_decay]

Very well researched video. Thanks for putting it together

[@moy_moy85]

5:22 - anybody know the name of that movie poster with the futuristic guy riding the emu alien? Been trying to find it for years.

[@johnhsmckay]

14:14 What was the first aRPG? I'd been keen to know this.

[@MitchellGodsend]

Apparently the very first aRPG was "Dragon Slayer" made by Falcom in 1984 for the Japanese home computer PC-8801.

[@prestonpowerhouse6550]

Great video. Excited for D4

[@johnhsmckay]

Bro, this is a top quality documentary. I wanted to do somthing like this but looks like you beat me to it haha. Great job. I hope your channel takes off and we get to see more!

[@shadowwolf2122]

This was such a trip down memory lane. My dad gave me diablo one and two to play when I was young, I still have the diablo 2 battlechest with cds!

[@theweaselplays]

Another addition at some point in the D2 expansion was the introduction of class specific items. Not overly critical to the purposes of this video but I think worth a mention alongside the other item improvements of LOD.

[@natpat6394]

thank you for breakdown. i miss the good old days of D2.

[@Dolbecftw]

damn perfect voice for this type of content

[@KevinSevenElevenEleven]

Yo - how the fuck does this channel not have more love? You have MORE than earned my sub and notifications. Cheers to all your hard work. This shit is on par with Summoning Salt!!

[@Eastunder91]

As a life long Blizzard gamer and playing D1 D2 D3 D2R and DI, (Currently playind D4 Beta) I think that your analysis of the franchise up to the end of the RMT AH was accurate. I do think you should have gone more into seasons in D3 because that was a really good opportunity for the devs to test things. Even looking at the most recent season, it completely upended the game and was the best season they've had in awhile. D4 really does feel like a return to form for Diablo though. It's a slower gameplay loop, the screen doesn't explode when you use ANY button, and it looks like power may still be on the items, but the power of items in the game is really pulled back. I hope D4 turns out being good because right now, the loop in the beta is - Go to place > Kill demons > Get loot > repeat. Seems familiar to me :D

[@gaku95]

Amazing video!

[@arthurmulkey]

Loved watching this... thanks for sharing your views... You Rock!

[@visayanaskal9446]

Bro.... the moment he changed his tone... and became real and say his points of view is a Subscribe button click for me... keep it up good sir

[@sillygoose4356]

Early and in time to get some popcorn for this!

[@thesheeepjd]

Fully agree with your analysis. I was so disappointed by D3 - and I honestly don't expect D4 to be any better.

[@jacobblair5016]

Amazing video. I hope you do one once Diablo 4 has been launched for a while to include D2R and D4.

[@Zelpnir]

Very great video. Glad i opened it. Thanks for all the efford

[@EightBitVic]

Absolutely fantastic video man! I loved it! I'm looking forward to Diablo 4 and what it has to add to the history of Diablo. Cheers!

[@chemistral4943]

Thank you for this amazing look at the development history of the franchise. I'll openly admit I'm a newcomer to Diablo as I started at the launch of D3 but the game didn't stick with me until Adventure mode came out later on. I wholeheartedly understand and sympathize with you on the frustration at how the series changed as I've watched a similar fate occur to Phantasy Star Online where it's sequel which while it performed commercially well ruined what made the original so well loved to the point the only similarity it has is in name only. Hope to see your coverage on Diablo 4's development cycle in the future!

[@theslowwalkhome7314]

Absolutely brilliant video thank you for the superb information

[@dualityofself]

Oh, man, the infamous D3 auction house. I haven't thought about that in a long time, lol. I was so glad when they dropped that bs. I will admit D3 was my first Diablo game, and I was hooked for years (I still revisit from time to time). I find the Diablo games really cathartic when I'm really pissed off. I just blast super aggressive metal, sit at my computer, and cause massive demon genocide for a few hours. D3 did improve and evolve over time, but I totally get how divisive it was at first (or I guess still is for some). I did go back and check out D2 when they made it available again years ago, as I wanted to see how the series evolved up to the current one. D2 is pretty awesome, and it was fun to see the differences. I definitely get the hardcore OG fanbase for it. This video gave me a lot of great insight into the first 2 games, which I thoroughly enjoyed. You did an amazing job. I recently pre-purchased D4, but am waiting for this second beta weekend, as I missed this last weekend. It will be interesting to see where they're going with it, and will be interesting to see how it, too, will evolved over the years. I'm happy to see them bring back skill trees. Hopefully, they'll be done well, but it's at least a step in the right direction. But yeah! Great job! This was really well done and the time and passion you put into it definitely shows and paid off. Keep up the good work!

[@Erexos]

kinda crazy this has so few views, this is seriously well made

[@excidius6283]

Underrated channel wow

[@hahahwaitwhat11]

Amazing video! Got one for D4 coming?

[@brianflaggert]

Excellently done video! One of my favorite games of all time and this allowed for full nostalgia to be tapped while also teaching much of the back story.

[@thooperhero]

1:18:20 lololol out of comfort zone sorceress 😂 Great vid!

[@luisvasquez7125]

Great vid Mitch

[@ntmetroid]

Just now found this now that diablo 4 came out. Fantastic quality man.

[@jansandman6983]

Diablo Immortal which was expected to fail surprisingly has the biggest community of all Diablo games in existence today.

[@tntori5079]

Very good video! Greatly enjoyed thank you!

[@chaosdragun1608]

Diablo set in motion a generation of gamers. Cannot express my appreciation enough for the fun and connections these games have brought me.

[@VincitOmniaVeritas7]

I’m so glad that I didn’t have a gaming PC at the time Diablo 3 came out and missed all the auction house fiasco. A few years later I got the chance to play Diablo 3 on PlayStation and, even though it wasn’t nearly as fun and the previous game, It was very enjoyable since the console version was much more balanced, with better loot drops since it never had that dreadful auction house.

[@aaron.debattista]

I think that the hot-swappable skills of D3 gets a bad rep. I liked it. I liked that I didn't have to spend thousands of hours if I woke up one day and wanted my barbarian to be good at throwing axes rather than swinging swords. I never made it too far past normal in D2 because I'd get bored of spamming the same skill or having to pass on a neat axe because I spent 15 points in Sword Mastery.

[@drew6145]

It's a late reply but yeah I don't get the bad rep of the swappable d3 skills. Like any game it's got faults but the freedom in skills I thought fantastic

[@ryancole4015]

Excellent work

[@blazedehart2748]

Dude. It’s wild how much people disliked Diablo 3. I guess playing D2 and then waiting 10+ years expecting something like D2.5 had a lot of people feeling bad.

[@tlanca]

You'da have to have been on that train during that time. Playing each installment (D1,D2, LOD). Seeing it grow each time. Then seeing it's divergence in gameplay and removing core features (applying stats, Skill trees, 8 player, open dueling, player to player trading, 4 spells, Flashy color filled screens, etc). It was a rough transition and an rough early gameplay loop that drove people off.

[@blazedehart2748]

@@tlanca yeah. I guess it’s one of those “you had to be there” type things. I didn’t play D3 when it came out cause it had WoW graphics and they were ugly. But I picked it up when the necro came out in the expansion and the game was pretty solid.

[@Ken_9000]

Thank you really enjoyed it!

[@ingolfrvargr]

Awesome video! Been playing D2 since it came out and it's still my favorite game of all time. I love what they did with Resurrected, although I only play D2R on my Playstation while playing the original D2LoD on the PC. Got into D1 a little later and I absolutely love it as well. Its crawling pace add so much to the feelings of claustrophobia and constant peril. I even like the Hellfire expansion, it's not perfect but it added a ton of ideas that were then fully fleshed out in D2 and LoD. Now... Diablo 3... I think you said all there was to be said. I delayed buying it for a few years, initially because of the Warcraftification (it's a word!) and because of the negative reviews. It's not an inherently bad game, it just doesn't have this Diablo feel. It lacks this claustrophobia/impending doom aspect of the first two. Here you'll become an overpowered god before the end of the first playthrough. No tension. Just flash and oversized armor and ememies. I wish there was an updated version with both Diablo Immortal and Diablo IV. I like IV better than D3, but it still lacks so many of the elements that made D1 and D2 so amazing. Not gonna talk too much about it since it's irrelevant to this video. In short: there's a reason I still play the hell out of D1, Hellfire, D2LoD and D2R. Again, great video!

[@timwamail]

Well done. Loved it!