The Evolution of Diablo

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  • Опубликовано: 16 май 2024
  • The Evolution of Diablo - from its very beginning to its very end, Diablo has evolved around its simple core gameplay loop, but has revolved around loot. Though this central concept is the anchor for the series, many forget or have never experienced what the game use to be. This is a story I think is worth telling.
    This is the evolution of Diablo.
    Research & production of this video began before Diablo 2: Resurrected's big announcement,
    as such it does not include anything but a single reference to the remaster.
    patreon.com/MitchellGodsend
    Chapters:
    00:00:00 Intro
    00:00:59 Chapter 1 Diablo I's Development
    00:14:29 Chapter 2 Diablo I's Gampelay
    00:25:03 Chapter 3 Diablo II's Development
    00:45:20 Chapter 4 Diablo II's Gameplay
    00:59:55 Chapter 5 Diablo III's Development
    01:04:50 Chapter 6 Diablo III's Gameplay
    01:21:36 Outro
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  • @cathan001
    @cathan001 Год назад +61

    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
      @rrawmah 10 месяцев назад

      truetrue!

  • @tylerbenjamin328
    @tylerbenjamin328 Год назад +31

    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
      @matthewlucas4990 Год назад +1

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

    • @ch-yq5yn
      @ch-yq5yn Год назад

      Playing a video game was a defining part of your life?

    • @XxgoodbudsxX
      @XxgoodbudsxX 11 месяцев назад

      ​@@ch-yq5yn guess we all can't be cool like you

    • @Dolbecftw
      @Dolbecftw 11 месяцев назад

      true gaming really does take a big part of life

  • @Ryan-sn3uo
    @Ryan-sn3uo 2 года назад +193

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

    • @8vtec
      @8vtec Год назад +5

      Because it’s too long

    • @vuetoob3983
      @vuetoob3983 Год назад +4

      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
      @marcopierucci4519 Год назад +2

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

    • @jeff2758
      @jeff2758 Год назад +10

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

    • @JynxBlack13
      @JynxBlack13 Год назад +4

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

  • @macgyvervanschwartzenstall4662
    @macgyvervanschwartzenstall4662 3 года назад +119

    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
      @MitchellGodsend  3 года назад +20

      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
      @macgyvervanschwartzenstall4662 3 года назад +1

      @@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
      @sulkoma Год назад

      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
      @SloRush Год назад

      Too expensive is an understatement

  • @anonanonx8
    @anonanonx8 3 года назад +5

    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!

  • @xwoklord2460
    @xwoklord2460 3 года назад +85

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

  • @johand.h1087
    @johand.h1087 Год назад +3

    Awesome video! There aren't that many quality long form analysis videos on RUclips, 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!

  • @HeirofAzaran
    @HeirofAzaran Год назад +3

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

  • @Gimmicgaming
    @Gimmicgaming Год назад

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

  • @dimikxx
    @dimikxx Год назад +3

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

  • @talthusv451
    @talthusv451 Год назад +1

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

  • @Jennifer812
    @Jennifer812 2 года назад +1

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

  • @rofrdr
    @rofrdr 3 года назад +40

    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
      @eclipsedarksouls6036 Год назад +1

      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

  • @karma_decay
    @karma_decay Год назад

    Very well researched video. Thanks for putting it together

  • @mrrighteous8804
    @mrrighteous8804 Год назад +10

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

  • @radovansubotic1009
    @radovansubotic1009 4 месяца назад

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

  • @Bombtheory
    @Bombtheory Год назад +8

    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

  • @3693G
    @3693G Год назад +1

    Thanks for making this. Banger of a video!

  • @JayComedyDirector
    @JayComedyDirector 2 года назад +4

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

  • @gaeden
    @gaeden 3 года назад +1

    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.

  • @ascendingvisions1350
    @ascendingvisions1350 3 года назад +15

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

  • @b1ngnx33
    @b1ngnx33 Год назад +1

    Excellent documentary. Thank you!!!

  • @Zelpnir
    @Zelpnir Год назад

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

  • @Dredswich
    @Dredswich Год назад +1

    Thoroughly enjoyed. Took a while before it was recommended.

  • @theslowwalkhome7314
    @theslowwalkhome7314 11 месяцев назад

    Absolutely brilliant video thank you for the superb information

  • @udug3583
    @udug3583 Год назад +35

    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
      @youtubeshadowbannedmylasta2629 Год назад +1

      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
      @Ny7emare Год назад

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

    • @sulkoma
      @sulkoma Год назад

      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
      @youtubeshadowbannedmylasta2629 Год назад

      @@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
      @MonoPrime Год назад

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

  • @timucinbahsi445
    @timucinbahsi445 11 месяцев назад

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

  • @marcbraun5342
    @marcbraun5342 Год назад

    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.

  • @jackdarko4486
    @jackdarko4486 Год назад

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

  • @xXTwinFusionsXx
    @xXTwinFusionsXx 2 года назад +1

    great video man, hopefully the algorithm will pick this up

  • @arthurmulkey
    @arthurmulkey Год назад

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

  • @ayozab8540
    @ayozab8540 Год назад +1

    KEEP MAKING CONTENT. This is top tier.

  • @Yem1010
    @Yem1010 3 года назад

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

  • @The-Sentinel
    @The-Sentinel Год назад

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

  • @tntori5079
    @tntori5079 10 месяцев назад

    Very good video! Greatly enjoyed thank you!

  • @brianflaggert
    @brianflaggert 3 года назад +2

    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.

  • @ThiagoUriel
    @ThiagoUriel Год назад

    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.

  • @obrenn3096
    @obrenn3096 Год назад +1

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

  • @Ken_9000
    @Ken_9000 2 года назад +1

    Thank you really enjoyed it!

  • @prestonpowerhouse6550
    @prestonpowerhouse6550 Год назад +1

    Great video. Excited for D4

  • @gaku95
    @gaku95 2 года назад +1

    Amazing video!

  • @cybermonkey7884
    @cybermonkey7884 Год назад +1

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

  • @marleyclark3209
    @marleyclark3209 Год назад

    Subbed, amazing video mate

  • @bigglesworth06
    @bigglesworth06 3 месяца назад

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

  • @gleamingstreets9022
    @gleamingstreets9022 Год назад +1

    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!

  • @milesmontgomery7215
    @milesmontgomery7215 2 года назад

    I love your video! Very well done. Thank You.

  • @alexw.2377
    @alexw.2377 Год назад

    Great video, thank you!

  • @curedtv1465
    @curedtv1465 11 месяцев назад

    Bravo. Amazing work.

  • @noahfremer1554
    @noahfremer1554 3 года назад +4

    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.

  • @timwamail
    @timwamail Год назад

    Well done. Loved it!

  • @luisvasquez7125
    @luisvasquez7125 10 месяцев назад

    Great vid Mitch

  • @ryancole4015
    @ryancole4015 2 года назад +1

    Excellent work

  • @analogGigabyte
    @analogGigabyte Год назад

    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

  • @EightBitVic
    @EightBitVic Год назад

    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!

  • @ShinoSeven
    @ShinoSeven Год назад

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

  • @jimzeez
    @jimzeez 3 года назад +1

    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.

  • @sillygoose4356
    @sillygoose4356 3 года назад +1

    Early and in time to get some popcorn for this!

  • @Ull3Rnet
    @Ull3Rnet 3 года назад +1

    Great video Mitchell ! Looking forward to seeing more of your stuff in the future :)

  • @natpat6394
    @natpat6394 2 года назад +1

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

  • @dillonnickell9500
    @dillonnickell9500 Год назад

    Great video! Thanks!

  • @stephenmoran5855
    @stephenmoran5855 Год назад

    Amazing doc!

  • @Kaze450
    @Kaze450 3 года назад

    Great video, worth the watch.

  • @patricksperow4886
    @patricksperow4886 Год назад

    Liked and subsribed...this is amazing

  • @dabkevinhere5422
    @dabkevinhere5422 11 месяцев назад

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

  • @wadeodonoghue1887
    @wadeodonoghue1887 Год назад

    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.

  • @shadowwolf2122
    @shadowwolf2122 Год назад

    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!

  • @roycearandolph
    @roycearandolph Год назад

    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! 😀

  • @excidius6283
    @excidius6283 Год назад

    Underrated channel wow

  • @thooperhero
    @thooperhero Год назад

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

  • @christamius2834
    @christamius2834 Год назад +1

    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.

  • @ChristopherVanDerWesthuizen
    @ChristopherVanDerWesthuizen Год назад

    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.

  • @NKVD_Enjoyer
    @NKVD_Enjoyer Год назад +1

    WOW! You deserve so much more views!!!

  • @robincritchell2316
    @robincritchell2316 Год назад

    Awesome video!!! Loved the original D2, curious to hear your thoughts on D4 at some point!!

  • @hahahwaitwhat11
    @hahahwaitwhat11 Год назад

    Amazing video! Got one for D4 coming?

  • @theweaselplays
    @theweaselplays Год назад +1

    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.

  • @bustyjoe
    @bustyjoe 2 года назад +1

    i truly enjoy all the videos you make! truly a labor of passion. thanks bruh :D more please

  • @johnhsmckay
    @johnhsmckay 3 года назад +20

    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!

  • @Gislileet
    @Gislileet 2 года назад

    Great work

  • @silasspringsteen3239
    @silasspringsteen3239 Год назад

    great video thank you for creating and personally any true diablo fan will agree on your d3 points and arguments.

  • @albertferguson8361
    @albertferguson8361 Год назад

    Thanks bro!

  • @mikeyflaherty4616
    @mikeyflaherty4616 Год назад +2

    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!

  • @nickqqqq1
    @nickqqqq1 Год назад

    An amazing video!

  • @vryday
    @vryday Год назад +4

    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.

  • @donaldhiggins6167
    @donaldhiggins6167 Год назад

    Nicely done

  • @ducoboeschoten
    @ducoboeschoten 11 месяцев назад

    Subbed love this video

  • @chemistral4943
    @chemistral4943 2 года назад +2

    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!

  • @FiSKEN80
    @FiSKEN80 Год назад

    Great video.

  • @ZackLonbee
    @ZackLonbee 2 года назад +1

    Fantastic video

  • @darthnergal7745
    @darthnergal7745 3 года назад

    Daaaamn man, that was totally nice

  • @jacobblair5016
    @jacobblair5016 Год назад

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

  • @davidwhocare9595
    @davidwhocare9595 Год назад

    Awesome video

  • @Shonn188
    @Shonn188 Год назад +1

    Thanks!

  • @katiekazel6443
    @katiekazel6443 11 месяцев назад

    Great video

  • @sterlingcampbell2116
    @sterlingcampbell2116 11 месяцев назад +1

    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.

  • @ripv3744
    @ripv3744 Год назад +2

    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.

  • @bryanlee6065
    @bryanlee6065 Год назад +1

    Watched the whole vid ;) leaving a comment for the algorithm

  • @SilverSage11
    @SilverSage11 Год назад +1

    Great video wow!

  • @WillNeverforgetmypasswordagain

    Very good video. Thank you for taking the time to do it. Mitchell, you are a Godsend.

  • @bigcat514
    @bigcat514 Год назад

    Very Good video 👍🏼
    Fingers X:ed for D4 now

  • @dac314
    @dac314 3 года назад +3

    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.