Directly Comparing Diablo 1, Diablo 2, Diablo 3, & Diablo 4
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 10 พ.ค. 2024
- First impressions of Diablo 4, and overview of how its gameplay mechanics, graphics, and RPG elements directly compare to Diablo 1, Diablo 2, and Diablo 3. A Diablo series retrospective!
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00:00 Intro
00:41 Diablo 1 Evaluation
04:17 Diablo 2 Evaluation
06:36 Diablo 3 Evaluation
08:17 Diablo 4 Evaluation
11:06 Conclusion
#Diablo #Diablo4 #DiabloIV - เกม
*What's your thoughts on Diablo 4? And back it up with which Diablo game was your first!* -BoomstickAlex
I'm completely hooked, June 1st is 10000 years away. Built gf and I new computers to play. D4 will be our first game in the series!
I didn't like it too much, prefer the older diablo games and started with Diablo 1. After playing the D4 beta I feel D4 is more casualized than the older games. I like the itemization more in d2.
@nilin2543 uhhhh to each their own but there are a lot of systems that are a lot for the beginner and will take them some time to absorb, so it's not as "casual" as you think.
Also: it has to be casual on at least some levels! They want to pull people in, not scare them off.
Blizzard has taught me the past few years to never be hyped about their content anymore, I will just wait a few months to see how they handle the launch, bugs and possible backlash before considering buying it.
First game for me was D2 and still play it to this day with friends!
@@nilin2543 yeah they keep hyping how complex and innovative the skill tree and systems will be but unless the release is different than the beta is pretty casual oriented.
Played Diablo 1 co-op with a buddy on PS1, the massive load times were perfect for making sandwiches, getting snacks, going to the store, taking a walk, a nap, you could get so much done!
Did the same, always let my warrior friend enter a room first before killing him and everything inside with chain lightning. used to drive him nuts.
Diablo 1 was best
Used to play with my brothers.. Sometimes inaccidentally swung the axe to close to them when i saw good loot xD
This was me and my bro when we were like 11/12.. such good times between diablo 1 and another game we played called Tibia (the older clients were so criminally underrated and still is the best MMO I’ve ever played)
I played as well co-op Diablo1 on playstation 1 then was epic :D
I will never forget the first time I met the Butcher in Diablo 1. Games used to hit differently in childhood with so much amazement.
You aren't the only one ;)
when i was a kid (probably too young to be playing diablo), my dad was teaching me how to play D1. i remember getting to the butcher and hearing his iconic "MMM... FRESH MEAT". i thought that was the final boss of the game. when i finally beat him, i was amazed to learn that there was more things to do than to just beat him.
@@ethanellard9057 Exactly! I didn't expect the game to continue after defeating him. Afterwards, I couldn't beat Leoric and couldn't finish the game.
hmmm what is this door for ....AAAAH,,FREEESH MEAT! and the horror as he starts chasin ya haha
I love the Butcher in Diablo 4. Walking through a random dungeon I suddenly hear him say Fresh Meat, and I was giddy happy surprised.. then uselessly trying to run away before getting completely wrecked! lol brings back memories of D1. 😂
The survival aspect of Diablo 1 and 2 were so crucial to the series and I feel like that was lost with 3 and 4. You felt a rush of adrenaline in dungeons trying to stay alive, knowing that if you died you would have to restart back at your last save point. In D3 and D4, dying is completely inconsequential.
You are correct. Diablo 1 specially is a game that you can actually lose in the sense that "not able to win". The amount of resources given to you is already predefined from the beginning and even if you create a character with the perfect build, there is no guarantee that you will obtain good items, hence making you unable to complete the game. That is what makes Diablo 1 a great game. Diablo 1 always makes you feel unsafe and in danger. D1 is still my favourite game over D2, although for a small margin.
Diablo 2 didn"t have that feature. Only Diablo 1. In Diablo 2 you respawn in town with no gear and go collect your gear in the point where you died from your corpse.
@@leventunver - but you lost XP in Diablo II. I remember being in the upper 90s and you could play for like 8 hours and die and bassically lose 8 hours worth of XP.
Well to be fair, you do have the option of making a hardcore character to give you that same consequence
@@aceace605Also, the rune system in D2 was a solid implementation tbh
Diablo 1 was what got me into PC gaming back in '97. I was 12 years old and had spent every weekend playing DnD with my friends all night. And for the first time ever, I was able to play somethign like DnD on a computer. Where I could see my character, and watch the fireballs fly, and hear the growls of the evil creatures around me... it was an amazing moment in my life that I still remember to this day. Diablo 1 will always hold a special place in my heart because of that. I still play through it on occation.
We're the same age, but it was Diablo 2 for me. Still never actually played D1.
It all started with Diablo 1 but Diablo 2 was my first true love.😅
same
Playing D2R right now. Best remaster ever.
@@sixmillionsilencedaccounts3517 This so much, I feel they aren't getting enough credit for the amazing things they are doing and fixing bugs that have been the bane of players for 20 years.
Luckily it's the true love that you don't think of only with rose colored glasses, then seeing him/her/them again, realize memories were better than reality. I am currently teaching a couple streamers how to play D2:R even now and still feel as passionately about a hydra-orb sorci or a whirly-barb as I did back at 800x600.
@@coope42 they are also doing rebalances to make previously useless skills actually useful (at least at lower levels)
The sense of mystery and discovery back then, when you got a game, installed it at home, had no internet or didn't know how to really use it or whatever, and just started playing, just heard a few words from your classmates.. and then explored it all on your own. It was an epic experience. This sense of wondering into the unknown is completely lost for the current generation of gamers. That is kinda sad. I recommended Elden Ring to a son of a friend of mine. When I came over few days later, I watched him play... meta build, knew every exploit, spoiled himself everything.. well, his loss. But imagine you discover a game like Elden Ring truely blind, as I did, it was absolutely mindblowing. Reminded me of the old days when I descended the cathedral, or explored Black Mesa, for the first time, not knowing much besides a few screenshots in printed gaming magazines and what my classmates told me. Magnificent.
I mean you can still very much go in blind, that's what I did with Elden Ring and prefer to do with every game. I just ignore what social media and TH-cam says about it
This is why I don't watch reviews, pay attention to the community or meta, or watch people play games I plan to play. I go in blind so I can have fun and explore things on my own time. Such a better experience.
@@CL-vw5bb people are conditioned by the technology of the time. saying "well you could just choose not to use it" is a garbage though process. The reality is, people wont. if in the back of their mind, they know theres a better/more efficient approach to the game- the average person WILL pursue it with little hesitation or consideration that theyre being robbed of a sense of discovery. True discovery in gaming is dead, indefinitely. This has also greatly diminished multiplayer games of build variety. Because everyone just looks up the meta. Once upon time, there werent thousands of video guides online. Even gamefaqs was a very limited source at the time. So people played more the way THEY wanted to play. Not how they should play via guides
@@phillystevesteak6982 Ah alright. I didn't know you had infinite and definitive knowledge of how everyone plays games. My bad, shouldn't have questioned the obvious authority 👍
@@phillystevesteak6982 Hey dumbass where do you think the meta comes from? The entire reason an accepted meta exists because there are people who go in blind and experiment and try to discover new things. Discovery has always been a choice. There have always been groups of people who want to discover, and groups of people who don't want to discover, regardless of how many metas or guides are out there. There were always people who just followed what the manual told them, or just played along with whatever the game gave them. You really think people are just googling and min maxing everything in games like Subnautica or The Outer Wilds where the sense of discovery IS the game? There are plenty of people playing to discover. You can look up spoilers for every movie online doesn't mean the sense of wonder of watching a movie is ruined.
Multiplayer games are a different story because you are stacking up against other humans. So there is always a meta and playing with a weak "build" means you just lose to other humans. It's just way more easily accessible nowadays. Back then we just had no idea what anyone else was doing. Is that what you want? 90% of people running around with garbage (hey, but varied!) builds because they have no idea how to play the game? Just living in the dark and telling yourself you've "discovered" something new even though some guys on the other side of the world probably did the same? Discovering things just because you're living in ignorance of what everyone else is doing isn't "true discovery." That's like saying modern basketball is ruined because every kid can just look up how to shoot on TH-cam. You just feel like you can't discover because you've never been any good at it from the start and just depended on other people "not knowing" about it. Now that knowledge is so readily available your lack of skill is exposed.
Don't talk about "garbage thought process" when you have the logical reasoning of a street dog and can barely take your ass from point A to point B without losing track of your own argument.
Diablo 2 for ever in my heart, I still remember all the songs and the atmosphere. I think I must have finish the game 200 times or more… I was obsess with it. My whole childhood…
Love love love ❤
The diablo 2,even if im in the 2011,its the best game ive ever played
Better than 3 and for by miles
i didnt even want to watch the other ones in this vid, just happy enough seeing D2, with original graphics please :)
D2 is boring slow, no to mention inventory issues with the charms. D1 or D3 for me.
@@Ghibytzu Skill issue.
First time playing Diablo 1 is one of my best gaming experiences.
It was just so exiting, walking around in scary church ruins, finding loot.
I even remember finding a falchion early, and man did I feel powerful.
Meanwhile playing Diablo 4, I can level up and find weapon upgrades yet still feel like I’m getting weaker 😂
that was def top tier
@@raiylab So you have to play that crap game even longer, apparently they think everyone has the IQ of your average tiktoker and wants to just grind a game after story is done, rather than use their time for something worthwhile
for me it's still pretty fun, games with that difficulty and such graphics just are rare now, so it feels like a special experience. Plus diablo 1 has some pretty nice mods that add a bunch of new classes etc, has been fun trying those out lately.
During lockdown I played Diablo 1 for the first time. When I wasn't playing I would pause and minimize the game. I was completely absorbed into the world and never wanted to log-out.
You always regen stamina while walking in the original d2, you just gotta stop for 0.1 seconds until regen starts and then you can walk while it regens
Stamina Potion or Stamina Shrine Cures that!
Higher level cures all that 😂
@@basxhor At what level and vitality points can we cure that?
Fantastic video! Thank you for the effort put into this review. It's so difficult to see past the nostalgia to give unbiased criticism and this video did that very well.
I am just stunned how well Diablo2 still looks with that enchanted version. Not sure if it is just nostalgia or there is still something there which even the new Diablo is missing.
Style.
The font, the art, the environments, the music; it was all created with much more passion.
I personally like Diablo 4, but the fonts are generic, and even with way better graphics, it's actually harder to see what you're fighting than in D2.
D2 is still the king for me. I actually remember the whole plot. And different characters felt different to a much greater degree. That, and some bosses were such a shock (like the act 2 boss when you reach him, on the first play through, the second, the tenth, the 50th... dammit Duriel!)
i thought he was making a joke, and that was actually the D4 but somehow the remake looks so much better
What could the new diablo be missing?
Actually interesting items?
Replayability?
Actually interesting skilltree?
A good story?
DIABLO himself ???
@@Amducyas Has more replayability than D2, esp vanilla if this is where the convos going lmaoo.
Also has interesting items & story,
no Diablo, bro was in 3 games in a row,
let him sleep & have some other Prime Evils come into the picture with more lore.
I'm a 43 yo kid, and I used to play the first Diablo online... I had a clan on it and lived one of my best gaming moments of life before the coming of mmo's (ultima online, dark age of camelot and WoW). Played all Diablos by now and this video is really well done. Good job!
Played all these except wow. UO was such a huge part of my childhood. Daoc was a big part too, but, UO pre-ren still holds my heart.
Damn haven't heard of dark age of camelot for ages. Seems like it's still going
Diablo 1&2 and Starcraft 1 have a lot of vibes from 80s movies - Dark fantasy and Sci fi like Conan, Aliens etc.
That's why they feel SO unique, especially for people that also grew up on these movies.
We could argue that D3 and especially SC2 have high aesthetic qualities of their own, but the retro movie vibe is essential.
Totally agree on that 👍
D3 has the aesthetics of a cartoon though. And the god feeling they give you takes away from the world building. And the colour template was so god-awful.
@@bigsmall246 D3 looks like World of Warcraft retail. Because it was made in the same engine that could run the game on a potato.
True that. Blizzard was the probably the greatest company to ever do it along with Rockstar: SO underfund compared to Activision, EA, Lucas Games, ecc. at the time, yet banging out classic after classic like they didn't care. Diablo is so legendary that almost every change they adopted has resulted in a worse game, and to these days, I will dare and say there is no other formula for a click-and-loot RPG that can claim the throne, not even Diablo 2 (it was, afterall, the son of Diablo in SO many ways - and having played all three at 14, 16 and 28 years old, I never experienced anything like the original).
Starcraft was really the first RTS to have three, distinct armies with no overlap at all between them. Hell, freaking WARCRAFT was a milestone for MS-DOS.
And what you say is true: they had very inspired, yet personal flavour to them that it was mindblowing!
(plus all the easter eggs: cow level, selecting the unit multiple times to exhaust the dialogue and get the frustrated answers... A-wesome!)
I play d3 then I when bk to D2 because of its set item and unique items....
I remember watching a friend play Diablo 1 but I don't actually remember if I ever played it until years later when I got it for myself, at which point I had already played Diablo 2; so I'm gonna say 2 was likely the first one I played, and it is still my favourite.
I started playing Diablo II 3 days ago for the first time. I’ve never played any Diablo games before and I find it quite fun. I think it aged well
try to find hellfire if you can
3:44 Yes, that feeling of having to survive and being scared of death is essential to Diablo. The God like feeling takes a lot away from the world they've built. It doesn't feel as threatening.
100% in agreement here
I have no prolem getting there eventually as you progress and get stronger, BUT it should start harder.
@@CraftyF0X amen
@@CraftyF0X I also think levelling should take more time for the first couple of playthroughs at least. Each level increase should feel like a proper achievement.
Seasonal playthroughs can be faster because a lot of people want to get into end game proper.
@@CraftyF0X I would say the D4 beta was almost as difficult as D2 act 1 - You actually had to drink potions during boss fights.
As an adult, I realized how potent of a stimulant Diablo II was. It's truly a drug that was only ever paralleled by WoW in its time. There's no effin wonder I was completely hooked and absorbed by it.
😎😎😎😎😎
I remember going through withdrawals when my big bro cancelled our WoW subscription. I would sit around at recess and lunch at school reading one of those big game booklets you could buy back in the day and i would look at the images and try to feel how i felt when i would play.
Diablo's loot drop was the hit. You saw that green or dark yellow label and bam, hooked. Exit to main screen, reload, run through the travincal again, nothing but blue. You HAD to do it again to get some more loot. Ridiculously addictive.
To expand on that, the clicking of the mouse frantically with 1,2,3,4 hot keys smooth and sweaty for potions. After the battle, highlight key, pick up items with the notorious "shhiup" sound. I sat at my computer at the age of 13 from 6pm on a Saturday until 9am on Sunday several times.
Are we the same person? Lolol@@johnwirk
for me diablo 1 is the best in terms of simplicity and the feeling it gave the players.. there is this eerie scary and uncomfortable vibes roaming deeper and deeper into the cathedral. Also the feeling of hopelessness is terrifying.. and the sounds... just wow
You described my childhood 99% accurate with your D1 & D2 synopsis!!!! Been playing them on and off since release. Diablo 3 and 4 should have stayed as a dark survival ARPG like 1 & 2 were but expand the story line. Diablo 4 did a great job getting back to its roots but I do miss the survival aspect of the game. Those death penalties from 1 & 2 could be rough and it made the game more exciting and I wish they had kept that.
Ah yes, playing Diablo 1 late night on a Friday in my parent's basement, on two adjacent desktops in a lan, sipping on parent's liquor just enough to where they wouldn't notice. Pretty good childhood.
amazing :)
damn feel u so intense nostalgia ... extremely intense
Makes me wonder how young of a child you were while "sipping" that liquor.
Wonder no longer, my friend! It was in highschool, I don’t remember which grade.
True amazing!
D2 got me into gaming. Until now it's among my favorites of all time
D2 was the first game that I started playing non-stop, to the point I only think about playing it in school and had dreams about it.
@@darkevilazn haha for real 💯
The thing is that Diablo 2 still looks great. Some styles are just timeless.
the remastered looks great y which is what he showed, though i love that game i cannot say the original looks great.
Gonna have to agree with pimkits here. Been playing diablo since january 28, 1997. Diablo 2 was beautiful for its time. But the difference between D2R and original D2 is night and day. Even with the old graphics enabled on d2r, you still have the benefit of increased framerates and less clutter.
D2s original graphics didnt really age well. Despite it being my favorite game of all time.
Ya I agree, D2 graphics didn't look too bad. D1 I think needs a remake though, it looks just a bit too retro for me to enjoy. D2 was definitely the most well received by fans though so I can see why they chose it.
@@marcush4741 I think d2 is one of the best looking games of x-2000 lol, same with starcraft. I love d2 graphics, remastered looks amazing, but classic d2 looks like a different world due to 2d sprite graphics, d2r looks like every other arpg. But I also love pixel art graphics so I guess maybe thats why i just like it.
@@vembdev I mean, I get what you're saying. Pixel art is definitely it's own niche in retro gaming appreciation.
But in my experience, people remember the game and how it made them feel... not what the game actually looks like.
The game started in 640x480. People dont remember that. Its highest resolution, which only came out after the expansion, was 800x600. It was far more cramped than anything we play today. And while the pixel art is definitely good for pixel art, most people tend to forget that it was all sprites... and it can be super jarring when you notice it again for the first time.
The creation of d2r gives a false impression of the way the game truly looks. It opens up resolution options that never existed, makes quality of life changes that few people notice until they're gone, and has become the main way people go back to watch Diablo 2 videos.
The music of d1 and d2 are world class. The gameplay of d1 and d2 are amazing. But the looks of d2? It didn't age nearly as well as the rose tinted glasses everybody views it through.
I remember my dads friend showing me and my brother the first Diablo on his laptop back in the day.. 26 years later and we're all still here!
You stated that D2R changed the stamina so that it regens when walking. That was actually in the original as well. If you drained stamina, stop, let it start regenerating, then start walking, and it will continue to regen slowly. Or, you could quickly switch to walking before the stamina bar is depleted and it will start regenerating.
I was about the say the same. Don't know where he got the idea this was a D2R thing.
Either way, the dev team were cowards to leave such a stupid mechanic like that in the game. David Brevik himself, said he would have left it out of the game if he had a do-over in designing the game.
after watching 5 minutes of this video I'm not convinced the guy played anything before Diablo 3 at the earliest. What a waste of time.
@@Magicks or he generally forgot lol? I started with 2 and I completely forgot the stamina thing was a thing!
You can regen in Diablo 2? To me, Diablo 1 feels like a rogue like. I just replayed after 20 years and died and all I thought was I'm Fed. Until I realized I can reload and I felt a little cheated. Odd that Diablo 2 had regen. Been 20 years since I played that game too but what a different vibe. Both great games, just doing different games.
In D1 and D2 you still know what is happening on screen even when using all the spells. D3 and D4 seem like something people with epilepsy feer the most.
I agree. If you want to see something really bad, try path of exile.
I kind of wish they would look at Examina as inspiration for how dark themed games should feel.
Agreed. I have serious problems seeing where my cursor is in D4 fights.
@@pauliusgecas472 Was just playing tonight (Act 1) and I'm with ya on that. It's hard to see who I'm mousing over.
@@Menleah you can increase the cursor size in game settings, and also enable highlighting for mobs and player. Checkout settings ^^
in D4 it's been greatly improved, and in the options you can remove the damage numbers. That's the first thing I did because it feels too arcade-ish with numbers popping everywhere on the screen
console D3 was my first experience with the franchise so seeing that UI was a big nostalgia hit for me, good video
I don't usually subscribe to random videos I find but this is great and your presentation is fantastic.
There's a mod/frontend for Diablo 1 called DevilutionX that basically lets you play the game in widescreen, speed things up, and have loot always show as well as several other things. It's pretty sweet and adds a ton of QoL to the first game which makes it much more palatable.
DevilutionX 1.5.0. just released! All quests in multiplayer + hella more!
yes this mod is awesome!
Its actually not a mod. Its a reverse engineered source port for Diablo 1, which is even more wild. Meaning its portable to even more platforms
If you have a modded switch, ps vita, or 3ds, you can play Diablo 1 on there. You can even play it on your phone (although the touch controls leave much to be desired).
It also, features crossplay between all platforms as well I believe, you can host a game on PC & have someone join from 3DS.
The best mod is Project tchernobog
Try The Hell 2. It is MUCH better.
I still love D2 mainly because you actually use your weapons. They are not just a display peace that raises Stats. I like having a sorc that can use a sword or a necro with a usable dagger. With that beings said I am extremely excited to get into D4.
The game forced you to specialize though so even though you could use a sword (or more commonly a staff) as a sorceress you pretty much never did later in the game because you had put 90% of your attribute points into energy and none of your skills gave you any benefit in close combat. You couldn't even try to fill out all 3 skill trees or you just wouldn't be powerful enough in any of them to make it in the higher difficulties.
As a sorceress you always ended up wielding a staff, or a wand as a necromancer, and your choice of weapon had pretty much nothing to do with its damage, instead it came down to what character specific bonuses it gave you.
So you only really had the illusion of freedom. The game punished players that tried to build versatile characters. You'd be out there trying to kill Diablo for hours and hours and pissing away all your gold on potions if you hadn't picked the right equipment and assigned your attributes and skills wisely by the time you got there.
@@BigUrielAre things different in Path of Exile 1/2 of Pillars of Eternity?
Started with Diablo 2 and later the expansion. Loved this game. Have not played anything else, but now I have downloaded the Diablo 2 remaster and Diablo 3 game. Looking forward to play them!
Diablo I, The first multiplayer game I played in 1997. I played as a warrior, while a friend played as a sorcerer and a girl played as a Rogue. The thrill and excitement I felt back then is something I haven't experienced again, even today.
Diablo 1 was my first in my 20s, such good memories. I was blown away by the beta of D4 and how it brought back the same sensations again, walking in dark dungeons with strange sounds and this awesome soundtrack. I've always been a Diablo player at core and I cannot wait to get my hands on the full game in june !
I agree with you, a remaster of D1 would be awesome but I doubt they take the time and resources to do it. Aaaah, those yellow zombies draining your stat points permanently :)
me too bro cant wait may 12 other beta
you old af
Diablo 1 is too old to make any sales in a remaster. They missed the boat 15yrs ago
we got a "remaster" in the seasonal event in d3
That wasn’t a remaster.
The beta weekends of d4 sparked my interest for gaming again after over 10 years of basically not being interested in gaming.
I was very much positively surprised by how it felt. Some kinks of course but hopefully itll be ironed out.
D2 was my big time sink back in the day. Later it was Eve online. Kinda insane how much time I spent on gaming..
U are missing out on a lot of amazing titles. I would recommend red dead redemption 2 or elden ring. Both are best games I've played in last 10 years no joke. Sank 150h+ on both. Amazing titles get back on the horse my guy! If u have any questions I'm happy to help.
Its wild looking at this, I remember playing D1 but in my head it did not look this bad LOL. Crazy how memory recall works.
got a question: is it possible to turn off damage number that floating over enemies in D4?
I loved that you had the Tristram song playing during the conclusion, because I started with Diablo 1. And one thing I would like to emphasize is the music. More than the graphics, I think music truly sets the mood of a game, Diablo 1 and 2 had that, but 3 did not. From what I played of Diablo 4 it seems that they are going to hit the mark again.
And the aspect that Diablo 1 had of the impending danger, that any fight could be your last is also something that I would like to see more of. Being a god-like entity that just curb-stomps enemies left and right can only entertain for so long and doesn't leave any particular memory, but the feeling of accomplishment of defeating a particular tough opponent, that stays with you.
I’ve just watched a playthrough (of the first two and half hours of the game), and the guy playing made it that far without even losing an sixth of his health. 4 may have improved in terms of visuals, but in terms of gameplay it looks to be more of the same crap D3 was.
Music is a little better than d3, but it’s still derivative and generic. Matt Uelman was a pioneer. The first game had such an insane soundtrack.
I had a friend who occasionaly strummed the Tristram Music of Diablo on a Guitar, always good for a laugh.
I bought every Diablo game (+ expansions) on launch day and still play them all to this day. I've always loved the Diablo franchise and can't wait for D4 to come out.
How are you enjoying the new Diablo game?
It’s not good…
@@NahBNah I actually like it tbh better than D3
@@lynneplex it is really good aside from some minor things overall a solid 8.5-9/10
2:37 you should listen, especially to those nice pings from rings and amulets :). Honestly, that feedback from hearing and having to look at/for the loot makes it so much rewarding.
I had Diablo 2 on my old Windows 95, just got Diablo 2 Resurrected. I am really excited to finally play Diablo 2 again
Really great trip down memory lane. I played D1 at launch as well as every other Diablo title. To say I am beside myself with anticipation for D4 early access would be an understatement!
So many of us... right there with ya
"Why would you need keys to raise/lower the brightness" Back in the day, CRT monitors were extremely hit or miss on peak brightness, so it was handy. A lot of games of the era had adjustments. I recall playing on a buddy's green monochrome display and we needed to adjust brightness constantly because the game is weird in green monochrome.
It's fun to see they added the Butcher in every Diablo so far. Also the Diablo 1 opening cinematic with the crows and the banging window has made it's debut again in Diablo 4 intro cinematic. Just as an easter egg! And also Tristram returns in every Diablo game so far!
Tristram's not on 4... Yet
@@manusalda7 There is at some part of the game. But in a form of an illussion or sort of.
D2 was actually when I go into PC gaming along with StarCraft and spawning a disc so your friend could play against you in dial-up!
Annnnd reported to the cops for piracy. ;)
I was like 8 when I first played D1 and have played each game since. I enjoyed your review and comparison, well done! Can’t wait to see what D4s story will be like and the new lore to learn with it.
Brightness setting was there because of CRTs in the old days. We didn't have the bright / clear monitors we have today. So you have to programmically brighten up the colors to be able to see at times lol.
I like how you mention the old Butcher fight being him just whacking at you until you die, when Butcher is back again for D4 and literally just chases you down to whack at you until you die.
Nice overview of the games. I’ve played D2/D2R the most out of all of them. I’ll comment on some things you missed about D2/D2R. The charms in D2/D2R actually make your character stronger overall. There are even grand charms (skillers) that give + to skills increasing your power. Then there are also runes which you can make rune words out of. They can greatly increase your DPS among other things. In D2R, they introduced Sunder Charms which break monster immunity. There are Sunder Charms for each element. The downside to it is that it gives you negative resistances to that same element. There are also Terror Zones in D2R now. These give you experience boosts and better loot drops. You can farm these areas for Sunder Charms as well.
yeah the diablo 2 summary was super shallow and he didn't include many many things he should've that would put diablo 2 in different light in this comparison. And the charm thingy he said was just... eh
Going to assume he likely didn't play on hell difficulty, because depending on your build I'm sure you guys know you NEED sunder charms sometimes.
@@Hube02 yeah what gives this content creator seems to be a suspect, half what he stated was inaccurate and when he talked about Diablo 1 he was saying things about Hellfire, that spin off wasn't with the Blizz North team, oh well, just another content creator trying to harvest clicks
Heya Alex, solid video here. Love your work
Started with diablo 1. Played it a ton. Diablo 2 I was around 15 and played it probably the most. In 20s played d3 maybe as much as D2 but D2 has the most lasting impact with me by far. D1 was great due to the simplicity of descending lower and lower and the dark undertone as well as sounds were just crazy
Diablo II was my first and remains my favorite to this day. I am having fun with IV though and if it get's better with time and updates, as the rest have, then it has a lot of potential.
Diablo 1 deserves a remake. But I want them to go full horror feely. True terror in that cathedral. Make it as dark as possible.
knowing blizzard they will do the opposite and make it kid friendly.
I nominate the team that did the Diablo 2 remake/remaster. They seem to know what they're doing.
@Orion wait how was D2R a disappointment?
Diablo 1 was the best game in my opinion. A "Ressurected" remaster of D1 with some quality of life changes would be glorious!!!
Agreed.
And I know he might be redundant alongside the barbarian but I wish they’d bring back the Warrior.
Try mods ma dude. Trust me.
Yes, that was the one I wanted, not D2.
there's a fantastic HD mod called belzebub. absolutely worth getting into.
Started with 1. Spent tons of time on D2 throughout my teens and I'll still go back every once in awhile in my mid 30s. Spent a good amount of time on 3 when RoS came out. Liked it for the most part.
I'm well into D4 now and without a doubt, it's my favorite. Not perfect, but none of them are. However they've always aged well years after release with patches big updates and seasons, so I'm stoked with how much better D4 could become.
Plus, Mommy.
i love how the "phone one" gets mentioned in pretty much the last sentence like, "oh yeah, by the way"
It's worthy to point out that 800x600 was only available with the LoD expansion... the OG D2 only had 640x480.
But my D2 vanilla had 800x600. Because it's patched?
@Bhoomtawath Plinsut very easily do you. What patch was listed on your D2 disk because back then it was not hard to find games disk with different patches on them over time.
I remember when we convinced parents of my friend to visit for a lan party connected through LPT cable. I remember carying his 13” monitor (13”including plastic bevel) up the hill through the town. LPT cable for network play lol. You forgot the mindblowing Horadric Cube, btw
7:35 Ive played D3 but none of your footage looks like the game i played, are you showing some mobile or console version?
yes its the console version. pc d3 looks much more like d4 then this lol
nice vid! loved seeing the comparison
Started with Diablo 1 and loved using the sorceress to cast fire walls in a room and close the doors in front so all the enemies die. Diablo 2 was great playing local network gamings with my family of 6. Did past Diablo 3 but didn't have that same feel as D2. The graphics were better. Hopefully able to play with friends and family again on D4.
Diablo Immortal was my first Diablo and I have never played a ARPG game up to then and it was pretty fun. Its super repetitive but learned all about the mechanics of the newer Diablo games like paragon levels using gems on armor and the returning classes like Necro,Sorceress, BARB. Then I got Diablo 2 Resurrected.... I now understand the hype on this game. I'm fully immersed and the gameplay is faster than I would have thought early 2000's hardware to be. Now I'm on ACT II as a lighting Sorceress and switching from the new version to the classic with the push of a button is always a must when exploring new areas. As a new player to this franchise I hope they take the spirit of Diablo II into 4.
unfortunately, the teams that made 1 and 2 are long gone and the new dev teams can't seem to re-capture the feeling or spirit of the older games. Visually they're impressive (3 and 4) and much more complex systems and a larger amount of content. But they lack the mood, the atmosphere that made the first two special.
That’s a universal problem with all modern games (and tv and film). I blame millennials (and I am one, so I can). They are more than proficient when it comes to coding and graphical assets and at the technical side of things, but are completely incapable of creating and original story or compelling characters or even a decent atmosphere etc. Writing is always subpar, character models always look like douchebag hipsters, inclusion of Mary Sue characters like Lea or Nayrelle, flashing colours and numbers covering every inch of the screen, health bars hovering over monsters so you know what’s ahead before you even enter a room, the inability to be killed. And despite the level of detail these games are completely boring to play. In diablo 1 you were scared to take another step, because something was sure to be waiting around the corner that would cut you down in seconds. D3 and now D4 require you to finish the game multiple times to increase the difficulty, just so you can take a bit of damage. I still doubt you’ll ever die. What’s the point?
I’ve completely given up on triple a games (and any creative project in any medium made by anyone under the age of 40).
@@delaceylehane7758 yep, I remember dying multiple times and adapting to the danger in Diablo 1 and 2. There was tension! I was afraid of that nasty unique monster, that boss pack. It made every upgrade so meaningful because it increases my chances of survival and victory.
Now in 3 I just run around and massacre everything as numbers pop up everywhere. They intentionally dumbed it down to make it more accessible to the masses.
@@delaceylehane7758 ;p
I recommend downloading the *Belzebub Mod for Diablo 1,* it's basically a remake that fixes the games pacing and structure. Tying all the games missions together, with a few additions and alterations into a complete story that's aligned with progression. As well as gameplay and quality of life improvements.
It the *Project Diablo 2* for Diablo 1.
Play the base game first, if you haven't already. For the experience. Get a good feel for it. Complete it if you want. But I guarantee, you'll prefer Belzebub.
I started with diablo 2 trial, and then i brought the lord of destruction expansion set, its such a fav of mine that i cannot even move on to 3 or 4
I remember playing the Diablo demo in 1996 that came with PC Gamer magazine. Been hooked ever since!
Diablo Spawn?
Started with Diablo 1 but when Diablo 2 was released, it was such an insane improvement in every aspect, I don't think many felt the need to go back to the first.
Diablo 2 improved just the gameplay. Diablo 1 atmosphere is still unmatched in diablo series, and also in lots of other games...
Diablo 1 is kind of janky with the movement and no real skill system (outside of spells). But it was and still is an awesome experience, because it felt different, really unique vibe to it.
@@mjkittredge no real skills but way harder and strategic experience from the gameplay point of view.
@@mjkittredge The Hell 2 Mod for Diablo 1 Fixes a lot. Not really a lot of Melee Skills Unfortunately but Tons of Magic. Diablo 2 would become a Masterpiece, but I miss the Darker Music and Quests Diablo 1 had.
@@JosephMagicFlower For what you mentioned, The Hell 2 Mod adds to that in every way possible except adding alot of Melee Skills but they do have some, but not as much as Magic. It's incredible!
This is an awesome video. Good job on this one.
I'd love to see a similar one on Baldur's Gate.
I really loved Diablo 1. From the first skeleton u meet as a sorcerer its a battle for survival u gotta do hit and runs becoz mana runs out fast at low lvl. But it made the game fun. The sound effects the eerie atmosphere down in the dungeons the creepyness it all added to a unique experience. And as he mentioned its quite punishing if u die without saving recently lol. I have the rare ps 1 version which is abit different from the first pc. Forexample if I completed with my character on Nightmare mode and I had Unique armor like Demon spike coat, it wouldnt carry over when I started new game with that character on Hell mode. I would get tons of money instead which sucks. But other than that the game was amazing.
Mannnnn the year 2000 was unreal for gaming. I was 12 years old with AOL dial up connection and my internet could barely function to play online but I managed.
bruh, i had diablo 2, starcraft brood war and counter strike lol
Stamina Potions for D2r stack so dont forget that. Pick up every one you find early and even buy a few and with a movement skill like Dash or Teleport you can mitigate some of that early game stamina stress.
no Dash for D2. Only paladin Charge skill.
@6:00 in d2:Lod stamina will regen while walking. You have to pause though after running is force-stopped.
Man being a kid and playing diablo 1. Such good times! Holy cow seeing the menu brought back memories I forgot i had
the tonal shift from D2 to D3 is shocking seeing it back to back like that. They really went with a Gauntlet Legends full arcade vibe in D3.
Tonally, it feels much more like D2 (to be fair, I'm still in Act 1). It's quite beautiful to look at and the cut scenes are stunning. I wish my brain could keep up with the pace.. hoping that will get easier with time. Things move f-a-s-t, even in the beginning.
My most remembered game experience was in Diablo 1 where we went to catacombs and got killed right at the entrence by a boss with his pack of invisibles . We dropped all our gear when dead and were perma-stunned until death whenever we tried to go down. So the entrance was blocked and we didn't have a emergency portal yet. We had to fight our way from hell back through 3 levels of catacombs with emergency gear to recover our farmed for months gear. And we did it after some hours. Felt like a great achievement... Walking past every corner was pure horror... :D.
From my memory you couldn’t farm gear in that manner in the first game. You didn’t lose your gear if you died, you’d just die and have to reload an earlier save. Maybe I misread your comment…
@@delaceylehane7758 You are correct for single player. But I never played D1 SP only multiplayer. In MP you were just farming by killing mobs and bosses to get gear, but when you died by PVE mobs you dropped all your gear on the ground and lost it by leaving the game without picking it up before... So you had to go back somehow survive and get the gear back before leaving the game. This why telekinese spell was somewhat useful that time.
I'm still relatively new to Diablo, I remember my uncle playing it on his PC when I was younger but it never peaked my interest until my wife got me into D3 I'm now starting to understand the mechanics a bit more and really getting into it, I know a lot of people don't like D3 but I love the colors and the story.
you should play diablo 2 resurrected. its the best one in my opinion
@@Fob327 I would like to get it, I finished my first play through of D3 as a necromancer, I watched some gameplay of the first one on PS1 and the second one, I think I can get D2 resurrected digitally? It's hard to find discs of the old ones.
@@austinreeves9112 yea you can get it on ps4 and ps5 digitally
Thank you for your effort. it was a great video. Every Diablo fan has their own favourite. But to evaluate the games according to the years they were released, I think Diablo 2 is not only the best of its own series, but also the best of all time.
I really loved #1. Was scary and you had to take it really cautiously. I played #3 with my son when that came out and was underwhelmed and got bored. I missed #2 though so may download that remaster.
d2r is worth it. could need some Qol things like stackable gems, but all in all it is the same diablo 2 i love but with better graphics
3 was so boring and you can clearly see they went for 'cutesy world of warcraft' graphics with it. Was super disappointed by it. Lets not forget the real money auction house that was in the game at launch too. I had started with D2 at a friends house, eventually when I got a PC good enough to run it I got it too, loved it but it was one of those 'okay I beat it, next' kinda games for me, but I still had been so hyped about 3 until I actually saw/played it. lol.
I have yet to try 4, mostly because I was apathetic about the franchise after how badly I hated 3, but this video made me slightly more interested to try it, but I am not sold yet.
@UncontestedV2 I'm currently in act 3 on #2 and my son just bought me Diablo 4 for Father's day so I guess I'll be playing it after all!
Been playing Diablo since the late 90s. Still play d1 and d2r. Wasn't impressed with 3, but played through it once. Diablo 4 looks promising but if they don't fix the zoom and zoom out then it might have to be a deal breaker for me. The beta was painful to play with how close it was zoomed in. Time will tell.
It is indeed really zoomed in. I wish you could zoom out just like you can zoom in - that wiggle room of an additional ~25% would be ideal. I'm not sure why Blizzard is so obsessed with having the camera right on top of you. It makes it hard to go back to Starcraft 2.
I wish they would add inventory tabs, the transparent map overlay and autorun to D4. Hopefully we'll see more QoL features sooner than later
I never got to play from 1 to 4. I appreciate being able to see its progress.
Played them all. That tune in the end gave me chills again. Wasn't a huge fan of D3. Like you said...too much of a "loot fest".
The Sean Connery like voice of Cain (Stay a while and listen) is legendary.
i started with Diablo 1 all those years ago im 40 now hands down Diablo my all time favourite game series
Is that Diablo 2 UI specifically for Controller? On PC I only get access to 1 skill at a time....
Brings back the days of playing Diablo 1 with my cousin in the 90s, late into the night on Pentium 90 PCs with a 10mbit network connection.
I checked for you, got my original Diablo 1 manual on my lap and I got it on launch day in 1997. But the manual itself says ®1996, so there you go...
lol thanks! A blizzard dev said it came out in a small capacity on the west coast at the very very end of 1996. I think for the general public, it's 1997.
I played D2 from 6th Grade (2003) until my Senior Year of High School (2010.) I still miss it sometimes. I’ve been playing D3 for 11 years. I’ll probably spend a decade or two playing D4. I seriously can’t wait for it to come out. I told my wife I want it for Fathers Day if anyone gets my anything.
if you miss D2 you should check out D2R - the remaster of that game includes bug fixes, quality of life improvements, skill changes, new items, runewords and game events
The very 1st Diablo gave me an experience in 1997 that was NEVER reached again...👀
So *sad and lonely* it feels to "dungeon Crawl" in that Gem of a Game from almost ANCIENT Gaming Times!
Love the video such a fun earned my sub and like for SURE !!
I think of the other three titles D4 most feels like D3. Aspects aren a pretty small iteration on the legendary power and extracting powers from D3. Boss fights feel just like D3 boss fights which also have phases and summons and unique mehanics and dodges and stuff. The power creep available even in the beta felt very D3 to me with 'end game' builds and setups killing the 12 man world boss solo in like a minute so based on multiple 'D3 like' stat bonuses like damage based on various status effects being applied. Even the visuals felt more like Ruins of Sescheron or The Shourded Moors from D3 than anything from 2 or 1 to me.
Edit: forgot to mention D1 was my first and I played 2 and 3 at launch
Diablo 1 is my favorite, the music hooks me every time and I really like the first hours of Diablo it immediately feels immersive and kind of intimate the sound fx are very clean nowadays it sounds a lot messier.
D2 music is also increadibly iconic. When I tried D2R after so many years since playing D2, just hearing that first guitar chord when you spawn in the Rogue Encampment instantly sucked me back into that world and set the dark gothic vibe.
Nothing beats Diablo 1. But the 2 is also ok.
The file manipulation for those last 2 Hellfire classes was because they weren't completed and dropped from the final product. The code was left in so they could be enabled, though. But that's also why they don't have unique graphics for those two.
( Also, pedantic jerk mode: Diablo 2's expansion is Lord of Destruction. Singular It's the end boss's title. ;) )
We still play Diablo 1 HD version on LAN with friends (it is the Tchernobog variant) and it is hell lot of fun and challenge! There are many upgrades to the original D1 - for exaple belts or highlighting dropped items like in D2 by pressing ALT key.
Look up DevilutionX!
@@shanescott3166 That looks great! Thanks, man:)
Saturated with Diablo I and played everything as it came out up to now. Loved the beta for Diablo IV. Can’t wait to play that game some more when it releases. Best franchise in gaming.
As a 14-year-old I played the hell (pun intended) out of Diablo and Hellfire. Even today not many games have accomplished the density of that game's atmosphere. It was truly ahead of its time.
That was so nostalgic, THANKS. I played Diablo 1,2 and now 4. It really brings to life how technology has improved. Diablo 4 has amazing graphics, cinematic and game play, great job. ALLOT of work went into this.
I remember the one when we even had to ask players with higher levels to help defeat Diablo, cannot recall which one that was in, but really love playing it then and now.
I started with Diablo 1 with the Hellfire expansion and it stands as my "go to" whenever I feel the need to dungeon crawl and slay villainous creatures. I played D 2 a while ago, but don't remember too much about it. I played the Necromancer and really enjoyed the character. I've been hankering to try it out again with the D2/D3 combination that is offered on the Blizzard site. Not sure if I should just skip and go right to 4 or stick my original plan (D2/D3). I LOVE D1...which one (2, 3, or 4) gives the player the closest to the D1 experience?
Played them all when they were released. Can't wait for D4!
Oh man D2 charms... I was a bloody hippie/souvenir/crystal shop on wheels half the time, more than half the inventory stacked with crappy charms I couldn't let go because I really felt they were making a difference. It would be upsetting to find out how many hours I have wasted re-arranging them and considering which ones to dump and which ones to keep. I could've probably learned a new language in that time 🤣
Only time wasted if ya didn't have fun!
@@Menleah Good point! :D
I played Diablo 1 for 5 minutes and I was hooked.
Middle aged now, and loving Diablo 4
diablo 2 is what started it all for me and i have ,many fond memories playing this my friends, diablo 3 was a great game but something was always missing. Really enjoying diablo 4 with the world bosses, helltides and of course loot
Diablo 1 was the first for me and I was a little kid back then, my dad made me play it when I was 6 years old for some reason but I absolutely grew to love it nonetheless and when Diablo 2 came out just a year later I didnt pick it up instantly, probably had other stuff to do at the time but a good amount of time before LOD I played it and loved it even more, as you said yourself people were glued to it and my case was no different. I still play D2R to this day and love it. Somehow it feels a lot better than D3. I have played that most season for a couple of weeks also though and initially when it came out. But D1 and D2 just had something magical about them that I doubt even D4 can bring back, although it is looking to be a nice game.
try the D2 mods like Path of Diablo or Project D2. Original D2 with QOL-improvements and endgame content. WIll get you glued another lifetime :)
@@imscheck Ye thanks, already tried em, theyre great too :P
Well the D4 beta was out and yea, it still had too much of D3's god feeling that totally destroys the dark atmosphere