Diablo II - Electronic Entertainment Expo Teaser Trailer (1998)

[bloodi01]

Diablo 3 goiing to suck...its nothing compared to this feeling. Go fuck yourself Blizzard....go rob a bank if you want to make money.

[bloodi01]

He didnt need the stone anymore. It was inside of him alredy.

[Fiorwestcoast]

I remember seeing this trailer and being so excited...now I feel that with D3's Black Soul Stone vid...ah

[orioncheung]

What I dont get is. In diablo 1, You jab that crystal in your head.. Why is it you are carrying it now? and then lost it?.. o_O..

[rodnymorash]

@sarsafa  /watch?v=ts22txEln54

[Clorwall]

Best game trailer I've ever seen.

[illidanwashere772]

this is great , because its frm the 'wanderer's perspective. Unlike the which is frm marius'. Both r great though.

[dobrzemetal]

Best game preview ever....too bad B north is gone.

[rednas3636]

was this semi-canon ?

[draak0n]

@rednas3636 I'm also wondering whether it can be considered canon or not. Mainly because we see Diablo's soulstone laying on the ground in the end of this video and it doesn't seem to fit with D2 lore.. it could be metaphorical - he's talking about better part of his soul remaining behind and we see soulstone laying in the waste (however I don't think soulstone could be considered better part of him) or it all may be just more complex that our mortal minds can even start to comprehend *winks*

[rednas3636]

@draak0n hehe ;)

to me it looks like 'the better part of his soul' is trapped in that soulstone in this one

[Hyper1ink]

@rednas3636 what do you mean? canon™ cameras? please explain.

[rednas3636]

@Hyper1ink :p canon means that its in the story

[draak0n]

@Hyper1ink From wikipedia: "A canon, in terms of a fictional universe, is a body of material that is considered to be 'genuine' or 'official'." For example 'Diablo: Hellfire' isn't considered canon by Blizzard. Well.. unlike Hellfire this Expo trailer was released/produced by Blizzard, but its still not clear whether it can be considered canon.

[Hyper1ink]

@draak0n Thank you; I was wondering because I'm German. This D2 trailer is made by Blizzard AND published on several other Blizzard titles (e.g. it's on later StarCraft, D1 and WC2 CDs etc.) AND contains enough D2 material ("Tristram", wanderer, soulstone, D2 logo), so I'd say the trailer is definitely official/genuine and therefore "canon", although not reappearing in the end product itself.

[DrCroata]

a true work of art.

[IrreducibleParadox]

I should never have played these games.

[rednas3636]

@IrreducibleParadox why not?

[Hyper1ink]

@rednas3636 Because they make you addicted to them. Forever.

[illidanwashere772]

@IrreducibleParadox  why?

[Hyper1ink]

Perfect quality. ***** For this we thank you. BTW: I downloaded this FLV using the Firefox add-on "DownloadHelper". Forever...

[draak0n]

Aye, that was the main reason why I upload this video. Other versions, here on Youtube, seemed to have questionable quality. Tried my best to get it as close as possible to the original.