Fascinating interview with Bill Roper right before Diablo II was released

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I listened to this fascinating interview of Bill Roper that was released a little before Diablo II was released. Some of the stuff they spoke about:

- Body Part System (Convert Skill, Quills -> Arrows, Potions)
- The Paladin’s \"Fist of Heavens\" was called \"Hand of God\" ?
- There was no character level limit.
- Attributes seems to have been called \"Statistics\".
- When you died, you were presented with a \"Restart in Town\" or \"New Game\" options. That reminds me of Diablo 1 Single Player.

Let me know what you think :D.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SDgwu9QVj4A
 
I had seen this when the video came out, super fascinating. I love listening/reading about games I love from before they were released. An amazing listen to anyone thinking about watching.

On a related note, if anyone has thought about reading to the \"Stay a While and Listen\" books by David Craddock (sp?), do it. I listened to the audio books of both and it was really interesting to hear bout some of the behind the scenes stuff.
 
Thanks for sharing this gem! I just listened to this while rushing my barb.

My favorite bits:

The guild hall that eventually showed up in WoW was meant for Diablo II.
Turning body parts into potions aka Alchemy.
There is no Cow Level xD
 
I’m currently listening to this interview with David Craddock (when he was still writing the Stay a While and Listen Book 1):

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7VBqap7q1zU

and I’ll listen to this one next (which is after Book 1 was released):

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EL3rMqP_pEU

I’ve also purchased both books (in paperback form since they are definitely going to be publicly displayed in my house :D) and am excited to read them. The stuff I learn in there will not only influence just my general knowledge of Blizzard North and Blizzard, but also may even have impacts on Singling.

Book 1 (Amazon, Paperback)
Book 2 (Amazon, Paperback)
 
Another interview but this one from David Brevik. There’s a few of these floating on the internet but every time I watch one, there’s always something new to pick out, or re-evaluating stuff at a different time.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LI_CXw4x61E

I kinda want to make a post to collect all of these interviews.
 
Mr. Llama released a new video recently interviewing Erich Schaefer:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UfuOcLUNm2g

I also forgot to post the ARPG round table that Kripparian hosted when he was at ExileCon this year. Brevik, Schaefer Brothers and a variety of other legends were there:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0coFsOfLcPg
 
Haha, it’s a small D2 world. I was just listening to that Erich Schaefer interview. Great stuff!
 
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