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Re:Diablo devolved – magic behind the 1996 computer game by jczhang on Monday June 18, 2018 @01:01PM (#17339770)
The first Diablo manual had great background stories and mythology. When I watched Constantine for the first time, I realize it had the same setting as Diablo!
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Re:Diablo devolved – magic behind the 1996 computer game by digi_owl on Monday June 18, 2018 @02:52PM (#17340689)
They reuse some religious themes etc, but other than that they are not related what so ever...
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Re:Diablo devolved – magic behind the 1996 computer game by jczhang on Monday June 18, 2018 @03:12PM (#17340852)
I mean the whole idea of heaven and hell fighting for power and that they are not supposed to have any physical influence, but the demons of hell sneak in anyways, not just by mental influence but physically as well. That's how the Diablo 1 story begins, with the corruption of the Archbishop (I remember way too much lol).
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Re:Diablo devolved – magic behind the 1996 computer game by tarsinge on Tuesday June 19, 2018 @05:26AM (#17344999)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/War_in_Heaven

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nephilim

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Re:Diablo devolved – magic behind the 1996 computer game by mkirklions on Tuesday June 19, 2018 @08:30AM (#17345942)
I think this is why it was so epic.

As a kid evil is the worst thing ever. No 'bad guy' quite compared...

Until Diablo

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