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* LetsPlay/{{Critikal}}'s earlier videos were completely different in style from his better known "gameplay and commentary" videos. The focus was mostly on first-person shooters, and the style of the commentary was far from the "titties and asscheeks" humor of his later videos.

* ''WebVideo/TheHappyVideoGameNerd'': His earliest videos parody some elements of his inspiration, the AVGN. Eventually Derek gets rid of the skits, guest stars and wackiness and his reviews are more straight-forward. Ironically, much like the AVGN did ... for the most part. Derek doesn't always praise the games either, to which some viewers objected. He mentions in his review of ''Eternal Darkness'' that viewers comment on his name as if that's his only modus operandi and that he should be praising games all the time. Instead, he reminds them that he's just honest about games he doesn't like but provides constructive criticism (backed by personal experience shown in the reviews) as to why that is.
** Derek Alexander eventually dropped all of the HVGN staples, most notably, the wine, the black shirt, and first his parody of Kyle Justin's theme before dropping any theme song whatsoever. He still produces videos, but no longer as a parody or homage to the AVGN. He goes by the name "Stop Skeletons from Fighting" now.

* ''WebVideo/CriticalRole''

** In the first three Thomas Retrospectives, the stand-out episodes were Tug's favourites. Starting with season 4, he changes it to be a episode that's unusual (eg: "Rusty to the Rescue" is the only non-adaptation episode in season 4, "Thomas (and) the Jet Engine" is gimmicky and over-the-top even by season 6 standards), and his favourite episode is a separate category.

** In the first three Thomas Retrospectives, the stand-out episodes were ones that Tug thinks anyone would like. Starting with season 4, he changes it to be a episode that's unusual (eg: "Rusty to the Rescue" is the only non-adaptation episode in season 4, "Thomas (and) the Jet Engine" is gimmicky and over-the-top even by season 6 standards), and his favourite episode is a separate category. Also, in the season 1 video, he doesn't list the top three characters with the most focus episodes.

* When the LetsPlay/{{Yogscast}} started their [[WebVideo/YogscastMinecraftSeries Minecraft series]] (speaking only about the main episodes and ''Shadow of Israphel'', not the side episodes like the mod spotlights), it was created as a LetsPlay of ''VideoGame/{{Minecraft}}'' (complete with showing how to survive the first night). It eventually evolved into one of the most well-produced machinima series ever made. Also, LetsPlay/LewisBrindley had never played the game before, so LetsPlay/SimonLane did most of the work. After Lewis became more familiar with the game, the role was flipped, and Lewis usually took charge.

* ''Crime Spree'', the 'pilot season' of ''WebVideo/JetLagTheGame'', and the first two official seasons of '''Jet Lag' have a lot of differences from later ''Jet Lag'' seasons:

* The first episode of ''WebVideo/TheNostalgiaCritic'', in which he reviewed the 2007 ''Film/{{Transformers}}'' movie, portrayed him as more-or-less [[WebVideo/BumReviews Chester A. Bum]] -- excitedly ''praising'' the movie as opposed to [[CausticCritic angrily taking the piss out of it]]. He returned to this style for his review of the sequel as an homage. Even after that, the episodes were much shorter (the ''WesternAnimation/CartoonAllStarsToTheRescue'' episode, for instance, is more of a recap than a review, and is only 5 minutes long) and the Critic character was initially ''much'' less of a PsychopathicManchild. In the very first videos he also lacks his trademark red tie, and wears a black shirt with a logo rather than his white one.

** In the first three Thomas Retrospectives, the stand-out episodes were ones that Tug thinks anyone would like. Starting with season 4, he changes it to be a episode that's unusual (eg: "Rusty to the Rescue" is the only non-adaptation episode in season 4, "Thomas (and) the Jet Engine" is gimmicky and over-the-top even by season 6 standards), and his favourite episode is a separate category.

*** Multiple people's accents change. Caleb's German accent becomes much stronger over time, Molly's Irish accent becomes much weaker over time, Yasha starts off with an American accent but switched to something vaguely Scandinavian later on, and Nott's Cockney accent vanishes almost entirely within a few sessions.

** Campaign 1's home game was originally run in ''TabletopGame/{{Pathfinder}}'', resulting in a few [[CanonImmigrant items, mechanics and gods being ported-over to 5e D&D]]. While Pike's deity Serenrae slotted into the setting easily, several party members still have "Keen" weapons (a Pathfinder mechanic that allows a crit on rolls lower than 20) and Vax's Boots of Haste infamously became a GameBreaker due to not transferring to 5e mechanics well.

* ''WebOriginal/EveryFrameAPainting'': The earlier episodes tend to have more jokes and one-liners, before Tony Zhou set into pure analysis.