I want diablo 3's production values, diablo 2's game design, and diablo 1's atmosphere

@innrex9028

4 жыл бұрын

THIS. It would be the best game in the series, combining the best of every game. I absolutely loved Diablo 2, the gameplay, level design, enemies, but when I played Diablo for the first time I noticed the atmosphere was different. The music really gives you this feel of hopelessness, that you're not just massacring everything in your path like in Diablo 2. Instead, it makes you feel like you're barely surviving the horrors of the underground. I prefer D2's gameplay over D1, because it's more fast paced but I think that would ruin a bit of the atmosphere.

@novato455

4 жыл бұрын

tehcks@ highly unlikely, if they do they'll find a way to release it unfinished and crammed with micro transactions.

@alexradice8163

4 жыл бұрын

I feel like Diablo 3s production value ruined the art style

@mikeangelo2886

4 жыл бұрын

@@alexradice8163 diablo 4 trailers gives hope of dark atmosphere. Only just dark age-y rather than tristram gothic-like. Still, its 2020, publishers teached us not to have a high hopes.

@robin9793

4 жыл бұрын

Imagine perfection was a thing

Noah Caldwell-Gervais REALLY talked this song up...I can see why.

We can all agree Tristam's theme is the queen of all town's theme.

@fabiorachid3430

3 жыл бұрын

It's the queen of all themes, I'm yet to find a more iconic one

@nicklain178

3 жыл бұрын

@@ChrisPBacon-mo9ln lineagell Dion & Hunter's village theme's

@followingtheroe1952

3 жыл бұрын

Oakvale from fable is a close contender imo. Also I would like to nominate Ard Skellig from Witcher. Although I would say adults today who were impressionably young during Diablos release like myself wouldn't have Tristram beat by anything else.

@cybergothika6906

3 жыл бұрын

@@followingtheroe1952 Oakvale has a lot of emotion for a very tiny town and quite incomplete game with just 2 endings, I remember I could finish Fable in a few hours with no rush.

@AnakinTheWeird

3 жыл бұрын

Gotta throw Skyloft, Delfino Plaza, Clock Town, The Hamlet from Darkest Dungeon, Lavender Town, Zozo, Termina from Chrono Trigger, Stormwind, The Streets of Whiterun, and especially the Shire out there.

Especially in 2020, we need to stay awhile and listen.

@Kustan112

3 жыл бұрын

@@zhen3142 because many people tend not to have a choice other than to do so. Also, Cain was the only place I learned anything... Other than Farnham. I learned more from Farnham than from college. kzread.info/dash/bejne/Zat50tmSf7e7YLQ.html

@Markiiee300

3 жыл бұрын

Because the portal to hell has been open

@zhen3142

3 жыл бұрын

@@Markiiee300 haha

@Okkusen

3 жыл бұрын

You are so right and in general we need to listen more!

@NotEnoughSound

3 жыл бұрын

unless you are playing Lehablo

Stay awhile and listen!

@NRTKDNB

6 жыл бұрын

i stayed a while and listened.

@NeroLover4297

5 жыл бұрын

I sense a soul in search of answers

@Grapesoflol

5 жыл бұрын

lol pinned for 7 years and only 80 likes

@jackbotman

5 жыл бұрын

Don't tell me what to do old man, now identify some things

@keeganpenney8426

5 жыл бұрын

You have quite a treasure there!

I stayed awhile, and I listened.

@khaledmohamadi

8 жыл бұрын

Decerd cain!! at the well

@DaxInvader

8 жыл бұрын

+khaled mohamadi Deckard* Cain...

@khaledmohamadi

8 жыл бұрын

yes deckard haha sorry

@Jzuri630

8 жыл бұрын

+TheKrensada We all stayed awhile and listened.

@ngonsor

8 жыл бұрын

+Zuleffendi Zulkifli (Fendi-Bull) "cain, do you want me to kill these demons or have a chat?" lol

I never comment on KZread. But this is what I come to when I feel sad or nostalgic. I was 10 when this came out. Never in 34 years of life have I ever felt as scared and entertained playing a videogame. This atmosphere is beyond amazing. It truly is something that is ageless. I wish they would listen to all of us and try to rebuild this into a new game.

@Shinryu-Elffire

3 жыл бұрын

I don't know for "new", but the fans rebuilt it in a "newer" game. Eastern Sun Rises for Diablo 2 brings back so many memories in the form of enemies. Hell Knights, Goat Men, Overlords, Winged Demons... and it runs better than Diablo 1 on modern PCs.

@nonenonea5523

3 жыл бұрын

I saw this is another post. But they should make diablo 4 with diablo 3s graphics and production value, diablo 2s game play and the music/feel/look of diablo 1.

@bhc6278

3 жыл бұрын

@@nonenonea5523 diablo 3 graphics are childish and cartoonish. Not even close what a real Diablo game needs. Nothing should be taken by Diablo 3. Total disaster

@thesenate4059

3 жыл бұрын

same here fam 🍻

@jonahbrown5669

3 жыл бұрын

Hehehe

"I can see what you see not. Vision milky, then eyes rot. When you turn, they will be gone, Whispering their hidden song. Then you see what cannot be. Shadows move where light should be. Out of darkness, out of mind, Cast down into the Halls of the Blind." My favorite poem of D1 - 2018

@luispernia3821

Жыл бұрын

"And so, locked beyond the gateway of Blood and pass the hall of fire, Valor awaits for the Hero of Light to awaken".

@darthxenos7743

11 ай бұрын

You know i got an A in high school for using this poem for an assignment

@lurkerinthedarkness

10 ай бұрын

Chamber of Bones: Am I a joke to you?!

I remember playing it in the room with my granny. When my hero said "I'm overburdened" she was like "Turn the game off! Don't use see your computer is overburdened!!!". lol.

@TheNameTooSexyToShow

8 жыл бұрын

+Protoss Zerg haha, lol

@brainwasher9876

8 жыл бұрын

+Protoss Zerg your grandmother is a champion.

8 жыл бұрын

+Protoss Zerg HHahhahahahhahaha Nice Dragon Avatar

@TheNameTooSexyToShow

8 жыл бұрын

João Porto Dragoon ;) with double "O". Pronounced like "moon".

8 жыл бұрын

Bada Bing Bada Boom Bro, i not play sc bw, maybe ten years or more... Rlly think i' ll remember the correct writing... lol Cheers!

I absolutely loved Diablo 1 overall more than Diablo II, though Diablo II is easily one of the best games ever made. But Diablo 1 nailed the aesthetic so well. Tristram felt like a humble, isolated village with a very sinister secret. The moment you walk from town to the cathedral and begin descending unsure of what you'll run into next is something Diablo II and Diablo III never re-captured. Perhaps because those games made it all about the item hunt, while Diablo 1 wanted to immerse the player into their own in-game survival. The equipment you gained wasn't for glory or riches, it was to stand a chance. There will never be another Diablo. An absolutely legendary game.

@61akra12

8 жыл бұрын

i agree but i think diablo 2 did a fantastic job as well considering it inevitably had to expand the story and the scope of the "problem". d3, on the other hand, i couldn't take more than an hour of it before uninstalling it.

@zetaro05

8 жыл бұрын

+Clarence Gutsy i think the feel of d1 complimented the world opening up in d2. i remember how i affected i was that the hero i played as in d1 turned out to be the dark wanderer, like he was victorious and all, but turned out he was doomed.

@ZAR3M

8 жыл бұрын

+Battal That's because it's nothing like it's predecessors except for the lore. The atmosphere, the characters, the stats/skill-system, it's either gone or changed completely from it's original concept. The Butcher used to scare the shit out of me when I was little, and on my currently replay of diablo 1 he's still shittingly scary than his d3 counterpart. The Warrior came to tristram to fight the evils there. It was first until d3 where they decided to make him Leoric's son (or some book after d2), completely changing how he is meant to be in the first installment. And in diablo 3 they went with the WoW way to level up with so unlike the previous games you can't pick your own stats and you won't be able to configure your own skill tree. All in all d3 is a whole game experience for itself not a continuation of the others.

@k9wazere

8 жыл бұрын

+Clarence Gutsy That's a very accurate critique, and perfectly expresses how I feel about D1 compared to D2. D1 absolutely was about your own survival. It played on your fears - it was dark, claustrophobic, eerie, brutal. Being underground certainly plays a part in this. Many tight spaces and maze-like corridors. The sound effects were top-class, and I can still hear the moans, the spitting noise of those acid spitters, the death cries... all etched in my memory forever. Then there was the isolation of the village just like you say. The NPCs who were trying to carry on when their situation was hopeless. So many subtle psychological touches that make you remember the game, and mostly you're remembering the things that upset/disturbed you. I have memories of D2 too, but they aren't the same type of memories. It's probably fair to say that I remember D2 more for the classes, the bosses, the cut-scenes; whereas D1 I remember like a vivid nightmare (in a good way!)

@gargamellenoir8460

8 жыл бұрын

+Clarence Gutsy One of the main differences in atmosphere is that Diablo 1's hero is some chump, kinda badass at the end, but clearly outgunned by the demons (s)he's facing, and doomed to fail one way or the other. Diablo 2's heroes are basically superheroes, and Diablo 3's are gods. The first Diablo books were very creepy for the same reason, the demons were clearly superior in scope to the heroes. I'd enjoy a Diablo gaiden game where we would again play as a regular joe.

That's the soundtrack of passed endless LAN-nights in the basement, heated up tube monitors, stumbling over cables when grabbing a beer out of the cool box after midnight, someone screaming "MAN, I DIED! ANYONE RETRIEVE MY STUFF FROM HELL!!!" ... so great memories.

@KyuuraTV

3 жыл бұрын

Such a good time... I used to do that in 1999 when I was 6. I played D1 with my dad and my uncle... GREAT times and GREAT memories.

@inhalerofmoistmeals2931

3 жыл бұрын

Man, makes me sad that I first experienced this on a flat screen in the early 2010's. Still, this gane hit me like no other.

@doduyle8476

2 жыл бұрын

​@@inhalerofmoistmeals2931 after D2 I tried to play D1 just last month. One of the scariest atmosphere I was in, way more thrilling than D2. I am 26

@TheCuratorIsHere

2 жыл бұрын

Retrieve my stuff from hell 😂👍👍

@Nakihashi

8 ай бұрын

The *feels* my man! How many times did we stay up until the sun rose, exploring every nook and cranny of the dungeons of the scariest game of our generation? I remember LANing with my bros way back then doing just that! Granted, today's online gaming is way more simple and streamlined, but there was something thrilling about lugging our comps around and plugging them in with cables all over the place, getting a pizza delivered, and putting Adult Swim on in the background.

1:40 *THAT instrument, THAT one* is the one that hits the nostalgia button

@nottinghillad

3 жыл бұрын

funny that.. same here. I associate it with time and place from awhile ago

@staticcrystal8438

3 жыл бұрын

damn. i'm crying

@davidmontoyamorales9011

3 жыл бұрын

For sure an ocarina or a pan flute. Such a great instrument choice.

@sofakingonmynuts1438

3 жыл бұрын

My favorite is all the instruments clanging together, barley keeping its rhythm, you feel insane for a second while the notes clamor back like your sanity.

@followingtheroe1952

2 жыл бұрын

"The screams that echo in the night are inhuman" 1:40

Its the intimacy that you have on Diablo 1 that is missing from D2 and D3. You are in a isolate village where strange things happens. There's no a giant world, big wars and shit like this. It's you, alone, descending in the catacombs of a church in a village with strange people. THAT's is whats is missing from both newer games.

@crimsonreaper835

9 жыл бұрын

What's missing in D1 is a variety of classes, and game time..

@dune1774

9 жыл бұрын

yeah d2 is pretty new eh? your full of it

@jenniferbarnes5401

9 жыл бұрын

***** It was new for its time, and certainly newer than D1. That is what he is referring to. So "your" missing the point.

@dune1774

9 жыл бұрын

Jennifer Barnes Thanks for pointing out my spelling mistake. Also i agree of course its newer than d1. I was just refering to how long d2 has been out. Compared to 3 of course.

@Zagardal

9 жыл бұрын

André Bires completely agree. Intimacy is an extremely underrated tool, I think it's much more effective than epicness. It's obvious the story has to get bigger over time to accomodate expectations and gameplay, but it's a shame that the more subtle experiences end up being overshadowed by the need of a bigger scale.

"Find this Butcher and slay him! So that our souls can finally rest"

@ismailgunbay

4 жыл бұрын

AAH, FRESH MEAT!!!

@atlasblue3542

4 жыл бұрын

FRESSSSH MEAT

@Necroionutwiz

4 жыл бұрын

Fresh meat >:D

@kfirkuperman6104

4 жыл бұрын

hello my friend, stay a while and listen.

@Shock4s

4 жыл бұрын

i was 9 and throw my mouse after i open this terrific dor. same thing, headphones, full volume and he call me fresh meat haha

one of the most beautiful and mysterious songs men kind ever made....magic

1:34 hearing this part while killing everything in tristram in D2 is a mental trip and my favourite musical experience in gaming history. Hearing the goatmens screams to those chords and deckard cains cry for help with those harmonies is such a surreal soundscape

I stayed awhile and listened.

@EliteNz3

9 жыл бұрын

xD

@theov3rmind

9 жыл бұрын

Well, I was going to leave a comment but this one is perfect.

@JPRibner

9 жыл бұрын

William Beard But do I win the Internet?

@theov3rmind

9 жыл бұрын

John Ribner You must first defeat the final boss.

@JPRibner

9 жыл бұрын

William Beard As long as he's no tougher than The Butcher, I should be okay.

I can see what you see not Vision milky, then eyes rot. When you turn, they will be gone, Whispering their hidden song. Then you see what cannot be, Shadows move where light should be. Out of darkness, out of mind, Cast down into the Halls of the Blind.

@FernandoJacinto

8 жыл бұрын

+jamie miller I have also memorized that book chapter! Good to see you!

@ricemenarq6230

8 жыл бұрын

+jamie miller I memorized this poem when I was in 2nd Grade

@Ceb773

8 жыл бұрын

+jamie miller OMG YES.

@bruno.henrique

8 жыл бұрын

I think this is the only piece of poetry i can recite

@svcghost

8 жыл бұрын

+jamie miller i don't get it :(

Matt Uelmen must be back for Diablo IV!!

@bruno.henrique

Жыл бұрын

I agree!

@SeanKula

Жыл бұрын

Please make it so!

@antimattv

Жыл бұрын

Only if the story is good and doesn't look like WoW. Otherwise I completely agree.

@antimattv

Жыл бұрын

Actually, no. Big companies lack the soul to make something beautiful these days. Money has to be sacrificed on the altar of art. Shareholders have to be forgotten. Otherwise the gods will not be pleased.

@ReiAyanami1712

Жыл бұрын

@@bruno.henrique the fact that you are active after almost 16 years is impressing

Sees a room full of impaled bodies, opens the door.. "Ahhh.. fresh meat!!" - *Closes door and runs away*

@Vestner262

3 жыл бұрын

Can remember fondly the sense of dread and fear when first hearing the butcher.

@MattDonaldsonLive

3 жыл бұрын

The first time I heard that 'fresh meat' on my headphones from the original Diablo, I proper and utterly shit myself

@durag6196

3 жыл бұрын

As a child, that moment terrified me lol

@PavelB21

3 жыл бұрын

I ran away from my pc, turned it off then threw it out the window and set it on fire... One of the scariest shit in my life LOL

@bolterboy

3 жыл бұрын

Still scares the living shit outta me

"The smell of death surrounds me."

@--ODiN--

9 жыл бұрын

" I shall meet death head-on ".

@ManuelBasiri

9 жыл бұрын

Cold touch of death begins to chill your spine

@val447

9 жыл бұрын

So much death.

@--ODiN--

9 жыл бұрын

Loads of death overwhere....

@ogbaxstar

9 жыл бұрын

"The sanctity of this place has been fouled".

20 years. Still think this is the best piece of Video Game music to ever exist. Just takes me Straight back to Pentium Processors and CRT monitors and still being in school.

@truth4004

2 жыл бұрын

Try the game Divinity. Its amazing too.

@baronbones7742

Жыл бұрын

This game was Truly amazing

Just saw the Diablo II: Resurrected Trailer and got chills when this iconic theme started playing. SO HYPED!

I was lucky enough to have a computer in my room around when this game came out. I spent soo much time playing it. Then diablo 2 came out, which my friends started playing, so I spent even more time on MP. Such a great nostalgic trip.

@Shinryu-Elffire

3 жыл бұрын

I had to upgrade my pc back then just so that it could run the "very demanding" Diablo 2 xD Fast forward 20 years. Different computer (no sh*t!) but still playing the same game :)

@dre4505

3 жыл бұрын

D2 remastered is coming :-) ❤❤❤❤❤❤

@evanlandry7337

3 жыл бұрын

Hey

@SirRorschachJack

2 жыл бұрын

What the fuck. Where were all the hotties when I played around it's release. Need shit was not popular back then...... especially to chics..

@Neimonster

2 жыл бұрын

@@SirRorschachJack 😂 relatable

I sense a soul in search of answers...

@Dagbar666

7 жыл бұрын

What ails you, my friend?

@Wyrdwulf19

7 жыл бұрын

Can't a fella drink in peace?

@Damienelite

7 жыл бұрын

Psst! Over here!

@richardtous1085

7 жыл бұрын

Hello, my friend. Stay a while and listen.

@sergeantunscarred3330

7 жыл бұрын

Good day! How may I serve you?

Stop discussing.. and stay awhile and listen... to this Masterpiece.

Honestly, this song is so memorable, nostalgic, and so imprinted in our minds that I think the great nostalgia we feel is more than just childhood, I think its something about the frequencies of the song which somehow impacts us greatly. That may be unlikely, but that's what I feel about it since it is just forever stuck in my mind.

Один из тех саундтреков, который можно узнать с первой ноты. Диабло в сердце навсегда.

I remember playing this game and just wanting SO badly to go past the borders of the hip-height stone fences surrounding the town. I had no concept of how it was a programmed game and if you made it past the wall somehow you'd only be either wandering into a vast nothingness or just a repetitive grass ground. But God I wanted to explore past the walls so badly.

@Elchupanibres

9 жыл бұрын

Henry not true even adults can IF they care and can let go :)

@Bambuzzsprosse

8 жыл бұрын

+Elchupanibres I really get sucked in by games and good movies and I'm totally unaware of what's going on around me, losing myself completely in the story. But I will NEVER EVER again have the feeling I got when I was a kid. The immersioning of childhood is so totally way over everything I can even imagine to feel. I really don't think people are able to get child's immersion once they grew up. Immersion yes, but not to the level of the wonderful past.

@Elchupanibres

8 жыл бұрын

+Bambuzzsprosse i do agree and i totally understand this feeling, been there done it :), i guess as Child ur not as "fucked up" as when ur older and "wiser" :) but i still Think as a grownup u can get the feeling of being a part of the game, as long as u really let go, atleast i can "somewhat", but yes i was ALOT more into my various games when i was Younger thats for sure

@pasheka777

8 жыл бұрын

+Bambuzzsprosse I can SO relate to what you're saying and I think about it all the time! Watching Lord of the Rings in theaters as a little kid or riding on a jetski with your Dad - or losing yourself in the Diablo games for hours at a time - being able to have an incredible time with nothing but a stick, your imagination, and your backyard - everything is mysterious and new, and every feeling is amplified and intensified beyond anything I'm ever able to feel now. I've been trying to get back there and replicate those feelings and experiences of the world, but it seems to be nigh impossible! This is why it always upsets me so much when I see parents and adults snapping at children, making them sit still, scaring them, punishing them, and hurting their feelings when it's totally uncalled for! It's like, all they want to do is play, let them alone! Sometimes I see their faces light up as they express themselves so freely, their carefree, joyous spirit infecting me so that I have to smile, because my heart is so filled with love, just like that child! - but then I look at the adult(s) they are with and their faces are blank, bored, numb, or even angry, seemingly unmoved by the wonderful being in their presence - and the contrast strikes me and makes me so sad - like, what happened to this person, to all of us adults, that we have fallen so far, lost and forgot ourselves over the years, to the point where we no longer have any idea how to play, or the will to do it. It's all pretty crazy.. and I remember getting older and actually feeling myself change with every passing month, like a little bit of the real me, the free me, is being chipped away just by being in the world, and feeling the nostalgia and the longing for how I was, the way things used to feel so good, even the bad things, the way I could laugh and cry so freely as soon as I felt like it, then be okay again, a few seconds later - I just want to be again the way I was a child - wild... :)

@pasheka777

8 жыл бұрын

+Elchupanibres But is it ever as intense a feeling as it was back then? I've tried, but never gotten back there - it's almost like we would have to forget all that we (think) we know, forget the past and future, let go of judgements, and live totally in the present, which is a lot easier said than done! If you know how to do this, then please teach us, we all need to know how, badly!

Legendary score...dark, disturbing, mind bending... yet breathtakingly beautiful.

I haven't even played Diablo 1 but I can see why this is definitely one of the best pieces of music in video games. So unique and progressive

This is the best song ever in gaming. Change my mind.

@Vedrlaufnir

2 ай бұрын

Terran Theme 3 says hi, and so does this: kzread.info/dash/bejne/inmo2cN9gNvXcpM.html

@komar7022

2 ай бұрын

ever heard of ultrakill?

Little 7 year old me booted up d2 with the help of my mom while my dad was at work. Made a barb called Sunyaj, and put all my stats into strength. I remember being so immersed in the a2 town, that i would regularly TP and check on everyone like something would happen to them. lol. I also remember messing around with the cube. My dad told me to put 3 green gems in and use the button. WOUGH! I remember playing around with it, and i put 3 smals rejuvs in the cube, then BAM. WOUGH! I WAS AMAZED. At school, d2 is all i thought about. I literally dreamed of d2. That wasnt the worse part. My dad decided to let me play on battlenet. He let me use his full tal set sorc. I was in awe over the glow on his character, making him look liek a god. He made me do a baal run with an 8 player group, and i kept asking "so they are real people? I can talk to them?" Putting hi and another hi popping up on screen, my god dude. So i was 10 years old, hosting 8 player gubers. Farming mephisto and andy for an easy 8 hour session without EVER getting bored. I was so excited to jump back in the game and kill mephisto again. I do beleive my first unique i got on battlenet was a arachnids mesh, and i thought it was the coolest fucking thing ever sicne Dial-Up .... (LOL) i played diablo 2 for 8 years, 12+ hours a day EVERY single day. Literally waking up, and immediately stumbling to my computer to do soem more baal runs. Or have a blast in a pub duel game with everyone BM dueling. But yeah, diablo 2 is my childhood. all my great experiences i had in life happend on diablo 2. Alot of the times, diablo 2 music makes me shed a tear, and swallow a lump. And i dont feel pathetic about that, cus i know a few 30+ year old men who admit they do too. Diablo 2 was one of a kind. That fucking Baal voice is imprinted in my mind forever too. damnit.

@Apollo5600

8 жыл бұрын

+Sunyaj Engage Wow, thanks for this post. I totally get how you feel.

@Kuson2

8 жыл бұрын

+Sunyaj Engage Awesome post dude

@Miley_00

8 жыл бұрын

I remember playing diablo 1 on PS1 when we went on vacations... and then d2 then d2 lod it was my life tooo! but not as much as my duper friend that would stay home from school for days because he found out the new way to dupe! remember white rings?

@MrGedgeman

8 жыл бұрын

I totally get what you're feeling with this song. Thanks for posting what we all feel!

@iamrubenmes

8 жыл бұрын

recognision!!

The game turns 15 years old today.

@Elchupanibres

9 жыл бұрын

Singulis Scriptorem if u talking about Diablo 2 then yes if u are talking Abou Diablo then its more then 15 yr

@tranceparentcycle

9 жыл бұрын

Singulis Scriptorem The game will be 19 years old on the 31'st of December.

@Elchupanibres

8 жыл бұрын

jamie miller kinda sick, its almost as old as me AND i am fairly old

@Elchupanibres

8 жыл бұрын

+jamie miller and still kicks ass

@robstyles5002

8 жыл бұрын

+Sameinaður Norðurlöndin DIABLO is older than 15 its been out since 1996

I played Diablo in the following order. 3>1>2. In my heavily biased opinion, Diablo 1 was my favorite. It was a descent into hell. You kept going lower and lower and shit got more intense as you started putting together wtf was up with the town of tristram. While 2 improved a lot of QOL issues and added more loot, the atmosphere Diablo 1 created will never be repeated. This is coming from someone who played it in 2016, so I don't necessarily have any nostalgia associated with the game. Don't get me wrong Diablo 2 is still one of the goats. But 1 take the cake in my view.

@followingtheroe1952

2 жыл бұрын

Ppl feel 1 is scarier, but i like the balance in theme 2 had. The evil is out in the open in 2 which a unique terror. But it walks the line of being high fantasy or grim dark. I feel d2 succeeded in striking that balance and i prefer d2s open world terror and scope. D1 is a gem of course and i plan on trying out an ironman style playthrough of it since the layout is heavily inspired by Rogue. I feel if you play D1 hardcore you can recreate that horror atmosphere of being 5 again :p

@Salamimalicum

Жыл бұрын

Both D1 and 2 are legends compared to the garbage of 3.

Instantly identifiable. I am immediately taken back to being in high school, upgrading my PC to Win95-C, and borrowing this from a friend. Life was never the same after that. Still playing Diablo to this day, almost 30 years later!

The nostalgia...

I was like 5 or 6 when I first time played this game. My grandfather bought it because he was a fan of Blizzard's games. At first he did't want me to play because he thought that it is not for children so I could only watch him play, but about one year after he realiset that it's an ok game, I only had o skip the cinematics. I loved this game. At that time we could't even afford the internet to play online like his collegues, so my granfather built a lan network for the game. When I found out that we could play together from 2 computers which we had only for the entire family. I can't tell you how happy I was. Soon after he got retired, so he had really mutch time to do whatewer he likes. Me and my grandfather usually played togedher for hours a day. I played usually as a Necromancer, and he played as a Barbarian so we could work togedher against bosses so well. We played trought the game on many difficulty setting. Even though it was almost 10 I still have the most important caracter saves on an usb flash drive. I really miss thoose times and my graddad's jokes. It was amaizing and this song always gives me a nostalgic mood and makes me think about my grandfather. This is what this game really means for me. Sorry fo my bad english.

This game came to me when I was at an impressionable age... the ambience, graphics, soundtrack -- it all marked me. But now, it only reminds me of my late uncle... he introduced me to this iconic gaming franchise -- even in his 50s he appreciated these sorts of games. He will be missed, and I'll always have this haunting song to remind me of him

3:18 Man... That hits the spot

@JohnMarcell

Жыл бұрын

Battle music…

@baronbones7742

Жыл бұрын

Definitely

@PeterKazarian

Жыл бұрын

extremely

...And from that moment we travelled together east. Always into the east!

@VonSnootingham

9 жыл бұрын

Why did I follow him? I don't know... Why do things happen as they do in dreams?

@johnnycodemunch9035

9 жыл бұрын

Red Hand DIablo II.. Sigh i loved it so much Malius has no idea what he was following. Or maybe he did Onward into lut gholein...

@JO-vr7pg

5 жыл бұрын

.. I will tell you

Back when my parents were still living in an apartment I slept in the room with the computers. This song brings back so many memories of when my dad would sit there playing the game for hours after he got home from work. I fell asleep to this many times

@ptz2235

8 жыл бұрын

+Thorulf Scottson Must be nice falling asleep to the death grunts of demons, lol.

@thorulfscottson9914

8 жыл бұрын

John Smith They put me to sleep well enough xD

@propheccy

8 жыл бұрын

+John Smith ahahaha best comment !

@thorulfscottson9914

8 жыл бұрын

***** Yes :)

@scottbodenhamer5033

8 жыл бұрын

+John Smith Could be worse grunts to hear while your dad is at the computer late at night.

I remember back in the days, I just literally stayed and listened to the soundtrack in rogue camp, and then in Tristram. It was somewhere in 2005-2006. Time flies fast. :'( Btw, just tested D2 Resurrected. What a sweet remaster.

@kingsageye8532

2 жыл бұрын

I agree. Unfortunately I wasn't alive in 2005. I like the Diablo games, and this song is pretty awesome. I had a similar moment with the show SpongeBob. I'm 5 years old, then next thing I know I'm 15.

@barkley8285

2 жыл бұрын

Damn bro you just made me miss mw2 with that ghost pfp. 2009-2010 cod on the ps3, good times.

I was 15 when Diablo came out and 19 when Diablo II hit the shelves. But for some reason Diablo II impacted me much much more than the first game (which I loved a lot, just not to the same extent as DII). I remember I bought DII just after work (it was the day of release or the day after, and I had to play it no matter what, although I was tired and stressed by some shit happening in my life at that point). I remember, I played it till 4 or 5 in the morning and then I had about 2-3 hours of the most dark, vivid and feverish nightmares I've ever had in my life, before I had to get up, and all through those nightmares I was hearing this music. Well, actually some sort of intricate medley of the Tristram theme and Wilderness and Monastery and Rogue that formed in my head while playing the game. It was scary and beautiful and forbidding, all at the same time. Even after I woke up, I couldn't get that music out of my head. And to this day DII is my favorite soundtrack of all time, because it's really good of course, but also because it never fails to remind me of that weird emotional state I was back in 2000 when I got me Diablo II and played it the whole night till the early morning hours and the nightmares I had after that.

@danielgeronimo5538

Жыл бұрын

Was born the year D2 came out and was lucky enough to play the first game and the second as a five year old. Honestly, there's something about this game that just sticks to your skin like napalm especially the music. Last few levels in the first game was beautiful but harrowing and the final boss fight of 2 prior to the expansion had lots of tension yet somehow lots of urgency to it. First Diablo and its sequel are masterpieces that are hard to replicate

My dad used to play this game and I used to watch him for hours. This song is burned into my head. That airy whistle always gives me so much nostalgia. I have to play this game myself.

So nostalgic....

I stayed a while and listened. Epic. No music theme will ever come close. You literally get in the world.

"This song is like a direct portal to the past for me, it will always have a nice place in my heart" - me too. Thanks a lot, Henry! Great to listen it once again and remember the past.

@bruno.henrique

5 жыл бұрын

You are welcome! I'm glad you enjoyed it

1:35 is pure musical butter. You can hear the sense of lost hope, mysticalness, and an odd feeling of beauty and wonder. Those 20 seconds inspire me.

would LOVE to have that 'immersion feeling' once again, but death, sadness and responsibility have driven it from all possibility...I'm glad to have had it once though... squinch up my eyes and listen to this soundtrack and I can relive it, if just a bit...

@bruno.henrique

6 жыл бұрын

I agree with every word! =^)

This song give me goose bumps...I miss playing this game as a teenager, with no worries in the world... Now Im a 36 year-old with a wife, baby, job, nursing school, car payments, rent, and everything else that come with being an adult. Man I love this so much! I wish I could time travel.. HC for life! lvl lvl 98 Barb, Amazon, Necro I Will never forget your death =(, Sorc

@MephProduction

Жыл бұрын

the secret to a happy life is to not get married or have brats.

@danielschetrompf1861

Жыл бұрын

maybe one day you will be playing diablo 2 with the kiddos and reliving the good times and showing them an important piece of art and gaming history

@bryansears6470

Жыл бұрын

lvl 92 hammerdin for me, ftw

@xvnbm

Жыл бұрын

I played Diablo again few years ago and it was still great. Not as great as a kid, but not far from it.

Imagine being paid hundreds of thousands of dollars and deciding this musician isn't worth paying to make the next song track for your game.

I was 12-13 when I first played Diablo back in 2000 and was enamored by how dark and gothic it all looked. This tune really brings back all those memories.

@Psythax777

8 жыл бұрын

+vars280287 There's a game called Depths of Perdition which draws a lot of inspiration from the original Diablo, by utilizing a dark, gritty atmosphere with rpg elements. facebook.com/depthsofperdition

@invalidname.pleasetryagain122

4 жыл бұрын

Diablo 3 is the same for me. I started when I was 13 and I every time I played it late at night alone in my room I would get super tense. Got spooked many times by my mom walking up to me in the dark to tell me to go to sleep

This is nostalgic in more ways than one. I can't help but shed a tear to this beautiful composition. And then Diablo III fucked everything up.

@CipherOfHate

9 жыл бұрын

I loved the first two, but I haven't bought the third one yet because of what people have been saying about it. Is it really that bad?

@crazy4sian

9 жыл бұрын

The skill points system has been completely removed, and instead, you unlock skills as you level up, allowing you to switch out your skills whenever you like. The Str, Dex, Vit, Eng, stats are all based on the character you select, and the points system has also been done away with. There are no longer any "dedicated builds" either. If you have a Whirlwind Barbarian, you can switch it out for a Fury Barbarian without having to create a completely new character. Which SOUNDS good, but that also means your skills cannot get any stronger from your levels, just from your gear. It's a fun game and has a lot of throwbacks to the previous games, but you have to take off your nostalgia goggles completely if you really want to enjoy it.

@MrSuikoden2010

9 жыл бұрын

CipherOfHate Diablo 3 is better compare to 1 and 2 Diablo, because of its mechanics, story, graphicsm cinematics and etc. Give it a try, and dont listen to poor haters

@crazy4sian

9 жыл бұрын

It's a good game and you should definitely try it. The mechanics handle well and the learning curve is very accommodating. I suppose I just wanted to build a character that was more unique to my play style. The cinematics are beautiful, as that goes without saying in Blizzard's games, but the scripting is very hammy and the story leaves too many unanswered questions.

@MrSuikoden2010

9 жыл бұрын

Steve Son What is bad for you can be good for other man. So simple ;)

This is top1 when it comes to music. Matt Uelmen, kudos to you Sir for creating such a masterpiece.

This song gives me so many chills / emotions / memories... In itself, it expresses nostalgia, time passing by, etc. but it is so much amplified because I met my best friend because of that game. I played the Diablo 1 demo when I was 8-9 years old, over and over again, in a friend's house. I could not get bored out of it. Then I heard Diablo 2 was out a few years later. I also beat the shit out of the demo, I think I was level 19 when you could only go to Blood Raven. When I had no other luck to play the complete game, I shouted in the school's nursery "anyone here got Diablo 2 ?!?!". And one guy, newly arrived from Uruguay and normally somewhat shy, said :"yeah I got it". I was like: "are you fuckin' serious?!". And we walked to his home and he borrowed me his game. For me, at the time, it was the best present you could ever give me. From that time to now, we went throught so many beautiful things together, we had so precious moments in highschool, university and so on, but we also lost some great people on the road; one friend died in a ski accident and some other were lost or put away due to drugs, time, etc. Now, he became a great video producer, founded his company with a few dozen employees and I'm importing wines and spirits for a company which sells for 54 millions $ a year. We became adults, with everything that's frightening of it. This song reminds me of the beauty of getting throught it, with good friends, with all the rough moments, frightening times... But in the end, brightness will win over darkness. Peace.

@luthfiasifahmadrafi5887

4 жыл бұрын

what

Am I sure we all share the same feelings here. The song scared the shit out of us as children but now we enjoy it :)

@bla2030

7 жыл бұрын

Proud I was a chargadin for years. Very special thing. Would jump into D2 for days leveling him up again, given I had the time once again...

@suffy101

7 жыл бұрын

i was a proud smither,,, and im still am

@bla2030

7 жыл бұрын

suffered101 It is builds like smiters and chargadins that make paladin special to me. Hammerdins always looked too boring to play with. I love the melee feeling some special paladin builds have.

@suffy101

7 жыл бұрын

;)

@Dagbar666

7 жыл бұрын

To be fair, I have the opposite feeling; I associated this song with ''Safe Zone'' back in the day; I get the chills because it felt deep; the character dialogues made the game world feel very human, very dark. Now that nostalgia kicks in, my chills get the chills.

When I was eight, about 20 years ago, my mother and I played the shit out of this game. I often chose the warrior, because I couldn't figure the mage out. Despite the warrior being big and strong, I only felt safe around big,strong Griswold. Naturally, all my extra gold and equipment would get left close to him in town, as I always thought he would protect it for me. Four years later I saw him again in Diablo 2. Never have I screeched "NO!!!" so genuinely and loudly. This was followed by "Where the hell is my stuff?!"

@bruno.henrique

5 жыл бұрын

Hahahahaha i thought people didn't steal my stuff on the floor because they respected me for being a great warrior and protecting the town

@JO-vr7pg

5 жыл бұрын

Henry I just remember facing the butcher for the first time (again and again and again). I kept running for ages until I found out how to kill him. Pissed my pants every time in that cathedral.

@peacockfilletsteak

5 жыл бұрын

This was my exact experience too! Except I played with my dad. Zombie Griswold hurt my heart and terrified me.

@greypilgrim2028

4 жыл бұрын

GrumleStilskin: My favorite character is the rogue. I 've completed the game more times with her than with any other character. Never been one for getting up close and personal with any enemy.

@moto2185

4 жыл бұрын

was so sad to see griswold as a zombie, i didn't want to kill him for some reason

Pure experimental goodness. There's nothing standard about this song. It stands out as a masterpiece

@dustinyager11

Жыл бұрын

The only way you could make this song is if you were in Tristram its self And knew what it should sound like. Which is harrowing to think of

@crepooscul

4 ай бұрын

@@dustinyager11 You're completely right, it takes someone self immersing themselves into the time and place to nail the feeling.

Here I am, 20 years past I heard this song for the first time. Still a masterpiece.

So genius, intelligently macabre but with that tiny grace in the background denoting "Damn is there any hope?" at the same time, perfectly achieves its musical goal.

Listen to this song This is Diablo and it is long gone.

@thatguybrody4819

3 жыл бұрын

not gone for me. my game disk is scratched to high hell yet it still works on our computer.

@deadvodka

3 жыл бұрын

Check out Project Diablo 2 - best makeover I've ever seen!

@darrion8430

3 жыл бұрын

It is back

@dre4505

3 жыл бұрын

@@darrion8430 its baaaackkkkkk :-)))))

@Sentient6ix

3 жыл бұрын

Yeah, i called it dead before diablo 3 was even officially announced, and then it came out, and it was a shell of its former self. Disappointed that they tried Diablo Immortal, and that they're trying Diablo 4. Just no creativity left in Blizzard.

Мне 38 и у меня досих пор олд скульные мурашки от этого трека. Как же было классно в детстве.

@Crustis

Ай бұрын

it still on battlenet, yet to ready to be played :D

21 years later, still nothing comes close

Couldn't save them... So many bodies... *SO MANY BODIES.*

@ScottDavidWarner

9 жыл бұрын

hahaha. d1, all ur equipped items fall to floor.. d2, u get body from floor but no room (cuz potions go to ur inventory when die), all ur items are belong to us. (fall on ground)

Mr. Henry could not agree less with you. I feel exactly the same way. Hail the epic and legendary D2!

@MrSilksoul

8 жыл бұрын

+schlaepferAA You mean couldn't agree more.

@Xion_Toshiro

8 жыл бұрын

+MrSilksoul Oh. Miss type. Lol

@dalazo

8 жыл бұрын

To be fair Diablo 1 was excellent aswell. But yes, D2 is what can still kill boredom till this day.

" "Thank goodness you've returned! Much has changed since you lived here, my friend. All was peaceful until the dark riders came and destroyed our village(...)" Now I thank God, for giving me eyes and ears to experience best games in history :-3 Wish You good day. And firstly stay awhile and listen!

@gandalf8216

2 жыл бұрын

"Ooooeueee" -Farnham the town drunk.

Such a melancholic and somber masterpiece, Matt Uelmen is truly a genius when it comes to ambient soundtracks...at 2:56 it still sends shiver down my spines, no matter how many times i listen to it.

I´ve never even played this game, but I'm already fascinated af with this. The whole mysterious atmosphere of the music and of the late '90-ies game gameplay/graphics itself makes it perfect as nostalgia material for a lot of people here I can imaging.

@afzofa107

8 жыл бұрын

Dude just get the game and play it. Me and my brother co oped through it on hell difficulty Will never forget those memories

@frankgallagur2045

8 жыл бұрын

+Adoniss95 Let me give you some prospective. I played diablo 2 for 8 years, 12+ hours a day everyday without ever getting bored. I felt overwhelmed with fun for 8 years on one game. You dont understand the nostalgia of this game.

@gargamellenoir8460

8 жыл бұрын

+Adoniss95 Try to find Diablo 1 with hellfire (running in the city makes the experience much more bearable). It's still a fine hack&slash, even if primitive.

@PiratDunkelbart

8 жыл бұрын

+Adoniss95 Sadly Diablo 2 sucks without items, so its a tough time as a beginner. Just saying, not that you will wonder why the game play isnt fluid, because you dont have a big char whos farming low items for your new char. ^^

@frankgallagur2045

8 жыл бұрын

Pirat Dunkelbart Diablo sucks without items... hmmm?

BEST video game soundtrack EVER. There's no other song even close to this in comparison...

@alienc

9 жыл бұрын

László Veres ikr blizzard did a good job on their game soundtracks mmhmm indeed very good... probably one of the greatest if not the best indeed.. :)

@jarekexe

9 жыл бұрын

Well.... Starcraft Terran theme is amazing as well :)

In Diablo 4, this music played in Tristram sends me chill again just like Diablo 1

Always takes me back to a time with no stress, no drama, no regrets.

@ruil901

Жыл бұрын

How old are you?

It's one of those songs that just lives with me forever. I would just hang out in Tristram so I could hear the full song before leaving town.

Diablo, Starcraft, Imperium Galactica 2, Heroes 3, Age of Empires, Total Annihilation... to name a few things why I miss the 90s

@Sithlug

8 жыл бұрын

I think you can get TA on steam atm cheap as chips :)

@juniorferreira2046

4 жыл бұрын

good times :/

@Chaudapeau

4 жыл бұрын

@@Sithlug but dont get that shit Planetery Anhilation, expansive as fuck, and with fat lier devs that steal my money

@darkrash4542

4 жыл бұрын

Nice Age :)

@ALEX2000721

4 жыл бұрын

Command & Conquer: Red Alert 2

Matt Uelmen at his finest, Diablo 1 & 2, Starcraft 1, Torchlight 1 & 2, its a shame there aren't more games with his music.

fking shivers running down my spine i cant control myself

Diablo 2 was the first game I bought with my own money, and I loved it to death. Then some year later I saw Diablo 1 in a supermarket, I bought it and started to play. It was so fun when I realized the town you went to save Deckard Cain is your home in the first game, and he is there as well identifying stuff even then. Then I went down into the catacombs and it was dark (as dark as in D2). But you moved slowly, and though Diablo 2 never lacked in atmosphere, it was much darker in the first game. First time I was scared in Diablo.

@oh0625

6 жыл бұрын

ㄱ

@pablocarvalho7884

6 жыл бұрын

exactly

@alexwu9414

5 жыл бұрын

Similar experience here I started from D2 then went back to play D1. It is so scary and dark, I still remember the first time I heard the butcher's voice. Great game!

@themisspultone

5 жыл бұрын

"Ah... Fresh meat!"

I SENSE A SOUL IN SEARCH OF ANSWERS

I had this game on PS1 sitting on a shelf for years. I always looked at it with fearful eyes. I was such a coward kid lmao, just the name Diablo prevented me from trying this game. One night my brother and I were browsing our library of games looking for something to coop. Suddenly I saw that Diablo had a "1-2 players" icon on the back of the case, and we decided to try it. To this day I still can't believe I had such a gem hidden, sitting and waiting for such a long time. We completely messed up our characters and were destroyed by the butcher again and again, until we finally got him. We even got his Cleaver. It was so fun to discuss about who would wear which equipment, what to sell, and to count our pennies to buy equipment.

Just sends me back to the 90's at the speed of light. Diablo 1 was one hell of a game and the one game my dad wouldn't stop playing.

Matt uelmen we owe you many thanks.

I agree totally with your immersion comment. I played this in 1995 at age 10, and must say that I too had the same "look over my shoulder" feel when playing.

God i love how loud this song opens, with these hypnotic, devilish notes, frantic chaos.

I remember staying a long time in Tristram to listen to this masterpiece. This is unbelievably good.

@chrismeadows4216

2 жыл бұрын

Sounds like you'd stayed awhile, and listened. 🥰🖤

@hazardeur

2 жыл бұрын

@@chrismeadows4216 Maybe he was a soul in search for answers?

This was a cool time....return my childhood!!!!!!!!

THE SANCTITY OF THIS COMMENTS SECTION HAS BEEN FOULED!

Anyone else gets goosebumps over this?

@OmniCroissant

4 ай бұрын

Dude, I cry over this every time I listen to it.

I completed Diablo whilst on exercise with the Army in 1998. Random, I know. But on shift and sleep deprived this soundtrack seriously messes with your head. These games will always be special to me. Can't wait for D2: Res!

@VentusMedia

3 жыл бұрын

Errrrr crap. Edit: I was on shift being professional...

@David_Alvarez77

3 жыл бұрын

I used to play this when I was in the army at the same time. This sound track always takes me back.

@VentusMedia

3 жыл бұрын

@@David_Alvarez77 nice one. Is a killer game/tune!

Find this Butcher and SLAY him..so that our souls may finally rest.....just dont be a noob and go in there till you get chainmail or he will wreck your shit

@Ezio999Auditore

9 жыл бұрын

As a kid I forgot to save my game when I first met him...

@paxonite-7bd5

7 жыл бұрын

I was annoyed by him but king leoric scare the living soul out of me

@benirw1n

7 жыл бұрын

Or just go in as in archer and lock yourself in a room with a door and gate openings to shoot through

I know what you mean about direct portal to the past. Listening to this takes me back to when I got this game in my late 20s. I had just graduated from college, got my first job, and was living in Mt. Pleasant, MI. If I turn the volume up loud enough, it takes me back to those dark, cold nights in that tiny apartment on the western outskirts of town.

@CROBlackDEvil

8 жыл бұрын

+John Ribner amazing how one song can bring up so much memories

@JPRibner

8 жыл бұрын

+DThunderBird Indeed!

@QUANTUMJOKER

8 жыл бұрын

+John Ribner I get a similar feeling of wonderful nostalgia when I hear the intro to Myst. The entire game series has beautiful music, and that game was a major formative influence on my childhood imagination.

@JPRibner

8 жыл бұрын

QUANTUMJOKER I'll drink to that. Skol!

@erisonbianchi

8 жыл бұрын

+QUANTUMJOKER Myst is unforgetable to me, too. Brings me back to 1998.

I’ve never read a description that better encapsulates my own feelings. Bravo.

Nov 1st 2019 - watching this a few hours before the Diablo4 announcement at Blizzcon 🌚

@rayvincyful1

4 жыл бұрын

Let's wait for Diablo IV

@fazdoll

3 жыл бұрын

Oh you poor thing...

Not enough Mana

@Werewolfrune

10 жыл бұрын

Could not thumbs up the post at this time.

@agustincedermaz465

10 жыл бұрын

En la ciudad no!

It is incredible how much Matt Uelmen's music touches my soul. This is the best RPG town theme song ever!

Those nostalgic 12-string guitars. I will never forget my childhood memories of D1 and D2. So many hours of enjoyment ;)

"Pssst over here!" :-o

Thanks for bringing back the memories, man. I have the same memories of playing this late at night, alone with headphones; I was 15 years old. Good, good times. I replayed it when I was 24 and it was still just as good. Extreme nostalgia achieved :).

@bruno.henrique

9 жыл бұрын

Nice man! I'm glad you enjoyed!

The sleepless nights at a friends while playing, other times staying up till 2am, and humming the haunting music of the town....memories....

A magical piece of music. No matter how many times you listen to it, still..........

I remember i started with Starcraft, and a discovered Diablo 2, lived a very lonely childhood alone, lots of good memories, instead of neighbors to talk to it was other nerds on battle net , it was so cool because you could play online with other players. Then I got into World of Warcraft and yeah, shit got out of hand