The cinematics really did feel like a decent reward for beating each act.

@muccmaster

4 жыл бұрын

Exactly, people say "Diablo has never had a good story" and I completely disagree. The second game had an amazing story, it just was told in a completely unique way.

@6SoulHunter9

4 жыл бұрын

My personal opinion is that the story of Diablo II was good. Not superb, but great for a videogame. But what it made it really awesome was how it was told. It was master storytelling for the medium (videogames). Diablo III history isn't really much better or worse... but it's told in a terrible way that makes it unbeareable. And the details, the dialogs... are horrible. But the overall story isn't much better or worse. But that's it... in the end a story is only as good as it's narrator... and Diablo II was an excellent narrator. Of course, the game isn't story focused, it's more grind based. But the story is here to put the tone and it does it wonderfully.

@DerTeke

4 жыл бұрын

Also, the graphics were incridble for 2000. I mean look at it. Doesn´t even look bad today. It was the same with Warcraft 3. Blizzard games are often so far ahead of their time, it is unreal.

@-Gurza-

3 жыл бұрын

Of what I remember from watching a playthrough of it, Diablo III suffered from exposition overload. It also had some pretty hackneyed writing, not just bad delivery. I always remember one specific moment when an undead ghost king (Leoric?), appears for a second to say "you will never defeat me," and then disappears again. Someone at Blizzard actually wrote that, and thought it was necessary to put in the game. It's no wonder Starcraft 2's story turned out how it did.

@katkat4986

3 жыл бұрын

@@-Gurza- also when Azmodan, who is supposedly the best strategist of the burning hells, has been giving you ideas on what he's actually plotting to do. I mean cheezaz, you are a strategist and by default a good tactician as well. Why feed info to your enemy? In D I, you decipher information through town gossip and scared tomes. Everything is left for you to guess. In D 3, everything is a dead give away. Way too much gerrymandering.

marius' voice actor is so good at what he does, i felt genuine despair in his voice

@izarian42

5 жыл бұрын

I know I'm WAY late on this, but just for the Hell of it if anyone is interested... The voice actor for Marius is actually Frank Gorshin, an amazing actor who is probably best known for his role as the Riddler from the 60's 'Batman' with Adam West!

@Drakeman69

5 жыл бұрын

Just found this out today actually... he was amazing and completely set the tone for the game. He also voices the Warcraft III trailer and was phenomenal in that as well.

@esquivelmichael1

4 жыл бұрын

and mortal kombat armageddon intro

@nikobellic4323

4 жыл бұрын

We never paid heed to the ancient prophesies... Epic voice

@Weldedhodag

3 жыл бұрын

"Like a thousand needles in my heart" still and always will send chills up my spine. You can FEEL the pain and fear in his voice at that part

"He moved with demonic speed" - cuts to the wanderer, barely strolling lol, that part always makes me giggle

@m22d889

4 жыл бұрын

Maybe Marius wanted to personify or describe the shift he saw in his companion. From a weakish and lanky person walking or moving at a deadish snail pace till that point was now suddenly invigorated with energy and moving at a speed more akin to the wanderer's age or rather Aidan's age. A sharp change from his former drained out speed to rushing over towards an inhuman screaming tree holding a skeletal man may seem demonic to an observer and for good reason.

@XiyuYang

2 жыл бұрын

@@m22d889 Wow, kudos to your wording, vocabularies and phrasing! Quite the wordsmith!

@handgun559

Жыл бұрын

Give him a break. The man was coming off of untold weeks of rolling off his tits on opium.

@Ezio999Auditore

7 ай бұрын

Powerwalking like Hal from Malcolm in the Middle.

The dark tone of diablo 2 is what make's it so great. The story is so hopeless, but that's exactly what encourages you to fight!. Love this game.

@VonSnootingham

7 жыл бұрын

That's what I said when I beat D3 and saw the ending. Diablo and Diablo 2 are about LOSING. Shit is perpetually going to literal hell, and you're always two steps behind trying to triage, to staunch the bleeding and put out what fires you can. But it's never a happy ending. D1 ends with the protagonist sacrificing himself to HOPEFULLY MAYBE contain Diablo for JUST A LITTLE LONGER. D2 ends with Baal getting his soulstone back and being set loose. LoD ends with the heart of the world being sacrificed with no knowledge of what that might do to the world. Then D3 ends with honest to god bright shiny sunlight and gleaming gold and triumphant music. I like the game itself, but what the hell, D3? There was some cool dark imagery, particularly when Leah becomes Diablo and fights Imperious, but it's not of the gothic Lovecraftian horror we got in D2. Marius wondering, almost asking himself "Why did I follow him?", then answering in the most defeated tone, "I don't know," gives me chills every time. "Always... into the east." "What could I do? I ran." Oh my god, this writing was so good. I love me some angel/demon smackdown, but it doesn't stack up against the sheer feeling I get from these lines.

@edohan9486

5 жыл бұрын

D3 doesnt eve happy, it basically ends wrath Tyrael implying the nephalim will eventually become corrupt and kill LITTERALY EVERYTHING cuz he's already priced he can kill uber-demon, and uber-angel.

@jimhuffman9434

4 жыл бұрын

@@edohan9486 All they're are saying in Diablo 3 is that humanity regained the power that was lost to the WorldStone

@pigifi

3 жыл бұрын

My take was that it's one thing to be hopeless, but if you make things too hopeless, no one is going give a damn about anything anymore. You won't even bother doing anything to fight back and just let Hell kill everyone. It's a pessimist's wet dream. Remember even Path of Exile, the successor to Diablo, while being hopeless overall, made sure that you still actually made a positive difference in some way. D1 and D2 just screams "nothing you do ever matters, you are just wasting your time." The overall darkness and hopeless has effectively crossed the line from "mature" to "edgelord's wet dream". If it wasn't for the WorldStone releasing the seals on humanity's power, no one would've bothered playing a game that essentially never lets you win in any meaningful way.

@khav11

3 жыл бұрын

not even as close as dark as diablo1 kid, diablo2 is a gothic game but hardly horror. diablo 1 was all horror.

I love Marius' place in the game. He serves as a foil/counterpoint to the PC of the game. Paralleling what you did, where Marius sat back and watched everyone get slaughtered, you reclaimed the citadel. Where he failed to enter the portal, you did. Ultimately you redeem Marius by the end by finishing what he couldn't. I think its really important to do this for world building purposes, to make Marius so weak puts you into the world where the stakes are real and the average person is helpless against the forces of Hell, and it works as a backdrop to add to the power progression the player goes through, where Marius descends into damnation and eventual death, the player becomes a world saving hero by the end.

@BigWheel.

8 ай бұрын

Marius had a bad build and poor quality gear. With a little farming he could've leveled up a little and maybe looked up a build guide too.

@followingtheroe1952

8 ай бұрын

@@BigWheel. Idk the idea of grinding while there are "A thousand needles in my heart" doesn't sound fun, I can see why he would give up

@Ezio999Auditore

7 ай бұрын

He had dial up connection, poor Marius.

@bachpham6862

2 ай бұрын

@@followingtheroe1952 Probably got hit by too many bone fetish's explosions.

These cinematics are still so much fun to watch. The pacing, the tone, the music were all on point.

“east, always to the east” definitely the most epic line on any starting cinematic of that time

i wish Diablo 3 had the same Gothic feel as this had.

@Mammel248

7 жыл бұрын

Damn yeah, I still play Diablo 2 occasionally, single player hardcore. Diablo 3 is just a cheap rip off.

@Lord_of_the_Pies

7 жыл бұрын

i remember diablo 2 with rose colored glasses. I know graphics are not everything but the resolution in Diablo 2 makes it hard for me to play now. Id love a remake but im sure i would find a way to shit on it and ruin the good memories.

@kristianbrandt3012

7 жыл бұрын

Dubsy A remaster wouldn't hurt though.

@ruko944

7 жыл бұрын

A lot of people don't understand that the concept in Diablo has changed since the world stone has been destroyed. In Diablo 3 the nephalem can achieve power even greater than those of the archangels and prime evils. The naphalem in Diablo 2 had limited capabilities so the atmosphere had to be dark and scary, which would represent the emotions of the hero.

"Like a thousand needles in my heart" Yes Marius, that's the feel of d3's plot.

@Gumbocinno

4 жыл бұрын

@@mygamestodayllc I'm sure it'll feel like another out of season april fools joke.

@ClassicWhiteSilvia

Жыл бұрын

and unfortunately d4's...

@Ezio999Auditore

7 ай бұрын

And Immortal. Uuuf madone

this looks suprisingly better than the resurrected animations in many areas.

@egodfather8153

2 жыл бұрын

Agreed

@noahwright2113

Ай бұрын

i disagree personally, but to each their own

It cannot be overstated how important this game was to me as a kid. I remember a time in my life where even when not playing the game I would run through these cinematics in my mind over and over again. I loved this game, its atmosphere and its setting so damn much. It is interesting coming back to view them like this, they bring forth a lot of emotion and memories. Had a troubled home, and no internet or ability to play D2 at home. However I would spend all my afternoons at the local netcafe playing D2 and Counter-Strike, and often even the weekend nights as well. It was one of the primary ways I got away from it all. Only way I could afford all that time at the netcafe was because I was on their tournament team in Counter-strike and got free time "for practice," but honestly I would spend most of that time on D2 instead.

I love how he looks at his pipe, and throws it on the floor in the opening scene. It's like he' saying "wtf am I smoking??!"

@slackabara6674

4 жыл бұрын

That most definitely is opium. The way he just sits their unconscious.

Tyrael's wings are amazing!

I still can't understand what drove Blizzard to turn this masterpiece of storytelling into just another season of Power Rangers.

@Thanos_aka_Imperius

10 жыл бұрын

drawback of capitalism bro,it was supposed to happen

@igoronline

10 жыл бұрын

Orkun Albayrak I totally agree with you, but it's just so sad.

@artharys

10 жыл бұрын

Igoronline what are you talking about?

@NefariousElasticity

10 жыл бұрын

It almost seems like the exhausted their quality on StarCraft 2 and just kind of... outsourced for Diablo 3.

@JimNagle87

10 жыл бұрын

Just as the evil of Diablo's soul stone... Money, it consumes us all... I grew up playing Diablo, it was one of the first games I ever played online. It completely blew me away to be a part of an online community, that was something that consoles at the time could only DREAM of. But I haven't lost hope, I have faith Blizzard will be able to turn it around in the next series of patches and the Expansion.

I'ts amazing how this stuff just goes completely over your head as a kid, even though it's such a simple and straightforward plot, and these cutscenes are all just so EXTREMELY well done, i am so astounded how i didn't appreciate these at all when I was younger

@SystemUpdate310

3 жыл бұрын

The cinematics from the expansion stand up to even today's standards, they are so good.

@BMPK

Жыл бұрын

people still take this game for granted and then cry about how they never got mod support when they never did on the original

@dewinmoonl

Жыл бұрын

there's an art to straight-forward story telling as well. it was just trendy in the 80s-90s to tell these straightforward stories, they just told it extremely well.

The seriously is one of the best games ever made

@ajeeli_travels

6 жыл бұрын

As in all-time !

@Eric-yj5xg

6 жыл бұрын

i want to like 10s of times but cant. take your likes and double them

@uniquedrone

6 жыл бұрын

Absolutely agree

20 years later and this still holds up.

Before becoming human, Tyrael was very cool.

@laujack24

3 жыл бұрын

u mean before he get the hollywood style bullshit pc garbage.

@laujack24

3 жыл бұрын

@Proletariat pc = political correctness not personal computer lol

@FluffyPoopPrincess

3 жыл бұрын

@@laujack24 "Hollywood style bullshit pc garbage"?? He's just a hot, black guy, calm down!

@Killercoldice22

3 жыл бұрын

@@FluffyPoopPrincess ya but he doesn't fit angelic description tho. He just became a regular black dude with a deep voice. Tyraels old voice sounded ancient and angelic. No offense but come on u must understand the difference lol.

@ricgarfin3456

3 жыл бұрын

@@FluffyPoopPrincess Diablo 2 Tyrael was a depiction of BALANCE. Diablo 3 Tyrael was an uncle trying to find his beer.

Baal is so sadistic looking back at these cinematics. He knows all along that Marius has the soul stone and has all along, but still puts him through all of that.

Diablo 2 resurrected hype brought me here. these cinematics are wonderful, even 20 years later s2

I always loved 17:38 cuz it's Mephisto telling Diablo what to do, and he's just like "Geez, alright, alright, big bro, just let me get back to my realm!" xD

@diablorises

2 жыл бұрын

Considering Diablo's power, it is kinda weird that he would be the youngest of the three.

@artsun56

Жыл бұрын

@@diablorises i thought Baal was got some reason...

Mephisto's speech is still so epic.

The fact that Marius has no npc model and only as a character in a cinematic makes it even more sad that you couldn't reach out to save him.

@artsun56

Жыл бұрын

Yeah... his last words "What have I done to deserve all this." Always send a chill down my spine and I feel so bad for an NPC.

@RaphaelCosteau

Жыл бұрын

nah man trump 2024 marius would vote trump

@III-db2zz

Жыл бұрын

@@RaphaelCosteau I don’t see how diablo could have political structures.

@RaphaelCosteau

Жыл бұрын

@@III-db2zz try out Diablo 4 beta for only 79.99 man it’ll be live tomorrow! Politics is a core part of Diablo, do you not remember Mephistos cult ? What about Baal!

@cody3335

11 ай бұрын

Well his little brother is in the d4 and he gets gawked

I spent my stupid money on Diablo 3 and it destroyed me......i am now watching Diablo 2 cinematics to revive my admiration for that masterpiece i knew

@Trencher1375

10 жыл бұрын

I feel your pain.

@khav11

3 жыл бұрын

60 bucks destroyed you? lmao!

@kukenballe7063

3 жыл бұрын

@@khav11 I think he is talking about the "real money auction house" which used to be a thing...

@khav11

3 жыл бұрын

@@kukenballe7063 no mention of that and i remember the AH

@kukenballe7063

3 жыл бұрын

@@khav11 Notice the wording "I think he is talking about [...]"

"Not your foult? Tell me Merius, how was it not your fault." I miss this kind of character in Diablo 3... it's a shame that it was made for 12 years kid so it could sell more.

@kaljiljaskela428

4 жыл бұрын

When i first watched the cinematics the moment he said that "Not your fault?" I knew there was something fishy with that hooded man

@acmaiden5236

3 жыл бұрын

Heh... I was probably 12 around Diablo 2 days, so idk what is your point

@Barragur

2 жыл бұрын

@The Monster Under Your Bed No, 12-15 pretty much was the target audience for Diablo 2 games. You're just talking out of your arse :p

@totalscrub1960

2 жыл бұрын

you mean family friendly d3

Best plot twist in cinematic. (if you know the end of the Marius's storytelling).

@ramiemorales3521

8 жыл бұрын

What was The plot twist?

@DeathBringer769

7 жыл бұрын

Baal was the twist.

@andrewramsdale

3 жыл бұрын

@@ramiemorales3521 he wasn’t talking to the angel that told him that he doomed the whole world it was Baal

I remember being blown away with how real these looked when I was little.

"You haven't failed old man...you have done exactly as you were meant to do". I remember seeing the preview trailer with that in it and throwing my money at the monitor. This and the Baal cutscenes were so damn masterful. These were part of the stepping stones that turned video games into media art.

4:15 Griswold's Edge.... gone just like that, he never picks it up.

I just feel sorry for Marius. You can hear the pain in his voice. I think Tyrael asking him to take the soulstone through a gate into hell was too much for a mortal. Every human being is afraid of death, and on top of that if he were to die in hell (which is more than likely considering that it is hell) his soul would be trapped there forever and the angels wouldn't come to save him. I say that's pretty fucked up. Then after just trying to survive and find a quiet place to live, Baal comes and kills him, sending his soul to hell anyways. This all happened to some random guy that happened to meet the dark wanderer. He didn't choose to align himself with the prime evils, but he paid the price for it anyways. As a game, it is fun, but if I was in Marius's shoes, I probably would have run too. It's a good thing we don't live in sanctuary because that would be a horrible experience.

@MaestroAlvis

5 жыл бұрын

Not to mention having to live knowing that he was too weak to resist Baal and being convinced to release him.

@er132er

5 жыл бұрын

Yeah it did a great job in explicitly showing the agony of a normal, weak human being. There's some beauty in that... Now in D3 there's nothing like that. I didn't feel any emotion playing D3. It's all fancy and that's all.

@washinours

5 жыл бұрын

I heard Blizzard was planning a second expansion named "Salvation". My personal guess (for what it's worth) is this would have shown mercy for Marius, somehow. We'll never know ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

@hazael1945

5 жыл бұрын

Agreed. Donno why Tyriel choose the weak and old marius instead of many mortal heroes .

@m22d889

5 жыл бұрын

This is precisely what made D2 epic my friend. The story was not accounted by the heroes or the villains but an innocent bystander who unwillingly and unwittingly got dragged into a centuries old battle. As far as Marius' fate in the story goes, he had already doomed himself when he decided to tag along with the Dark Wanderer. No offense but did he expect a bag of cookies with a pat on the back in the end? He literally followed a guy that torched an entire inn, killed people, and summoned hellish monsters right in front of his eyes. Clearly, he should have known that he had a purpose which is why Diablo didn't kill him (yet) and that after he did his part, he would die.

grew up playing the diablo series

@MoonshadowKati

9 жыл бұрын

Nate H Better cartoons though.

@ZombieNationLTD

3 жыл бұрын

Didn’t we all

@platinums99

2 жыл бұрын

still playing it. get plugy mod

I'm here after the Diablo 4 trailer.

@Dunewarrior00

4 жыл бұрын

this cinematic series is so much better than the d4 stuff

@Svrca1970

4 жыл бұрын

@@Dunewarrior00 Nothing will come near to this, eaven if Diablo 4 is good, they will never come close to the grasp of the tone of this game

@changolion31

4 жыл бұрын

Me too

@CGonzales033

3 жыл бұрын

I’m here after the D2 remaster news.

Every time I watch these I dont plan on watching all of them, but they’re so damn good I’ll sit here for half n hour and watch them like I’ve done 3948 times lol

Easily one of the greatest cinematic sequences in video game history. That a World of Warcraft movie is being made before a Diablo movie is a travesty.

@vince4113

8 жыл бұрын

+chamr OMG a diablo movie + a remake of the D1/2 togheter would be AMAZING

@raziel6304

7 жыл бұрын

Diablo is a cult videogame at this point in time, that's why Blizzard is paying more attention to Warcraft. For Diablo to actually make a comeback it must return to its roots, and Blizzard must hire back the man who came with the idea in the first place; David Brevik.

@stevendayt97

5 жыл бұрын

@@raziel6304 his themes and storycrafting are great, but if you watched his video about the start of the series, he had some pretty shitty ideas for the game and the other developers really helped create the ARPG by steering him straight on a lot of game mechanics

@TheEllord33

3 жыл бұрын

@@raziel6304 They were greed and fired all the key member cuz they were paid "too much".

I'm going to complete this game again.. For like the 26th time

@vince4113

8 жыл бұрын

+Terkel Blegager Right. I completed this game so many times and got bored after finishing D3 once in the the hardest mode.

@TellUsTales

6 жыл бұрын

Terkel Blegager me too

@diablorises

2 жыл бұрын

Only 26? Damn, I kinda feel like I have an obsession with this game then lol.

this is one of my favorite games. easily one of Blizzards best work along with Warcraft III: Frozen Throne. Everything about these 2 games were perfect...beautiful graphics, music and gameplay paired with epic lore.

@xxlCortez

9 жыл бұрын

And both went lame afterwards.

@bee2690

9 жыл бұрын

xxlCortez People are still playing D2 after all those years, you moron.

@xxlCortez

9 жыл бұрын

Gold Roger Including me. I didn't refer to them, I referred to the sequels.

@crusnik102605

9 жыл бұрын

Gold Roger he was talking about World of Warcraft and Diablo III...I still play D2 and War3 until now.

@bee2690

9 жыл бұрын

crusnik102605 To me, it seems at though he was talking about D2 and WC3 ''Afterwards'' as in after a few years.

Diablo 2 is and was the best game i´ve ever played in my life. I grew up with it. And i Love it

@Angyali

8 жыл бұрын

My exact thoughts.

Best videogame and best videogame-movie of all time !!! The number-1 !!

I hope D4 will be as depressing as this, where after every act you get a cinematic to explore what is happening. I hope the story it tells spurns players forward towards the end again... a proper diablo story, dark and grusome

@coryfusting9294

Жыл бұрын

D4 will be depressing but instead of good writing its microtransactions

yup, watching the LoD intro with Baal just never gets old...

"WE traveled together east...always into the east!" Diablo 3 lacks everything that made the franchise excellent. It only excels in combat, but "epic" crazy combat takes away the dark, horror feel of the games. Diablo 3 RoS hopefully addresses this...

@MrTimmoth

5 жыл бұрын

bad news....it didn't

Man, these cutscenes are going to look absolutely bonkers recreated in Diablo 2: Resurrected.

"What choice did I have? I ran..." I'll never forget that line as long as I live

19:40 Screams on the background intensify, as Baal requests to give him the stone. You can hear *:"NO, PLEASE NO, NO!!!"*

*Blizzard:* Now, to pull NetEase's soulstone... *Tyrael:* NO! DON'T DO IT! **Diablo Immortal announced** *Tyrael:* FOOL! You have just ensured the doom of the Diablo franchise. You cannot even begin to imagine what you have set in motion this day. Go to the Temple of GGG, in the oceanic country of New Zealand. There you will find the Gate to Inspiration opened before you, you must find the courage to step through that gate, Blizzard. Take the Stone of Activision you hold to the Hellforge, where it will be destroyed. Now run, take the stone and run! *Players:* What choice did we have? We ran...

@shunsha8606

3 жыл бұрын

Blessed Aenygma. Save us.

@Rikkity

3 жыл бұрын

*applause*

@coryfusting9294

Жыл бұрын

Perfect

still epic to watch after 18 years

Уххх... Аж мурашки по коже от сцены разрушения Камня Мира. А актер, который озвучивал Мариуса - по-моему просто гений.

Oh my god I had no idea that was Frank Gorshin doing the voice of Marius. He was amazing. Damn shame he never did another video game.

Some of the best voice acting in games' history. Particularly Marius.

I really loved the character of Marius... he makes us seem so vulnerable compared to the prime evils. Would you have gone into hell and destroyed the stone, as a mere mortal? They should've had this feeling of dread in Diablo 3...

Me seeing this for the first time in 2000: *jaw hits the floor* "this....is the best looking cinematics I have EVER seen!" Me seeing this for the 500th time 20+ years later: "How were they even able to make something like this back then....??"

Baal is such a mysterious character, he spreeds pain and destruction without hesitation yet sits for a long time listning to Marius story thatbhe aldready knew. He could easily torture him to get the location of the soul stone yet he just plays along

@nately3913

6 жыл бұрын

Hoffer Puffer What I would call 'truly demonic'.

@KRIGSSV1N

4 жыл бұрын

I would assume being a prime evil with all the power in the world could get one bored.

@ytgc-royalewarex5190

3 жыл бұрын

Baal and Duriel

@carsonlau7688

2 жыл бұрын

That’s what I call demonic as the lord of hell, just deceiving Marius, giving him hope, gaining his trust and lowering his safeguarding, and when he gave out what Baal needs, and suddenly review himself and give him the fatal hit.

@AG-ld6rv

2 жыл бұрын

It's a common archetype that demons have zero pride. They will manipulate to get what they want, saying or doing anything.

Who else is here after they announced D2 Resurrected?

12:20 "He moved with demonic speed and then...then you appeared!" Always gives me chills!!

Man this brings back memories :P So epic and dark. Why did they have to ruin diablo 3 by making it so cheesey :(, the evils felt like evils in D2 and they become a joke in d3

I like to think that the green hologram that escapes the wanderer (Act I) is the soul of Adrian which tries to avoid hurting anyone. Diablo finally manages to cast his soul out (temporarily) and blaze the whole area. As soon as Adrian's soul returns, the wanderer calms down signifying that even with a Prime Evil possessing the entirety of his being, Adrian is still trying to fight, albeit a futile fight. It's little things like this, such symbolism in cinematics that made D2 epic. These cinematics scared the crap out of my 10-year old self but at the same time I wanted to play more, explore more, fight, conquer. I'd feel like a real warrior fighting evil back then lol. D3 wasn't that bad for game play but it didn't establish that good a mental connection with me. Even looking at diva Diablo, I wasn't scared anymore, I was like 'Meh..' D3 showed me that Diablo was not real and that the story was set in some fictional sanctuary and that the heroes fighting were not exactly humans. But D2? It had no lore on sanctuary or any major mention of the nephalem which made me believe it could be real. It was relatable. Demonic possession is what I had heard of, every character class had simple skills with no glitz or glamor and I struggled, yes really struggled against some bosses. The difficulty, the stakes, and unimagniable peril was translated to me as a gamer by the difficulty of the game itself. Diablo never speaks anything beyond as few words in the cinematics, we see him 90% of the time as a Dark Wanderer cloaked from head to toe but he still scared me. It's the little done in moderation that sometimes makes the sweetest recipe. Hopefully Blizzard will realize where they erred and rework their plans for D4, if it is ever made. This grunge, dark, demonic story, the simple game play but unforgiving difficulty and the epic musical score is what we need. So long Diablo...you will forever be missed. :')

0:58 .... the background screams, "Fuck you Jeffrey"?

@LittleBrick

9 жыл бұрын

2pro4u2c Nope, it's "fuck you, Joffrey!" :P

@Krackalackamore

7 жыл бұрын

2pro4u2c fuck you jeffrey! Kill me!

@filipalmhage9320

7 жыл бұрын

fuck you Jeffrey, get off of me lol ty for the comment

in this cinematics you can clearly see what diablo 3 is missing.(no idea how did blizzard missed such an important thing while making D3 )

@untoagod8679

6 жыл бұрын

TheLordstrider it's because D3 was made by a different Blizzard Team who apparently didn't understand what was so great about D2.

Bring this back, this is what the Diablo community needs now.

Oh did i love Diablo 2.... Compared to Diablo 3 blizzard made a huge fail. Diablo 2 was the love of my life. I grew up with it and it is and will always be the best game ever. This video gave me chills and so many memories from the past =:) It also makes me damn mad on blizzard. Thumbs up for the video!

@jarynn8156

9 жыл бұрын

Jaizzerx And if Blizzard had done what the fanboys want and release an HD cover of D2, everyone would have cried foul about the lack of originality and what have you, not to mention the fact that a literal translation of D2 into the modern game scene would not be well received, with its clunky, repetitive gameplay, nonsensical loot system, and excess of exploitable glitches.

@liberphilosophus7481

9 жыл бұрын

Honestly Diablo 3 would have been perfect if they kept the traditional leveling...

@at0micl0bster

9 ай бұрын

@@jarynn8156 shame about the censorship in d2r, but its pretty good otherwise, even fixing glitches while keeping the positive effects

@pyp2205

3 ай бұрын

I first played Diabolo III 2 years ago, at the time I didn't understand why people hated it. Then I played Diablo II a year ago, well I was absolutely blown away. There's just so many things that I absolutely love about this game.

even w/ the new/better gfx of 'resurrected' these cinematics are still better, better audio/better atmosphere and un-fucked with

When I was a kid Blizzard gave me a game for grownups. When I became a grownup Blizzard gave me a game for kids.

I'm not a fan of horror movies but this NEEDS to be made in a dark, grim horror.

damn, this makes Diablo 3 feel like a Disneyworld attraction. What happend? how come D3 seems so.... not diablo like.... feels like a PG13 movie when this seems really dark and made for mature audiences.

@excess_wrx

7 жыл бұрын

rip blizzard north bro

@martinivanov1319

7 жыл бұрын

yea, only pussies are left now that are trying to make their games for 10 years old kids. and when i think about it now, i was maybe 10 when i played d2.. was i scared ? yes. did i love it ?! FUCK YES!

@zeitxgeist

7 жыл бұрын

I still play it occasionally. But yeah, it lost some of the atmosphere that made 1 & 2 great and the abilities were oversimplified (I do like the rune modifications to skills tho, theyre cool); and except for the first act, the music wasn't very Diabloy at all.

@BonkHazard

7 жыл бұрын

i played it when i was 5-6 yrs old, i pissed myself when i saw Duriel.

@viperswhip

7 жыл бұрын

To be fair, they did darken the game a bit after the initial screenshots got nerd raged on, but they also added the, oh, I forget the name, secret level where you kill my little ponies and teddy bears, which is a wink to some fan art that came out of the initial screen shots. Ah well. Maybe CDP will give us back dark storytelling with Cyberpunk 2077.

This is Peak Blizzard. Got me missing the good old days.

@Th0ughtf0rce

11 ай бұрын

Blizzard North to be exact. Their departure marked the end of an era.

Tal Rasha is badass beyond insanity

Does Tyrael really expect Marius to remember that super long set of instructions when he couldn't even follow his ONE order to not pull the soul stone out?

@XiyuYang

2 жыл бұрын

Tyrael was facing two prime evils in one room and he was getting desperate, it wasn’t like he had any cho…..nah forget it, Tyrael was an idiot of epic proportions!

The old cinematic of the last act is so better than the new one in resurrected ! I loved the way Tyrael was fusiness as a spirit. The new cinematic is too clean. And the music...

"The consequences that even i cannot foresee" -- yeah none of us foresaw the disappointment that was to be named the successor to this great game.

Thanks for this, one of my childhood mementos.

I'm becoming increasingly convinced that the Diablo series is a subtle warning about the deleterious effects of participation in politics. The plot surrounding the fight to control the Worldstone maps perfectly onto books like Eric Voegelin's "Science, Politics, and Gnosticism" and Glenn Alexander Magee's "Hegel and the Hermetic Tradition." The heavenly counterparts to those being titles like "Orthodoxy" and "The Everlasting Man" by G.K. Chesterton.

Remember when things actually happened in Blizzard cutscenes? When it wasn't just Warcraft 3 cutting to shadows and sandcastles, or Diablo 3 showing a woman falling asleep as her grandfather read a book?

2:39 best part of the entire cinematics don't @me.

@snaffu1

11 ай бұрын

The part where they struggle to animate his running later always kills me. 😂

To bad Blizzard North closed up. D1 and D2 were epic games.

Thank you for this great upload

wow i hadn't seen the first act 1 prologue in close to 20 years thanks!

lol never even played Diablo 2 and the openning cinematic already beats Diablo 3. How the fuck did they go from something that demonic and powerful to...2014?

13:51 "Fool!" Haha I love that Tyreal just picks Marius up by the neck.

Mephistoe's speech is my favorite

As I watch this I look back. I look back in my life and see so many hours I've spent on this game. So many girlfriends pushed aside. So many jobs lost. This game had a heavy hold on me as I'm sure it did with many others. However I do NOT regret it LoL. It was so much fun back then. It's just a shame they haven't made anything good since then. RIP

Great old times. Diablo II was the best game of the series overall.

Imagine marius going there and getting fucked up by the monster with the hammer . How does tyrael expect him to beat that monster ?

diablo2 makes diablo3 a wannabe diablo game , d3 is such a disgrace to the diablo legacy

Nothing beats Diablo 2-cinematics. Nothing.

I need only the first cinematic to really want to play the game. It's maybe the way they tease the story or maybe it's just the voice acting being so on point. Blizzard is known for their cinematics, but this one is on top of them all.

one thing that all blizzard games had, were awesome cutscenes. they always looked way ahead of it's time.

diablo ends with this part

@CernobilRS

9 жыл бұрын

I agree.

@icybite7342

6 жыл бұрын

Kutil Kol no he is reborn in diablo 3

@deathseraph2121

5 жыл бұрын

@@icybite7342 He meant the game..

Awesome..^^ enjoyed!

....One of the best Video-Game-Cinematics of all times from my Point of view.

Since I was a kid, I've always hoped there will be a Diablo movie in the future that will feel similar to those amazing D2 cinematics. I guess that will never happen, it's a pitty.

Seriously, how did Tyrael expect this old fart to get through Kurast ( it's hard enough as a Druid more so a random nobody ), enter Hell, go to the Hellforge, beat the demons there and break the soulstone? C'mon now. Wouldn't it have been easier for Tyrael to tell Marius how to find the other Archangels and ask for their help? Imperius and co would probably be able to storm hell and break the stones like no problem.

@moiseman

9 жыл бұрын

The council decided that they wouldn't help humans, it was forbidden for angels to go to earth. Tyrael is just a bro.

@Zgredzik112

9 жыл бұрын

Well because Imperius it too proud to do it the easy way.

@hydrated

9 жыл бұрын

pateuvasiliu After played D3 you will know how dumb Tyrael was.

@liberphilosophus7481

9 жыл бұрын

If angels set even a foot in hell they are utterly destroyed. This may sunrise you, but demons are extremely more powerful than Angels.

@moiseman

9 жыл бұрын

Rob Laney That's completely wrong, I have no idea where you got that info.

What an incredible story. These cinematic shave aged beautifully

"Do you want something?" That voice, 😆

It's really a shame that D3 didn't have the length of cinematics D2 did. There are a few cines, but for the most part it's some animated cartoons with narration. Unlike most fans, I do like D3's gameplay (mechanics and style etc), but D2 had the most dark and soul gripping story behind it which was demonstrated in these killer cinematics. D3 was seriously lacking in that category. It's mainly Tyrael ripping his wings and Imperius dying. Both cool scenes, but they really needed more.

@thierrydubuc9490

8 жыл бұрын

When I look at games like starcraft, warcraft 3 and diablo 2, I remember that back then the technology to make cinematics was very limited. Therefore, blizzard took great care of each cinematics they did. To this day they are still so epic, they aged well. With diablo 3, they were lazy in comparison.

@vidicate3963

8 жыл бұрын

Imperius died? Um... did you mean his fight with Diablo?

@BasedBoomer1337

7 жыл бұрын

On story telling, yes. But not on animation and rendering. They are absolutely beautiful.

@martinivanov1319

7 жыл бұрын

yea, d3 just sux as whole, 20 years old game has cinematic for every fucking act... d3 is just an abomination, hope they make d4 and its better

@chrissjg

7 жыл бұрын

that's like saying you hope activision will do what old tiny blizzard did in the beginning. not going to happen

Man it makes me sad knowing we’ll most likely never get another game like this the tone and style of the game and narrative of having the player fill in some details of what happens is just amazing also the way the the cutscenes feel to really add to tone and just make it better

Fun fact the guy who voiced Marius was the man who played the riddler in Adam West's tv batman show.

This cinematics are perfect never get bored of them. THey FEEL EVIL

Just stopping by to watch all of these so I can be refreshed for when the remaster is released. Excited as much for the updates cinematics as I am the game itself.

I want a game like d2 back.with a storyline. a skill tree you can choice by ur self what you want to do and what not,AND you sometimes have to think about what to skill a game you dont spend 50% of the play time with charakter design. a game with usefull chatrooms and a funy+frendly community. a game that isnt Pay to win. a game you can fail so hard that you just have to start from the beginning. a game that is created like a good dark fantasy book if you know what im talking about :D a game that isn´t so easy that you dont have to know something and finish it in 1 day a game where you have to play jeahrs to reach the highest level (if you got the time and dont die[i hate corpse explosion] ) a game with upright walking cow´s mo moo mo moo mooooo

@liberphilosophus7481

9 жыл бұрын

Hell bovines - hell's true last stand lol

@TheNappert

9 жыл бұрын

lordofdestruck Path of Exile is exactly that

@buzz_deedigitalart7045

8 жыл бұрын

+the dark jester how about a dark fantasy venice in the sky

I have this on DVD :D