@@Austin_tatious No, I've never really played much of Diablo 1, so I have no nostalgia for it at all Just because someone likes something from an old game doesn't mean they are blinded by nostalgia
That creepy as fuck town. Dimly lit by a perpetual moonlight.. And a freaking corpse greets you on your way to what was once a church. All of it to this masterpiece.. If you were a kid with a PC back then, you were a brave one.
fugg nuggets i know that feel bro...but when i was a kid i played that game with the music and i said myself: "im ready to fight against the great evil within"
Kurtis C. even if this comment is one year old, i have to say diablo one was my childhood played it in highest dificulty with my father. so _many_ good memories :)
This masterpiece is mostly thanks to Blizzard North, the true masterminds behind Diablo. Blizzard just paid the bill. (...And ruined the saga a couple years later)
+SchutzeAmon For the past night, day and again night I've been working without breaks in front of the desk. Your comment made me well very fuzzy inside :>. It made me remember the g-olden days. Put-put-put-put ~into the lands of memories~
This music makes me look back at my childhood and realize how good gaming was back then and the memories of how good life used to be. I love this game.
I feel the same way sometimes I look back, thinking that all the easy technology is corrupting our daily life and eventually putting an end to pure creativity. we end being sitting ducks, trapped at home with easy access to everything, being creative mind zombie's, forgetting who we truly are, and what we are capable of. it scares me sometimes.
It's normal to look back on ones early life and think it's better than the present time but apparently it's like that for everyone, it's the way your brain stores the information.
My life is better now than it ever was. I'm smarter, achieving goals, and put up with less bullshit. I'm more in control of my life than ever. More freedom than ever before. Before I used to go to school. A slave camp where you don't get paid and you go insane lol. Couldn't drink, drive, party or anything really. It sucked. Plus I was a stupid kid so I got into a lot of dumb ass trouble. Today I can do pretty much whatever I want. Far more so than before....... But gaming is getting worse in a lot of ways. Micro transaction butt fuckery is a real problem lol.
The Atominator "Don't worry King Leoric. I'll find your son." And the oddity of that line about finding Prince Albrect with the knowledge that the Warrior is Leoric's eldest son Aiden.
I believe this music catches the mood of Tristram very well. Despite the circumstances, the people try to live a normal life in town. But everything is clouded by the evil lurking within the cathedral. The music represents that very well. A bit cheerful, but with a dark touch.
If you play the hellfire version, you will know it’s not just the Cathedral contains evils. But also the woods nearby, under the ground, and literally their house basements.
This music theme of Tristram is Eerie and Haunting yet at the same time, Peaceful and Melancholic. There is also a considerable undercurrent of darkness for the music itself.
The butcher use to give me nightmares as a kid, and the room he is in was just, well whenever I was having a sandwich, I wouldn't be eating it after the butcher. xD
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.
As a teenager I printed that out and stuck it to the door to my room cos people kept barging in. I figured, that was gonna stop them... They kept coming in, only now they expected loot too.
New player here! My dad told me how much he played this game when he was young, so I decided to pick it up myself. The controls might be a bit clunky, but the game is awesome in near every other way. This comes from a 17-y-o: more people need to know about this.
The controls were very intuitive at the time. This was the era where commands on rpgs were mapped to every frickin key on the board lol. Diablos phillsophy was to make it possible to use 100% mouse
Please, listen to me, the Arch Bishop Lazarus, he led us down here to find the lost prince, the bastard led us into a trap! Now everyone is dead... killed by a demon he called the Butcher. Avenge us! find this Butcher and slay him so that our souls may finally rest...
Elzo Galleta After all these years I still remember every word that dying man said. The first scary encounter with the Butcher, brings back so much nostalgia. This game is indeed that epic.
oh man when i first played this game at the age of 13, i thought that at night they would appear. Good thing my brother bought Diablo III, it has the very first one i can borrow and play lol.
In China someone bought Diablo 3 and received three big pineapples instead. See, the common name for Diablo in Chinese is Da Bo Luo which also means Big Pineapple. So the website listed this 'Da Bo Luo 3' as the item sold. The man who received the three pineapples was not happy he sued the man who sent him three pineapples instead of the game. The seller was unfazed and said the following. "I listed Big Pineapple 3, it meant i was selling three big pineapples. And don't you even start complaining, the pineapples were fairly big as well."
This is such an incredible piece, it is so gorgeous and creepy not to mention unique... there really aren't any other games that have music that sounds quite like this, it really is a distinct and different sound/style. Shame that Matt Uelman didn't return for Diablo III
I also love that it is continually changing... the sounds, melody, mood/atmosphere, even the instruments and tempo constantly evolve through the entire length of the song. It never really just goes back and repeats something. I don't know what it is exactly but something about how the reverb and panning are done and how the sounds are layered just gives it this incredible texture that I haven't heard in almost anything else.
despair... with glimpses of hope... false... try to forget... try to get on with our lives... no one cares... lonely... they are coming... will no one help us? .. it's cold... get inside quick! ... perhaps it's going to end soon... Tristram... poor poor Tristram...
the vibe of diablo 1 is like there are billions of secrets to be uncovered. The vibe, the music and everything....it's not just the gameplay but it has that artistic feel to it. It's not just a game imo.
God I fucking love this game. It's ominous atmosphere feels so exciting and spookey and being an innocent kid and experiencing this felt incredible. Sometimes I wish I could experience this in real life. The only thing that might have made this more exciting would be a forest map on the outskirts of Tristram to fight demons. At the time the art and graphics blew me away in ways I cannot explain. I love the size of Tristram and how it's fun talking to different towns folks gossiping about meaningless bullshit that draws you in closer to the game. The 90s were a decade where gaming meant more. A decade where shit wasn't over analyzed to death with IGN and all this internet saturated abdunace of reviews. You heard it from the kid down the block what the Diablo was like and snuck into your parents den when they were away to play this masterpiece. Memories that will never be forgotten.
like, you want to experience the nightmare of facing an overwhelming evil being, being led into a trap by the archbishop or watch how all your friends die butchered?
Way too much detail actually robs imagination. That's the problem with newer games, newer lores. Diablo 1 was just perfect. Underneath this condemned village awaits... A great evil, timeless. vs you, just a mortal guy with a sword. fill in the rest with your imagination. but know too that TERROR also comes from imagination. and you are going to die. enjoy.
@@gendoruwo6322 But also, i feel that in diablo 1 the story was like always present. I mean, in Diablo 1 you have those lore books that characters read, the commentaries from the townfolk, interactions with evil NPC's and such. Story is a crucial part of the game. In diablo 2 and 3, it feels like the story is a secondary aspect of the game, and is also totally forgettable, as the atmosphere is not so well executed. In diablo 2 you still have all that dialogue, but somehow, it feels way less interesting, and i was way less hooked up with that story
Dude, i was 15 when i heard that theme for the first time in my life. My brother were next to me, he is 5 years older than me. We both cried no joke whenever we saw that Intro whenever we put that Cd in our Cd-Rom. Goes on, goes on and still. Best years, times, days ever man. Not enough mana.
what I really loved about this game, was you really felt like a hero on the edge. Your weapons and armour were barely good enough, and it took a lot of hard fighting to get that plate of the moon, and anything of the zodiac sat there taunting you out of reach... lol diablo II was good, I enjoyed it, but I felt more like a one man commando teams laughing monsters with ease. It lacked that Gothic dispar that made the game so beautiful
Everything about this game was scary when I first started playing it. Admittedly, it had just come out and I was 6 years old, but still. I'm 20 now and I often dream of dark dungeons, possibly full of demons, possibly not, all inspired by the dread I felt playing this game as a kid. Sometimes I have the fortitude to explore them. Those are the best dreams.
Well I certainly can't fault his taste! And speaking from experience, if a kid wants to access something you've got already, there's no stopping them. Good on you. :-)
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
16 years old in 96 remember going to my girlfriends house Elle she was seriously hot 🔥 😍😂 playing diablo 1 on her dad's brand new P.C whilst she rode her horse. What a beautiful time to be alive and memory, when this music came on in that scary ass graveyard- heaven. The ancient village called Kingsclere in Hamshire U.K where she lived was literally like Tristram - a 1200 year old hunting area of the Kings with a grave yard just like it 😍 I'd go at 5am in the mist :) I grew up with Bloodwych and dungeon master on Atari St........ I hope Elle is having a great life I still love her and you all world family, look after each other il see you out there! x
Playing this as a little kid, my anxiety always shot up at 3:17 when the music shifts tone and picks up. I always thought time was running out or something and that I needed to hurry into the cathedral RIGHT NOW. Its fascinating how a music soundtrack can evoke such strong emotions. Easily one of the best and most memorable soundtracks from one of the best video games of all time.
This unique one of a kind feeling you experienced and never felt again ever after...i remember nights full of fear and lack of sleep with my best friend locked up in a dark small basement room. No Light just junk food, the PS Version of Diablo a small TV (played Pc first but this one is harder in my opinion cause you are stuck to one screen together) and endless hours and nights of fun and thrill, 62 Hours straight to be exact, never got more immersed in a game i think... Strange that i remember these days as one of the happiest of my life xD. It was a Legendary Masterpiece of a whole Generation
I think the fact that you can automatically drink potions with the trigger buton without the need to restock your belt, actually made the PS1 version a little easier XD
Me, my roommate Clint, and this kid from next door who we referred to as Young Master Eric were always crowded around an old crappy Packard Bell computer playing this game back in January of '97. After we finished with Diablo, it was MDK. And before those it was Deadlock. Memoriiieeeeees... lightthecornersofmy miiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiind...
Arturo Escorcia I disagree. Blizzard would fail miserably at recapturing the dark and evil vibe of Diablo 1, and that is what made this game so unique and impressive.
YESSS i just entered this video after a long wait to do so and looked at the picture and thought the same, that for years i thought its a crab.. and then your comment showed up first! im not alone in that thought lol.
Same here bro, I cant believe what Blizzard did to us, I am literally almost crying. This is more than game for me, I'm 28 now, and I am playing Diablo since 7 or 8 years old, this is part of my life.
This makes me remember the times I begged my parents to go sit in front of the windows 98 and play some Diablo. I just had so much imagination. I would switch to StarCraft and Age of Empires 2. It was the holy trio of games. I don’t hate getting old but I sure do miss those days.
Remember downloading this demo (it was 50-100mb) which was massive and unheard of at the time...we downloaded it overnight on our dial-up modem connection, making sure no one made a phone call to cut off the internet. We were blown away by the graphics and the dark art style and tone of the game. Diablo 1 is one of the all-time greatest moments of PC gaming.
The dude who composed Diablo’s music is so incredibly skilled. I just wish he wasn’t batshit crazy telling random people on Twitter he is going to flay their skin lol
Lots of musicians end up crazy or evil it's really sad lol. The best of the best never go down those dark paths though. Uematsu still the goat bitches : )
This is the sound of millions of people's hours, days and years being sucked into the gaping maw of PC gaming's golden age, to be lost forever. The times we had, my friends.
I love Diablo, I love all Blizzard games. From all of their original stuff to today's games. Sure things have been a bit rocky and I have my complaints and disagreements here and there, but I always enjoy what Blizzard produces. I still remember being up late at night as a kid playing this and hearing this Tristram theme brings back so many memories.
lol how about now? Now that the heads of the company have been outted at total creeps who would sexually abuse you if they got the chance... And I'm not even talking about how all of their games are now souless cash grab unfinished glitchy micro transaction focused online only pos that are flooded with false advertising...
+Mr1987Joe the game as far as I know is abandon ware. also, I'm putting together an all in one diablo patch solution that includes a universal wide screen patch that works with Warcraft 2 battle.net edition and StarCraft brood war as well as a working nocd fix. just don't try to play on battle net with the wide screen patch though as it will ban you from playing on it.
+Terminator 827 It's certainly not abandon ware and in relation to Joe, it's not available on GoG. There's no way to get the game other than on disk as Blizzard haven't released it and Blizzard do not abandon any of their software.
to all my fellow old f$%kers out there. Remember when you listened to this gorgeous and tragic guitar. I'll never forget, living in the ghetto, my three friends and I curled around an old 1960s color TV with my banged up and precious Playstation 1 hooked up to it. Playing through Diablo I with those guys, finally getting a second controller for xmas years later, playing again. Their father lived in student housing, a cheap two bedroom dorm for senior students. The floors were concrete and the Montana winter would creeps it's cold through the doors that lacked weather stripping. Our body heat and the wetness from our steamy breath would fog up the windows but we never let the TV get wet with it. For me it was 7th and 8th grade after moving away from all of my old friends. Listening to this in that old living room and talking with my best friends around the television, in our old, creaky and rotted wood chairs, was the best time of my life. It kept me sane. It kept me alive...
Few things can rocket me back in time as fast as this does. Late 90s and my cousin introduced me to this on ps1 and every weekend when we were off work we'd play the this the entire weekend.
If you didn't know, the main dudes went on to do the Torchlight series, you should check them out, while not as good as the classics, they are still pretty fun. The first torchlight follows a system similar to the first diablo, where you have a hub town and you just delve deeper and deeper until you reach the end. Second one is more like D2.
Therandus! I tried Torchlight just because it was some of the original Diablo guys but I didn't like it at all :/ I mean yeah sure I ran through the story but... meh
But wasn't it headquarters of Blizzard that stopped the company that later became Bliz North from using claymation for Diablo? I think that team was always a bit goofy but with brilliant ideas, it took everyone to make it the magnificent game that it is today.
ELFanatic Blizzard was just a umbrella company of Blizzard North. Blizzard North was the department that made the magic happen. The Ex- Game Designer of D3 botched the game up. Play Diablo 2 & LOD. Then go play Diablo 3.. Its the same shit just better graphics.
Не многим играм удалось достичь такого уровня атмосферы. Ни одной игре не удалось достичь такой атмосферы, такого взрыва воспоминаний услышав только пару аккордов. Это лучшее на что я тратил свое время и ни капли не сожалею.
"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. Many were cut down where they stood, and those who took up arms were slain or dragged away to become slaves - or worse. The church at the edge of town has been desecrated and is being used for dark rituals. The screams that echo in the night are inhuman, but some of our townsfolk may yet survive. Follow the path that lies between my tavern and the blacksmith shop to find the church and save who you can. Perhaps I can tell you more if we speak again. Good luck." - Ogden
'Please, listen to me.. the Archibishop Lazarus: He led us down here to find the lost prince.. the bastard led us into a trap. Now everyone is dead... killed by a demon he called the Butcher! Avenge us!! Find this 'Butcher' and slay him.. so that our souls may finally rest...' - Wounded Townsman (Apologies for the three year necro, just had to get it out)
This theme is awesome. It has a aura of a sinister precence and mystery. But in a way, it is a place of safety from the evils from within. Haunting, yet calming at the same time.
No music has ever drawn out such nastalgia, happiness, sadness, and excitement all at once as this music does..and that slight high tone about a quarter in..goosebumps.
Diablo 1 and 2 were my first games I played when I got my first own PC. It was a donated PC, from my high school festival and it had already gotten those games pre-installed. So many memories before and after school playing this
