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.

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

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

@@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.

Imagine perfection was a thing

i stayed a while and listened.

I sense a soul in search of answers

lol pinned for 7 years and only 80 likes

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

You have quite a treasure there!

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

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

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.

@@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.

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.

Decerd cain!! at the well

+khaled mohamadi Deckard* Cain...

yes deckard haha sorry

+TheKrensada We all stayed awhile and listened.

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

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.

+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.

+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.

+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!)

+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.

@@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. kzfaq.info/get/bejne/ad11o9qKtLq5YIU.html

Because the portal to hell has been open

@@Markiiee300 haha

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

unless you are playing Lehablo

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.

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.

@@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

same here fam 🍻

Hehehe

+Protoss Zerg haha, lol

+Protoss Zerg your grandmother is a champion.

+Protoss Zerg HHahhahahahhahaha Nice Dragon Avatar

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

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!

AAH, FRESH MEAT!!!

FRESSSSH MEAT

Fresh meat >:D

hello my friend, stay a while and listen.

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

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

damn. i'm crying

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

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.

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

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

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

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

xD

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

William Beard But do I win the Internet?

John Ribner You must first defeat the final boss.

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

What ails you, my friend?

Can't a fella drink in peace?

Psst! Over here!

Hello, my friend. Stay a while and listen.

Good day! How may I serve you?

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

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

As a child, that moment terrified me lol

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

Still scares the living shit outta me

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.

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.

​@@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

Retrieve my stuff from hell 😂👍👍

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.

" I shall meet death head-on ".

Cold touch of death begins to chill your spine

So much death.

Loads of death overwhere....

"The sanctity of this place has been fouled".

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

+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.

+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

+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... :)

+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!

I agree!

Please make it so!

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

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.

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

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

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

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

yeah d2 is pretty new eh? your full of it

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

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.

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.

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

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

+jamie miller OMG YES.

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

+jamie miller i don't get it :(

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 :)

D2 remastered is coming :-) ❤❤❤❤❤❤

Hey

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..

@@SirRorschachJack 😂 relatable

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

+Sunyaj Engage Awesome post dude

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?

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

recognision!!

Try the game Divinity. Its amazing too.

This game was Truly amazing

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...

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

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.

;)

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.

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

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...

.. I will tell you

Battle music…

Definitely

extremely

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

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

It is back

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

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.

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.

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

I agree with every word! =^)

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

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

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

+jamie miller and still kicks ass

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

what

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

John Smith They put me to sleep well enough xD

+John Smith ahahaha best comment !

***** Yes :)

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

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?

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.

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

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.

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

Terran Theme 3 says hi, and so does this: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/jqukqsR1td7VcmQ.html

ever heard of ultrakill?

How old are you?

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

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.

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

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.

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

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

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

lvl 92 hammerdin for me, ftw

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

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

good times :/

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

Nice Age :)

Command & Conquer: Red Alert 2

Let's wait for Diablo IV

Oh you poor thing...

+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

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

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

Kind of liiike...Tristram?

@@UltromanTheTacoman exactly.....

it probably has to do with the many tritone intervals and the minor second intervals that are very cleverly and gracefully placed and weaved into the chord work.

All of the harmonious and beautiful sounding guitar parts to me represent the people of tristram and their hope in the hero. But everything else about the land is evil and corrupted. Its kind of retroactively established in d2 but that motif you hear in places 1:10 3:24 is Diablos very theme. Think about that: its playing in the starting village, that tells you how overbearing his presence is. This is what makes 4:00 so impactful, its humanities theme, and why its so melancholic. There is a conflict in the music itself

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

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

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

+schlaepferAA You mean couldn't agree more.

+MrSilksoul Oh. Miss type. Lol

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

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

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

You are welcome! I'm glad you enjoyed it

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)

ㄱ

exactly

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!

"Ah... Fresh meat!"

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.. :)

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

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

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

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

+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.

+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.

+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. ^^

Pirat Dunkelbart Diablo sucks without items... hmmm?

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

+DThunderBird Indeed!

+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.

QUANTUMJOKER I'll drink to that. Skol!

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

President Donald Bump it’s only 10 bucks on gog

D2 remaster :-))) ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

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

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

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

Could not thumbs up the post at this time.

En la ciudad no!

i shat my pants

Hope like heck you got a scroll of firewall dropped. Then hope you manage to open the door, cast the spell properly, and close the door before you got yer butt chopped off :D

*Runs all over the map screaming

AHHH! FRESH SHIT IN MY PANTS!

+4cMaiden Haha .. we COOP played this. Always someone getting separated from the group just running around in full panic mode trying to find a safe spot

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

Nice man! I'm glad you enjoyed!

Co-op Diablo at whatever capacity is one of the bro-est times you could have

I played diablo 2 demo why i was five on computer, as one of my first games i have played. Ye i remember i was attracted to it, because to look very cool, i can't even describe. Older graphics looks even more realistically, than today games, for example fear, fear 3 looks like windows painting, to much effects and shit, while textures are trash.

That's nostalgia taking over, graphics are much better now no doubt about it, character models are much higher quality and animations are much better too.

bonk brazool Charming story ☺️

"Ooooeueee" -Farnham the town drunk.