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"
@@Austin_tatious3 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
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.
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.
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 :)
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 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
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
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.
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)
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...
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.
+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 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
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 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.
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."
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
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.
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.
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
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
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. :-)
Nothing sends the mind hurtling backward through time the way music does. It can give a vague nostalgic feeling, or bring you to a specific time and place with precision. This one... oof. Hits me right in the ol' heart.
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...
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
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.
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.
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.
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...
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.
"Big... big cleaver, killing all my friends! Couldn't stop him.. had to run away.. couldn't save them... trapped in a room with so many bodies... So many friends... Nooooo!"
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.
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...
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
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.
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.
Amazing how one sound can be so powerful in your mind. I can close my eyes and see a younger me opening the box to pull out the game, thumbing through the manual, just an amazing memory
Listening to this take me back... 20 years ago I was 5 watching my dad and grandpa play this and diablo 2 on there big ol box pc's lol...life was so simple back then compared to now
"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)
Back then...1997 we hade an internet/gaming cafe with pictures of games painted on every wall and Diablo was our prized painting done by a student from a college nearby. Man this tune brings back so many memories.
Po prostu kocham tą grę. Za dzieciaka specjalnie stałam kilka minut w mieście, żeby posłuchać tej muzyczki. Ta gra razem z Diablo 2 mają niepowtarzalny klimat, którego brakuje mi w Diablo 3. Aż naszła mnie ochota, aby jeszcze raz przejść Diablo 1 i 2 i przypomnieć sobie dzieciństwo...
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 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.
my dad showed me this game when I was like 7, and despite the game being older than I am by nearly 10 years, I can say that this is still nostalgic to me. best memories I’ve ever had with my dad and my sister, we watched him get pissed at the hell levels.
I stayed a while and listened ...
John Ribner ...and you lost 1000 gold trying to “identify” everything in your house.
Underrated af
@Epoch plus5 More so than trolling on UA-cam, I reckon.
@Epoch plus5 Sounds like you're the one who's crying.
@@JPRibner LOL, you owned that dude.
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.
lmao the music use to scare the crap out of me in the catacombs, use to play it muted.
LOL
fugg nuggets the most scarier theme in this game is the dungeon
sixsixrevolver yeah the dungeon music was the reason I played the game with the music muted when I was a kid haha
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"
This is probably the best town theme in any game ever made
Yes, you are absolutely right.
There is literally something happening inside my body, whenever I listen to this!
i dont like diablo series that much as a game but i agree. this one magical
I absolutely disagree. You just feel that way because of nostalgia
@@Austin_tatious3 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
@@Austin_tatious3 Never played a Diablo & don't like this kind of games so 0 nostalgia here, but i just love this OST, incredibly beautiful
"I can't do that here"
"Not in town"
"I don't have a spell ready!"
I can't do that...yet.
+bruh "Can't a fella drink in peace?"
+Chris Yurei hee? you drink water?
+bruh EH wat can i do fer ya?
1. Find yourself a cow.
2. Place yourself behind
3. have some laugh
Ahhhh these were the times xD
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.
Icegod101 so true..so gd true.such blissful times mate
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.
@@rellik187redrum yeah, in 10 years there will be people saying the exact same thing about the games we have today
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.
It feels like the world looks when the sun is about to set
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.
Yeah kind of like the entire united states or even world right now
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.
best atmosphere of all the diablo games, gothic and bloody. hoping for a game in the future that'll take after this.
Dark souls?
It's never happening son
Diablo IV, hopefully?
@@protostar5946 blizzard died in 2008. There will never be Diablo as good game from 1996
@IBZ Lol about that....
Jan of 1997, I picked up this game and became enthralled by its haunting gothic, medieval setting and music. Matt Uleman is a genius.
indeed
So like, when it launched?
@@AemVRWould've been difficult to pick it up before it launched
For me diablo 2 and hexen were the games that caught me into gothic dark fantasy atmosphere
this and fallout, my god what a good year
I stayed awhile, and listened.
+Kurtis C. LMFAO
+Kurtis C. Incredible comment. My only regret is that I have but one like to give.
I did too it's so bliss
After ignoring Cain too much in Diablo 1 and 2, I would feel bad and click one of his dialogue to listen. Lol.
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 :)
definitely one of the best game soundtracks
"The sanctity of this place has been fouled!"
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.
@@LagunaShirogane yeah but the warrior being king leoric's son is a Ret Con lol, so within the game it makes sense
Like a furry convention.
"Your death will be avenged".
Back when holiness was an important matter.
Спасибо тем кто был причастен к созданию этого шедевра, низкий вам поклон
*"WELL, WHAT KEN I DEW FER YA?"*
Whell waht khan i dew 4 yah
10/10 omgwthbbq
"WELL....WHAT CAN I FUCK FOR YE?!"
Who spoke like this? ))
(coz I played the other lang version)
Hagrid?
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.
MrBlue I smashed that mf like button so hard I can’t even
Id get that tatted on me. Lol
The Catacombs.......nice.
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.
This song takes me back to my childhood.
You can't compete with that.
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.
You can't imagine how this game hit hard in 1997! Was the first game which created this class of game I guess.
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
im 14 and I love this game
@@smyle78 it wasn't the first dungeon crawler but it was the one that perfected it 👌
You're making me feel old, kid. I was in Jr High when I first played this. And it was new at the time.
The butcher was by far the scariest boss ever. The butcher gossip pissed my pants.
I was like, 10 when I played this. That guy freaked me the HELL out.
FRESH MEAT!
Ull Britt Hahahaha.. Every time someone says the word "butcher" ... I just have to... "FRESH MEAT". Great inside joke too.
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
King leoric was also a nightmare. Surrounded by a hoard of skeleton..
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.
Compared to today's shovelware.
Gotta love the avatar though 🤣
Medal of honor épico
iconic ♥
Autism cat kills Diablo through technicality when?
woweee
King...
Sempai, wht are you doing in here?
Holy shit didnt expect to see you here, how you doin?
I still remember when this game first came out. It was the music that stood out the most to me about that game. That and the fully voiced NPCs.
Check out Torchlight 1 and 2, by a lot of the same creators of Diablo 1 and 2, same composer too.
Hwarming Oh yeah man. I was all over those games when they came out :)
Hwarming Only Torchlight 1 had Matt Uelmen's music though.
undeny Torchlight 2 was also composed by Uelmen.
Back when Blizzard used to be great.
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)
Every Diablo Game is Good
I liked the silly unicorn level in Diablo 3. It’s just so goofy in a dark setting.
I get you. Forced online use sucks.
@baronbalzac1832 You have to be smoking some bad stuff if you think inmoral and d4 are good.
The best game of Blizzard
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
clearly a work of love by the composer
god bless him!
Check out the Torchlight games. Made by former Diablo devs and has the same composer as D1
greatness cannot be repeated
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...
Nostalgiatastic. I stayed a while and listened.
😂
^:)
Hah, I bought Deckard Cain as announcer in Heroes of the Storm.
Deckard is a legend never to be forgotten! :P To bad they killed him in Diablo III :(
correction....you shtayed a while and lishened.
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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.
This tune is missing the put-put-put-put of the character's footsteps.
+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~
WOW reading this comment made me HEAR the sound in my head. Thanks for that haha!
"I sense a soul in search of answers"
@@imlost19 My first thought is, "Shtay a while, and listen."
@@imlost19 cAnt a fellow drInk in PEACE?
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
"To much baggage!" (Sound of gold being thrown)
Where would I put this?!
I have no room!
I gotta pawn some of this stuff!
You've no idea how much I love this song.
We do :)
"Hello my friend! Stay a while and listen!"
*Stays a while to listen
what ales you my friend?
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 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.
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."
Greetings, good master. Welcome to the Tavern of the Rising Sun.
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
replaying this with devilutionx is good
I definitely feel that way now that I'm somewhat better at the game, but I had the same "barely good enough" feel on my first playthrough.
Stay a while... and listen!
I am!
Stratomacaster "your dead...will be avenge"-the butcher quest
sixsixrevolver aaaaaah fresh meat :)
Celtik64 the spirits of the dead are now avenged! (aidan or the warrior voice)
Stratomacaster What ails you my friend?
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...
+rene kenshin i read that with the voice of the guy laying down and dying.
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.
+Elzo “cookibuster” Galleta i was 6 or 7 when i was playing it.....brrrrrr never finished. Diablo 2 i finished when i was 9 lol
injuriouzz beest you never finished Diablo 1? Last time i remember playing Diablo II, i found it hard to grind experience.
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.
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
@@toribiogubert7729 i actually forgot about that, you are right i guess^^
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
Y'know, no-one's MAKING you read all these reviews, if you really think it's hurting your experience...
@@gendoruwo6322 That's why Souls Games are good.
So. Much. Memories.
They all come flooding back to me. Every time I hear this song.
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.
First time i heard "Fresh meat" I pissed my pants... those were the days to let your imagination run wild
omg this is just great, you are so lucky to have those dreams
Who buys this game for a 6 year old? Didn't the rooms full of blood and impaled bodies tip them off it might not be appropriate? *sigh*
It was my dad's copy.
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. :-)
Nothing sends the mind hurtling backward through time the way music does.
It can give a vague nostalgic feeling, or bring you to a specific time and place with precision.
This one... oof. Hits me right in the ol' heart.
Well said. I had the same feeling bro...
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...
pssst, over here.
Lol!
finds an obsidian ring of the zodiac for sale v:
Oh shit, I'd forgotten about the pegleg kid!
RIP we will honour your memory by killing cows with your leg
FUCK YOU WURT AND YOUR OVERPRICED SHIT!
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
@@GsnKeys Prick 😂
@@GsnKeys I did.
I read this comment like it was the first time I talked to a character in the game
She played Diablo while riding a horse? Dann she’s a badass.
I had the best childhood.. this music brings it all back.. back then I didn't yet know how good it was.
this song is just magnificent!
"guys... Imagine a diablo game... Get this... Without Diablo."
- D4 Blizzard employee
Had to come back here and forget about Diablo Immortals. Just for a few minutes, I'm back to where it all began. Life is good.
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.
@@Fantomas24ARM dont fret too much buddy :,( D4 will come eventually. I just gotta hold on hope they apologize and wont fuck it up.
Just came from the new vessel of hatred live action for a detox. Thanks for reminding me what the theme of Diablo is again.
This soundtrack only is better than EVERYTHING in D2 and D3 combined. Original Diablo is one of the best games ever made.
*****
Indeed. Diablo 2 is better rpg than Diablo, but It's much worse game.
But honestly, D2's soundtrack has pretty much all of this soundtrack and more, so it would be a shame to overlook the D2 soundtrack.
this song is part of me life. It keeps awasome in 2023
I've listened to this like 5000 times!
Spyder Fweek you stayed more than a while!
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.
Да игра замечательная, прорыв в этом жанре. А ты играл в Resident Evil? Там музыка тоже огонь. Разные жанры, но год тот же.
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.
Damn, so much nostalgia hit me. I loved this game so much. This song brings back so many memories, it's almost overwhelming!
My first game :) Epic days and nights.
kiba BG Mine too! It was first Diablo. Soon I added Quake, Starcraft, The Need For Speed and FIFA 98 to my first collection of games.
undeny Yeah me too. UT, StarCraft, Quake 3 .... But Diablo was first. Later they turned both Diablo and Warcraft franchises into shit.
I'm playing diablo 1 for the first time, and when this started to play I got goosebumps all over
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...
Matt Uelmen is one of the greatest composer of our time.
Damn, this was released 20 years ago! What a great game.
BassHeadJazz game is as old as me and I still have my og copy
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.
Arrepia o corpo todo esse som! De quando os jogos eram puros e divinos!
Verdade irmão esse game e Fenomenal, me diverti muito e sou muito fan desse som!!
2022))
годы летят , а настольгия всё та же !
😉
"Big... big cleaver, killing all my friends! Couldn't stop him.. had to run away.. couldn't save them... trapped in a room with so many bodies... So many friends... Nooooo!"
I wish Blizzard would give us a Diablo 1 remake or an HD remastered edition (including the Hellfire expansion)
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.
Now its on gog
Go play Path of Exile. It's free. And effectively a massive, long, deep Diablo 1 successor.
Gog galaxy granted your wish!
Check out the hell 2, a diablo mod by mordor. Its incredible, tons of added stuff and same dark vibe as diablo.
ah fresh meat.
one of the scariest moments in gaming i ever experienced when i opened that door and heard that
not gonna lie, i about shat myself when that sounded off, right before my character got one-shotted.
Now that's the best soundtrack I've heard! I remember this song when I was young.
Matt Uelmen and Eric Brosius (Thief) - two my favourite game composers
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You're welcome.
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...
I need mana
I need mana
I need mana
Impossible
Impossible
Impossible
Not in town
Not in town
Not in town
Very nostalgia =D
Not enough Mana. XD
"Yep. That's a cow alright."
"-Moo".
-I said "moooo"
Hey you that one that kill all, go kill big uglies and I give!
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
D4 launch in 7 hrs. Came back to listen to this master piece.
Wing Lau: Of all the Diablo games that have come out, Diablo 1 is my firm favorite.
Agreed
My first time playing Diablo 1 was just a few weeks ago and I DON'T KNOW HOW but it gives me so much nostalgia, it is magnificent.
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.
Hearing this theme and watching Act Mans video, makes me recall my childhood and all the fun my brothers and I had playing the game.
Diablo as i will always remember it. WTB Blizzard North... :(
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
The 'Cartoonish Vibe' stopped me from even trying it. :(
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.
Incredible music. Even after all these years I'm still listening.
Oh my gosh I feel like I'm 15 again.
I feel like I'm 4 again.
I feel like i'm 2 again.
I feel like I'm -10 again
I feel like I'm -50 again.
Wauw, this quickly turned stupid :D
Amazing how one sound can be so powerful in your mind. I can close my eyes and see a younger me opening the box to pull out the game, thumbing through the manual, just an amazing memory
They need to make games like this more often. This one was really good at letting you know that dark times were ahead.
Listening to this take me back... 20 years ago I was 5 watching my dad and grandpa play this and diablo 2 on there big ol box pc's lol...life was so simple back then compared to now
One of the best song imo in the video game history.
This is something what i will not never get from my memories, masterpiece
So darkly mellifluous. Opaque amber sticky sweet tones drizzling pluvially onto the topography of my cortex
One of the Legends. So epic muzak. Brings me back fond and precious memories.
"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)
"Your deaths will be avenged!!!" - Your Character before descending down into the Cathedral.
This song always brings such joy to my heart. It's one of those tracks that hit deep in your soul and memories.
Still gives me goosebumps, love it
Back then...1997 we hade an internet/gaming cafe with pictures of games painted on every wall and Diablo was our prized painting done by a student from a college nearby. Man this tune brings back so many memories.
One of the greatest themes ever in a game. Long live old school PC gaming.
Po prostu kocham tą grę. Za dzieciaka specjalnie stałam kilka minut w mieście, żeby posłuchać tej muzyczki. Ta gra razem z Diablo 2 mają niepowtarzalny klimat, którego brakuje mi w Diablo 3. Aż naszła mnie ochota, aby jeszcze raz przejść Diablo 1 i 2 i przypomnieć sobie dzieciństwo...
Never played the game, but this song brings tears to my eyes
Can’t stop listen to this . All memories from childhood are coming back ow man how many good hours I spent on this. Hail to Diablo !
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
I guess him being batshit insane is how we get a masterpiece like this lol
I'd be disappointed if he wasn't.
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 : )
Hear this play then "stay a while and listen" ahhh the memories!!!
3:17.. Nostalgic explosion!
Literally thousands of hours there. The music in D1 was and is absolutely amazing.
Stay a while and listen.
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.
my dad showed me this game when I was like 7, and despite the game being older than I am by nearly 10 years, I can say that this is still nostalgic to me. best memories I’ve ever had with my dad and my sister, we watched him get pissed at the hell levels.