Hey Dash, I just wanna let you know that these full stories mean so much to me, I watch them periodically when I feel down..its my comfort zone. Im so thankful you made them. Honestly if you ever need a kidney, let me know..youve given me something of equal value in these 18 or so hours of gold.
Hey man, I really love this! The narration goes so well with the mood of Diablo and puts us in the middle of it! Even with just audio, it’s easy to get immersed with your RP talk! Thanks for your effort in this.
this is the most amizing video, i loved all the short ones. but this entire thing in one setting is excatly what i need! thank you for that smooth radio voice and great descrepitions!
Ah, seeing this again reminds me of what a shame it was that Act IV had to be rushed and was never truly completed. After the previous acts it feels so empty and replete which was such a shame for what was supposed to be the epic final act and downfall if Diablo himself. Luckily Act V gave us a somewhat satisfying ending instead.
Tbh I've played this game for a long time but I haven't gotten deep deep within the lore, only the upper surface. The way you go through this game and point out the details of the environment really enhances the appreciation of the world crafting of this game. One example was the mural of tal rasha and the stone after the fight with Duriel, I can't believe I've never seen that before and again it really enhances the world crafting. This was an amazing watch as you pretty much do this through the entire video. Thanks for your efforts.
Dude the video video you did was super epic on the roleplay you have done to these games. It drove me to watch them all you did a great deal to make such art to these games.
@@DarkLOREDash your so welcome I plan to watch them all and find out if u got more to watch. This is the kinds of things I enjoy watching or listening to
Somehow your voice is soothing enough to make me focus and at the same time not so distracting as to not allow me to study while listening. Keep it up!
Out fucking standing work here, I’m still in awe that you went to talk to those NPCs so frequently. Makes the video worth it just to see what I missed barreling through as a young boy.
Holy shit, I love your channel. I have watched walkthroughs for over a decade here on YT - this is one of the first where the player does the walkthrough while explaining more of the 'lore' and story of the game than the game itself. Really I like this approach more, where you get the jest of where to go, and just do the detailed run yourself. But this is really fun, having your narration plus the lore plus the game-play. Top notch game story video!
"I'm gonna party like it's 999" - Gheed I can't believe I missed that line after so many years and nearly just as many playthroughs. Gheed is the best lol
Great work man, thank you! If there is any chance of also making a remaster version of this video, just by overlaying this audio over the new footage, I'd definitely also watch it. Though it's lot of work I know.
What makes me subscribe/makes this channel stand out? Your vocabulary has range, accuracy and brevity without being douchey. It's a nice balance that I don't think many British UA-camrs maintain. I don't think you've said "brilliant" "chuffed" or used "literally" in places only fit for figurative use. I can hear all of that, two or "free" times in the videos of your peers. I don't mean that offensively, it's just rather obvious to outsiders. Anyway, you check the boxes for a superior commentary channel, kudos sir.
Your videos, and your affect, is much like the story of Diablo itself--you both take yourself exactly as seriously as you need to, but no more. Well done.
This video is amazing 🤩. I found myself in outright laughter when I saw your Gemmed “Ancient’s Pledge”!! I’ve definitely done that before too. Can’t wait for your Diablo 4 Lore!!
This is about as long as an audio book. I love the fact this is was basically just a roleplay throughout the game. It's a nice change of pace compared to videos this long that's only essays
This is a pretty incredible piece of storytelling and creative work. You take the natural guidance of the game's plot and visuals and bring it to life with rich narration that never gets tiresome to listen to. You add grounding sensory details like smells and you draw nuances from the very scenery and doodads, a lot of which details I never noticed before despite playing this game for many years. You take stock of the monsters in the area which is great for listening to the video while doing other manual tasks - I can follow along the action and know what you're fighting without needing to see it. You introduce the characters' dialogue with narrative grace that manages not to be repetitive - no easy task! And you have such consistently top-notch wordplay! Your alliterations are actually always amazing. The previous video series of Diablo 1 was just as good. I haven't finished this one yet but I'm excited to keep watching and then get to the one for Diabo 3. Great lore refresher to dive right into Diablo 4 this coming Tuesday. Thank you so much for making this and WELL DONE! Truly an epic and magnificent work of storytelling.
Mr Scott. Thank you for this comment. I am halfway through act 1 of D4 questioning if I am even telling the story correctly. So, your words of encouragement are much appreciated!
It is my third time watching through this epic lore video, after decades of playing that i have come off with two questions about the lore, that have been unanswered, or at least not readily apparent. 1) Did Diablo pass through the pandemonium fortress when he too walked through that same portal from kurast? And 2) when Marius hands Baal, who he thinks is Tyreal at that point, the soul stone, he specifically offers it. I wonder if the soul stone cannot be take unless offered or otherwise its owner slain. He was given the same stone in a similar manner, with Tal Raja/Baal begging him to take the stone to free him. Does the soul stone have a binding magic that prevents Baal from simply killing Marius and taking the stone? He is the lord of destruction, and i dont quite belive that Baal would sit and listen to Marius's tale unless it was beneficial to him. I could believe it of Diablo himself, being the lord of terror he would particularly revel in the reveal of who marius just entrusted the stone to, and Baal does also enjoy the moment, just listen to the dark joy in his voice. and while i wont pretend to understand the contemplations of a demon, i do find it strange now, that he didn't just slay him and reclaim it. An object he was so familiar with surely he could sense, so i dont thikknhe was waiting for confirmation of where the stone was.
6:09:22 Just so hilarious all of a sudden :D. A 4-socket shield for the ancient what :D? Good luck Buddy with your runeword building. Such great storytelling btw!!
Yea, when I saw the item I was like, didn't Ral-Ort-Tal give some more than that? And I pause the video, wondering if there's a bug or something, and then I see the fourth socket. It was hilarious.
ROTFLMAO that Deckard Cain rap song was the cherry on top of an already awesome play through of this game!!! Tyvm for the effort u put into making this video 👍👍👍👍👍
i'm a new subscriber to this channel and i have to say, you are an excellent roleplayer sir, and your descriptive vocabulary is so engaging, thank you for your time and effort you put into these videos.
I played the original diablo and diablo 2 when they first came out and I still get goosebumps with some of blizzards cutscenes. The games are great, but the cutscenes make them epic!
"The book can be found in the Stony Field on a stone pedestal and it reads * *kill a mob with a funny bang* *- And so it came to pass.." i loved that 😂
Just realized - The Wanderer, thinking he was still seeking to save his brother by traveling to the East, was tricked by Diablo into thinking Baal was Albrecht. 😢
Ok so i gotta ask. Why does Heaven, the supposed “good guys”, not wanna help humanity? They think its better for evil to overtake humanity? They think Diablo WONT come for Heaven eventually? This makes no sense to me tbh.
The creator has both a RIDICULOUS amount of free time on his hands, as well as MIND-BOGGLING patience and determination to make a video like this. Holy mother of god. Damn.
The videos here came from the game... I don't think there's any effort at all. .. Haven't you played Diablo 2? You really think that the channel owner made all these videos?
So I dove into this thinking "no way I'll sit through nearly 7 hours of this..." but after a few minutes in, with the flavor and context you add for everything i was hooked. Thank you so much for putting this together, this was great!!!
@@DarkLOREDash would you consider remaking this with D2 Resurrection, a sort of.... resurrection... of this original masterpiece? Perhaps you could play it on nightmare mode as a progression of this char... or starting anew with a different char... maybe a druid or barb? Perhaps include some transitions between the new and legacy mode a la Kano's speedruns? Watching you play and narrate without the map overlay is the experience most of us miss while we play... D2R would be that graphical value added
@@DarkLOREDash 2 years late, but as someone who grew up with these games I’m immensely grateful. I work 12-14 hours in a warehouse mon thru fri with some mandatory overtime so these videos help me get through the day. These are a godsend.
I thought it was pretty crazy, like you did try so hard to protect the town but it was inevitable that the influence of Diablo would corrupt anyone that dared to challenge the demon himself. Made you feel bad for the village people.
Yeah i really respected it back in the day, that when you encountered evil, it made destroying you personal, and hunted and haunted and tainted you. If you managed to survive, whatever was left remaining of your life was still completely ruined.
The VA is good BECAUSE it's 20 years old lol find someone that could do Marius' read today lol gonna be a tough search (aside from a top dollar pro like Patrick Stewart, that's cheating lol)
Wow I had no idea there was so much additional dialog for returning early. Diablo II has some of the greatest voice acting and sound design of all time, and your narration was an enjoyable addition.
@J IMAKREWITATL it is a conservative estimate xD could be thousands as well, that's still at least 100. I have no clue how many times I myself finished it, but I know every line, every song. *Stay a while and listen. Fear me! Looking for Baal? Not even death can save you from me!* *Your soul shall fuel the hellforge! My brothers have escaped you! Rakanishu, Colenzo!* Played D3 a lot as well, it doesn't come close to D2. It just looks better...
This is great. Anyone who didnt play this game through a hundred times can get some of the experience, and those of us who grew up with it, get a solid dose of reminiscence
i played thjorugh this a hundrd timne and I still get tons of worth out of it, ti helps me relive the good old childhood days. :3 Ive mostly been listening while laying on my couch trying to get to sleep, and rewinding to the last part I remember before sleeping and its amazing how much I still know about this game. (ive juit finished act2 though, so act3 and especially 4 im less knowledgable i think 😀)
I completed every Diablo game numerous times, but when I'm in "gaming mode" I often miss a lot of the lore and dialogue, since I focus on combat, building my character, managing inventory and so on. And now that D4 is out, all these complete story videos by Dash are a perfect way to refresh my knowledge of the lore. I listen to them like a podcast at work, I watch them at night before bed, and even listen to them in the background when I'm grinding dungeons in D4.
I cannot express how awesome this video is. I played Diablo 2 blind, almost no English knowledge. Definitely not enough to understand the story. I never realized how many interesting details I missed because of that. What amazing work!
No matter how good technology gets theres no replacing art and the level of details put into it.. sure todays cartoons look good and are fast to make but the first disney movies for example has the most satisfying backgrounds and characters. blizzard has always produced insanely good cinematics though
With the release of Diablo 4, i love these videos more than ever. To be able to reminisce about the ambiance of the older games, and get a refresher on some of the lore that started it all is truly amazing. You did such good work with these. I cant express how grateful I am for these videos my dude, they are an absolute treasure.
@@farmsalot1233 Blizzard has always had a high standard whenever they made cutscenes/music/etc its just a shame that the gameplay havent always been able to keep up in the modernday now
When I first walked into the ruins of Tristram I was saddened. Then my sadness turned into rage and my swarm overran the demons (Necromancer). It genuinely hurt to have to kill Griswold.
See, I played Diablo 2 before I ever played the first game so I only vaguely knew anything about the lore and the state of Tristram didn't hit that hard. But I can understand how it would feel seeing npcs you grew attached to brutally slaughtered.
@@etinarcadiaego7424 I made sure to play them in order, I didn’t start playing Diablo until last year and I bought the first one then the old D2. It wasn’t until recently that both D2R and D3 were bundled together at a cheap price so I decided to buy it and replay through D2 with D2R and then I’m going to play D3 hopefully before D4 comes out so I can enjoy it on release. Diablo is such a sick series of games, glad I decided to see what the originals had to offer.
Over six hours of video! How taxing was this on you from start to finish? Do you have plans to do a playthrough in this style for D1 or D3 if you get a chance?
How many of the chats change based on character class? Im assuming just a few, like when talking to someone for the first time ("a necromancer?! I havent seen your kind around here..." blah blah blah")
@SkyKid002 I believe for the base game classes (Amazon, Necromancer, Barbarian, Paladin, and Sorceress), there is one person in each of Acts I, II, III, and V who comments on your class. The expansion classes (Assassin and Druid) only get commented about by one person each in Act V. Thing is, my favorite classes to play are the expansion classes, so I was a bit disappointed when they didn't have more class specific dialogue, especially with the Assassin, since Natalya in Act III is also one of the mage slayers herself.
I remember the days when I actually rented Diablo II from a nearby village VHS shop over weekends and playing as much as I could for two days of my rental... This game has always gave me thrills and a special feeling of love and anticipation in my belly while I was playing it. There's nothing like it, such good memories ! Playing Diablo II during cold winter days, around Christmas...
WOW a VHS shop that rented out PC games?!? How did they do that when this game had a key code that limited people from sharing 1 copy and Battle.net monitored??
@@kevinabke8 the cd key can be used over and over again it just only allows one person to be online with a specific cd key at a time. Therefore single player but no online play.
@@sebastianpoto hell yeah single player solo grind, what's a meta? There was only one internet connection, that was inn my brother's room, no Wi-Fi. Hahaha xD
Oh wow. Within the first 30 minutes I've learned so much about this game. Like, that Blood Raven is the rogue you play in D1 - I mean it's painfully obvious if you pay attention, but for somebody like me, who played D1 as a kid on a Playstation with my brother, way to young to understand what was going on, it's a true revelation.
I love the way you've made these Diablo story videos. The way you tell it reminds me of Dilios in the movie 300, and how he tells the heroic story of Leonidas and his soldiers fighting against Xerxes and the Persian Empire. Good job sir, good job indeed!
I listened to the whole thing. Simply amazing. Your descriptions are amazing and you're such a good storyteller. Your voice is nice and smooth. Your inflections convey the intense moments and the emotions that are happening at the time. Theres less audio dialog but I'd love to see you do this with grim dawn.
I actually never knew about all the mid-quest dialog. These characters have way more personality than I ever would have thought. Thank you for the RP commentary, its super charming.
That is legit one of the most entertaining video I've seen in a long while, I've basically had it play on repeat in the background for a week while playing the game myself.
I'm so happy you took the time and effort to make this absolute beast of a video. My brother and I never finished Diablo II so it was nice to see how it all ended.
This is simply amazing i have no clue how much time was spent but I will always have this saved and ready for friends to watch. Single best story of D2. In a class of its own. Blizzard should hire you tomorrow!!! Best ever. THANK YOU! Ending was perfect as well end in humor! Love it! Made my day, weekend, week, month. Top knotch. Subbed and heavily followed now. You have a gift
This is perhaps the ONLY walkthrough I have watched that has commentary. Props to you, bro. You weren't annoying, you didn't overlap with the characters' voice, and gave a great explanation about the story. I've played Diablo 2 dozens of times, but I still felt like playing the game for the first time while watching your gameplay/lore reading. Great job, and thanks a lot for your efforts.
What do you do on a rainy Sunday? Watch a 6 hour movie about Diablo II. This was one of the best videos I’ve watched about this game. Hands down. Congratulations to the creator!
Alright Deckard, I'll finally stay awhile and listen.
Wow this is the best comment of 2021.
Such a good story, never appreciated it fully because of the online gaming aspect of it to rush, MF, get rich and PvP..
Yeah. This video is longer than a complete run of the game.
Same
@@RandoLePerson I did it to honor his death.
Hey Dash, I just wanna let you know that these full stories mean so much to me, I watch them periodically when I feel down..its my comfort zone. Im so thankful you made them. Honestly if you ever need a kidney, let me know..youve given me something of equal value in these 18 or so hours of gold.
@@whitewall5977 xD yeah
@@whitewall5977 look ma, i've been watching video essays with buzzwords i can misapply.
I give you the highest honor I can give any UA-cam content creator. This is what I watch when I'm eating.
Hey man, I really love this! The narration goes so well with the mood of Diablo and puts us in the middle of it! Even with just audio, it’s easy to get immersed with your RP talk! Thanks for your effort in this.
this is the most amizing video, i loved all the short ones. but this entire thing in one setting is excatly what i need! thank you for that smooth radio voice and great descrepitions!
Ah, seeing this again reminds me of what a shame it was that Act IV had to be rushed and was never truly completed. After the previous acts it feels so empty and replete which was such a shame for what was supposed to be the epic final act and downfall if Diablo himself.
Luckily Act V gave us a somewhat satisfying ending instead.
Tbh I've played this game for a long time but I haven't gotten deep deep within the lore, only the upper surface. The way you go through this game and point out the details of the environment really enhances the appreciation of the world crafting of this game. One example was the mural of tal rasha and the stone after the fight with Duriel, I can't believe I've never seen that before and again it really enhances the world crafting. This was an amazing watch as you pretty much do this through the entire video. Thanks for your efforts.
Thank you for not breaking this up into dozens of videos like all the other channels would have
Dude the video video you did was super epic on the roleplay you have done to these games. It drove me to watch them all you did a great deal to make such art to these games.
Thank you so much!!
@@DarkLOREDash your so welcome I plan to watch them all and find out if u got more to watch. This is the kinds of things I enjoy watching or listening to
Somehow your voice is soothing enough to make me focus and at the same time not so distracting as to not allow me to study while listening. Keep it up!
I love your attention to detail on your videos. Brings me back to my childhood!
These extra-long plays are awesome! I love it! Thanks!
_I was there Gandalf, I was there 3000 years ago_ 😄
Great video mate, we can see you put love in it 😊
Thank you, sir!
Out fucking standing work here, I’m still in awe that you went to talk to those NPCs so frequently. Makes the video worth it just to see what I missed barreling through as a young boy.
I stayed for quite a while and listened. What an amazing video 🙌
The music for this game always hits, the expansion music and the cinematics music especially, for me at least. 😎 I thoroughly enjoy all of it, though.
Holy shit, I love your channel. I have watched walkthroughs for over a decade here on YT - this is one of the first where the player does the walkthrough while explaining more of the 'lore' and story of the game than the game itself. Really I like this approach more, where you get the jest of where to go, and just do the detailed run yourself. But this is really fun, having your narration plus the lore plus the game-play. Top notch game story video!
I've played through this game times beyond count, but with your commentary, its like a whole new game all over again. Love love love it.
"I'm gonna party like it's 999" - Gheed
I can't believe I missed that line after so many years and nearly just as many playthroughs. Gheed is the best lol
Excellent! The best D2 video I seen! You are really good commentating.
Thank you!! Such a huge compliment
Finding wirt dead always broke my heart, he was a sleaze bag of a vendor. But he always put a smile on his face when i asked him for quest advice.
Great work man, thank you! If there is any chance of also making a remaster version of this video, just by overlaying this audio over the new footage, I'd definitely also watch it. Though it's lot of work I know.
Good lawd, thank you for the effort this video would have taken! It's brilliant!
What makes me subscribe/makes this channel stand out? Your vocabulary has range, accuracy and brevity without being douchey. It's a nice balance that I don't think many British UA-camrs maintain. I don't think you've said "brilliant" "chuffed" or used "literally" in places only fit for figurative use. I can hear all of that, two or "free" times in the videos of your peers. I don't mean that offensively, it's just rather obvious to outsiders. Anyway, you check the boxes for a superior commentary channel, kudos sir.
Thanks for the great video.. enjoyed it!!!
My pleasure
Awesome narration! Currently playing, and this is nice to have on in the background!
Your videos, and your affect, is much like the story of Diablo itself--you both take yourself exactly as seriously as you need to, but no more. Well done.
Commented on the Diablo story so now that I'm on Diablo 2... I must pay my respects to you fine sir. Thanks for taking the time to do this.
This video is amazing 🤩. I found myself in outright laughter when I saw your Gemmed “Ancient’s Pledge”!! I’ve definitely done that before too. Can’t wait for your Diablo 4 Lore!!
This is about as long as an audio book. I love the fact this is was basically just a roleplay throughout the game. It's a nice change of pace compared to videos this long that's only essays
I love your videos. Thank you for continuing the great work.
This is a pretty incredible piece of storytelling and creative work. You take the natural guidance of the game's plot and visuals and bring it to life with rich narration that never gets tiresome to listen to. You add grounding sensory details like smells and you draw nuances from the very scenery and doodads, a lot of which details I never noticed before despite playing this game for many years. You take stock of the monsters in the area which is great for listening to the video while doing other manual tasks - I can follow along the action and know what you're fighting without needing to see it. You introduce the characters' dialogue with narrative grace that manages not to be repetitive - no easy task! And you have such consistently top-notch wordplay! Your alliterations are actually always amazing.
The previous video series of Diablo 1 was just as good. I haven't finished this one yet but I'm excited to keep watching and then get to the one for Diabo 3. Great lore refresher to dive right into Diablo 4 this coming Tuesday.
Thank you so much for making this and WELL DONE! Truly an epic and magnificent work of storytelling.
Mr Scott. Thank you for this comment. I am halfway through act 1 of D4 questioning if I am even telling the story correctly. So, your words of encouragement are much appreciated!
It is my third time watching through this epic lore video, after decades of playing that i have come off with two questions about the lore, that have been unanswered, or at least not readily apparent.
1) Did Diablo pass through the pandemonium fortress when he too walked through that same portal from kurast?
And 2) when Marius hands Baal, who he thinks is Tyreal at that point, the soul stone, he specifically offers it. I wonder if the soul stone cannot be take unless offered or otherwise its owner slain. He was given the same stone in a similar manner, with Tal Raja/Baal begging him to take the stone to free him. Does the soul stone have a binding magic that prevents Baal from simply killing Marius and taking the stone? He is the lord of destruction, and i dont quite belive that Baal would sit and listen to Marius's tale unless it was beneficial to him. I could believe it of Diablo himself, being the lord of terror he would particularly revel in the reveal of who marius just entrusted the stone to, and Baal does also enjoy the moment, just listen to the dark joy in his voice. and while i wont pretend to understand the contemplations of a demon, i do find it strange now, that he didn't just slay him and reclaim it. An object he was so familiar with surely he could sense, so i dont thikknhe was waiting for confirmation of where the stone was.
The ending was the perfect icing on a tasty cake. I've never heard the Cain rap before 😅
Very impressive work. Gives me something to watch and enjoy for the next couple of days until the release of Resurrected.
Ok, where does the Cain rap come from? I've known about the cow level since forever, but I never knew I needed this literal hip hop gem.
Respect my boi Scorch, he's a little confused but he's got the spirit!
Great job bro, greetings from 🇧🇷!
Would absolutely LOVE a redone video of this in Resurrected, A lot of work I know
Awesome video either way!
6:09:22 Just so hilarious all of a sudden :D. A 4-socket shield for the ancient what :D? Good luck Buddy with your runeword building. Such great storytelling btw!!
Yea, when I saw the item I was like, didn't Ral-Ort-Tal give some more than that? And I pause the video, wondering if there's a bug or something, and then I see the fourth socket. It was hilarious.
Yo man, these videos are just great. Love your narration!
These videos are awesome, thanks!
My pleasure
Bravo! 👏👏👏 That was fucking legendary. A perfect blend of humour and your own nuanced storytelling. Exceptional work. 😊
In really late, but I'm recognising those Minsc quotes you're peppering into the narration every now and then :P
Oh, and Bastila's in there as well!
I will watch and rewatch this for years
That Ral Ort Tal runeword FAIL before Baal fight had me in stiches :D
ROTFLMAO that Deckard Cain rap song was the cherry on top of an already awesome play through of this game!!! Tyvm for the effort u put into making this video 👍👍👍👍👍
Thanks mate, my pleasure!
i'm a new subscriber to this channel and i have to say, you are an excellent roleplayer sir, and your descriptive vocabulary is so engaging, thank you for your time and effort you put into these videos.
I played the original diablo and diablo 2 when they first came out and I still get goosebumps with some of blizzards cutscenes. The games are great, but the cutscenes make them epic!
Great work, good brother. Sending you lots of love in behalf of all diablo fans.
Both you and the game itself love using alliteration and I'm all here for it!
Can't wait for The FULL Story of Diablo 3
"The book can be found in the Stony Field on a stone pedestal and it reads * *kill a mob with a funny bang* *- And so it came to pass.." i loved that 😂
It's fascinating that we erase Maphisto in 2, but he's alive and well in 4.
jaysus. 6 hour video of diablo lore and here i thought the story was that simple
You made me realize that I've called him Gaheed all my life instead of Gheed.
Just realized - The Wanderer, thinking he was still seeking to save his brother by traveling to the East, was tricked by Diablo into thinking Baal was Albrecht. 😢
Woah, as a new player to d2 I didnt think of this
I can't believe we went from this masterpiece to "You have cellphones, don't you?"
Well made brother 💜
Thanks mate!
I love you for making this.
Thank you. Now, whenever I'm going to do something I will be reminded of "What does Gheed think about this?".
In the remaster they added in Farnums Wine jug so you know its him that died.
Watching the intro at my friends house sold this game to me. And the cows! the cows...
This guy did a pretty good hard work. Thank you
Ok so i gotta ask. Why does Heaven, the supposed “good guys”, not wanna help humanity? They think its better for evil to overtake humanity? They think Diablo WONT come for Heaven eventually? This makes no sense to me tbh.
This was amazing. Thank you
The Cow Level! I remember that (Wurt's Leg + Identify to access, IIRC)!
I appreciate the time and detail that went in to making this. Thanks Dash.
My pleasure
Apologies on the re upload. as promised this is a fixed version or Patch 1.1 removing any conversation errors in Act 3. Enjoy!
No worries.
Thank you so much for the improvement.
✅✅✅✅✅✅✅
I appreciate u
You’re so awesome dude. Thank you so much for your work.
Damn. I don't think many people realize the amount of effort creating this video. Damn.
For real.... but "baby" still has more hits... sad life :(
This is first thing what I think about when I saw the lenght of the video ^^
The creator has both a RIDICULOUS amount of free time on his hands, as well as MIND-BOGGLING patience and determination to make a video like this. Holy mother of god. Damn.
Wow almost 7 hrs 👍
The videos here came from the game... I don't think there's any effort at all. .. Haven't you played Diablo 2? You really think that the channel owner made all these videos?
Handy Chapter Timestamps:
0:00 Act I: The Sightless Eye Opening Cinematic
07:23 Introduction to The Rogue Encampment
09:25 Act 1 - 1 Den of Evil
19:31 Act 1 - 2 Sisters Burial Ground
29:11 Act 1 - 3 Search for Cain
48:18 Act 1 - 4 The Forgotten Tower
59:24 Act 1 - 5 Tools of the Trade
1:08:32 Act 1 - 6 Sisters to the Slaughter
1:21:58 Act II: Secret of the Vizjerei Intro Cinematic
1:25:09 Act 2 - 1 Radament's Lair
1:44:25 Act 2 - 2 The Horadric Staff
2:06:16 Act 2 - 4 /5 The Arcane Sanctuary & Summoner
2:28:50 Act 2 - 5 The Seven Tombs
2:47:22 Act III: The Infernal Gate Cinematic
2:51:38 Act 3 - 1 The Golden Bird
3:05:47 Act 3 - 2 Blade of the Old Religion
3:17:17 Act 3 - 4 Lam Essens Tome
3:27:41 Act 3 - 5 The Blackened Temple
3:39:59 Act 3 - 3 Khalim's Will
3:49:48 Act 3 - 6 The Guardian
4:10:17 Act IV: The Harrowing Intro Cinematic
4:13:31 Act 4 - 1 Fallen Angel
4:27:26 Act 4 - 2 Hell's Forge
4:34:25 Act 4 -3 Terror's End
4:47:53 Act IV: Epilogue Cinematic
4:50:54 Act V: Lord Of Destruction Intro
4:54:53 Act 5 - 1 Siege on Harrogath
5:10:30 Act 5 - 2 Rescue on Mount Arreat
5:23:15 Act 5 - 3 Prison of Ice
5:41:10 Act 5 - 4 Betrayal of Harrogath
5:55:15 Act 5 - 5 Rite of Passage
6:06:32 Act 5 - 6 Eve of Destruction
6:30:33 Act V - Destruction's End Cinematic
6:32:26 ???MOO???
6:33:08 Cain Epic Rap & Credits
Thank you so much. Your dedication to your craft is absolutely outstanding. ❤️
So I dove into this thinking "no way I'll sit through nearly 7 hours of this..." but after a few minutes in, with the flavor and context you add for everything i was hooked. Thank you so much for putting this together, this was great!!!
Too kind, was a labour of love. Thank you!
@@DarkLOREDash would you consider remaking this with D2 Resurrection, a sort of.... resurrection... of this original masterpiece? Perhaps you could play it on nightmare mode as a progression of this char... or starting anew with a different char... maybe a druid or barb?
Perhaps include some transitions between the new and legacy mode a la Kano's speedruns?
Watching you play and narrate without the map overlay is the experience most of us miss while we play... D2R would be that graphical value added
@@DarkLOREDash 2 years late, but as someone who grew up with these games I’m immensely grateful. I work 12-14 hours in a warehouse mon thru fri with some mandatory overtime so these videos help me get through the day. These are a godsend.
Lol I thought the same but I'm almost half way through. I just hope there is a continuation of the LOD expansion.
I'm glad you included the canon ending of dying to a herd of halberd wielding cows. So many people miss that part!
@Kikka moo...Moo... MOOOO!!! 🔪💀
There is no cow level
@Kikka There are greater terrors in the world than just demons I'm afraid.
Cows rock!!
@Kikka_CZ yes. Diablo 3 writing at its best.
Who else was mad to see that the town you literally spent an entire game trying to save just to get eradicated as a plot device?
I thought it was pretty crazy, like you did try so hard to protect the town but it was inevitable that the influence of Diablo would corrupt anyone that dared to challenge the demon himself. Made you feel bad for the village people.
That goes to show you just how terrible and scary the demons are from Diablo
I'm madder to see your shit grammar
Yeah i really respected it back in the day, that when you encountered evil, it made destroying you personal, and hunted and haunted and tainted you. If you managed to survive, whatever was left remaining of your life was still completely ruined.
Not really. If you played D1 you weren't surprised. Also, y'know, the intro to D2.
The voice acting is so good, insane that it's over 20 years old
I think the sounds sold this game
Sc1 had amazing sound and VA as well. And it was better than sc2's by a mile.
The VA is good BECAUSE it's 20 years old lol find someone that could do Marius' read today lol gonna be a tough search (aside from a top dollar pro like Patrick Stewart, that's cheating lol)
Back when Blizzard took a lot of pride in their work
Even D1 voice acting was great. Blizzard was such an amazing company back then... you know when they had talent.
I love how all the barbarians have American accents like the mountain was in Colorado or something lo
Boulder, CO is actually built into the Arreat crater.
I mean, most of the characters have US english accents. Baal is one of the few with a british english accent.
If it was Colorado, them barbarians would have been growing dank.
Coloradiablo
I want a barbarian with a west Virginian accent singing country roads while he smashes everyone with a guitar in place of an axe banjo kazooie style
Wow I had no idea there was so much additional dialog for returning early.
Diablo II has some of the greatest voice acting and sound design of all time, and your narration was an enjoyable addition.
Thank you! Neither did I honestly. I used to blitz thru the game, when I learned I decided I'd make a playthru as the devs designed it
2:34 yeah awesome voice acting lmao
Yeah, this is kinda fun.
@@hittman1412 The actor was method acting, he had to phone in his line because the character was phoning in his job
@@followingtheroe1952 Something that most people do today because they hate their jobs?
I have finished every songle quest in D2 at least 100 times, yet still listening to them with your narration gives an original taste.
Thats a huge compliment! Thank you!!
Songle?
@J IMAKREWITATL it is a conservative estimate xD
could be thousands as well, that's still at least 100.
I have no clue how many times I myself finished it, but I know every line, every song.
*Stay a while and listen. Fear me! Looking for Baal? Not even death can save you from me!*
*Your soul shall fuel the hellforge! My brothers have escaped you! Rakanishu, Colenzo!*
Played D3 a lot as well, it doesn't come close to D2. It just looks better...
I never even bothered to talk to npcs didnt realise there was so much dialogue :D
@@DrKuryakin play it again
This is great. Anyone who didnt play this game through a hundred times can get some of the experience, and those of us who grew up with it, get a solid dose of reminiscence
Thank you!
@@DarkLOREDash the only bad thing is you picked the pitiable paladin instead of the venerable necromancer as your avatar!
i played thjorugh this a hundrd timne and I still get tons of worth out of it, ti helps me relive the good old childhood days. :3
Ive mostly been listening while laying on my couch trying to get to sleep, and rewinding to the last part I remember before sleeping and its amazing how much I still know about this game. (ive juit finished act2 though, so act3 and especially 4 im less knowledgable i think 😀)
I completed every Diablo game numerous times, but when I'm in "gaming mode" I often miss a lot of the lore and dialogue, since I focus on combat, building my character, managing inventory and so on. And now that D4 is out, all these complete story videos by Dash are a perfect way to refresh my knowledge of the lore. I listen to them like a podcast at work, I watch them at night before bed, and even listen to them in the background when I'm grinding dungeons in D4.
I cannot express how awesome this video is. I played Diablo 2 blind, almost no English knowledge. Definitely not enough to understand the story. I never realized how many interesting details I missed because of that. What amazing work!
This legit made me sad. I fn love how basic and yet amazing this game was. The quest log, the character screen. Ugh.
It's amazing how well the cutscenes hold up - even though most phones games have better graphics than these *pre-rendered* cutscenes
Its been remastered and coming soonish to pc & consoles near you!! And the studio doing it is really, really good..
It’s remastery gives me hope
The slight voice over of your guy, and the whole voice acting is great in d2
No matter how good technology gets theres no replacing art and the level of details put into it.. sure todays cartoons look good and are fast to make but the first disney movies for example has the most satisfying backgrounds and characters. blizzard has always produced insanely good cinematics though
With the release of Diablo 4, i love these videos more than ever. To be able to reminisce about the ambiance of the older games, and get a refresher on some of the lore that started it all is truly amazing. You did such good work with these. I cant express how grateful I am for these videos my dude, they are an absolute treasure.
My man you’re awesome. Love the story. Following your narration for a while, now its all together. Thanks for bringing D2 back to me
Thank you for this. I’m a huge Diablo fan and this has been keeping me from losing my mind while being stuck at home with Corona.
This is why I do what I do!
@@farmsalot1233 Blizzard has always had a high standard whenever they made cutscenes/music/etc its just a shame that the gameplay havent always been able to keep up in the modernday now
@@henfelsen4884 Then theres reforged...
When I first walked into the ruins of Tristram I was saddened. Then my sadness turned into rage and my swarm overran the demons (Necromancer). It genuinely hurt to have to kill Griswold.
See, I played Diablo 2 before I ever played the first game so I only vaguely knew anything about the lore and the state of Tristram didn't hit that hard. But I can understand how it would feel seeing npcs you grew attached to brutally slaughtered.
@@etinarcadiaego7424 And slaughtering the NPC who's shell of his former self.
@@etinarcadiaego7424 I made sure to play them in order, I didn’t start playing Diablo until last year and I bought the first one then the old D2. It wasn’t until recently that both D2R and D3 were bundled together at a cheap price so I decided to buy it and replay through D2 with D2R and then I’m going to play D3 hopefully before D4 comes out so I can enjoy it on release. Diablo is such a sick series of games, glad I decided to see what the originals had to offer.
At least you didn’t have to kill Wirt or the others.
Over six hours of video!
How taxing was this on you from start to finish? Do you have plans to do a playthrough in this style for D1 or D3 if you get a chance?
Hey, sorry I didn't get to this. I did it in chunks or I'd keel over 🤣
@@DarkLOREDash please do it for the full series ❤️
How many of the chats change based on character class? Im assuming just a few, like when talking to someone for the first time ("a necromancer?! I havent seen your kind around here..." blah blah blah")
@SkyKid002 I believe for the base game classes (Amazon, Necromancer, Barbarian, Paladin, and Sorceress), there is one person in each of Acts I, II, III, and V who comments on your class. The expansion classes (Assassin and Druid) only get commented about by one person each in Act V. Thing is, my favorite classes to play are the expansion classes, so I was a bit disappointed when they didn't have more class specific dialogue, especially with the Assassin, since Natalya in Act III is also one of the mage slayers herself.
I remember the days when I actually rented Diablo II from a nearby village VHS shop over weekends and playing as much as I could for two days of my rental... This game has always gave me thrills and a special feeling of love and anticipation in my belly while I was playing it. There's nothing like it, such good memories ! Playing Diablo II during cold winter days, around Christmas...
Best memories
WOW a VHS shop that rented out PC games?!? How did they do that when this game had a key code that limited people from sharing 1 copy and Battle.net monitored??
@@kevinabke8 the cd key can be used over and over again it just only allows one person to be online with a specific cd key at a time. Therefore single player but no online play.
@@sebastianpoto hell yeah single player solo grind, what's a meta? There was only one internet connection, that was inn my brother's room, no Wi-Fi. Hahaha xD
Rented? What? Lol
Oh wow. Within the first 30 minutes I've learned so much about this game. Like, that Blood Raven is the rogue you play in D1 - I mean it's painfully obvious if you pay attention, but for somebody like me, who played D1 as a kid on a Playstation with my brother, way to young to understand what was going on, it's a true revelation.
You'll love Horazons Sanctum in act 2 then
@@DarkLOREDash Oh damn! Yes indeed. Thanks a lot for the quality content.
I recently played Diablo ps1 version on a tablet with an emulator, its difficult at higher levels but it actually played nice
I love the way you've made these Diablo story videos. The way you tell it reminds me of Dilios in the movie 300, and how he tells the heroic story of Leonidas and his soldiers fighting against Xerxes and the Persian Empire. Good job sir, good job indeed!
"I see you've lost an eye, Dilios!"
"Luckily, the Gods saw fit to give me a spare!"
Loved that character. Pure badass, amazing voice.
I listened to the whole thing. Simply amazing. Your descriptions are amazing and you're such a good storyteller.
Your voice is nice and smooth. Your inflections convey the intense moments and the emotions that are happening at the time.
Theres less audio dialog but I'd love to see you do this with grim dawn.
Aw thank you so much! Very kind 😁
Absolutely awesome storytelling! Thank you for your hard effort that must have gone into this!
Thank you mate, was my pleasure!
I actually never knew about all the mid-quest dialog. These characters have way more personality than I ever would have thought. Thank you for the RP commentary, its super charming.
most of those dialogs are quite useless tho
@@AshbringerRellston but it adds insane amount of depth to the game
@@coreyh6698 cringe
That is legit one of the most entertaining video I've seen in a long while, I've basically had it play on repeat in the background for a week while playing the game myself.
Wow, huge compliment, thank you!
When he failed to make Ancient's pledge, I lost it haha
4 socket shield for a 3 socket rune word, poor lad
You should have seen my subsequent scramble in hero editor to try cover it up 😂
I came to the comments just to see if anyone else noticed this haha :)
That was exactly what I was trying to figure out xD
I'm so happy you took the time and effort to make this absolute beast of a video. My brother and I never finished Diablo II so it was nice to see how it all ended.
BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO how couldn't you finish it!?
Wtf lol I only played Diablo to duel and make noobs rage.
@@julee5071 who asked
@@je425 noobs who never finished the game
This is simply amazing i have no clue how much time was spent but I will always have this saved and ready for friends to watch. Single best story of D2. In a class of its own. Blizzard should hire you tomorrow!!! Best ever. THANK YOU! Ending was perfect as well end in humor! Love it! Made my day, weekend, week, month. Top knotch. Subbed and heavily followed now. You have a gift
You do me too kind 😍
This is perhaps the ONLY walkthrough I have watched that has commentary. Props to you, bro. You weren't annoying, you didn't overlap with the characters' voice, and gave a great explanation about the story. I've played Diablo 2 dozens of times, but I still felt like playing the game for the first time while watching your gameplay/lore reading. Great job, and thanks a lot for your efforts.
And he doesn’t fucking scream his head off which a shit ton of people do . I hate it and makes me not want to watch their videos
Mad respect for this reupload due to you wanting it to be no less than what you intended. Great work on all of this!
My man, this was epic in every sense of the word! We can all tell it took some serious effort. You have earned my respect. Thank you.
i liked how he went at a snails pace and extended the video length by 3 hours
@@DouglasCarter69 imagine actually being mad about a play through. Lol 😂
@@bone0216 I don't even enjoy playthroughs but the way he does his narraration makes me love the two vids.
What do you do on a rainy Sunday? Watch a 6 hour movie about Diablo II. This was one of the best videos I’ve watched about this game. Hands down. Congratulations to the creator!
And it’s a rainy Sunday here now lol
@@Choptron27 chiming in on a snowy Sunday.