You were no hero, you were no bullshit nephalim. you were an unnamed adventurer who didn't know what he was messing with, you were seeking treasures(rogue), arcane knowledge(sorcerer) or raw glory(warrior). you were fighting a hopeless crusade against an evil that can not be vanquished. this is the diablo I know, and will always prefer to know.
Yea, you don't even win at the end of D1. You got a fucking soulstone hammered into your forehead, doomed to carry Diablo inside you for eternity (or until you fail and release Diablo upon the world again...)
The sense of being a little desperate and there being something terrifying just outside your little circle of light... or behind the door... always ready to flee at a moment's notice. Walking into a room and seeing where some unfortunate souls met a gruesome end. Honestly I think half of it was the music - the weird noises that sound like wailing, or to quote lord of the rings, "drums... in the deep..." sort of thing. The music from D3 does not capture the same feeling.
I played a Demo of diablo in 1996 when i was 13. you Start of in that village and walk around...I didnt know a thing about the game back then. I thought its an adventure...I will never forget that Moment when i entered the church. that music....my character pulling his sword and telling me the sanctity of this place has been fouled. the First Skeleton clappering around (not those stupid voice sounds they have in d3)....it was pure Horror...but i couldnt get my hands of it anymore. Best game ever.
I let my cousin play it back in 1997 at night, I am sitting beside her. She was so scared. after she venture into level 2. I touches her hand, it was cold. 😂
Diablo 1 is arguably the best of the Diablo series, mainly because of the soundtrack and sound effects the enemies make when they die. Little demons have the funniest death cries ever. "BLLLEEHHHHHHHHH!!!"
@@EventCrimson well, life isn't a quick quest like the golden bird. More like the search for Tal Rashas Tomb ... ongoing, stressing but many things come around.
2:17 that skeleton laughing like sounds in the background man, tracks on this game are marvelous... when I was a child I played a lot of diablo with my brother; always having nightmares with this game but that was an awesome feeling; being drown together in the atmnosphere and story of this game... I miss that times
I remember going from the catacombs into the caves and the music changed, the hairs all stood up on the back of my neck and I got flashbacks of my first encounter with the Butcher (it didn't go well).
I remember the 12 me playing alone and in full darkness with this soundtrack for the first time. I am 38 and still gives me chills lol. the following Diablos were a joke, the first one is so dark, pure perfection.
The drumming starting at 2:45 is absolutely genius. The drumming is deliberately out of beat and out of sync. It brings images of skeletons and zombies limping towards me in a naturally perverse, sickly and deformed way. The "windy" voices in the beginning is also genius. Its as if it strips the clothes of you and places you in the entrance to a dark deep and dingy catacomb where one doesn't know what lies beneath. Frightening.
Dejan Popovic Damn that's exactly what I always thought as a kid. The weird drum/clap beat makes me think of a bunch of skeletons getting ready to rip my ass apart.
+Dejan Popovic I think it's a simple time signature with a very syncopated beat, but I think it is in time i.e. if I was to turn on a metronome, there is a pattern to it.
That's a hard one for me. Diablo II fixed a lot of the issues that plagued Diablo I, and improved the portion that made it genre-defining. But just by hearing and seeing Diablo I, you know that they put their hearts and souls to make this game as visceral and disturbing as they could. Diablo II, gameplay-wise, is better, but Diablo I is all about atmosphere, and it fucking delivers.
This song is absolutely brilliant. It perfectly captures the atmosphere of taking those first few steps into the dungeon, the feeling you get of being in the place, then at 0:30 is when you have your first encounter with a dark creature... the atmosphere becomes hostile... then at 0:40, battle ensues. The song seems to lead you through an experience every step of the way.
That’s because D3 seems to be more of an action game than horror. Sure the darkness element is there and the demons look impressive but sometimes you find out about them beforehand. In the first two games, other than the 3 Prime Evils, you didn’t know for sure what you were in for so sometimes you could get surprised whenever a new boss appeared.
True, but I think different expectations and the more PC mass appeal culture has forever changed gaming. They just dont make games like this anymore its a different market. You need little kids to buy them now
Yea it really exemplifies the theme of "spiritual war" thats in the game. It gives humanity a theme in the track that gets to represent the hero saving the cathedral. While heroic it is still uncanny and unsettling as the tension isnt resolved until the music loops and the dark tones take control again (the spiritual war)
Nothing against 2 or 3, but nothing will beat the soundtrack or sound effects this game had for it’s time. I still remember how old I was when I first saw it. 8 years old, my mother played it nonstop and I’ll say this that even though that I didn’t get to play until I was ten I enjoyed watching. The catch was that the music(all of it) can give you nightmares unless you have a steel spine which I wasn’t that brave at that time. The dungeon music is really impressive because at one part it changes key and you hear that choir in the background. Considering that you’re in a desecrated church this game, that just adds to the experience.
She’s doesn’t play it much anymore but she’s the reason why I got into horror in general whether that means video games or movies. That’s what I loved about DOOM and Halo. Both had elements of suspense and if you didn’t keep your guard up you’d get your butt kicked. I’m not saying Diablo 1 is the best, Diablo 2 takes that, but as far as the audio goes it’s freaking awesome.
A friend of mine and I used to play Diablo modem-to-modem so much, and for so long that a couple times even after we stopped, we were both still hearing this music and the death sounds of a couple of the demons. Never experienced that audio illusion effect before.
As an older gamer (old enough to barely remember playing an Atari 2600 as a child) I wonder if the effort that went into the soundtracks of these late 90s games was in part to make up for the lack of graphics, in the same way the cover art on the cartridges and manuals of the ancient 2600 games was there to make up for the lack of graphics too - there to lead us to using our imagination to fill in for what the graphics of the day were incapable of doing. That is to say - we will not find soundtracks like this in games anymore.
Still gives me the chills!! Would be sick if it would somehow be possible to get the feeling back, which we had when we were 10 years old playing this game and almost shat our pants listening to this song and encountered the first enemies. Greatness!
This music always made it intense to walk around in lol. I always had some kind of feeling like I was being followed and hated to find out what was behind a door. Creepy but awesome!
a true masterpiece, the fact that you enter the lower levels of an old Cathedral with this choir music in the background that hunts you and reminds you that it was once holy but has been corrupted by something powerful. Its really cool how this track mixes holy choir music with chilling eerie sounds that arent supposed to be there.
This music truly does take you on a journey. Absolutely horrific, terrifying, eerie, and haunting. From the random screams to the bone-rattling sounds, it really does sound like a place that is cursed. The imagery I get is if you closed your eyes in the pit of such a place that Diablo 1 takes place in, that it would sound just like that.
Oh yea!!! I remember when I used to play this game all by myself when I was young. Man, this music gave me the creeps since I didn't know what type (or types) of enemies I was about to face. Probably one of the greatest RPG games I have ever played! To bad that it was plagued by hackers and cheaters later on :(
The very best soundtrack of any of the Diablo franchise, nothing has even come close to this powerful and extremely creative collection of music. Extremely dark, at times very sinister. But beautiful and moving as well. Its the only game I know of, that I bought a cheap cd of long after having lost track of the original, just to be able to hear the soundtrack.
This music combined when you entered King Leoric at stage 3..... "The warmth of life has entered my tomb! Prepare yourself MORTAL !!!! To server my master for eternity ! Muahaahahhahaa!
Chris Toufexidis i was 18 when i played this game again i had the king leoric quest I thought I can handle it because I was playing this game after very long time I don't even remember the boss I enter the tome listens to dialogue and *proceeds* i was like nothing can surprise me then i see a 15ft gaint skeleton with his 10ft long sword running faster than my character i was able exit the tome because of the distance it had from me even after i got out I kept running and later open a town portal at a safe place
This track playing after entering the church for the first time absolutely petrified me with fear. It evokes this sense of otherworldly, haunting, dread that had me running to my dad to come help me with the, "scary game." 😂
I was 8 or 9 years old when I played this game. Everytime I entered the church, I would be so terrified of the darkness, the music, the sudden appearence of the skeletons... man.... killing those skeletons felt like intense boss battles every time.
When I was playing through the game, I always thought 2:45 and on was a completely different song that the game would play if it detected if you were in combat... it came in at such opportune moments that I never thought it was built into the soundtrack.
I played this when I was something like 10 and was terrified out of my mind from this music and ambiance. And the Butcher and his legendary "Ahhhh... Fresh meat!" was the cherry on top, I had nightmares for a year even after I managed to kill it!
yeah I totally agree. most people dont realize how much sound & music plays in setting the mood & atmosphere like you said. i'm 23 and i still feel spooky when i first walk into the cathedral dungeon
The best game soundtracks feature music that have a narrative just as strong as the narrative you're playing through in the game. The music compliments and builds on the game action in a way that it creates an integrated experience. Diablo had that, Diablo 2 had that...Diablo 3? I can't even remember one track from that game.
Truly, this part of Diablo Saga have best atmosfphere, which even best part of the saga (II) actually don't have it. When i was played first time, i was really scaried. Still, i i have 32 years old, and when i have installed diablo i (with bezlebub mode), i still fhritened before entering to Butcher's Hole. Music of Matt Ulemen from 1th part are masterpiece, each of tracks.
"Hey! You that one that kill all! You get me magic banner or we attack! You no leave with Life! You kill big uglies and give back magic. Go past corner and door. Find uglies. You give, you go!"
I had played a lot of Dark Alliance when I was young, and could never find a game quite like it. One day I was helping a friend move out and I found a Diablo manual. I could have kept it because my friend at this point was trying to get rid of everything. But not knowing much about Diablo other than it was old and loved by money (although I didn't know why) I threw it away and remembered to research the game when I got home that day. I got the game and loved every minute of it. 2:00 was my hook.
this game gave me nightmares because I played it at night in a dark room also it had a strong plot: "Archbishop Lazarus betrayed Christianity and stole King Leoric's son so he can create Diablo using a strange diamond. King Leoric went himself to get his son but he was trapped and transformed into a giant skeleton." How creepy can you get with the story line, sorry for the spoiler :)
You forgot the part where they sacrifice the child. Things like that just doesn't happen in todays games.. if you get a quest to "Save Leoric's son" you always succeed. In this game, you go into the dungeon and find the child on an altar with blood everywhere, lol.
@giveagoodsong That just makes this 10x even more immersive then it already was, which is something most devs nowadays seem to have forgotten. A pity. A good story doesn't always have to tell everything to the audience from the get go, or even towards the end. Leaving a few things to mistery just adds that much more magic to the tale.
GEV: I agree with you totally. I have been playing this game for about fifteen years and it is as thrilling now as it ever was. The music is so atmospheric and appropriate too.
God I still love this game even today. The second you step into the dungeons for the first time and this music plays, you feel a weight of atomosphere that Diablo 3 just doesn't capture, despite being enjoyable in its own right.
Not necessarily a horror game of any kind, but some of the scariest atmosphere ever. Music like this would make your subconscious panic as you get overwhelmed by skeletons and the like. This was a completely different company making this shit, and they knew what the fuck was up. Easily the best Diablo game, 2nd only to Starcraft in Blizzard chronology rating IMO.
Started playing Diablo in 1996 when I was 3 years old... I remember asking my uncle who first showed me and my dad this game, if the blue ball was health because I thought your blood was blue... Ahh I was a dumb kid. But this game... This game, will always have a special place in the deepest parts of my heart. Then Diablo 2 came out and a few years later and we were all hooked again. BRING BACK BLIZZARD NORTH SPECIFICALLY FOR DIABLO! I don't care about the games blizzard is making nowadays. I want Diablo 1 remaster. I want a d2 remaster... But no, we get oversnatch and world of addiction.
5 seconds of this music and I'm more scared than I was in all my time playing D3
Apollys I like the game mechanics in D3 (nowadays) but tbh the atmosphere is very casual compared to D1
+Apollys I'd say Diablo 1 was a masterpiece, Diablo 2 was an incredible sequel and Diablo 3 was neither lol.
+Apollys The words of truth.Diablo 3 was a big letdown.
Apollys Под эту музыку будем пытать грешников в Аду Абдулова!
Apollys but hesperia music is scarry
The sanctity of this franchise has been fouled.
The smell of death surrounds me.
Says Miles Tails Prower as walking down to the dungeon with a sword and a shield.
See?! Even Tails says so!
@@AtomicF0x A crossover of it would be sick.
They might actually redeem themselves with D4. Let's wait and see ...
"The sanctity of this place has been fouled!"
*****
I sense a soul in search of dignity!
Well* =P
"What ails you, my friend?"
greetings, good master. welcome to the tabern of the rising sun!
Stay a while an listen
You were no hero, you were no bullshit nephalim. you were an unnamed adventurer who didn't know what he was messing with, you were seeking treasures(rogue), arcane knowledge(sorcerer) or raw glory(warrior). you were fighting a hopeless crusade against an evil that can not be vanquished.
this is the diablo I know, and will always prefer to know.
Well fucking said. My thoughts exactly.
Yea, you don't even win at the end of D1. You got a fucking soulstone hammered into your forehead, doomed to carry Diablo inside you for eternity (or until you fail and release Diablo upon the world again...)
Spot on.
The sense of being a little desperate and there being something terrifying just outside your little circle of light... or behind the door... always ready to flee at a moment's notice. Walking into a room and seeing where some unfortunate souls met a gruesome end. Honestly I think half of it was the music - the weird noises that sound like wailing, or to quote lord of the rings, "drums... in the deep..." sort of thing. The music from D3 does not capture the same feeling.
plot twist the Warrior, Rogue, and Sorcerer you play as are Prince Aidan (Albrechts's brother and Leoric's eldest son), Blood Raven, and Horazon
"PLEEEEEEAASE!!! No hurt, not kill!! Keep alive, and next time good bring to you!"
The warmth of Life has entered my tomb, prepare yourself mortal to serve my master for an eternity…..evil laugh
This is too good for you!!!
AHHHHH, FRESH MEAT
I am not impressed!
I played a Demo of diablo in 1996 when i was 13. you Start of in that village and walk around...I didnt know a thing about the game back then. I thought its an adventure...I will never forget that Moment when i entered the church. that music....my character pulling his sword and telling me the sanctity of this place has been fouled. the First Skeleton clappering around (not those stupid voice sounds they have in d3)....it was pure Horror...but i couldnt get my hands of it anymore. Best game ever.
Fowled? Why must poultry be involved?!
And its back my man on GoG, $10 but totally worth it and DRM free.
I let my cousin play it back in 1997 at night, I am sitting beside her. She was so scared. after she venture into level 2. I touches her hand, it was cold. 😂
this comment is legend, brought the same feelings I felt back then ❤️
@@TheBaraxianGaming Fuck GOG, use Torrent.
Diablo 1 is arguably the best of the Diablo series, mainly because of the soundtrack and sound effects the enemies make when they die. Little demons have the funniest death cries ever. "BLLLEEHHHHHHHHH!!!"
I really like the death sounds of the Blink enemies; the bats. They sound like Telephone, the famous fursuiter.
They puke before they die.
I was quite embarrassed trying to explain to my parents about the sound coming from my room when I downed a Succubus.
Zombie death: OOOAUOU!
-and that tiny little cup-dropping sound after.
I'm 23, and this soundtrack still gives me the chills as it did when I was 14
Hello fellow 33.
Greetings, friends! Let's stay a while and listen.
Same, but 40 and at 15.
Here I am again, 10 years later, still the same feeling. How fare all of you, fellow adventurers?
@@EventCrimson well, life isn't a quick quest like the golden bird. More like the search for Tal Rashas Tomb ... ongoing, stressing but many things come around.
33 years old here, and I still haven't heard a soundtrack creepier than Diablo 1 and 2 O_O
Try clive barker's undying main menu theme.
Honestly, this is one of the best pieces of ambient music I've ever heard, in any format of entertainment, or otherwise.
Listen to "Black Sabbath" by Black Sabbath and see if you recognize
Ever played Thief: Deadly Shadows?
I can recommend the only soundtrack that I think rivals Diablo 1.
doom 3 ambience is great too
My small brother was six when he tried to play this and he was so frightened he played it only with me watching over him. =)
2:17 that skeleton laughing like sounds in the background man, tracks on this game are marvelous... when I was a child I played a lot of diablo with my brother; always having nightmares with this game but that was an awesome feeling; being drown together in the atmnosphere and story of this game... I miss that times
Me: Oh yeah I'm ready for this! Gonna kick me some demon ass!
(hears music)
Me:.............(runs for exit)
MJSpiritual Fitting avatar
+Ollie LOL
WHEN I WAS A KID IT SCARED THE SHIT OUT OF ME LOL
MJSpiritual everyone has did my friend everyone has...
I remember going from the catacombs into the caves and the music changed, the hairs all stood up on the back of my neck and I got flashbacks of my first encounter with the Butcher (it didn't go well).
The theme of my basement
So your basement has four levels plus a separate one?
"The smell of death surrounds me"
"The sanctity of this place has been fouled."
***** The warmth of blood has entered my toomb prepare yourself too serve my master for eternity.....muhhahahahhhah :) or the FRESH MEAT
"It's hot down here"
I must be getting closer
*_"AHHH, FRESH MEAT...!"_*
I remember the 12 me playing alone and in full darkness with this soundtrack for the first time. I am 38 and still gives me chills lol. the following Diablos were a joke, the first one is so dark, pure perfection.
Diablo 2 had the best gameplay in my opinion. The first game is the creepiest though I agree.
The drumming starting at 2:45 is absolutely genius. The drumming is deliberately out of beat and out of sync. It brings images of skeletons and zombies limping towards me in a naturally perverse, sickly and deformed way. The "windy" voices in the beginning is also genius. Its as if it strips the clothes of you and places you in the entrance to a dark deep and dingy catacomb where one doesn't know what lies beneath. Frightening.
Dejan Popovic Damn that's exactly what I always thought as a kid. The weird drum/clap beat makes me think of a bunch of skeletons getting ready to rip my ass apart.
+Dejan Popovic It isn't out of beat.
+Aaron Debattista What is it then. The drumming doesnt form a equally timed beat.
+Dejan Popovic I think it's a simple time signature with a very syncopated beat, but I think it is in time i.e. if I was to turn on a metronome, there is a pattern to it.
.........da fuck
The first Diablo has honestly one of the greatest soundtracks of all time
By far the best Diablo game, yes, even better than diablo 2.
That's a hard one for me. Diablo II fixed a lot of the issues that plagued Diablo I, and improved the portion that made it genre-defining.
But just by hearing and seeing Diablo I, you know that they put their hearts and souls to make this game as visceral and disturbing as they could.
Diablo II, gameplay-wise, is better, but Diablo I is all about atmosphere, and it fucking delivers.
+Kharduhn their souls hehe
Pun not intended.
I agree, Diablo 1 is definitely one of the best games of all time
Both games are great, it's not possible to say which one is better.
This song is absolutely brilliant. It perfectly captures the atmosphere of taking those first few steps into the dungeon, the feeling you get of being in the place, then at 0:30 is when you have your first encounter with a dark creature... the atmosphere becomes hostile... then at 0:40, battle ensues. The song seems to lead you through an experience every step of the way.
"AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH FRESH MEAT!!!!"
Elzo Galleta recently got to do the retro dungeon in d3. that "fresh meat" line still chills my blood.....after all these years...
the butcher is a fucking joke in D3, hes like a Child that goes into a fit, its like a fucking WoW boss on tantrum :(
Then at 3:45 triumph
That’s because D3 seems to be more of an action game than horror. Sure the darkness element is there and the demons look impressive but sometimes you find out about them beforehand. In the first two games, other than the 3 Prime Evils, you didn’t know for sure what you were in for so sometimes you could get surprised whenever a new boss appeared.
Back when developers actually gave a shit about atmosphere and good game play.
True, but I think different expectations and the more PC mass appeal culture has forever changed gaming. They just dont make games like this anymore its a different market. You need little kids to buy them now
@@wildwest1832 exactly and it's such a shame. Gaming is too mainstream now and the kids just want the newest most pretty thing to play.
@@michaelhansen2309 Fucking hell get your head out of your ass and actually search for good games. There's still a ton of gems being released.
@@sneezebiscuits7239 no, there really isn't. You're a good lemming, and that's fine, but I'm not
@@michaelhansen2309 Keep living in your cave then.
This music is amazing because it includes not only atmosphere of fear but also santity at the last part in the music.
By the gods, there's a south korean on the loose
Yea it really exemplifies the theme of "spiritual war" thats in the game. It gives humanity a theme in the track that gets to represent the hero saving the cathedral. While heroic it is still uncanny and unsettling as the tension isnt resolved until the music loops and the dark tones take control again (the spiritual war)
This could be one of the best dungeon crawler soundtrack. Still stuck in my head these day
С первых нот сердце бьётся чаще
Та эпоха, когда игра была не только графикой и выжимкой для кошелька, но была атмосфера и идея
Nothing against 2 or 3, but nothing will beat the soundtrack or sound effects this game had for it’s time. I still remember how old I was when I first saw it. 8 years old, my mother played it nonstop and I’ll say this that even though that I didn’t get to play until I was ten I enjoyed watching. The catch was that the music(all of it) can give you nightmares unless you have a steel spine which I wasn’t that brave at that time. The dungeon music is really impressive because at one part it changes key and you hear that choir in the background. Considering that you’re in a desecrated church this game, that just adds to the experience.
cool mom!
She’s doesn’t play it much anymore but she’s the reason why I got into horror in general whether that means video games or movies. That’s what I loved about DOOM and Halo. Both had elements of suspense and if you didn’t keep your guard up you’d get your butt kicked. I’m not saying Diablo 1 is the best, Diablo 2 takes that, but as far as the audio goes it’s freaking awesome.
A friend of mine and I used to play Diablo modem-to-modem so much, and for so long that a couple times even after we stopped, we were both still hearing this music and the death sounds of a couple of the demons. Never experienced that audio illusion effect before.
When you're headin' downstairs in the middle of the night for a snack....
Playing this game at 8 years old, this song and the entire feel of the game always had me on edge.
The atmosphere was amazing for my young mind.
As an older gamer (old enough to barely remember playing an Atari 2600 as a child) I wonder if the effort that went into the soundtracks of these late 90s games was in part to make up for the lack of graphics, in the same way the cover art on the cartridges and manuals of the ancient 2600 games was there to make up for the lack of graphics too - there to lead us to using our imagination to fill in for what the graphics of the day were incapable of doing.
That is to say - we will not find soundtracks like this in games anymore.
Just.... just listen to this!! this is not just background music, this is part of the enemies, this music also wants you dead!!
3:44 is the hero redeeming the church
Still gives me the chills!! Would be sick if it would somehow be possible to get the feeling back, which we had when we were 10 years old playing this game and almost shat our pants listening to this song and encountered the first enemies. Greatness!
1:53, was anyone else terrified of the strange echoing cackling noise?
Yes. Well actually this whole game terrified the living shit outta me lol
When i see ur name i think of andre of astoras saying when u pick leave
"Prithee be careful! Dont want to see my work scwondered!*laughs*"
It's demonic Ugandan Knuckles clicking at the deval :P
yes. the scream is what makes it perfect
This music always made it intense to walk around in lol. I always had some kind of feeling like I was being followed and hated to find out what was behind a door. Creepy but awesome!
a true masterpiece, the fact that you enter the lower levels of an old Cathedral with this choir music in the background that hunts you and reminds you that it was once holy but has been corrupted by something powerful. Its really cool how this track mixes holy choir music with chilling eerie sounds that arent supposed to be there.
This music truly does take you on a journey. Absolutely horrific, terrifying, eerie, and haunting. From the random screams to the bone-rattling sounds, it really does sound like a place that is cursed. The imagery I get is if you closed your eyes in the pit of such a place that Diablo 1 takes place in, that it would sound just like that.
I'm crying from nostalgia..
Me too !! Just by listening the Soundtrack and reading comments like i would comment
"Ahhh ..... !! Fresh meat !!"
RUN!!!!
*freezes in fear, is one-shot killed, dies standing* x_x
*traps him in the staircase*
3:45 - one of the most epic moments in the entire soundtrack.
The tension is so intense because its leading to 0:00
I like much this part
made a niece play diablo 1 according to her,no videogame could scare here.....10 mins later she was scared as shit with diablo 1
@@MaverickShooter9 How old?
@@evilsharkey8954 12 and now she finished the game some days a go,after diablo 1 no horror game scares her now
Wow, TOTAL brain fuck. I was five when I first played this game, listening to this fills me with longing.
Oh yea!!! I remember when I used to play this game all by myself when I was young. Man, this music gave me the creeps since I didn't know what type (or types) of enemies I was about to face. Probably one of the greatest RPG games I have ever played! To bad that it was plagued by hackers and cheaters later on :(
The very best soundtrack of any of the Diablo franchise, nothing has even come close to this powerful and extremely creative collection of music. Extremely dark, at times very sinister. But beautiful and moving as well. Its the only game I know of, that I bought a cheap cd of long after having lost track of the original, just to be able to hear the soundtrack.
1:03 the melody you hear in Tristram. I fucking love that continuity
This music combined when you entered King Leoric at stage 3.....
"The warmth of life has entered my tomb! Prepare yourself MORTAL !!!! To server my master for eternity ! Muahaahahhahaa!
+Chris Toufexidis fucking goosebumps¡¡¡
Chris Toufexidis i was 18 when i played this game again i had the king leoric quest I thought I can handle it because I was playing this game after very long time I don't even remember the boss I enter the tome listens to dialogue and *proceeds* i was like nothing can surprise me then i see a 15ft gaint skeleton with his 10ft long sword running faster than my character i was able exit the tome because of the distance it had from me even after i got out I kept running and later open a town portal at a safe place
I'd say the Butcher had a more... *HOLY SHIT!* entrance
The bells change everything
This track playing after entering the church for the first time absolutely petrified me with fear. It evokes this sense of otherworldly, haunting, dread that had me running to my dad to come help me with the, "scary game." 😂
The sanctity of this place has been fouled.
Me searching for good video game music
This video: hello friend! Stay awhile and listen!
THIS is what all the latest games miss.. the audio creates the atmosphere, sets the mood... just listen to this track ... it oozes the evil
After Game Disk Into CD drive, you hear intro part of this music and Diablo Laugh. Autorun.exe
And you *KNEW* you were in for quite the experience.
For me the laugh was so fucking loud it made me throw my headphones into my monitor...i got spooked.
+SlundeyBG Well he is the Lord of *Terror*.
Ba-dum-tss.
I was 8 or 9 years old when I played this game. Everytime I entered the church, I would be so terrified of the darkness, the music, the sudden appearence of the skeletons... man.... killing those skeletons felt like intense boss battles every time.
When I was playing through the game, I always thought 2:45 and on was a completely different song that the game would play if it detected if you were in combat... it came in at such opportune moments that I never thought it was built into the soundtrack.
This is damn oppressive. Perfectly makes the atmosphere!
2:05 and me.......plundering without mercy - chests, wooden barrels & scores of goats, skeletons & any evil spawn within my reach x]
*playing this game in 1999*
*7 years old*
Music: 0:00
Me: *screams like a little girl*
*mutes music*
Playing in 2020 same shit dude xD this shit scares me even when Iam 30.
"The Warmth of Life has Entered My Tomb. Prepare Yourself Mortal, to serve my master for eternity! HE HE HAHAHAHAHA!"
Nothing quite like this music rumbling out of your speakers while you play Diablo at 2 am. Ahh memories.
Thanks for posting this, this was one of the first games I got for my own pc. but played doom and duke nukem 3d also.
i still get goosebumbs hearing it
*Opens door*
"AAAHHHHH FRESH MEAT!!!"
I will *never* forget my first run in with the Butcher...
Ahhh! Fresh meat!
0:40 (you open The Wrong Door, Nothing But Bodies) - AH, FRESH MEAT !
*You Try to Run, but ONE HIT SLAUGHTERED FROM BEHIND* ! o_o
Glug glug glug glug UGHHHH
Goosebumps every time. Legendary
1:55 these sounds are like a staple for early diablo games
I played this when I was something like 10 and was terrified out of my mind from this music and ambiance. And the Butcher and his legendary "Ahhhh... Fresh meat!" was the cherry on top, I had nightmares for a year even after I managed to kill it!
It's almost 2020 but still no other game's dungeon BGM have gone beyond THIS.
yeah I totally agree. most people dont realize how much sound & music plays in setting the mood & atmosphere like you said. i'm 23 and i still feel spooky when i first walk into the cathedral dungeon
Turn off all the lights and just sit in the dark listening to this. You'll crap your pants.
I hope D4 will have soundtracks like this one.
The best game soundtracks feature music that have a narrative just as strong as the narrative you're playing through in the game. The music compliments and builds on the game action in a way that it creates an integrated experience. Diablo had that, Diablo 2 had that...Diablo 3? I can't even remember one track from that game.
Truly, this part of Diablo Saga have best atmosfphere, which even best part of the saga (II) actually don't have it. When i was played first time, i was really scaried. Still, i i have 32 years old, and when i have installed diablo i (with bezlebub mode), i still fhritened before entering to Butcher's Hole. Music of Matt Ulemen from 1th part are masterpiece, each of tracks.
Diablo 2's gameplay is the best, while Diablo 1's music and ambience remains the darkest among all newer versions(D2, D3, D4, and possibly future too)
"Hey! You that one that kill all! You get me magic banner or we attack! You no leave with Life! You kill big uglies and give back magic. Go past corner and door. Find uglies. You give, you go!"
2:13 I always thought this scream was somebody in the dungeon being tortured to death by demons... creepy !
I played D1 a few years ago after being disappointed with D3 and it still scared the shit out of me after 15+ years.
That's a good game.
I had played a lot of Dark Alliance when I was young, and could never find a game quite like it. One day I was helping a friend move out and I found a Diablo manual. I could have kept it because my friend at this point was trying to get rid of everything. But not knowing much about Diablo other than it was old and loved by money (although I didn't know why) I threw it away and remembered to research the game when I got home that day. I got the game and loved every minute of it. 2:00 was my hook.
this game gave me nightmares because I played it at night in a dark room also it had a strong plot:
"Archbishop Lazarus betrayed Christianity and stole King Leoric's son so he can create Diablo using a strange diamond.
King Leoric went himself to get his son but he was trapped and transformed into a giant skeleton."
How creepy can you get with the story line, sorry for the spoiler :)
Yes, it was a masterpiece. Something that lacks in games nowaday...
Gabriel Simoes
It actually doesn't lack, But more or less, is destroyed by the push of next-gen graphics. Diablo 3, for example..
Thirdpulse I play Diablo 3, but I honestly don't feel even half as excited as I used to feel when I played Diablo 1 back in 1997
You forgot the part where they sacrifice the child. Things like that just doesn't happen in todays games.. if you get a quest to "Save Leoric's son" you always succeed. In this game, you go into the dungeon and find the child on an altar with blood everywhere, lol.
@giveagoodsong That just makes this 10x even more immersive then it already was, which is something most devs nowadays seem to have forgotten. A pity. A good story doesn't always have to tell everything to the audience from the get go, or even towards the end. Leaving a few things to mistery just adds that much more magic to the tale.
thebutcher was terrifying
Diablo 1 and 2 are still the best
The best years of my life where spent in those forsaken halls.
2:32 I love how it's Richard Horvitz (voice of Billy and Invader Zim) for 3 seconds, he's ofc not credited for a 3 second sound clip
The screaming girl at 2:12 always got me extremely terrified back when I was a kid.
The first time you heard those 30 seconds intro, you just gulped and thought "where the hell I've got myself into...."
This game will always be my favorite simply because no other game I've ever played has had an atmosphere or immersion as strong as Diablo I.
GEV: I agree with you totally. I have been playing this game for about fifteen years and it is as thrilling now as it ever was. The music is so atmospheric and appropriate too.
Amen to that!
Diablo I was the best Diablo
0:00 when you enter into dark basement with some corridors.
4:10 is when you out,and see daylight
The sanctity of the place has been fouled.
2:48 This part onward is the most metal, not-actually-metal thing I've ever heard. Just so epic.
God I still love this game even today. The second you step into the dungeons for the first time and this music plays, you feel a weight of atomosphere that Diablo 3 just doesn't capture, despite being enjoyable in its own right.
Not necessarily a horror game of any kind, but some of the scariest atmosphere ever. Music like this would make your subconscious panic as you get overwhelmed by skeletons and the like. This was a completely different company making this shit, and they knew what the fuck was up. Easily the best Diablo game, 2nd only to Starcraft in Blizzard chronology rating IMO.
Great Music,for a Great Game!
I know that Blizzard south would never put this into Diablo 3 because Diablo 1 music is to good for it.
"I gotta Pawn some of this stuff... Too much Baggage... where would I put this?"
From Super Mario to this as my first PC game my 8y old mind was blown
welcome to PC gaming, 'kid' buuhahahaha. it will spawn a butcher in your closet
this is the right music vor this years christmas eve :)
Whole skeleton armies rise when they hear this THEME!
Genius
Atmosphere is why the first was the best, and the music was it.
This is the most demonic stuff I ever played music wise
The best Diablo. By far. Especially with the Belzebub HD mod.
Jared McClure I totally agree. Maybe the best game I ever played
Started playing Diablo in 1996 when I was 3 years old... I remember asking my uncle who first showed me and my dad this game, if the blue ball was health because I thought your blood was blue... Ahh I was a dumb kid. But this game... This game, will always have a special place in the deepest parts of my heart. Then Diablo 2 came out and a few years later and we were all hooked again. BRING BACK BLIZZARD NORTH SPECIFICALLY FOR DIABLO! I don't care about the games blizzard is making nowadays. I want Diablo 1 remaster. I want a d2 remaster... But no, we get oversnatch and world of addiction.