I agree, thanks to this story telling i cant wait to see how it unfolds in expansion. The cutscene was just really frigging amazing. And no, not your typical good blizzard cutscene, this one is just amazing.
@@NegZer0 Yep, Blizz should just exit the gaming industry altogether. It is shameful how far they've fallen since their glory days back in the early 2000s.
Inarius' dying scream chilled me to the bone. He was probably in a huge amount of physical pain, but that was a scream of absolute despair from a damned soul no longer able to deny the truth of Lilith's words' and truly grappling with the knowledge of its ruin for the first time.
Shock as well. He knew of the prophecy that he would drive Lilith through with a spear, and assumed that to mean that he killed her, not realizing it was only implied.
Such an epic scene, the entrance of Inarius was badass just appearing, then floating down in the middle of all those demons like they didn't exist. And Lilith so graceful and laid back.
This cutscene gave me chills especially when Inarius calls to the heavens and is met with silence. His madness is truly felt through the performance. I just wish there were more cutscenes and boss battles in the game. Cue many expansions.
@@OnyxAvalon - He's an Archangel. But he is weaker than those on the council. He is a slightly above average angel (an archangel). He's also tortured for who knows how long and mentally insane.
I think we all knew it wouldn't end well for Inarius, but it really was a chilling moment. Imagine that realization, that horror - that everything Inarius had put his hope in was wrong. He could not bring about his own redemption. Even if he actually finished off Lilith, he probably still would've been met with Heaven's silence...
When Inarius told Lilith he killed their son to satisfy the heavens, she asked "tell me...did they rejoice? No?" Oof!! the voice actor and actress in this scene understood the assignment
How the fuck did they manage to create such a realistic look in Lilith's eyes when she said 'And our son?' You can genuinely feel the sadness and pain in a demon's eye.
@@masonmcconnell9375it would be great but it would cost far too much money. Especially if it became a flop of a series. I believe this one cinematic cost more than the actual made game that's how much unreal engine cinematics cost.
When Lilith say's 4:36 "And our son?" Then sighs after Inarius's expected answer, you know you have a true sympathetic, flawed but powerful Mother villain. Pawns or not in her scheme to claim Hatred's essence, she had a form of love for Rathma and the world they originally created. She just couldn't get a stubborn Angel by nature to accept what they have done together. Truly a great tragic end and realization that he was beyond redemption, which made it oh so much better.
Lilith didn't love Rathma. He was a means to an end same as Inarius. Watch her "mourn" when she takes the key from Rathma's body and keeps talking about herself. Lilith is a demon first and foremost and can only love herself and her schemes. But there are so many in the comment section who worship Lilith almost on the same level as the cultists we kill every day in the game. Lilith said it herself, she wasn't there to save anybody - all she cared about was herself.
I think unhealthy attachments to children in a selfish way are kinda natural in a sense. We think we have children solely for love (times we do have that capacity), however, in nature, we bear children as way to continue OUR legacy (DNA/Genetics). She is a demon, I understand she is something beyond a good and evil comprehension. But with as many statements as "Stolen from me" were there, there were subtle hints of attachment of "Saving your place in my world, just the same" when wondering would he be against her vision and plan for Sanctuary. You don't fold the arms over of someone who was ONLY just a means to an end and pay a moment of respect, nor monologue a moment of pain and weakness (She woulda just raged and only pulled the key out). It's again, not so simple with Lilith for demon bad, (angel badish good?), there was depth and complexity, which made for a more compelling nature of the villains in this game and the true meaning of the prophecies that unfolded.
@@noodles6390 So we have heavens angels that can lose their way and turn bad or have flaws, but the idea of a demon being able to have some sympathy for their child is completely unfathomable? Completely disagree.
I agree with you completely. I never played any Diablo games and don't know the story, I just watched the Rathma's cutscene where Lilith was also there, and then this video, and all I see is how she loved Rathma and the place she calls the Sanctuary
I love the part where Lilith asks Inarius about their son, the voice actress and animators did so well imparting some really human qualities to a demon from hell
its beautiful sure but story wise thats blizzard failure demons are demons they have no light in them angels are angels they have no dark in them humans are humans they have both in them and thats why they feel remorse they have guilt and they can change their way, demons and angles have no choice, humans do thats why they CAN become a perfect creation and go above both demons and angels. if u ask about fallen angels, they are fallen they didnt choose to go dark they were forced by corruption through hatred pain and suffering
@@shahn0or oh really? As you said demon = fallen angel, not really matches with "demons are demons they have no light in them" statement. The entire cinematic shows up that angel could be more cruel than demon, killing its own son and was about to end the entire world, including all of humanity.
@@easyrider2940 if angels are cruel its because light demands it , and in diablo universe demons are not fallen angels thats bible description of demons, in diablo universe demons are pure manifestation of everything bad dark and evil and they can corrupt angels and humanity with that evil, this is however was the original basics in diablo universe, now they are adding humanistic traits to nonhuman beings to please everyone, the only thing that stopped angels to end humanity was the scroll of faith
Just like in D3, one cinematic stands out as a masterpiece. The fight between Imperius and Tyrael in D3 and this emotional play between Lilith and Inarius in D4. They really nailed it with Lilith's character. They couldn't have succeded more. Absolutely love it
I know Inarius is a A-hole but it broke my heart to see him almost crying and screaming for protection and the way he just melts away like that. this is top-notch cinematic
He deserved it. Dude murdered his lover and their son, and was about to end the entire world, including all of humanity. He's probably more evil than any villain in Diablo history.
@@jaysoniorg2950 You're right saying he deserved it. But not saying he is absolute evil. He has been a Mephisto's prisoner for centuries, tortured. After that, all he wanted was returning home, in Heavens, but angels didn't want him anymore ; so he was ready to do anything to be accepted in Heavens once more. Exactly like the Cathedral of Light, all he needed was a prophecy to trust ; and It ended by death for him and the soldiers who follow him. Inarius fate is really sad, he wanted to escape Eternal Conflict and created Sanctuary and Nephalem in this objective, and he paid the price for it by losing his home, by being tortured in hell for centuries and by being ignored by his brothers til his death. He is not evil, he had to pay a price for a mistake (which is the existence of humanity) that no one could bear.
@@lucashernandez6843 He didn't make a mistake, though. Any real man would realize they had accomplished something incredible, relished the opportunity at a peaceful existence with their wife and children, and stepped up to the plate. But Inarius turned his back on all that, betrayed his lover, banished her to hell, murdered their offspring, then tried to actually murder her as well as end an entire world and all of their progeny. Seriously, not even the prime evils stoop that low.
@@petersander5802 Inarius tried to kill his lover. killed is offspring (his kid with Lilith) and almost ended mankind for the reason of being aknowledged back in heavens.
Everything in this leaves me wanting more, the voice acting, the stellar animation and production quality, the story of love and betrayal birth and destruction, it’s perfect. I had never seen it while playing the game and to suddenly come upon something so stunning left my jaw on the floor.
I love the music as Inarius makes his entrance. It really sounds angelic and beautiful while also sounding off kilter and slightly frantic, just like his mental state. He is such an aesthetically beautiful yet terrifying character. Love it.
Prophecy was fulfilled - Spear of light piercing hatred's heart - She pierced his heart (full of hatred) with his spear of light (his weapon from the heavens!)
I think it's refering to Mephisto. "spear of light (soulstone) piercing Mephistos embryo/heart form and then he who was in chains is set free (Mephisto).
we usually got one of these per act, but i guess showing the one cinematic you did, sorry, showing the remaining half of the cinematic you already shown as a trailer is all we get now a days.
@@brendan9575 Exactly... 2 cinematics and people are praising it when they did somewhere around 6-7 for each of their games before. D4 is trash, no idea why people think it's even decent. Most people are such brain dead NPCs these days more or less programmed what to think.
@@Doodoofart725 Nah not angry at other at all, just quite true when people praise games like D4 that are worse in every single way than its predecessors and most aRPGs out there. It's just a pretty prudent point if you're simply minded enough to enjoy D4, you are quite an NPC. If you take offense to it, it's probably because it rings true. If not you wouldn't care.
Those Prava legionaries are badass. Fearless and unbeatable in their blind faith. Problem became when they lost faith. If Inarius just floated above, they'd kill everything in this cinematic.
But that's the story, isn't it? Inarius doesn't give a F about them, while they would die if he asked. He abandons them to go pursue his selfish desire. If he stayed with them they'd be fine.
There are tears in her eyes. I think she truly had feeling for Inarius. It clearly that she didn't want to kill him in the 2 last war because there still was conflict in his heart, but the angel cut their last bond when replied "I made it right to satify the heaven". The bad things about Diablo 4 story that Blizzard made Inarius a mad angel, who didn't care about human, not the one who used to tired with the eternal conflict and wanted a hideout for angel and demon. Inarius used to protect human from demon. But may be like Lorath said, thousands yeard in torture changed him.
I read a good theory where they said Inarius is gonna be next big bad and Mephisto is a red hearing. Lucifer the biggest character in hell forreal is gonna be inaruis. The whole fallen angel thing in the Bible? Reason why he was never named before now? He didn’t exist Lilith I think was trying to help humanity and in the grand scheme inaruis is gonnna come back as Lucifer as the true big bad of Diablo to reclaim his creations and take back their power to get back at the heavens for damning him
I also think she had feelings for Inarius in the past, but I think she had already decided to kill him as soon as she saw what he did to Rathma. How painful she made it depended on whether or not he expressed any remorse.
@@BowserTheMightythat's more disbelief (most likely). The satisfaction people want when hurt. Why did you betray me? Why did you ghost me? Knowing doesn't make it better, but knowing satisfies an aspect of hurt. (He murdered their immortal son. Mortals eventually die, but he *would* have lived forever. That's...deep)
I personally loved how they executed it..Inarius' presence finally making an entrance in the game at this point was truly epic to me..Since he had just kept being referred to. I love how he hovered and just observed the battle taking place before seeing his true target and taking action. He gave me Trunks vibes..no messing around straight to business..
Inarius appears a few times before though. Once in Act I when you ask for his blessing to go after Lilith, then at the very beginning of Act 4 when you meet Donan in the Cathedral of Light, if you go right up to the altar he's right there. This is still his most badass appearance for sure though.
@@incogspectator3042 Inarius IS crazy at this point. He has been tortured by Mephisto for 3000 years and has been cut off from the High Heavens for even longer.
I think, deep down, Lilith didn't want to kill Inarius and still hoped they'd live in Sanctuary together. Until he killed Rathma and said he did it to satisfy the Heavens. That was the last straw.
I think there was a part of her that honestly still loved him. There was a time when sanctuary was young and she actually didn't even act demonic in the lest until the litany of death. When the neohalim found they could kill each other. She had not used demonic powers till that time, so she was just a happy house wife with her husband and son.
Two things I would like to comment: 1.- When Lilith is impaled note that her hands are welcoming Inarius spear. Let's recap: they created Sanctuary not as a mean to end the Eternal Conflict but to merely escape from it: they knew the powers of both the Burning Hells and the High Heavens were too massive for any of them to repel. They just wanted a place of peace, where there is no need to battle. But at this point Lilith is tired of eons of battle, she wanted release and for a little moment she had the hope that death, even one as tragic as being killed by the hand of your past lover, could bring her that. But as she knew deep inside her that wasn't meant to be, she will live either to create a place that can stand the clash of the Eternal Conflict (and in the process destroying her own children) or she will perpetuate it but she will never know rest, just as the very essence of all angel and demonkind since Anu and Tathamet. 2.- The prophecy said that the spear of light will pierce Hatred's heart. But Inarius impales Lilith by her stomach, and she being a female that also means her womb. Despite both of them creating Rathma not as humans reproduce but through rituals, the women womb is THE place of communion between male and female and in this case of more different forces: of demonic and angelic, of light and dark, of order and chaos. They converged in that esoteric womb, they created life in the place where all natures can interact. But that was thousands of mortal lifetimes ago and now they are again at square zero. They aren't past lovers nor allies, they are what they were meant to be: enemies who will give no quarter. And by crushing that space, both by Inarius hand and Lilith will, they destroyed any chance of communion between opposing forces. Father and Mother of Sanctuary declared the death of their hopes, signing in her blood and his wrath the burial of any future encounter. The conflict will rage eternal and the few ones who wished for something else are no more. Excuse my english but I know you will not read this crap in spanish lol.
There really isn’t all that much in this world that is cooler than this. From the iconic imagery to the insanely beautifully rendered and very well choreographed action, this is literally about as cool as it gets. The way the action is shot is so visceral. The camera following every jump and spear throw. It’s just so clever.
@@ECLECTICNOW 100% Campaign was incredibly uninteresting until close to the end. Aside from that, the game was quite mediocre, generic, and uninspired.
@@PapaP86 i mean it does the whole generic think beautifully its a good game to grind which is who its aimed at. Some ppl dont even care abt the story at all and like destroying monsters and getting loot. The game is good but its never gonna be like a goat story game, the lore is good tho and the cinematics are so amazing
I like how Lilith's character is not about being super powerful, even though she is. She got in his head and outsmarted him pretty hard. I also like how she seems so unbothered even with this incredibly powerful angel charging at her.
The voice acting was so well done you could hear the pain in Inarius’s voice when he softly said “you” after stabbing her. He obviously still cared about her. And when Lilith asked “and our son?” After him calling sanctuary an abomination. That hit hard. I’ve seen a lot of people say she was just wanting to know if he really did kill Rathma l, if he was capable. I say she was asking him if he really thought his own son and everything they did together was an abomination. The feels.
yes and i want to see movie related to this game and hope same epic battle may seen again in movie version. If resident evil and other movie are made accroding to video game and recent webseries the last of us which is also game adoptation.
A spear of light penetrating Hatred's Heart. Considering Inarius sees his children as beasts/abominations and wants to destroy them all, would his heart be "Hatred's heart", and as such Lilith fulfilled the prophecy by killing him?
Pretty sure spear of light piercing hatreds heart and setting the one bound free was in regards to the stone piercing hatred/mephisto and setting him free from his bindings in hell. The prophecy starts out about lilith and inarius, but ends with mephistos freedom at the end of the prophecy. Theres hints to it referencing that in act 6.
Mephisto did mension in one of the dialogs that Inarius was full of hate, Inarious believed that the prophecy was all about him killing Lillith and "righting some wrongs" but i think the prophecy is idd all about the death of Inarius.
After all Diablo’s antagonists, I never sympathize so much like I did with Lilith here. I love grey characters like this. Also the fact she was always telling the truth and wasn’t lying like she always was honest about everything but Iniarus played himself here, he really believed that the prophecy was all about him when Mephisto literally felt all his hatred before making him a prisoner. He literally was meant to died in this prophecy.
My impression of Lilith was that she was basically always lying. Her words were full of reason and sensibility; she made you want to ally with her. But her actions were completely out of sync with her words. Every person who was convinced by her words ended up becoming corrupted into fanatical lunatics willing to kill their friends... She killed plenty of people in spite of *claiming* to be there to protect Sanctuary and humanity. It was unclear how her taking Mephisto's power would mean the end of Sanctuary, or if that was just a desperate lie he came up with to try to save himself. Ultimately, I felt she was most dangerous because she was so intelligent, so good at understanding human desires and how to pander to them, but her true motives were never even revealed by the end of the story... I feel like a big theme of this story was: The enemy of my enemy is *not* necessarily my friend.
She's not grey, she just has a silver tongue. She makes good points but ultimately is manipulating all her followers to accomplish her own goals. I do think she is a good villain and somewhat sympathetic tho.
@@judgeprime3730 She's not grey, people are just convinced that she ain't a demon like all the other demons. They're wrong just like the cultists we farm every day in the game.
Guys, remember, Inarius is a Rogue Angel - his power comes from the "living souls" ascended to heaven. He knows his place, but is he welcomed back? No. He defiled the trust. He lost. He was banished. He had limited powers. Lilith knew this. When Lilith rips his wings off, the pain in is his screams is daunting. holy S.
think it should be said the dude was imprisoned and tortured in hell during the events of the previous games. He was given to Mephisto by the Angiris Council. So mans probably doesn't even know Diablo fucked up the high heavens during the events of diablo 3. As the only way he was able to escape is supposedly because the bullshit Malthael pulled during reaper of souls.
@@Ev0Apex He went Rogue when him and Lilith stole the World Stone to create Sanctuary. Tyrael never abandoned his allegiance to the Heavens, he merely embodied his Virtue. The virtue at the heart of Tyrael is Justice.
That line and the delivery when Lilith tells Inarius "Silence is their judgement" is so top notch! As was the focus on Lilith's lips as she spoke the words, giving it this eerie feeling. She couldn't have delivered a more piercing blade to cut through Inarius's heart. To be honest, he was defeated with words rather than physicality right then and there. The most epic non-physical take down I've seen in some time. I think this whole cinematic may very well Blizzard's best one across all their IP's. On a conceptual and execution level, it's just unreal!
@@giornikitop5373 true but he put up a better fight, Inarius was not only hate driven but dumb as fuck, why did he turn his back on Lilith? to cry to the heavens? Inarius is a big disappointment
@@giornikitop5373 And compare Imperius getting impaled by THE Prime Evil in the chest and Inarius being impaled by a small spear. Imperius is calm and teleports away and Inarius screams and his wings is all over the place in panic mode.
Wouldn't be worth the cost. As amazing and love as Blizzard cinematics are, there's a reason they're few and far between, and then fairly short when we actually get one. They're truly the bleeding edge when it comes to videogame cinematics, however there's just no way to justify the cost and monetize them. From a business perspective I think it's really smart. They use them to draw attention and hype, as even people who don't play these games may hear about them, watch them, and be able to enjoy them.
This cut scene was my favorite in the game and honestly on the list of one of my favorite cut scenes ever, there are so many break downs in this scene its truly a masterpiece of animation, The mothers unshaking faith of walking on hells ground barefoot, the weekness in hells beasts when Inarius and his light is there, they are weakend so much the knights are winning, but.. when Inarius goes after Litith and they are talking, their conversation seemd more like spouses, you could hear the hurt in her voice, Inarius was suduced, but she said "We made a choice" OOF He wanted her at one point right, so much so they had a child, my absolute favorite is Litith saying you "belong in Hell" and tearing the wings off of an Angel, Wow! Just wow, after that his light was gone and Hells beast had their full power, this scene is Amazing
I read a good theory about how Inarius may be the new big bad and Mephisto is a red hearing. That the true villian of hell has never been spoken of in Diablo universe. Because Lucifer - the angel who fell and thrown into hell returns to lay claim to his creations. Reasons why Lucifer has never been named even tho he’s the biggest name in Christian lore for hell? Cause he didn’t exist yet and Inarius is gonna come back with a vengeance
Listen to Liliths final warning. It doesn’t sound like she’s talking about Mephisto. Sure sounds like she’s warning us of something greater. Plus the angelic music when she turns to ash? I think Lilith may have actually been on our side low key And yet- here we are again. I gave you free will and you’ve squandered it wasting it on a crusade you don’t understand. You chose tyranny when offered freedom a poor legacy for my gift. Without me you would have no victory and it’s cost will be more than you can pay.
@@chasedribben6833 I hate to be that guy, but it's Diablo. It's just that simple. Diablo is the devil a.k.a Lucifer it was all along. Not sure how you never made that connection, maybe you just didn't know what Diablo means?
Lilith is free. Inarius got Izualed. Mephisto is trapped within the soulstone yet he can roam freely as a doggo sailing staight to the new DLC. Good stuff 👍Can't wait to meet him and his bros again.
@@RALL123456High powered demons like Lilith, the lesser and primes and lieutenants all reform in time. Angels reform but they don't have the same memories/personality. Tyrael was a very rare exception, maybe it's because he was an archangel. Not much lore on that part.
@@VengefulMaverick Angels get "recycled" for lack of a better term. The power that composes them returns to the Crystal Arch and is used to make a new angel, in theory.
@@ckmoore101 Hahahaaaa ... lol ok ... well , maybe because that meal of last Monday was the best meal of my life .... the Diablo4 launch cinematic was the best I have ever seen in all games
is it or is it not the greatest gaming cinematic of all time? this is what the cinematic deserves. im not saying it is or isnt. its obviously the best cinematic since d4 launch cinematic and one of blizzards best..
I think it's the "Heavens protect me!" line that gets me. Inarius is not only a complete narcissist, but also truly weak and pathetic. Not sure what Mommy ever saw in him.
Yeah people forget though that Lilith started the whole thing. So inaurius realizing the heavens with eventually realizing what he did tried to make up for his mistakes. So he killed their son that was half demon and used the world stone to make humans, something that wasn’t done by Lilith which would make him look better than if it was the both of them creating humans. They did however create the Nelthilum from ****ing each other which they bore their first son Rathma. Anyway yeah pretty much The Angel Counsel allowed the Lord of Hatred to torture him for all eternity until he came back. Bro just wanted peace in the end, and wanted his home back. He was tried of the Eternal Conflict so that’s why L&A worked together to make a world of peace and safe haven.
These short cinematics and games cannot give proper idea of the true power of the Angels and the Demons. You should read the Diablo: The Sin War trilogy and you will get better understanding.
The level of detail put into this cinematic is amazing. If you look closely enough, you can see the wooden spears used by the soldiers shake due to their length. Thats some good detail added. 1:58
The fact that Lilith survives THIS and manages to stab Inarius back hard enough to actually impale him says a lot about how deceiful her appearance is. She looks like a tall, yet frail demon lady, but make no mistake, she's more, much more than that. I mean, when your father is the Lord of Hatred, it becomes obvious that there's more that meets the eye.
Not only that - she lifted him off the ground and pinned him down with his own lance, which gave her leverage to rip his wings out with her bare hands. The strength is unimaginable!
She was stabbed through the stomache with a spear haft. Your typical demon isn't going to be phased by that. Her surviving is not surprising at all. Idk what you are talking about
@@richardashendale922yeah dont demons have multiple hearts too? She was pinned down though, and inarius thought meanwhile a taxi would show up headed towards the heavens
@@richardashendale922 We're talking about a spear forged in Heavens, pretty much like Tyrael's sword (without the magical abilities, sadly). DO you really think that Inarius would use a regular, "mortal" spear? That is actually part of the reason why she can stab him back (a regular spear would struggle MUCH MORE to pierce an Angiris' armour)
Poor Inarius, Angelic Councils sent him to Mephisto for peace treaty, but actully for toying and becoming a punching bag. For centuries of being tortured, his mind completely went broken his heart was filled with hatred toward Burning Hell and its creature. He would do everything to destroy Hell, Santuary to satisfy and ascend High Heavens: a place where he calls "Home"
I love how the mother aspect of lilith plays through the whole time. A part of her certainly loves sanctuary and Rathma. But it might not be love we desire.
She can't love in a human way. All she loved was her evil schemes for power and she admitted in the end that she was not there to save anybody and that Elias was misguided.
Don't know what Inarius expected. The current leader of the Angiris Council is Imperius, who was angry at Tyrael and tried killing him for simply HELPING Sanctuary. Did he really think Imperius would let him back into Heaven after he stole the Worldstone, slept with Mephisto's daughter, and created Sanctuary. I think Imperius would rather kill himself than even think about letting Inarius back into Heaven.
i think to animate an entire film in this quality you would have to spent an enormous amount of money. would be sick but i dont think it would be financially worth it for blizzard. but who knows might be coming in the future.
I swear when Inarius appears above all of them, casting his light upon the worthy, the music that plays is the exact same thing that played in the A Space Odyssey 2001, when they witnessed the monolith on the Moon.
@@WickedPrince3D How can they forgive him for such treason. Even if he realised his mistake it's too late to redeem himself now. He has to suffer the consequences
@@beastmotoz but why should he? If not for him and Lilith, sanctuary wouldn't even exist. He's the dad that laid the pipe and had 2 kids, but after the post nut clarity won't commit to staying with the damn family!
This is hands down a top 10 video game of all time. In my personal list, it's not number 1 cuz Skyrim exists, but like it's for sure 2nd to 5th best. The other games in my top 5 are Fable 2, Batman Arkham Knight and Shadow of the Tomb Raider. This game will complete that top 5, just so hard to decide where cuz the others give me so much nostalgia. Diablo 4 has the best cutscenes out of any other video game in the history of video games.
I have been on a Spotify binge for every sound on this soundtrack. The scene is known as confrontation on the album. I’m beginning to see why. This is glorious beautiful work here.
The question is; Is Inarius actually dead? or is he now "something else"? The way he melted into the floor, seeping into the ground, and Lilith's method of pulling out Inarius' wings, along with her words "you belong in hell". Maybe Lilith bound Inarius to hell, similar to how the evils are, which could eventually lead to Inarius being reborn as "something else". An interesting theory.
Demons and angels can't really die. That's why the primevals are always reformed. Same with angels - but Inarius was cast out. His essence might not be able to reform in heaven as a new angel. He could very well reform as a demon.
Maybe he will be the villain of the first real expansion to the game. Even though that would be a bit uncreative since we already got something similar in Reaper of Souls
Good lord!! This was one of the greatest cut scenes I have ever seen. Just absolute perfection. The scenery, music, graphics and voice acting are 10/10.
They truly did Inarius and Lilith justice. Glad they took probably the best bit of lore Diablo 3 gave us and absolutely delivered. I'm also glad Mephisto got some of the limelight. He was barely a presence in Diablo 2 outside of one cutscene and the Act 3 boss fight. Unlike Diablo who was the main focus, and Baal who got multiple cutscenes and an entire expansion. Hope they do him justice in Diablo 4's expansions because it's stated outright he's the most dangerous of the 3 Prime Evils. Humans can supress fear and live peacefully at times, however hate is always present in the heart of humanity. It's probably why he was farther along in rebuilding himself than his brothers.
I have just finished the story as a lvl 54 Barb - this campaign was one of the most amazing and edge of my seat moments in a game for the last few years, im casual as hell so i probably spend the best part of three weeks slowly working up to beating it, cant fault it one bit. really want more campaign for diablo now.. low key Mephisto is my fave, cant wait to see what happens next with him.... wish we got to see Inarius's face thou.
I really hate that they made lilith "good" and Inarius bad in this game like we didn't hear their logs in diablo 3. Inarius talks about how much he loves Lilith and how sanctuary is like a paradise. Lilith literally talks about how she's only using him and how sanctuary can be used as a tool to win the war. Inarius always cared, Lilith never did. Blizzard made the game though, so you know damn well they put more effort into greedy microtransactions than the actual game and plot.
When you think about it, the prophecy did come to pass: a spear of light would pierce the heart of hatred. Lilith stabbed Inarius with his own spear not too far away from his heart. Don't get me wrong, Lilith is 100% evil, manipulative, greatly motivated by self-interest, and ambitious, but her goals were not motivated by hatred but rather desperation. Inarius on the other hand felt nothing but contempt and disdain for his own creation and for those he feels are responsible for putting him where he is.
When I watch this video, I glean more and more of the overtones in this game. They did such a good job adapting Lillith to their lore. "We made a choice." Such a good line. I think Inarius broke his vow to not try to kill her and that gave her license to rip off his wings. She played him perfectly.
I like to imagine the 3 remaining archangels (RIP Tyrael... and Malthael too, I guess) watching Inarius from Heaven and all just being absolutely appalled by him. He betrayed Heaven by running off with Lilith to create Sanctuary, only to almost immediately (cosmically speaking) betray Lilith and Sanctuary to try and claw his way back into Heaven? None of the archangels would stand for that and they *never* agree on anything!
The long spears are inspired from Alexander the Greats, "sarisa", which was a 6 yards long soear combined with the shield, and it was the ultimate battle weapon for defence and offense also.....
I just hope that the team that made this gets the recognition that they deserve. This was 10 out of 10 absolute perfection.
after 1.1 - Blizard should fire the entire fing dev team and just make a cgi movie or show instead. Only place actual talent still exists at Blizard.
Perfect
I agree, thanks to this story telling i cant wait to see how it unfolds in expansion. The cutscene was just really frigging amazing. And no, not your typical good blizzard cutscene, this one is just amazing.
@@NegZer0 Yep, Blizz should just exit the gaming industry altogether. It is shameful how far they've fallen since their glory days back in the early 2000s.
allahu akbar
Everybody talks Inarius / Lilith here, but look how badass these humans were holding the line against hell!
Everybody gangsta till Lilith bring out the shank
Until they weren’t lol
A dublagem'' chama-se localização no brazil = Brasil, é melhor.
They lose their Morale after Inarius was destroyed.
@@xZAEx They shouldn't have put their faith in an imperfect Angel. An imperfect Angel, is human, no?
The Angel design in Diablo is so great.
Yeah the light tendrils look so cool
I'd like to see more of imperius
By far the coolest Angels I’ve ever seen in any form of media
@@krucible9369 100% agreed
Yeah, I agree! They look so bad ass
Inarius' dying scream chilled me to the bone. He was probably in a huge amount of physical pain, but that was a scream of absolute despair from a damned soul no longer able to deny the truth of Lilith's words' and truly grappling with the knowledge of its ruin for the first time.
Shock as well. He knew of the prophecy that he would drive Lilith through with a spear, and assumed that to mean that he killed her, not realizing it was only implied.
we are the gods we worship
5:04
@@Kujakuseki01 That part of the story is garbage, the injury doesn't matter later.
Is inarius dead?
Such an epic scene, the entrance of Inarius was badass just appearing, then floating down in the middle of all those demons like they didn't exist. And Lilith so graceful and laid back.
This cutscene gave me chills especially when Inarius calls to the heavens and is met with silence. His madness is truly felt through the performance. I just wish there were more cutscenes and boss battles in the game. Cue many expansions.
Well what's funny is, he is not even on or was on the council. He's just slightly above avg. Angel.
@matthewcaimbeul8722 he wasn't slight above avg he was an arch angel that went rogue after being captured.
@@OnyxAvalon - He's an Archangel. But he is weaker than those on the council. He is a slightly above average angel (an archangel).
He's also tortured for who knows how long and mentally insane.
I think we all knew it wouldn't end well for Inarius, but it really was a chilling moment. Imagine that realization, that horror - that everything Inarius had put his hope in was wrong. He could not bring about his own redemption. Even if he actually finished off Lilith, he probably still would've been met with Heaven's silence...
I had no idea inarius would lose. He looked promising. I was Tram inarius for sure then he list.. I'm still sour
When Inarius told Lilith he killed their son to satisfy the heavens, she asked "tell me...did they rejoice? No?" Oof!! the voice actor and actress in this scene understood the assignment
Man, that army was doing such a fine job before Inarius fell
Morale is everything
An an army needs a leader
@@fallenangel_899 every army has a chain of command
If you look closely they lost the buff Inarius gave them.
@@IveBeenWithBruma his blessing
How the fuck did they manage to create such a realistic look in Lilith's eyes when she said 'And our son?' You can genuinely feel the sadness and pain in a demon's eye.
Remember she was an Angel..
@@PixiexRiriNo, she wasn't - she was the daughter of Mephisto, Lord of Hatred.
yet she fucked him over cause he's more emotional
@@PixiexRirilol, dude, she is daughter of Mephisto, lord of hatred
@@gamerben6127 I know.
This is possibly the greatest video game cinematic ever produced (IMO) Blizzard needs to just make a diablo movie at this point just like this
or a tv show with these cinematics
@@masonmcconnell9375it would be great but it would cost far too much money. Especially if it became a flop of a series. I believe this one cinematic cost more than the actual made game that's how much unreal engine cinematics cost.
@@ashnelson9412 meh they got the money and I almost guarantee it wouldn't flop if they did what league did with arcane
imagine a tv series
I would pay the 70 retail price of a game just to go see this movie in theaters
Angels really need to find a new blacksmith to craft their spears
How about the Huldra brothers? Oh wait, wrong universe.
MLBB argues can kill these weakling easy.
@@sheltonplayz7878 ueuuyyy mlbb
Our Nephalem spears are way better if you know what I mean.
@@Theemilioyap bruh these angels spears are like sticks 😂
the writing and voice acting for Lilith was 11/10. So was the animation. So great.
blizzards cinematic team carrying the whole studio.
Agreed.
@@dajshinshin6123 Give the VAs their due credit too. All of them knocked it out of the park as well.
Her look of abhorrence broke barriers of reality for me...She is too great....
The look on her face when she asks "And our son?" 🤌
When Lilith say's 4:36
"And our son?" Then sighs after Inarius's expected answer, you know you have a true sympathetic, flawed but powerful Mother villain. Pawns or not in her scheme to claim Hatred's essence, she had a form of love for Rathma and the world they originally created. She just couldn't get a stubborn Angel by nature to accept what they have done together. Truly a great tragic end and realization that he was beyond redemption, which made it oh so much better.
Lilith didn't love Rathma. He was a means to an end same as Inarius. Watch her "mourn" when she takes the key from Rathma's body and keeps talking about herself. Lilith is a demon first and foremost and can only love herself and her schemes. But there are so many in the comment section who worship Lilith almost on the same level as the cultists we kill every day in the game. Lilith said it herself, she wasn't there to save anybody - all she cared about was herself.
@@wingledon2465 Yeah this Lilith simping is a little awkward. Imagine someone would think that Mephisto is somekind of antihero instead of a demon. 😂
I think unhealthy attachments to children in a selfish way are kinda natural in a sense. We think we have children solely for love (times we do have that capacity), however, in nature, we bear children as way to continue OUR legacy (DNA/Genetics). She is a demon, I understand she is something beyond a good and evil comprehension. But with as many statements as "Stolen from me" were there, there were subtle hints of attachment of "Saving your place in my world, just the same" when wondering would he be against her vision and plan for Sanctuary. You don't fold the arms over of someone who was ONLY just a means to an end and pay a moment of respect, nor monologue a moment of pain and weakness (She woulda just raged and only pulled the key out). It's again, not so simple with Lilith for demon bad, (angel badish good?), there was depth and complexity, which made for a more compelling nature of the villains in this game and the true meaning of the prophecies that unfolded.
@@noodles6390 So we have heavens angels that can lose their way and turn bad or have flaws, but the idea of a demon being able to have some sympathy for their child is completely unfathomable? Completely disagree.
I agree with you completely. I never played any Diablo games and don't know the story, I just watched the Rathma's cutscene where Lilith was also there, and then this video, and all I see is how she loved Rathma and the place she calls the Sanctuary
I love the part where Lilith asks Inarius about their son, the voice actress and animators did so well imparting some really human qualities to a demon from hell
its beautiful sure but story wise thats blizzard failure
demons are demons they have no light in them angels are angels they have no dark in them humans are humans they have both in them and thats why they feel remorse they have guilt and they can change their way, demons and angles have no choice, humans do thats why they CAN become a perfect creation and go above both demons and angels. if u ask about fallen angels, they are fallen they didnt choose to go dark they were forced by corruption through hatred pain and suffering
@@shahn0or oh really? As you said demon = fallen angel, not really matches with "demons are demons they have no light in them" statement.
The entire cinematic shows up that angel could be more cruel than demon, killing its own son and was about to end the entire world, including all of humanity.
@@easyrider2940 if angels are cruel its because light demands it , and in diablo universe demons are not fallen angels thats bible description of demons, in diablo universe demons are pure manifestation of everything bad dark and evil and they can corrupt angels and humanity with that evil, this is however was the original basics in diablo universe, now they are adding humanistic traits to nonhuman beings to please everyone, the only thing that stopped angels to end humanity was the scroll of faith
@@shahn0or bro its a game it doesnt have to make sense, thats the beauty of games.
@@shahn0or Oh yeah? So how many demons have you met, conversed with, and gotten to know? How many angels? I'm all ears.
Just like in D3, one cinematic stands out as a masterpiece.
The fight between Imperius and Tyrael in D3 and this emotional play between Lilith and Inarius in D4.
They really nailed it with Lilith's character. They couldn't have succeded more.
Absolutely love it
Imperious in D3
@@scotthansen3635 Correct 👍
Edit: Changed it. A bit tired.
Diablo v Imperius was better
I know Inarius is a A-hole but it broke my heart to see him almost crying and screaming for protection and the way he just melts away like that. this is top-notch cinematic
He deserved it. Dude murdered his lover and their son, and was about to end the entire world, including all of humanity. He's probably more evil than any villain in Diablo history.
@@jaysoniorg2950 You're right saying he deserved it. But not saying he is absolute evil. He has been a Mephisto's prisoner for centuries, tortured. After that, all he wanted was returning home, in Heavens, but angels didn't want him anymore ; so he was ready to do anything to be accepted in Heavens once more. Exactly like the Cathedral of Light, all he needed was a prophecy to trust ; and It ended by death for him and the soldiers who follow him. Inarius fate is really sad, he wanted to escape Eternal Conflict and created Sanctuary and Nephalem in this objective, and he paid the price for it by losing his home, by being tortured in hell for centuries and by being ignored by his brothers til his death. He is not evil, he had to pay a price for a mistake (which is the existence of humanity) that no one could bear.
@@lucashernandez6843 He didn't make a mistake, though. Any real man would realize they had accomplished something incredible, relished the opportunity at a peaceful existence with their wife and children, and stepped up to the plate. But Inarius turned his back on all that, betrayed his lover, banished her to hell, murdered their offspring, then tried to actually murder her as well as end an entire world and all of their progeny.
Seriously, not even the prime evils stoop that low.
I don't know the lore how's he a bad guy?
@@petersander5802 Inarius tried to kill his lover. killed is offspring (his kid with Lilith) and almost ended mankind for the reason of being aknowledged back in heavens.
This cutscene is done so well. Crazy level of production
and yet storywise complete stupid, Iranius went from a badass lorewise to a complete pathetic idiot
and BLM also.
@@handballfield6326care to explain?
@@handballfield6326 are you... upset that reverend mother prava is not white or something?
@@robertb5074 The Knights Penitent and Prava are a metaphor for the police, standing on the necks of the demons or something.......... I don't know.
Everything in this leaves me wanting more, the voice acting, the stellar animation and production quality, the story of love and betrayal birth and destruction, it’s perfect. I had never seen it while playing the game and to suddenly come upon something so stunning left my jaw on the floor.
I like how they had Lilith not bother attempting to fight him head on and just exploit his biggest weaknesses through mind games.
Lmao that’s usually how women are no lie. Men are strong yes but women can be manipulative
I love the music as Inarius makes his entrance.
It really sounds angelic and beautiful while also sounding off kilter and slightly frantic, just like his mental state.
He is such an aesthetically beautiful yet terrifying character. Love it.
Prophecy was fulfilled - Spear of light piercing hatred's heart - She pierced his heart (full of hatred) with his spear of light (his weapon from the heavens!)
its funny how prophecy always has two sides to it
I think it's refering to Mephisto. "spear of light (soulstone) piercing Mephistos embryo/heart form and then he who was in chains is set free (Mephisto).
@@Remus88Romulus no
I thought the spear piercing hatreds heart. Was like a sex innuendo. 🤷🏼. Haha man. I was way off
@@ryangonzales7716 No, i definitely think Remus is right lol
This looks absolutely breathtaking. We need more masterpieces like this. They’re just awesome.
we usually got one of these per act, but i guess showing the one cinematic you did, sorry, showing the remaining half of the cinematic you already shown as a trailer is all we get now a days.
@@brendan9575 Exactly... 2 cinematics and people are praising it when they did somewhere around 6-7 for each of their games before. D4 is trash, no idea why people think it's even decent. Most people are such brain dead NPCs these days more or less programmed what to think.
@@PapaP86 Calling people that disagree with you NPCs is such a lazy, arrogant take. Imagine being so angry at others enjoying something.
@@Doodoofart725 Nah not angry at other at all, just quite true when people praise games like D4 that are worse in every single way than its predecessors and most aRPGs out there. It's just a pretty prudent point if you're simply minded enough to enjoy D4, you are quite an NPC. If you take offense to it, it's probably because it rings true. If not you wouldn't care.
Normie consumers love garbage
Those Prava legionaries are badass. Fearless and unbeatable in their blind faith.
Problem became when they lost faith. If Inarius just floated above, they'd kill everything in this cinematic.
I want to play a class that looks like that so bad ;(
@@relaxedpotato8425 paladin with holy shield or tower shield choice hopefully in dlc
@@xaby996 that's all I want...omg
But that's the story, isn't it? Inarius doesn't give a F about them, while they would die if he asked. He abandons them to go pursue his selfish desire. If he stayed with them they'd be fine.
@@xaby996blood knight is coming
Liliths speech hit me as feeling her justification. "What about our son?" "We made a choice". "i gave you free will". Poor Lilith.
There are tears in her eyes. I think she truly had feeling for Inarius. It clearly that she didn't want to kill him in the 2 last war because there still was conflict in his heart, but the angel cut their last bond when replied "I made it right to satify the heaven". The bad things about Diablo 4 story that Blizzard made Inarius a mad angel, who didn't care about human, not the one who used to tired with the eternal conflict and wanted a hideout for angel and demon. Inarius used to protect human from demon. But may be like Lorath said, thousands yeard in torture changed him.
I read a good theory where they said Inarius is gonna be next big bad and Mephisto is a red hearing. Lucifer the biggest character in hell forreal is gonna be inaruis. The whole fallen angel thing in the Bible? Reason why he was never named before now? He didn’t exist Lilith I think was trying to help humanity and in the grand scheme inaruis is gonnna come back as Lucifer as the true big bad of Diablo to reclaim his creations and take back their power to get back at the heavens for damning him
I also think she had feelings for Inarius in the past, but I think she had already decided to kill him as soon as she saw what he did to Rathma. How painful she made it depended on whether or not he expressed any remorse.
@@b.1162 Hmm I think if she decided to kill him when she saw what he did to Rathma, she wouldn't ask Inarus "How about our son ?"
@@BowserTheMightythat's more disbelief (most likely).
The satisfaction people want when hurt.
Why did you betray me?
Why did you ghost me?
Knowing doesn't make it better, but knowing satisfies an aspect of hurt.
(He murdered their immortal son. Mortals eventually die, but he *would* have lived forever.
That's...deep)
I agree.
I personally loved how they executed it..Inarius' presence finally making an entrance in the game at this point was truly epic to me..Since he had just kept being referred to. I love how he hovered and just observed the battle taking place before seeing his true target and taking action. He gave me Trunks vibes..no messing around straight to business..
Until he sniffed a line of coke and starting saying crazy s* in the middle of a full on battle.
@@incogspectator3042 sometimes it be like dat
Inarius appears a few times before though. Once in Act I when you ask for his blessing to go after Lilith, then at the very beginning of Act 4 when you meet Donan in the Cathedral of Light, if you go right up to the altar he's right there. This is still his most badass appearance for sure though.
@@incogspectator3042 Inarius IS crazy at this point. He has been tortured by Mephisto for 3000 years and has been cut off from the High Heavens for even longer.
Who tf is Trunk
I think, deep down, Lilith didn't want to kill Inarius and still hoped they'd live in Sanctuary together. Until he killed Rathma and said he did it to satisfy the Heavens. That was the last straw.
insensible and stupid evil
The last straw was when Inarius put a spear into her stomach.
I think there was a part of her that honestly still loved him. There was a time when sanctuary was young and she actually didn't even act demonic in the lest until the litany of death. When the neohalim found they could kill each other. She had not used demonic powers till that time, so she was just a happy house wife with her husband and son.
Two things I would like to comment:
1.- When Lilith is impaled note that her hands are welcoming Inarius spear. Let's recap: they created Sanctuary not as a mean to end the Eternal Conflict but to merely escape from it: they knew the powers of both the Burning Hells and the High Heavens were too massive for any of them to repel. They just wanted a place of peace, where there is no need to battle. But at this point Lilith is tired of eons of battle, she wanted release and for a little moment she had the hope that death, even one as tragic as being killed by the hand of your past lover, could bring her that. But as she knew deep inside her that wasn't meant to be, she will live either to create a place that can stand the clash of the Eternal Conflict (and in the process destroying her own children) or she will perpetuate it but she will never know rest, just as the very essence of all angel and demonkind since Anu and Tathamet.
2.- The prophecy said that the spear of light will pierce Hatred's heart. But Inarius impales Lilith by her stomach, and she being a female that also means her womb. Despite both of them creating Rathma not as humans reproduce but through rituals, the women womb is THE place of communion between male and female and in this case of more different forces: of demonic and angelic, of light and dark, of order and chaos. They converged in that esoteric womb, they created life in the place where all natures can interact. But that was thousands of mortal lifetimes ago and now they are again at square zero. They aren't past lovers nor allies, they are what they were meant to be: enemies who will give no quarter. And by crushing that space, both by Inarius hand and Lilith will, they destroyed any chance of communion between opposing forces. Father and Mother of Sanctuary declared the death of their hopes, signing in her blood and his wrath the burial of any future encounter. The conflict will rage eternal and the few ones who wished for something else are no more.
Excuse my english but I know you will not read this crap in spanish lol.
Well Shit.
Isn't this bullshit? Wasn't lilith just manipulating inarious from the beginning?
There really isn’t all that much in this world that is cooler than this. From the iconic imagery to the insanely beautifully rendered and very well choreographed action, this is literally about as cool as it gets. The way the action is shot is so visceral. The camera following every jump and spear throw. It’s just so clever.
Playing the campaign in Diablo 4 was such a pleasure, wonderful story to keep in memory
story telling was boring, but atleast we get cool cinematic.
Exactly. It was absolutely worthless until the last few hours of the campaign
@@ECLECTICNOW 100% Campaign was incredibly uninteresting until close to the end. Aside from that, the game was quite mediocre, generic, and uninspired.
@PapaP86 I liked it, especially if you imagine it as a stand-alone game. But for something competing against POE... definitely doesn't hold up.
@@PapaP86 i mean it does the whole generic think beautifully its a good game to grind which is who its aimed at. Some ppl dont even care abt the story at all and like destroying monsters and getting loot. The game is good but its never gonna be like a goat story game, the lore is good tho and the cinematics are so amazing
I like how Lilith's character is not about being super powerful, even though she is. She got in his head and outsmarted him pretty hard. I also like how she seems so unbothered even with this incredibly powerful angel charging at her.
Mary sue things I guess. Reminded me of Slyvanas defeating Bolvar.
@@vendellin6230 thats not what a mary sue is. jfc dont use words you dont understand just because your panties are wound too tight.
Mary Sue isn't necessarily a bad trope in this case.
@@vendellin6230 what do you mean?
@@vendellin6230How? They are both near the same age and are both near the same in terms of power
Inarius, such a rookie mistake. Always double tap
And never leave your winning side to chase..
This was to this day one of my favorites moments in a game I never have felt so immersed with a story and moment as much as this.
If only we could get a full movie of this cinematic masterpiece
The voice acting was so well done you could hear the pain in Inarius’s voice when he softly said “you” after stabbing her. He obviously still cared about her. And when Lilith asked “and our son?” After him calling sanctuary an abomination. That hit hard. I’ve seen a lot of people say she was just wanting to know if he really did kill Rathma l, if he was capable. I say she was asking him if he really thought his own son and everything they did together was an abomination. The feels.
After seeing this in-game a couple days ago, I just had to come back and see it entirely through again. Top tier cutscene here.
This was so EPIC cutscene! It felt like i was watching a movie and i wanted it to keep going for longer!
yes and i want to see movie related to this game and hope same epic battle may seen again in movie version. If resident evil and other movie are made accroding to video game and recent webseries the last of us which is also game adoptation.
A spear of light penetrating Hatred's Heart. Considering Inarius sees his children as beasts/abominations and wants to destroy them all, would his heart be "Hatred's heart", and as such Lilith fulfilled the prophecy by killing him?
That's true!
Mephisto, the master of Hatred itself, recognized the hate in Inarius heart way before he tortured him. He was meant to die.
Pretty sure spear of light piercing hatreds heart and setting the one bound free was in regards to the stone piercing hatred/mephisto and setting him free from his bindings in hell. The prophecy starts out about lilith and inarius, but ends with mephistos freedom at the end of the prophecy. Theres hints to it referencing that in act 6.
Mephisto did mension in one of the dialogs that Inarius was full of hate, Inarious believed that the prophecy was all about him killing Lillith and "righting some wrongs" but i think the prophecy is idd all about the death of Inarius.
It’s a double entendre
This cutscene is done so well. Crazy level of production. Man, that army was doing such a fine job before Inarius fell.
Anyway this kill at 5:16 is epic, it really shows how badass those fighters were... until their faith lasted
After all Diablo’s antagonists, I never sympathize so much like I did with Lilith here. I love grey characters like this. Also the fact she was always telling the truth and wasn’t lying like she always was honest about everything but Iniarus played himself here, he really believed that the prophecy was all about him when Mephisto literally felt all his hatred before making him a prisoner. He literally was meant to died in this prophecy.
My impression of Lilith was that she was basically always lying. Her words were full of reason and sensibility; she made you want to ally with her. But her actions were completely out of sync with her words. Every person who was convinced by her words ended up becoming corrupted into fanatical lunatics willing to kill their friends... She killed plenty of people in spite of *claiming* to be there to protect Sanctuary and humanity. It was unclear how her taking Mephisto's power would mean the end of Sanctuary, or if that was just a desperate lie he came up with to try to save himself. Ultimately, I felt she was most dangerous because she was so intelligent, so good at understanding human desires and how to pander to them, but her true motives were never even revealed by the end of the story...
I feel like a big theme of this story was: The enemy of my enemy is *not* necessarily my friend.
She's not grey, she just has a silver tongue. She makes good points but ultimately is manipulating all her followers to accomplish her own goals. I do think she is a good villain and somewhat sympathetic tho.
How the F is a demon grey??
She’s the master manipulator. She’s a complete bitch lol.
@@judgeprime3730 She's not grey, people are just convinced that she ain't a demon like all the other demons. They're wrong just like the cultists we farm every day in the game.
Guys, remember, Inarius is a Rogue Angel - his power comes from the "living souls" ascended to heaven. He knows his place, but is he welcomed back? No. He defiled the trust. He lost. He was banished. He had limited powers. Lilith knew this. When Lilith rips his wings off, the pain in is his screams is daunting. holy S.
think it should be said the dude was imprisoned and tortured in hell during the events of the previous games. He was given to Mephisto by the Angiris Council. So mans probably doesn't even know Diablo fucked up the high heavens during the events of diablo 3. As the only way he was able to escape is supposedly because the bullshit Malthael pulled during reaper of souls.
He’s not really rogue because he served under Tyrael. Tyrael abandoned his alliegance to Heaven and went rogue.
@@Ev0Apex He went Rogue when him and Lilith stole the World Stone to create Sanctuary. Tyrael never abandoned his allegiance to the Heavens, he merely embodied his Virtue. The virtue at the heart of Tyrael is Justice.
That line and the delivery when Lilith tells Inarius "Silence is their judgement" is so top notch! As was the focus on Lilith's lips as she spoke the words, giving it this eerie feeling. She couldn't have delivered a more piercing blade to cut through Inarius's heart. To be honest, he was defeated with words rather than physicality right then and there. The most epic non-physical take down I've seen in some time. I think this whole cinematic may very well Blizzard's best one across all their IP's. On a conceptual and execution level, it's just unreal!
I was absolutly blown away by this masterpiece! Got chills right at the begining with epic chant.
"You will learn pain only glimpsed in myth" is some of the most cold blooded shit I've ever heard a villain say
Imperius looking down from the High Heavens:
"Pathetic..."
well, imperius tried to take down diablo and we all know how that went for him...
@@giornikitop5373 It was 1 god vs 7 gods. You missed the part where Diablo had ALL the other evil gods in him? He was in a sense Tathamet reborn.
@@Remus88Romulus no i didn't. but that doesn't change the fact that imperius had his ass handed to him.
@@giornikitop5373 true but he put up a better fight, Inarius was not only hate driven but dumb as fuck, why did he turn his back on Lilith? to cry to the heavens? Inarius is a big disappointment
@@giornikitop5373 And compare Imperius getting impaled by THE Prime Evil in the chest and Inarius being impaled by a small spear. Imperius is calm and teleports away and Inarius screams and his wings is all over the place in panic mode.
I'd love a full movie. The cinematics were incredible.
The cinematics cost roughly half of the games entire cost
Wouldn't be worth the cost. As amazing and love as Blizzard cinematics are, there's a reason they're few and far between, and then fairly short when we actually get one. They're truly the bleeding edge when it comes to videogame cinematics, however there's just no way to justify the cost and monetize them. From a business perspective I think it's really smart. They use them to draw attention and hype, as even people who don't play these games may hear about them, watch them, and be able to enjoy them.
Somebody has all of them back to back and they are about over an hour so pretty much like a full movie!
Damn... one of the best cinematics I have seen in gaming for a long itme.
the music build up at “Tell me, did they rejoice?” is wild.
This cut scene was my favorite in the game and honestly on the list of one of my favorite cut scenes ever, there are so many break downs in this scene its truly a masterpiece of animation, The mothers unshaking faith of walking on hells ground barefoot, the weekness in hells beasts when Inarius and his light is there, they are weakend so much the knights are winning, but.. when Inarius goes after Litith and they are talking, their conversation seemd more like spouses, you could hear the hurt in her voice, Inarius was suduced, but she said "We made a choice" OOF He wanted her at one point right, so much so they had a child, my absolute favorite is Litith saying you "belong in Hell" and tearing the wings off of an Angel, Wow! Just wow, after that his light was gone and Hells beast had their full power, this scene is Amazing
I read a good theory about how Inarius may be the new big bad and Mephisto is a red hearing. That the true villian of hell has never been spoken of in Diablo universe. Because Lucifer - the angel who fell and thrown into hell returns to lay claim to his creations. Reasons why Lucifer has never been named even tho he’s the biggest name in Christian lore for hell? Cause he didn’t exist yet and Inarius is gonna come back with a vengeance
Listen to Liliths final warning. It doesn’t sound like she’s talking about Mephisto. Sure sounds like she’s warning us of something greater. Plus the angelic music when she turns to ash? I think Lilith may have actually been on our side low key
And yet- here we are again. I gave you free will and you’ve squandered it wasting it on a crusade you don’t understand. You chose tyranny when offered freedom a poor legacy for my gift. Without me you would have no victory and it’s cost will be more than you can pay.
@@chasedribben6833it was like she is the only one who ever fought for humanity. Except Tyrael.
@@chasedribben6833 I hate to be that guy, but it's Diablo. It's just that simple. Diablo is the devil a.k.a Lucifer it was all along. Not sure how you never made that connection, maybe you just didn't know what Diablo means?
Lilith is free. Inarius got Izualed. Mephisto is trapped within the soulstone yet he can roam freely as a doggo sailing staight to the new DLC. Good stuff 👍Can't wait to meet him and his bros again.
dude fr the wolf form is so sick and his voice was mvp in my opinion. loved it everytime he was on my screen.
Nah his high pitched cold voice in Diablo 2 was best. Wish they made it like this.
Lilith free? What? Did we play the same game?
@@RALL123456High powered demons like Lilith, the lesser and primes and lieutenants all reform in time.
Angels reform but they don't have the same memories/personality. Tyrael was a very rare exception, maybe it's because he was an archangel. Not much lore on that part.
@@VengefulMaverick Angels get "recycled" for lack of a better term. The power that composes them returns to the Crystal Arch and is used to make a new angel, in theory.
That battle scene is hands down one of the best cutscenes I've ever seen in a game. Absolutely mind-blowing.
Anyone notice at 04:33 that Inarius' wings also recoiled there emphasizing his surprise? God the people who worked.onnthisnare amazing!!
This was my first diablo game and this cut scene was insane
thanks for uploading this. My cutscene glitched out when I was watching it, so I appreciate this being here so I can watch what I missed!
I'll give this to the crazy lady... she walked barefoot into Hell.
Why didn't he pierce her heart? Because he loved her. It's a really sad scene. Work of art
This is the best cinematic since the Diablo4 launch cinematic ... wow ....
Well, that isn't a terribly high measure. "This is the best meal, I have ever had! Since Monday."
@@ckmoore101
Hahahaaaa ... lol ok ... well , maybe because that meal of last Monday was the best meal of my life .... the Diablo4 launch cinematic was the best I have ever seen in all games
is it or is it not the greatest gaming cinematic of all time? this is what the cinematic deserves. im not saying it is or isnt. its obviously the best cinematic since d4 launch cinematic and one of blizzards best..
I think it's the "Heavens protect me!" line that gets me. Inarius is not only a complete narcissist, but also truly weak and pathetic. Not sure what Mommy ever saw in him.
Yeah, he's an evil weakling.
Heaven will not protect him he betrayed before like the watchers did and the 7 sins
He even killed his own son. Pathetic
Yeah people forget though that Lilith started the whole thing. So inaurius realizing the heavens with eventually realizing what he did tried to make up for his mistakes. So he killed their son that was half demon and used the world stone to make humans, something that wasn’t done by Lilith which would make him look better than if it was the both of them creating humans. They did however create the Nelthilum from ****ing each other which they bore their first son Rathma. Anyway yeah pretty much The Angel Counsel allowed the Lord of Hatred to torture him for all eternity until he came back. Bro just wanted peace in the end, and wanted his home back. He was tried of the Eternal Conflict so that’s why L&A worked together to make a world of peace and safe haven.
This is also the most amazing cutscene in any video game I have ever seen in my life. Hands down. Sensational!!!
Inarius touching down and trembling the ground was badass. Only wish he got more fight time to showcase the powers of an Angel.
These short cinematics and games cannot give proper idea of the true power of the Angels and the Demons. You should read the Diablo: The Sin War trilogy and you will get better understanding.
Everyone talks about Lilith and Inarius but no one talks about how badass Mother Prava is
Her fate was so strong that she walked barefoot on Lava like it was nothing, like daaaamnnm
It's funny that Inarius was presented as very proud of his beauty when he literally don't have a face XD
Maybe because of his tentacle wings 😅
@@darksider2903 being imprisoned in hell made his face look ugly
Inarius flex master with them gainz
not everyone gets to clap Lilith
Dude had them drip going on though 🥵
The level of detail put into this cinematic is amazing. If you look closely enough, you can see the wooden spears used by the soldiers shake due to their length. Thats some good detail added. 1:58
Really need a full version of whatever song they were singing at the beginning, warrior choirs always give me goosebumps
The fact that Lilith survives THIS and manages to stab Inarius back hard enough to actually impale him says a lot about how deceiful her appearance is. She looks like a tall, yet frail demon lady, but make no mistake, she's more, much more than that. I mean, when your father is the Lord of Hatred, it becomes obvious that there's more that meets the eye.
Not only that - she lifted him off the ground and pinned him down with his own lance, which gave her leverage to rip his wings out with her bare hands. The strength is unimaginable!
@@whiskeysierra8285 she a baddie for sure
She was stabbed through the stomache with a spear haft. Your typical demon isn't going to be phased by that. Her surviving is not surprising at all. Idk what you are talking about
@@richardashendale922yeah dont demons have multiple hearts too? She was pinned down though, and inarius thought meanwhile a taxi would show up headed towards the heavens
@@richardashendale922 We're talking about a spear forged in Heavens, pretty much like Tyrael's sword (without the magical abilities, sadly). DO you really think that Inarius would use a regular, "mortal" spear?
That is actually part of the reason why she can stab him back (a regular spear would struggle MUCH MORE to pierce an Angiris' armour)
This is so perfect. I don't want this campaign to end 😢
FELT THE SAME WAY!
Poor Inarius, Angelic Councils sent him to Mephisto for peace treaty, but actully for toying and becoming a punching bag. For centuries of being tortured, his mind completely went broken his heart was filled with hatred toward Burning Hell and its creature. He would do everything to destroy Hell, Santuary to satisfy and ascend High Heavens: a place where he calls "Home"
And now he's been reduced to Izual.
Now that a possiblity of diablo 5 New villain the new lord of hatred and could be that maybe hell takes over completely maybe
@@xhywisconsin9120“Better to reign in Hell then to serve Heaven.
I love how the mother aspect of lilith plays through the whole time. A part of her certainly loves sanctuary and Rathma. But it might not be love we desire.
She can't love in a human way. All she loved was her evil schemes for power and she admitted in the end that she was not there to save anybody and that Elias was misguided.
Don't know what Inarius expected. The current leader of the Angiris Council is Imperius, who was angry at Tyrael and tried killing him for simply HELPING Sanctuary. Did he really think Imperius would let him back into Heaven after he stole the Worldstone, slept with Mephisto's daughter, and created Sanctuary. I think Imperius would rather kill himself than even think about letting Inarius back into Heaven.
If they make a movie, I think they will make a lot of money for it.
They tried, world of warcraft movie, it didn't do too hot. Personally, I liked it.
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i think to animate an entire film in this quality you would have to spent an enormous amount of money. would be sick but i dont think it would be financially worth it for blizzard. but who knows might be coming in the future.
I swear when Inarius appears above all of them, casting his light upon the worthy, the music that plays is the exact same thing that played in the A Space Odyssey 2001, when they witnessed the monolith on the Moon.
Inarius going down like a bitch, classic.
All anyone really wants is to be redeemed in the eyes of those we believe matter. In the end it's Heaven that doesn't know how to forgive.
@@WickedPrince3D How can they forgive him for such treason. Even if he realised his mistake it's too late to redeem himself now. He has to suffer the consequences
Make them hoes suffer for their mistake.
@@beastmotoz heaven's gate has been destroyed by diablo in diablo 3 , so i think that's why heaven don't know about inarius
@@beastmotoz but why should he? If not for him and Lilith, sanctuary wouldn't even exist.
He's the dad that laid the pipe and had 2 kids, but after the post nut clarity won't commit to staying with the damn family!
This is hands down a top 10 video game of all time. In my personal list, it's not number 1 cuz Skyrim exists, but like it's for sure 2nd to 5th best. The other games in my top 5 are Fable 2, Batman Arkham Knight and Shadow of the Tomb Raider. This game will complete that top 5, just so hard to decide where cuz the others give me so much nostalgia. Diablo 4 has the best cutscenes out of any other video game in the history of video games.
This is the most badass quote: « you will learn pain only glimpsed in myths »
Just. Perfect.
Masterpiece of a cinematic. Probably my favorite of all time
Another great one I've seen was when Castlevania LOS 2 came out. Awesome cinematics
I have been on a Spotify binge for every sound on this soundtrack. The scene is known as confrontation on the album. I’m beginning to see why. This is glorious beautiful work here.
The knights penitents have such an awesome fighting style. I love how they took down the larger demon.
0:04 "My feet are strong Joe Rogan"
-Tyrone Biggums
Goosebumps. These guys know how to make a game. They deserve every penny. GOTY
A cinematic*. The game is average at best.
@@wingledon2465it’s fun
The devs deserve every penny. The corporation doesn't deserve anything.
totk taking goty sry
@@nashwhole7230 after everything they done yes I agree
Inarious is a total badass! However, Lilith is a devious boss! This should be a full length movie
The question is; Is Inarius actually dead? or is he now "something else"?
The way he melted into the floor, seeping into the ground, and Lilith's method of pulling out Inarius' wings, along with her words "you belong in hell".
Maybe Lilith bound Inarius to hell, similar to how the evils are, which could eventually lead to Inarius being reborn as "something else".
An interesting theory.
Demons and angels can't really die. That's why the primevals are always reformed. Same with angels - but Inarius was cast out. His essence might not be able to reform in heaven as a new angel. He could very well reform as a demon.
Maybe he will be the villain of the first real expansion to the game. Even though that would be a bit uncreative since we already got something similar in Reaper of Souls
No mention of the Devil in Diablo. Inarius just might become one. The ultimate evil.
@BalkanBiker i think Tathamet is the closest reference to the devil (the original prime evil). I do like the idea of Devil Inarius though
They really went all out and did a awsome job on this cinematic. Well done Blizzard
Good lord!! This was one of the greatest cut scenes I have ever seen. Just absolute perfection. The scenery, music, graphics and voice acting are 10/10.
I know how the story goes but man, that opening intro if Inarius never cease to give me chills.
I forgot this was a cutscene for a second cause this is really on a whole new level of quality
" and our son " ...the silence is real ! I think this is the best scene.
They truly did Inarius and Lilith justice. Glad they took probably the best bit of lore Diablo 3 gave us and absolutely delivered. I'm also glad Mephisto got some of the limelight. He was barely a presence in Diablo 2 outside of one cutscene and the Act 3 boss fight. Unlike Diablo who was the main focus, and Baal who got multiple cutscenes and an entire expansion. Hope they do him justice in Diablo 4's expansions because it's stated outright he's the most dangerous of the 3 Prime Evils. Humans can supress fear and live peacefully at times, however hate is always present in the heart of humanity. It's probably why he was farther along in rebuilding himself than his brothers.
I have just finished the story as a lvl 54 Barb - this campaign was one of the most amazing and edge of my seat moments in a game for the last few years, im casual as hell so i probably spend the best part of three weeks slowly working up to beating it, cant fault it one bit. really want more campaign for diablo now.. low key Mephisto is my fave, cant wait to see what happens next with him.... wish we got to see Inarius's face thou.
The cinematics team at Blizzard is literally the only part of that company that has never once let anyone down.
One time I'd like to see one of these scenarios where the angel doesn't get curbstomped randomly.
How have the angels been fighting for millions of years? they suck ass
I mean that's what happens when you take archangel michael, Gabriel and God out of the equation
Honestly one of the greatest cutscenes of all time
wtf are you talking ....decent mostly!
@@pioneerworxlet people enjoy things
@@pioneerworxif this is decent what is good to you?
"Let people enjoy things" such a true statement nowadays
This gave me Netflix's Castlevania vibe, I need more seasons for it.
I really hate that they made lilith "good" and Inarius bad in this game like we didn't hear their logs in diablo 3. Inarius talks about how much he loves Lilith and how sanctuary is like a paradise. Lilith literally talks about how she's only using him and how sanctuary can be used as a tool to win the war.
Inarius always cared, Lilith never did. Blizzard made the game though, so you know damn well they put more effort into greedy microtransactions than the actual game and plot.
When you think about it, the prophecy did come to pass: a spear of light would pierce the heart of hatred. Lilith stabbed Inarius with his own spear not too far away from his heart. Don't get me wrong, Lilith is 100% evil, manipulative, greatly motivated by self-interest, and ambitious, but her goals were not motivated by hatred but rather desperation. Inarius on the other hand felt nothing but contempt and disdain for his own creation and for those he feels are responsible for putting him where he is.
close but Lillith is not 100% evil - even stated so by Blizzard. Her dichromatic eyes indicate as such - her blue eye represents the good in her.
@nolanl5743 ok I meant 100% evil as in she is by no means a benevolent being. She's an evil being who's motivated by noble intentions.
@@maxkogan3785 100% agreeed!
Making something as grand and as visually impressive as this must’ve taken hours of painstakingly hard work
When I watch this video, I glean more and more of the overtones in this game. They did such a good job adapting Lillith to their lore. "We made a choice." Such a good line. I think Inarius broke his vow to not try to kill her and that gave her license to rip off his wings. She played him perfectly.
I like to imagine the 3 remaining archangels (RIP Tyrael... and Malthael too, I guess) watching Inarius from Heaven and all just being absolutely appalled by him. He betrayed Heaven by running off with Lilith to create Sanctuary, only to almost immediately (cosmically speaking) betray Lilith and Sanctuary to try and claw his way back into Heaven? None of the archangels would stand for that and they *never* agree on anything!
But tyrael isn't dead
I still come back to this cinematic from time to time. It’s actually perfect.
The long spears are inspired from Alexander the Greats, "sarisa", which was a 6 yards long soear combined with the shield, and it was the ultimate battle weapon for defence and offense also.....