As funny as your idea is, I'm pretty sure Baal conjured the illusion to look like Tyrael himself. It wouldn't be the first time he used illusions (that would be in the Tomb of Tal Rasha), or the last (that would be in the Worldstone Chamber).
@@paulchapman8023 Baal just loosened his grip on Tal-Rasha's soul, momentarily, to allow it to plea for help, convince, and distract Marius. It was not illusion but it was deception. As for Marius ... an utterly insane man, or perhaps an utterly sane man in an utterly insane world ... what he believes he sees is beyond even a Prime Evil's imaginings.
Baal didn't have to do anything of what he did. He could've just taken the stone. But instead he sat around for story time, he asked for the stone and was given it, just because he thought it would be entertaining.
I always thought Tyreal's quest to Marius was insane. What is the man supposed to do? Walk past the three most powerful demon lords into the depths of hell and destroy the stone? Marius doesn't even look like he can lift a sword.
Most importantly, how the hell did Marius even get into the Durance of Hate? Tyreal probably thought he was gonna put hands on diablo and baal and buy him time or something
If there really was no foreseeable alternative to save the world, I guess Tyrael had to throw a hail mary and assume Marius would pull a miracle out his ass and/or get assistance. Or at least not arrive on the heels of Al'Diabolos, and the Mephisto welcome committee.
@@Graphomite noticed you used Al'Diabolos true name but not Dul'Mephistos not sure how to not sound like a dick im not trying to just throwing out mephistos true name in the off chance you care Tor'Baalos is baal as well :D
It's implied that all of the monsters were affected by Baal's soulstone that Marius carried with him. It IS the soulstone of Destruction. I believe that all the monsters viewed Marius as some sort of horrifically strong being so long as he had the stone with him and did not want to deal with him. By that logic, only the Evils themselves could have actually stopped him.
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The voice actor (i believed he was an actor)of Marius really dominates and delivered a fantastic performance for us to experience. in those years voice acting in video games weren't that so great and actors during that days were skeptical about accepting a project involving a video game unlike today. it's like he shattered that stigma and rose as one of the best voice actors in gaming history.
It's the best in all of Diablo 2. The tomes in Diablo 1 give it a run for its money. I personally loved Marius's description of it "I heard a voice then, like a thousand needles in my heart..."
@@drownthepoor example of the story being disney-like? i thought D3 was pretty dark and well written except for shit like azmodan revealing his plans etc
The tragedy of Marius is heartbreaking... from the brief respite when he says he's glad its finally over, to his last sobbing grimace when his last words are "what have I done to deserve this?" Wanted more of his story.
Marius is a loser, he made every choice, he deserved it. He is a personification of the average person. Be mediocre at life, blame everyone but themselves and continue to live life unimpressive.
The biggest improvement (other than removing the Act IV alpha Diablo) was how fantastic Tal Rasha looks. In the originals it was almost a little difficult to see what was happening in the Act III cutscenes and Tal Rasha looked like Mr. Magoo. The final crystal explosion is obviously a thousand times better than the 3d benchmark graphics they used in the original.
Tal Rasha looks amazing here! It´s a shame Bhaal looks worse than in the original. Out of the demon brothers I think Mephisto is done the best, looks strange at first but terrifying when I study him more. Diablo looks good and I´m glad they didn´t make him look like D3, but Bhaal could be better reimagined her I think.
@@martinlidegran4819 Hm. I thought Baal actually looked more intricate / defined his features more with the remaster. Looks more threatening instead of a little robotic crab demon man like in the original.
@@zera2314 I agree. But that´s much to do with the improved graphics, even if Bhaal is more intricate and detailed in this, it´s thanks to 20 years of improving technology. I think it would´ve been better to find a concept closer to the original and then worked on,,, or mix in some of the concept work from his new Tal Rasha form somehow.
I miss the camera shaking when Diablo takes a step. Really added a whole larger than life feel to the villain. Like not only was he huge but he weighed as much as a skyscraper.
Yeah I mentioned this too. Was so surprised they missed the mark with this as they got nearly everything else right. The way diablo walks, his back spines facing down and the leg musculature allude to an intelligent and regal quality that this dinosaur rendition really misses. It's a shame as they game is near perfect as a remake minus the bugs n dodgy launch stuff
I think its more the fact that it sounds like something that's new. If you showed someone who has never seen Diablo they would say this was just made. The audio syncing has nothing to do with it however. They just made the animation to match the audio (also they had a template to work off of) and that's how most animation audio matches. At least with voices any ways, otherwise you would never get a mouth to truly sync up. But, yes the audio is fantastic and even the old cinematics look good.
@@betafishjeremy7454 I’m not talking about the lip sync I’m talking about the overall richness of the audio. The crisp voices and ambient sounds. The extraordinary attention to detail on things like background sound effects (footsteps and even the inmate voices in the asylum. League above what you see in many modern productions. It’s like Painting with Bob Ross level.
Sound design and music was stellar in original game; in-game and in the cinematics as well. And they still are 20 years later considering the technology available at the time. I agree that they have really cranked up the audio with higher sample rates, detailed ambient, deeper bass and some more modern tweaks here in the resurrected version cinematics. Changes are noticeable if you are familiar with the original game and have a decent setup for audio. The sync with the new animation is usually pretty simple: it is done by syncing the separate audio/music/dialogue tracks with the fresh animations. Or change the speed or animation to match it as closely as possible to the characters whether possible :)
@@Easyflux Many people who still care about this game in 2021 are the ones who liked those dramatic gestures. The old sound design was perfect and If they changed that it would have received a massive dislike.
Making it crispy clear and redesigning the looks of characters took away the fell of the story being a nightmare/insane man's recollection of events. The upscaled by AI version that you can find on yt is way better.
I strongly agree. There is a lot of little stuff that are not as great as the original one. I kinda dislike the face of Baal too. The original one was more clean visually speaking. Oh and, being French, i grew up with the French version, and actually, i have been able to find the Fr version of the Act 4 cinematic (At the gate of hell) and the voice of Mephisto has been redone at perfection even in French dub (Imho the French dub of Mephisto is even better that the English one :D )
Diablo II cinematics are easily some of the most heartfelt and beautiful in the HISTORY of gaming. I will never forget the emotion I felt when Baal and Diablo overtake Tyrael in ACT II. Or The Wanderer (our hero from the first Diablo) finally loses his battle with evil and transforms into Diablo. The final cinematic from which the worldstone is destroyed and that goosebump inducing score takes places. They did an excellent job transforming these older cinematics into modern works of art. Although I will not say they are perfect regarding some minor changes in scenes and sound that is a little off in places. Otherwise, a phenomenal job. Can't wait to see everyone on the battlefield of sanctuary tomorrow. I feel like I'm 12 years old all over again and it's an exciting time again to be a gamer.
Well said. I will say Diablo’s face was a little different too compared to the older cinematic. I also wish Tyrael’s wings were as long and gorgeous too. But yes, very well done!
Agreed. In my opinion, the resurrected cinematics are a separate piece of art and a new interpretation of the original game cinematics 20 years ago. I remember that they were legendary at the time, too. It is hard to say whether the resurrected ones are better because they are not identical compared to the original - and the technology has been quite limited in the early 2000s :)
I still prefer the old ones. I don't care much about "graphical fidelity", and more about artistical merit. Sure, art is subjective. And I can only give my opinion (subjective perspective) on it. So: I think that except of the epilogue, Marius got kinda ruined because of the lack of expression. I've seen people saying that it is more realistic now, but I think that it is the entire opposite. His expressions makes it seem much more like he is having some kind of inconvenience than, I don't know, maybe literally reflecting the fact that he saw dozens of innocent people getting murdered by demonic forces and indescribable infernal horrors? He literally carries the fate of the world within the stone that he did not have the courage to destroy, because it involved going to hell, but he looks like he just feels uncomfortable because he peed his pants. A real person on that situation would have a bit more of facial expression, wouldn't they? Also, some smaller details. Tyrael's armor was just turned 100% power fantasy. He is just enormous with big, exaggerated armor. And to be honest, they butchered his wings. What made him feel so ominous and beautiful was how immense and detailed his wings looked. Baal's walk after killing Marius also just ruined it for me. The original angle was perfect, and it was even kinda slowed to add dramatic effect. It looked so perfect that I used a screen capture from that scene as my steam profile for many years. Diablo walking towards the portal made he seem HUGE on the original. And now, the things that I think got really improved: Tal Rasha, Mephisto and Baal looks UNBELIAVABLY good. I can't even describe how perfect Baal is. Also, Mephisto got pretty disgusting. The way his loose skin flails in the ritual scene is horrible. I loved it. The scene where Baal kills Marius got completely terrifying. But overall, they kinda ruined what they just couldn't. Marius is the guy telling the story. If you can't get invested on him, it defeats a lot of the immersion. I remember how much I felt sorry for him on the original when he described the gathering on the third act. Hearing his voice break like that made me associate it with that small, fragile, broken man, and it felt so cruel. Now, he just seems... fake. I can't empathize with a character that don't react to emotions. And it's more sad when you compare it with the absurd voice acting. But hey, I still would give it an 8 out of 10 for just how beautiful and well done it is, overall. Just a shame that something so small breaks it so much for me.
Baal’s slow walk as he left Marius’ cell, as opposed to the more menacing walk in the original, is balanced out by the more forceful expression when shouting “enough!” So good.
Honestly, I don't even think he needs to be menacing while walking into a cell of a broken man. He's enjoying himself, having fun, just living in the moment, all while literally trolling a tortured old man which to me feels even more evil.
still...feel sorry for Marius when Baal puts him at rest, and watch him collapse onto the floor like that...you can all feel for him when he (a mere frail mortal) pissed his pants when tried to enter the portal into the burning hells. (though so did he when he removed the soulstone from Baal/Tal Rasha anyways)...so yeah, Baal just put him to rest with that insta kill move :)
For the life of me I'll never understand why they actually extended the bridge to Baal's forces in the Act V cinematic. The emissary didn't even cross it to address Baal, so all they did was just make it easier to lay siege on their fortress.
Why not? The reason diablo was a great game and great story is that Barbarians are strong mofo, in this game even without the help of Angel, human can come together defeat Diablo and his kind.
@@whosurdaddy1975 Except Diablo is defeated by the Nephilim. Not strictly humans. I think the door and the bridge were connected. Besides it's unlikely that the lack of bridge would've stopped him. Also maybe it's the Necromancer from the town that extended it.
@@lkotro21 There were no Nephalem during the events of Diablo 2, so the Evils were defeated by mere humans this time around. The powers of the Nephalem were sealed via the big red stone that Tyrael destroys at the very end here, hence why they are "returning" in Diablo 3.
@@lkotro21 Humans are decendants of the Nephalem, but not Nephalem themselves. Nephalem have much greater power than humans. But the heroes in D2 are in fact "just" humans. Actually the only time in the three games that the main characters are just a bunch of random dudes.
Theres no spoilers if you decide to watch it, it tells the story of Marius and the wanderer and you the player are always late to the party so its a hint to where next area might be but thats all. Your story is yours alone and theres no cutscenes for that.
really did a above and beyond job at the remastering... wish i can say the same for all the other remaster or ahem.. "Reforging", which just remade the intro cutscenes, upscaled the resolutions for the rest of the old ones and that was the end of their considerations. looking at you warcraft 3, and no the remade arthas vs illidan doesn't count. wishing more love went to the starcraft remaster, remade cutscenes at this scale and seeing tassadar's sacrifice with sc2 tier cinematics would be monumental.
There’s a VG news content creator called Bellula (think that’s the spelling). He explained that there was a lot of interference from Activision that killed a lot of the games potential. It was only going to get them millions in terms of profit, not billions, so they saw it as a lost cause and cut the funding. They only gave them a year to wrap it up and used the profits from preordering reforged on other projects instead of the actual game itself. Some of the devs aren’t off the hook either, but the biggest strides came from Activision.
These new cinematics are next level awesome! One thing I realized and never questioned though: why did they extend the bridge to Baal when he arrived in Act 5? Surely that is not a great idea lol.
@@BeyondDaX And if not, they can always retract the bridge later and separate the beasties from the rest of the army, open the doors a crack and kill the small group that rushes through at their own pace. Rinse, repeat.
The cinematics that were once legendary time, have been remade once again into something legendary. Loving every minute of it. Pray for me, this game might just devour my soul a second time.
only thing i love more in original are Tyraels wings, they are so much shorter now. In the worldstone chamber,i imagined because of the reality nexus you can see even bigger but distorted wings and the portal ripple effect
Some of the ad interruptions are comedic gold. At the beginning of the act 4(?) Cutscene at 18:24 right as Diablo slams face first into the ground my video hard cut to a makeup ad. I love RUclips man.
great graphics yeah but the reason why I love the original so much is because I can really feel the desperation and anguish in Marius' face. That was the first thing I was looking for
Tyrael, I failed to do as you asked , I couldn’t entered the gate… Tyrael: Why? Marius : well there were two prime evils guarding that gate at that time a whole army a demons beyond the gate, Tyrael, why is that a pronlem? Marius: are you shi&$&$ me? You couldn’t even beat a weakened form of diablo and bael and you are an arc angel!!! Im level 1 crazy drunken !!
Yeh everyone always shitting on Marius, but who is the real moron here, the skinny old drunkard or the arc angel who entrusted the fate of the world into him and expected him to do that shit?
Tyrael had to hold off Baal and Diablo at the same time which lets face it the only beings coming away from that alive or victorious are the arch angels from the angiris council, uldyssian, or the nephalam who comes later on in the lore/franchise.
Ah, so it looks like they took the original recording of Mephisto's voice, and spliced it in with the edited version. Interesting, I never knew it was the same VA that did the book narrations.
God, I love this. The Diablo 2 storytelling is just special. Watching this, I can still feel the same chills as I did the first time I played this game.
I'm glad the final cutscene is finally in line with the rest of them. It always bothered me that they changed the style (Tyrael's spectral wings in particular) for the addon-cutscenes. Though I have to say I liked the way the crystal splintered into those needle-like fragments in the original a bit more than the new chunkier pieces.
The original wings are sooo much cooler though, and just better animated in general. And who is to say that they are not like that because of the presence of the world-stone?
Tal Rasha's sealing and Baal's invasion of Sescheron was magnificent. But my most favorite cinematic was the destruction of the Worldstone. Tyrael's chanting is really cool. But I think they nerfed the effects on his wings on this part only. I remember it used to have these watery-like-effects-thingy wrapping around his wings.
After being jobless after Starcraft: Remastered, Aldaris left Aiur, gave his all for living as Mephisto somewere in Sanctuary world. Thx bliz for clearing this to us :D :D
Though I prefer Tyrael's Diablo 3 voice actor, I love how he's portrayed here. Somewhat ambiguous and threatening. His wings are absolutely incredible to look at, too. I always loved the Diablo franchise's take on angel wings and how they're just these massive tendrils of light. They're so expressive and dynamic - much more than just some bird's wings.
@Teutonic Knight 100%. I prefer 3's voice, but Diablo 2's everything else when it comes to Tyrael. He's just so... sterile in 3. Not a threatening bone in his body and I hate how much they softened him. Justice isn't soft and caring and any personification of it should be more harsh and imposing. Just because a character is a "good-guy" doesn't mean they have to be all friendly and approachable.
Im sad to say that the D2 remaster is probably only this good because Blizzard understood how not allowed they were to ever repeat anything remotely close to Warcraft 3 reforged. Silver lining i suppose.
I feel like it's an AMAZING feedback that all people have are nitpicks that not everyone even agrees with, because honestly, this couldn't have been done better by any other studio. Thanks Vicarious Visions
Tal rasha use his body to hold baal similar to the warrior and diablo, act v shows tal rasha is no more, baal oso consumed tal rasha knowledge meaning he is stronger than before captured
Uploader doing god's work. These cinematics are the only reason that I would have considered buying D2:R, especially since it won't have mod support. So that being said, thanks bro, you saved me $40! :)
Looks great, but i feel originals were more convincing, especially regarding Marius, the only thing i favor here is that Baal looks so much more intimidating and horrifying.
The best of all cutscenes in Diablo 2 is the last one where Tyrael destroys the worldstone. Not only it looks epic, it gives the player a sense of satisfaction on watching such an awesome sight after beating the game.
Mixed feelings about this one. I feel that they subdued Marius' body language a bit too much, and took away a lot of the drama from the Kurast temple bit by removing Mephisto's facial animations and the weight from Diablo's footsteps that made everything shudder in the original. You can't even make out the screaming faces of the portal. However, Baal looks fucking fierce, especially in the LoD intro, and the early acts really benefit from the effects reboot. And I'm of course pleased to see they stuck to the source material extremely closely.
Absolutely agree with everything you said. Watching Marius was harder this time around because you couldn't feel his desperation and anguish in his facial features nearly as much. Diablo looks amazing, but his presence isn't felt with the ground shaking beneath him. He didn't feel as "powerful". And Mephisto's body language was kinda half-assed with his opening sentences seemingly not lining up properly in the animation.
I'm also on the fence, don't get me wrong it's mind blowingly impressive but there's a few artistic flairs they threw in which I think spoil it. That silly little roar Diablo makes as Mephisto talks to him before entering the portal... why??! Another is Bhaal revealing the Marius that he's not Tyreal.. with a little horror-face flash over him, just not needed. Lastly Tyreal looks fucking amazing graphically updated but I much preferred his trippy jelly wings that spread over the entire shot, and they removed his burning-white aura when we get a front look at him before he chants to bless his sword before hurling it. I feel like that kinda gave him that other-worldly godlike feel and they took it away :( Nit picky things but yeah still very impressive and nice to see.
Baal's facial expressions and gestures are actually drastically toned down in this new LoD intro cinematic. I prefer the cheekier shit-eating grin and flamboyance that the Baal in the old LoD intro cinematic had.
I'm disappointed because they removed Baal's body gestures so instead of expressing his eccentric character on the very first up close shot, he looks instead like a bored demon. I missed him silencing the echos with just the snap of a finger, and feels odd that they would draw the bridge to an army of demons.
Most cutscenes are amazing. Especially the last two. But they tend to cut away often at good, gory, and more cinematic stuff like Act3 Tyrael's white/shiny/blurry delirious speech at Marius Act4 Wanderer's skin being rip asunder from within. Epilogue's Diablo body exploding/gibbing, Baal's walking off the burning asylum at slow-mo *and low FPS* Act5 Emisary's eardrums bleeding, and Baal's army charge.
The change in Act V was very positive - the "eardrums bleeding" that you described is unbelievably annoying for people suffering from tinnitus. I'm really happy they removed that effect. I don't however understand why they made Baal do some weird gesture with it's hand while it's clear he tried to hush down the voice in the original with specific gesture.
@@ashrasmun1 I don't get your first statement, both are sign / symptom respectively that can or not be related (often not) depending on the illness responsible, and even then, we're talking about very loud, mountain-shaking levels of decibells beating down on a poor mortal's eardrums, hearing bones, and cochlea of course they're gonna be shattered... hell poor man should start suffering from vomit and vertigo right away. Anyway, about the gestures, yeah he does wave his head and hands in the original cutscene but not that much. This could also be because they've messed around the camerawork at some parts.
I love how Marius looks at his pipe at 6:01 like, "Bruh, dis sum good shit." Also, that gatekeeper who told Baal to piss off is the bravest mofo in the history of gaming EVER.
Well, if you saw a guy who 5 seconds earlier could barely walk, start speed walking at full speed with no trouble, you would kinda be freaked out too right?
As much as i love these remastered cinematics i don't like one thing about them. Tyrael looks here like in diablo 3, i know it's still an amazing design but in original diablo 2 you could feel that he's a being from different realm, like everytime he was present he was very blurry and he's wings seemed to have no end. You could feel that he didn't belong there
Literally the only thing they failed with, which is sort of a big deal in a way, is the emotion on Marius face. He's not very expressive here while you can see how pained he is in the original cinematics. Especially in act 4. Kind of a bummer but other than that, this looks absolutely amazing!
They weren't as aggressive about treading that line between realism and artistic exaggeration that was necessary to portray it. The Resurrected is too heavy on the former, more muted expression and the original was over the top - which suited Marius' unbelievable performance.
His body language is also incredibly muted or makes him look more confident then his voice sounds in the remaster. Especially in the first cut scene, he looks more stretched out towards Baal which makes him look more confident and wise instead of afraid or tormented. He just doesn't look like the broken and disturbed man that fit the original so well.
The only thing I don't care for is...why is it when they open the gate to Hell, did blizzard make the sounds of the souls of the damned super quiet or practically not there at all?
That used to bug me in the original cinematic too. Come to think of it, Meph probably used telepathy to convey his thoughts, hence foregoing physically using his mouth to talk.
New Marius (well, new aged Marius) looks great. My main beef with the new intro cinematic would be the shot of Bale assuming Tyrael's form: in the old version, it truly looked confused and spectral, like an apparition, something wonderful, either angelic or daemonic. In the new version, that sense of mystery is gone, he looks like a big generic Blizzard character with giant cartoonish fingers and shoulderpads, might as well be Buzz Lightyear. I also find both hooded-Bale and the wanderer a bit too "human" in this version. Their taller silhouette and slightly unnatural movement in the old cinematics made them way creepier.
I remember 16 years ago my father first introduced me to this game. It was my first game ever that I played. 16 years ago I still play it. I was 6 back then
A few things I noticed: 1.I like how the intro cinematic gives off a slightly different feel to Marius then the original. Whereas there he was fidgety and shaking to give off the feeling of someone who was on the verge of madness, but forced himself to remain vigilant Here, he seems like a half-dead, beaten and tired old man keeping himself alive out of obligation to guard the soulstone , even if it is draining what little strength he has left 2.In the act 3 cinematic, I like that they slowed down the fight between Diablo and Tyrael, to make it seem that Tyrael wasn't just wasting time swinging wildly but was actually going for the kill and would have succeeded if Marius hadn't pulled out the soulstone 3.In the Act 4 Cinematic, I felt like it wasn't as epic as the original cause the screams of the damned souls are basically inaudible most of the time, plus they added more sound effects to Mephisto's voice which honestly took away from how good his voice actor's performance is (the voice of Grandpa Max from Ben 10 ironically) 4.In the epilogue, I feel like the model didn't quite match the pain and anguish the voice actor was portraying ( 60's Batman's Riddler, no really, look it up) Whereas in the original this was a lot better as he was fidgeting , drooling etc 5.And in the LoD cinematic where we see Baal for the first time in his real form, if you look at his face you'll notice that its the skin of Tal'Rasha's face torn and stretched from his transformation. You can even see the line where it ends, leatherface style And its a nice piece of characterization too,cause it shows how petty Baal is. He is literally wearing the face of the man who helped imprison him out of spite, even tho his soul is long gone 6.And in the final cinematic there's a slight stutter at the very beginning, likely a reference to how the original was
Another interesting detail added is that in the Act 5 intro cinematic. Baal's army being in much higher detail actually shows in-game enemies standing ready (the spike maulers and the reanimated horde skeletons). In the original, the only troops that had enough detail to barely be discerned were the clan lord minotaurs, who don't even show up in the first segments of the act.
Oh, heah, act 4 cinematic! The faces in the portal are less obvious and the wailing is way down. In general, I'm not really a fan of the changes to the audio mix, just seems more muddled and average.
same. maybe just because I watched the originals a few 1000 times, but some of the facial expressions are missing or not as I would have made them. Not sure I like tap rasha and Baals look now....and finally, and this is a weird one: once diablo transformed, the physics on his worn and torn cloak were amazing and they kind of toned that down here
Baal looks like he was played by Joaquin Phoenix. "How about another joke, herald of Sescheron? What do you get when you take a Prime Evil and banish him IN A SANCTUARY THAT TREATS HIM LIKE A LOOTBOX?"
It's pretty good for the most part particularly the prime evils look great, but Marius seems so expressionless in this remake compared to the original. Call it nostalgia or whatever you want, but honestly i still prefer the original cut scenes.
Looks amazing, though the original hellgate with the tar faces was more creepy to me. And Baal didn't do the cool thing where he silences his own echo. Dunno why they removed that, I always thought was extremely badass...
@@barryschalkwijk9388 I mean the gesture is pretty visible. 23:39 Also the gesture can be more subtle because the technology is better, so the animators can make softer animations without them becoming blurry and not visible.
I wonder if blizzard purposely put the ole stutters in there for the ending of Act 5. Feels like I was back on my ole late 90's computer struggle bussing through videos and gameplay.
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After 20 years, we are back to watch this dude suffering in HD.
Lmfao
How do they make him suffer in 4K? They made him suffer in 4K!
The best part being that the voice actor had lung cancer at the time (which probably landed him the job in the first place)...
the dude has been... NOT failing for 20 years too!
@@mikitz And hopefully, that he made it through, right?
Marius, “Tyrael, oh, yes, yes”.
Baal, “Ok, this is going to be even funnier”.
😂
Such a troll, absolute legend
As funny as your idea is, I'm pretty sure Baal conjured the illusion to look like Tyrael himself. It wouldn't be the first time he used illusions (that would be in the Tomb of Tal Rasha), or the last (that would be in the Worldstone Chamber).
@@paulchapman8023 Baal just loosened his grip on Tal-Rasha's soul, momentarily, to allow it to plea for help, convince, and distract Marius. It was not illusion but it was deception.
As for Marius ... an utterly insane man, or perhaps an utterly sane man in an utterly insane world ... what he believes he sees is beyond even a Prime Evil's imaginings.
Baal didn't have to do anything of what he did. He could've just taken the stone.
But instead he sat around for story time, he asked for the stone and was given it, just because he thought it would be entertaining.
"He moved with Demonic Speed"
*Literally just starts walking slightly faster*
That is the demonic speed
@@ho5722 Yeah to be fair no one said it was fast lol
it was the 90s bro give it a break
They should have had him glide or something
Well, before that, he was a broken man barely lifting his sword.
20 years later and Marius's narration in the beginning cinematic still gives me chills. "East. Always into the east."
That part was intense. Always made me schiwer
@@PostingIntensifies the voice actor did an amazing job.
Do you guys play the new game? Also is there still bots going like regular D2?
for me it was always: we traveled east, over the mountains and into the vast desserts of broken lands
It is the greatest intro of ALL time.
I always thought Tyreal's quest to Marius was insane. What is the man supposed to do? Walk past the three most powerful demon lords into the depths of hell and destroy the stone? Marius doesn't even look like he can lift a sword.
Most importantly, how the hell did Marius even get into the Durance of Hate?
Tyreal probably thought he was gonna put hands on diablo and baal and buy him time or something
If there really was no foreseeable alternative to save the world, I guess Tyrael had to throw a hail mary and assume Marius would pull a miracle out his ass and/or get assistance. Or at least not arrive on the heels of Al'Diabolos, and the Mephisto welcome committee.
@@killerspartan666 VIP pass card by way of the soulstone around his neck. The demonic security guards/bouncers wont mess with that.
@@Graphomite noticed you used Al'Diabolos true name but not Dul'Mephistos
not sure how to not sound like a dick im not trying to just throwing out mephistos true name in the off chance you care
Tor'Baalos is baal as well :D
It's implied that all of the monsters were affected by Baal's soulstone that Marius carried with him. It IS the soulstone of Destruction. I believe that all the monsters viewed Marius as some sort of horrifically strong being so long as he had the stone with him and did not want to deal with him. By that logic, only the Evils themselves could have actually stopped him.
"What i saw then was not meant for mortal eyes..."
The dread in his voice in antecipation of Diablo's true form...priceless
You can really feel his dispair and fear. " I heard a voice that,,, like a thousand needles in my heart" This was Evil done right.
When game designers take their passion seriously… it’s not just a game… it’s an immersive experience. Still fresh after 20 years. Timeless. Thank you. Even modern made movies don’t compare due to their tightening regulations.
Marius' voice acting was, and still is, superb.
I felt really sorry for him … poor guy
The Riddler!
@@fallenghouls nah he deserve it for being an idiot. I was laughing my ass off when Baal started to laugh. Lol.
The voice actor (i believed he was an actor)of Marius really dominates and delivered a fantastic performance for us to experience. in those years voice acting in video games weren't that so great and actors during that days were skeptical about accepting a project involving a video game unlike today. it's like he shattered that stigma and rose as one of the best voice actors in gaming history.
Frank Gorshin, known for portraying the Riddler against Adam West's Batman.
@@thischannelhasnocontent8629 Really? I always thought it was Peter O'Toole (the actor played king Priam in Troy) cuz his voice is so similar
@@percyjackson3698 LMAO are you serious? Peter O'Toole doing voice acting for a video game?
@@Shinkajo Dude, it's not uncommon that a famous actor can voice a video game character
@@percyjackson3698 Peter OToole would never in a million years do that. Get real dude. That's like saying Audrey Hepburn would go stripping in Vegas.
Mephisto's mid-monologue at 16:05 always gives me chills. This is how evil is done, never skipped any of the cinematics in Diablo 2.
It's the best in all of Diablo 2. The tomes in Diablo 1 give it a run for its money.
I personally loved Marius's description of it "I heard a voice then, like a thousand needles in my heart..."
@@yamchadragonball6983 And then.. Diablo 3 happened. And it went from a serious and dark story to something I'd more expect from Disney.
@@drownthepoor its fine d4 is gonna save the series i know it
@@mcroyale_lover Unless they somehow decides to get even greedier than Diablo:Immortal.
@@drownthepoor example of the story being disney-like? i thought D3 was pretty dark and well written except for shit like azmodan revealing his plans etc
The tragedy of Marius is heartbreaking... from the brief respite when he says he's glad its finally over, to his last sobbing grimace when his last words are "what have I done to deserve this?" Wanted more of his story.
When he said “What Have I Done To Deserve This!?” I was like “You released Baal in the first place, what did you expect?”
@@MW2proification yeah but why he began with the dreams in Act 1? More like nightmares and visions...
@@MW2proification right flames, spirits tentacles coming from a demon and u go release it after a angel said he must not be release
Marius is a loser, he made every choice, he deserved it. He is a personification of the average person. Be mediocre at life, blame everyone but themselves and continue to live life unimpressive.
He did everything to deserve it... the dude is the biggest F-up idiot of all time
The hd improvement is just an icing on the cake. Marius' voice is still the cake for me.
The biggest improvement (other than removing the Act IV alpha Diablo) was how fantastic Tal Rasha looks. In the originals it was almost a little difficult to see what was happening in the Act III cutscenes and Tal Rasha looked like Mr. Magoo. The final crystal explosion is obviously a thousand times better than the 3d benchmark graphics they used in the original.
Tal Rasha looked like Mr. Magoo
lmaoooooooooo
Tal Rasha looks amazing here! It´s a shame Bhaal looks worse than in the original. Out of the demon brothers I think Mephisto is done the best, looks strange at first but terrifying when I study him more. Diablo looks good and I´m glad they didn´t make him look like D3, but Bhaal could be better reimagined her I think.
@@martinlidegran4819 Hm. I thought Baal actually looked more intricate / defined his features more with the remaster. Looks more threatening instead of a little robotic crab demon man like in the original.
@@zera2314 I agree. But that´s much to do with the improved graphics, even if Bhaal is more intricate and detailed in this, it´s thanks to 20 years of improving technology. I think it would´ve been better to find a concept closer to the original and then worked on,,, or mix in some of the concept work from his new Tal Rasha form somehow.
Shout out to the worldstone no longer looking like it was made of wood when it explodes.
I miss the camera shaking when Diablo takes a step. Really added a whole larger than life feel to the villain. Like not only was he huge but he weighed as much as a skyscraper.
Yeah I mentioned this too.
Was so surprised they missed the mark with this as they got nearly everything else right.
The way diablo walks, his back spines facing down and the leg musculature allude to an intelligent and regal quality that this dinosaur rendition really misses.
It's a shame as they game is near perfect as a remake minus the bugs n dodgy launch stuff
Although his footsteps landing then, pause, followed by sinking into the bones as they crush under his feet is a nice touch.
I haven't watched the original but I already get your point. This one looks like some jobber demon, not the leader of them all.
DIABLO WALKS THE EARTH
you sound like Mac from it’s always sunny talking to the therapist about how he used to be a monster as big as a skyscraper
Really a testament to how outstanding the sound design was for this game. Original audio syncs perfectly with modern animation.
I think its more the fact that it sounds like something that's new. If you showed someone who has never seen Diablo they would say this was just made. The audio syncing has nothing to do with it however. They just made the animation to match the audio (also they had a template to work off of) and that's how most animation audio matches. At least with voices any ways, otherwise you would never get a mouth to truly sync up. But, yes the audio is fantastic and even the old cinematics look good.
Well, not perfectly. I think this aspect could have been tuned more. Still, it's not bad by any means.
It’s more realistic than the original, I get to see how Baal killed Marius, by stabbing his head with tentacles.
@@betafishjeremy7454 I’m not talking about the lip sync I’m talking about the overall richness of the audio. The crisp voices and ambient sounds. The extraordinary attention to detail on things like background sound effects (footsteps and even the inmate voices in the asylum. League above what you see in many modern productions. It’s like Painting with Bob Ross level.
Sound design and music was stellar in original game; in-game and in the cinematics as well. And they still are 20 years later considering the technology available at the time. I agree that they have really cranked up the audio with higher sample rates, detailed ambient, deeper bass and some more modern tweaks here in the resurrected version cinematics. Changes are noticeable if you are familiar with the original game and have a decent setup for audio. The sync with the new animation is usually pretty simple: it is done by syncing the separate audio/music/dialogue tracks with the fresh animations. Or change the speed or animation to match it as closely as possible to the characters whether possible :)
I love the HD graphics but Marius and Baal's gestures are toned down in the remaster.
Agreed. They don't quite match the voiceovers.
That and Baal's face looks like it's covered with ticks. Doesn't look nearly as menacing.
@@xxDanRiesxx He should get that checked out.
@@Easyflux Many people who still care about this game in 2021 are the ones who liked those dramatic gestures. The old sound design was perfect and If they changed that it would have received a massive dislike.
Making it crispy clear and redesigning the looks of characters took away the fell of the story being a nightmare/insane man's recollection of events. The upscaled by AI version that you can find on yt is way better.
i know ive seen the cinematics a half dozen times or more but watching it like this with upgraded graphics sure kicks ass!
It's never enough 🤘
Baal is fugly in hd graphics.. hahaha
@@zenmaster8826 as he should be xD
I'm underwhelmed.
If only Warcraft fans could get this 2 years ago...
Miss Baal quieting down the echoes of his own voice. That was probably the subtlest, most elegant demonstration of power in all the game cinematics.
I never noticed that until you mentioned it.
I strongly agree. There is a lot of little stuff that are not as great as the original one. I kinda dislike the face of Baal too. The original one was more clean visually speaking.
Oh and, being French, i grew up with the French version, and actually, i have been able to find the Fr version of the Act 4 cinematic (At the gate of hell) and the voice of Mephisto has been redone at perfection even in French dub (Imho the French dub of Mephisto is even better that the English one :D )
@@Morkeoth you French people prefer everything in french. How french of you. French.
@@harris2898 Nope. I watch my Tv shows and Movies in Original version subtitled in French (or not subed at all when it's in English)
@@Morkeoth i was merely jesting my dear sir. You are allowed to watching anything you want in whichever language you prefer.
All i wantede of D2R were the cinematics... Thanks man, you are the boss
This is exactly how I remembered the original. Nostalgia, such a deceptive mistress lol.
And the game
Agreed!
Dont really see much difference
True. Nostalgia is strong with this one.
This is remastered
Diablo II cinematics are easily some of the most heartfelt and beautiful in the HISTORY of gaming. I will never forget the emotion I felt when Baal and Diablo overtake Tyrael in ACT II. Or The Wanderer (our hero from the first Diablo) finally loses his battle with evil and transforms into Diablo. The final cinematic from which the worldstone is destroyed and that goosebump inducing score takes places. They did an excellent job transforming these older cinematics into modern works of art. Although I will not say they are perfect regarding some minor changes in scenes and sound that is a little off in places. Otherwise, a phenomenal job. Can't wait to see everyone on the battlefield of sanctuary tomorrow. I feel like I'm 12 years old all over again and it's an exciting time again to be a gamer.
Well said. I will say Diablo’s face was a little different too compared to the older cinematic. I also wish Tyrael’s wings were as long and gorgeous too. But yes, very well done!
Agreed. In my opinion, the resurrected cinematics are a separate piece of art and a new interpretation of the original game cinematics 20 years ago. I remember that they were legendary at the time, too. It is hard to say whether the resurrected ones are better because they are not identical compared to the original - and the technology has been quite limited in the early 2000s :)
@@pistool1 Very well put
No, same game , but we are changed ,
I still prefer the old ones. I don't care much about "graphical fidelity", and more about artistical merit. Sure, art is subjective. And I can only give my opinion (subjective perspective) on it. So:
I think that except of the epilogue, Marius got kinda ruined because of the lack of expression. I've seen people saying that it is more realistic now, but I think that it is the entire opposite. His expressions makes it seem much more like he is having some kind of inconvenience than, I don't know, maybe literally reflecting the fact that he saw dozens of innocent people getting murdered by demonic forces and indescribable infernal horrors? He literally carries the fate of the world within the stone that he did not have the courage to destroy, because it involved going to hell, but he looks like he just feels uncomfortable because he peed his pants. A real person on that situation would have a bit more of facial expression, wouldn't they?
Also, some smaller details. Tyrael's armor was just turned 100% power fantasy. He is just enormous with big, exaggerated armor. And to be honest, they butchered his wings. What made him feel so ominous and beautiful was how immense and detailed his wings looked.
Baal's walk after killing Marius also just ruined it for me. The original angle was perfect, and it was even kinda slowed to add dramatic effect. It looked so perfect that I used a screen capture from that scene as my steam profile for many years.
Diablo walking towards the portal made he seem HUGE on the original.
And now, the things that I think got really improved:
Tal Rasha, Mephisto and Baal looks UNBELIAVABLY good. I can't even describe how perfect Baal is. Also, Mephisto got pretty disgusting. The way his loose skin flails in the ritual scene is horrible. I loved it.
The scene where Baal kills Marius got completely terrifying.
But overall, they kinda ruined what they just couldn't. Marius is the guy telling the story. If you can't get invested on him, it defeats a lot of the immersion. I remember how much I felt sorry for him on the original when he described the gathering on the third act. Hearing his voice break like that made me associate it with that small, fragile, broken man, and it felt so cruel. Now, he just seems... fake. I can't empathize with a character that don't react to emotions. And it's more sad when you compare it with the absurd voice acting. But hey, I still would give it an 8 out of 10 for just how beautiful and well done it is, overall. Just a shame that something so small breaks it so much for me.
Act 4 has always been my favorite Cinematic and they made this even more epic with modern cinematics.
The background voices building up when marius wanted to give Baal the stone is just as terrifying as i remember
ruclips.net/channel/UCkr9dxEEOmopQyX6rYZRVvQ
I always loved that detail too. As though the inmates are not merely mad, just aware of things we cannot see
They did remove one line "Look at what they've done to me"
Baal’s slow walk as he left Marius’ cell, as opposed to the more menacing walk in the original, is balanced out by the more forceful expression when shouting “enough!”
So good.
Yeah... I remember him walking with urgency like he was on a mission. This one made me LOL
Honestly, I don't even think he needs to be menacing while walking into a cell of a broken man. He's enjoying himself, having fun, just living in the moment, all while literally trolling a tortured old man which to me feels even more evil.
ENOUGH
Even now. Years later. I still shake my head at Marius in disappointment when he kicks the camel for dying on them. Dick move Marius. Dick move.
This is partly why his death is not anything but karma for his ass lol
Hahah
still...feel sorry for Marius when Baal puts him at rest, and watch him collapse onto the floor like that...you can all feel for him when he (a mere frail mortal) pissed his pants when tried to enter the portal into the burning hells. (though so did he when he removed the soulstone from Baal/Tal Rasha anyways)...so yeah, Baal just put him to rest with that insta kill move :)
That’s what he did to “deserve this”.
Marius: What have I done to deserved this!?
Spirit of Aidan: You kicked the camel.
For the life of me I'll never understand why they actually extended the bridge to Baal's forces in the Act V cinematic. The emissary didn't even cross it to address Baal, so all they did was just make it easier to lay siege on their fortress.
Why not? The reason diablo was a great game and great story is that Barbarians are strong mofo, in this game even without the help of Angel, human can come together defeat Diablo and his kind.
@@whosurdaddy1975 Except Diablo is defeated by the Nephilim. Not strictly humans. I think the door and the bridge were connected. Besides it's unlikely that the lack of bridge would've stopped him. Also maybe it's the Necromancer from the town that extended it.
@@lkotro21 There were no Nephalem during the events of Diablo 2, so the Evils were defeated by mere humans this time around. The powers of the Nephalem were sealed via the big red stone that Tyrael destroys at the very end here, hence why they are "returning" in Diablo 3.
@@tomm35 Remind me again why people outright died to Malthael?
@@lkotro21 Humans are decendants of the Nephalem, but not Nephalem themselves. Nephalem have much greater power than humans. But the heroes in D2 are in fact "just" humans. Actually the only time in the three games that the main characters are just a bunch of random dudes.
"I became convinced that I was truly MAAAD." The way he delivered that has been stuck in my head for days.
Member when the worldstone used to explode into a million splinters of wood?
Pepperidge farm members
Yea, that always bothered me.
Member the Zakarum council ? Yeah i member
And it looked a million times better than this version.
I came I hit the like button but I didn’t actually watch. I want to see the cinematics as I play through the game. Love your stuff bro.
Lol, I just did the same damn thing!
exactly the same!
+1
+1
Theres no spoilers if you decide to watch it, it tells the story of Marius and the wanderer and you the player are always late to the party so its a hint to where next area might be but thats all. Your story is yours alone and theres no cutscenes for that.
really did a above and beyond job at the remastering... wish i can say the same for all the other remaster or ahem.. "Reforging", which just remade the intro cutscenes, upscaled the resolutions for the rest of the old ones and that was the end of their considerations.
looking at you warcraft 3, and no the remade arthas vs illidan doesn't count.
wishing more love went to the starcraft remaster, remade cutscenes at this scale and seeing tassadar's sacrifice with sc2 tier cinematics would be monumental.
There’s a VG news content creator called Bellula (think that’s the spelling). He explained that there was a lot of interference from Activision that killed a lot of the games potential. It was only going to get them millions in terms of profit, not billions, so they saw it as a lost cause and cut the funding. They only gave them a year to wrap it up and used the profits from preordering reforged on other projects instead of the actual game itself. Some of the devs aren’t off the hook either, but the biggest strides came from Activision.
@@ellb99314 It doesn't surprise me, too bad they ended up butchering one of the most hyped up remakes that people wanted.
These new cinematics are next level awesome! One thing I realized and never questioned though: why did they extend the bridge to Baal when he arrived in Act 5? Surely that is not a great idea lol.
Eh, judging by how organized that army was. They would have made their own bridges regardless.
@@BeyondDaX And if not, they can always retract the bridge later and separate the beasties from the rest of the army, open the doors a crack and kill the small group that rushes through at their own pace.
Rinse, repeat.
pretty sure baal extended the bridge
The bigger question is: Where are they running to? The door clearly shut.
@@RedmarKerkhof They were going to break the door open anyway
The cinematics that were once legendary time, have been remade once again into something legendary. Loving every minute of it.
Pray for me, this game might just devour my soul a second time.
only thing i love more in original are Tyraels wings, they are so much shorter now.
In the worldstone chamber,i imagined because of the reality nexus you can see even bigger but distorted wings and the portal ripple effect
Some of the ad interruptions are comedic gold. At the beginning of the act 4(?) Cutscene at 18:24 right as Diablo slams face first into the ground my video hard cut to a makeup ad. I love RUclips man.
Why aren't you using an ad blocker?
great graphics yeah but the reason why I love the original so much is because I can really feel the desperation and anguish in Marius' face. That was the first thing I was looking for
All the details at 17:18, Diablo's foots crushing and dragging all thoses bones with his tails and feets its so damn well made
12:20 for one of the best video game cinematics ever made.
"The beast contained herein shall not be set free...not even by you!"
Tyrael, I failed to do as you asked , I couldn’t entered the gate… Tyrael: Why? Marius : well there were two prime evils guarding that gate at that time a whole army a demons beyond the gate, Tyrael, why is that a pronlem? Marius: are you shi&$&$ me? You couldn’t even beat a weakened form of diablo and bael and you are an arc angel!!! Im level 1 crazy drunken !!
Yeh everyone always shitting on Marius, but who is the real moron here, the skinny old drunkard or the arc angel who entrusted the fate of the world into him and expected him to do that shit?
SirMcAwesome you mean a level crazy opium addicted drunken
SirMcAwesome If he brought his opium pipe, he could’ve done the job and Baal will be no more.
SirMcAwesome Marius will be more famous than Aiden, the opium junkie destroyed lord of destruction.
Tyrael had to hold off Baal and Diablo at the same time which lets face it the only beings coming away from that alive or victorious are the arch angels from the angiris council, uldyssian, or the nephalam who comes later on in the lore/franchise.
Ah, so it looks like they took the original recording of Mephisto's voice, and spliced it in with the edited version. Interesting, I never knew it was the same VA that did the book narrations.
Paul Eiding. Masterful
Also Cl. campbell from mgs
God, I love this. The Diablo 2 storytelling is just special. Watching this, I can still feel the same chills as I did the first time I played this game.
Damn that's a classy remake of the cinematics of the best game ever created. Much honor
I'm glad the final cutscene is finally in line with the rest of them. It always bothered me that they changed the style (Tyrael's spectral wings in particular) for the addon-cutscenes.
Though I have to say I liked the way the crystal splintered into those needle-like fragments in the original a bit more than the new chunkier pieces.
When I was younger, I always thought the splintering made it look as if it was made by wood.
The original wings are sooo much cooler though, and just better animated in general. And who is to say that they are not like that because of the presence of the world-stone?
I assumed the giant wings were just cause he was gathering such a ludicrous amount of power or something, since he was prepping to blow up the stone
I agree with the crystal splintering. It made it look more mysterious than a normal stone/crystal shatter.
@@loull_aroll yep, that was my take as well
Man, Diablo 2's cinematic was really cool! Now the HD version is here, it's Glorious!
Tal Rasha's sealing and Baal's invasion of Sescheron was magnificent. But my most favorite cinematic was the destruction of the Worldstone. Tyrael's chanting is really cool. But I think they nerfed the effects on his wings on this part only. I remember it used to have these watery-like-effects-thingy wrapping around his wings.
What you said about tyrael part was so true
I always thought that water-y look in the original was a result of bad video encoding/compression artifacts, even back in the day lol
After being jobless after Starcraft: Remastered, Aldaris left Aiur, gave his all for living as Mephisto somewere in Sanctuary world. Thx bliz for clearing this to us :D :D
YOU MUST CONSTRUCT ADDITIONAL SOULSTONES
that music when baal marches out of the asylum always gives me goosepimples
You get to see how Baal killed Marius, by stabbing his head with tentacles. 🤣
Though I prefer Tyrael's Diablo 3 voice actor, I love how he's portrayed here. Somewhat ambiguous and threatening. His wings are absolutely incredible to look at, too. I always loved the Diablo franchise's take on angel wings and how they're just these massive tendrils of light. They're so expressive and dynamic - much more than just some bird's wings.
@Teutonic Knight 100%. I prefer 3's voice, but Diablo 2's everything else when it comes to Tyrael. He's just so... sterile in 3. Not a threatening bone in his body and I hate how much they softened him. Justice isn't soft and caring and any personification of it should be more harsh and imposing.
Just because a character is a "good-guy" doesn't mean they have to be all friendly and approachable.
diablo2 is all i hate in a game;
Damn, they're all so much better than I ever expected. Thanks!
6:08 Years later and I never noticed Diablo whisper “Marius”.
Me too! I swear they made it louder
21:54 Tip when defending a siege from the armies of hell: allow the enemy to cross a bridge over a deep moat
This looks great. Can't wait to play it again. Been far too long.
Love redone cinematics, I miss camera shaking with Diablo's stomps though around 17:10.
Oh, it's beautiful. Now if only they gave Warcraft 3 Refunded this much love with the cinematics...
They will in warcraft remaster remastered
@@Invie4196 warcraft refund refunded?
Im sad to say that the D2 remaster is probably only this good because Blizzard understood how not allowed they were to ever repeat anything remotely close to Warcraft 3 reforged. Silver lining i suppose.
"ENOUGH!!!" Just one word makes my spine chill... Like it was just yesterday )
I feel like it's an AMAZING feedback that all people have are nitpicks that not everyone even agrees with, because honestly, this couldn't have been done better by any other studio.
Thanks Vicarious Visions
Man i just loves these games so much! These cinematics are just incredible
"Like a THOUSAND NEEDLES...in...my...heart"
Such a good performance. RIP
Amazing new cutscenes but I preferred the old Tyrael's floating wings.
Tyrael’s spectral wings are, to this date, one of the most awesome things I’ve seen in fiction.
Marius being an idiot looks so much nicer in 4k. Love how they made Diablo look
Do you know what happens to Tal Rasha?
One face Duriel in Tal Rasha's tomb, but what happened to Tal Rasha himself?
@@nr1NPC idk what happend to tal rasha but i bought his belt and amulet at a yardsale at the rogue encampment and got his platebody as drop from a cow
@@owningkoning I know now. He sacrificed himself to incarnate Baal
Tal rasha use his body to hold baal similar to the warrior and diablo, act v shows tal rasha is no more, baal oso consumed tal rasha knowledge meaning he is stronger than before captured
@@GodGod1337 That makes Tal Rasha the first human to contain a Prime Evil chronological before Aidan did it.
Uploader doing god's work. These cinematics are the only reason that I would have considered buying D2:R, especially since it won't have mod support. So that being said, thanks bro, you saved me $40! :)
Looks great, but i feel originals were more convincing, especially regarding Marius, the only thing i favor here is that Baal looks so much more intimidating and horrifying.
Pretty subjective, but I love how they made Marius. He looks like a broken old man instead of a weirdly-shaped goblin.
I agree, Marius' movements during his final cutscene are less manic and are heavily toned down.
@@supermathv3 Also I'm sorry but, Wilford Brimley lol. If you haven't watched "The Thing" you aren't a Brimley fan. Also if you don't have diabeetus.
Baal looks way worse here dude
@@Davidgopaint No they just used "Enhance. Enhance. Enhance" on the old video.
":do you want something" guy will always be the best character
These cutscenes are fantastic why can’t games look as good as this
Because no one could run them
Money.
Because most computers would fry themselves trying to run full blown games like this.
Ugh, bring back so many great memories. Very excited to relive it. Honestly one of my favorite games of all time.
The best of all cutscenes in Diablo 2 is the last one where Tyrael destroys the worldstone. Not only it looks epic, it gives the player a sense of satisfaction on watching such an awesome sight after beating the game.
And the World Stone actually shatters into small shards, rather than wooden splinters like in the original D2 lol
100% appreciate and thanks for uploading the cinematics. I will compare again and again between the old and remastered version.
Mixed feelings about this one. I feel that they subdued Marius' body language a bit too much, and took away a lot of the drama from the Kurast temple bit by removing Mephisto's facial animations and the weight from Diablo's footsteps that made everything shudder in the original. You can't even make out the screaming faces of the portal.
However, Baal looks fucking fierce, especially in the LoD intro, and the early acts really benefit from the effects reboot. And I'm of course pleased to see they stuck to the source material extremely closely.
Absolutely agree with everything you said. Watching Marius was harder this time around because you couldn't feel his desperation and anguish in his facial features nearly as much. Diablo looks amazing, but his presence isn't felt with the ground shaking beneath him. He didn't feel as "powerful". And Mephisto's body language was kinda half-assed with his opening sentences seemingly not lining up properly in the animation.
I'm also on the fence, don't get me wrong it's mind blowingly impressive but there's a few artistic flairs they threw in which I think spoil it. That silly little roar Diablo makes as Mephisto talks to him before entering the portal... why??!
Another is Bhaal revealing the Marius that he's not Tyreal.. with a little horror-face flash over him, just not needed.
Lastly Tyreal looks fucking amazing graphically updated but I much preferred his trippy jelly wings that spread over the entire shot, and they removed his burning-white aura when we get a front look at him before he chants to bless his sword before hurling it. I feel like that kinda gave him that other-worldly godlike feel and they took it away :(
Nit picky things but yeah still very impressive and nice to see.
Baal's facial expressions and gestures are actually drastically toned down in this new LoD intro cinematic. I prefer the cheekier shit-eating grin and flamboyance that the Baal in the old LoD intro cinematic had.
I also absolutely hate the design of Tyrael. It just looks goofy.
I'm disappointed because they removed Baal's body gestures so instead of expressing his eccentric character on the very first up close shot, he looks instead like a bored demon. I missed him silencing the echos with just the snap of a finger, and feels odd that they would draw the bridge to an army of demons.
This is so much better than movies i have seen in years.
Most cutscenes are amazing. Especially the last two. But they tend to cut away often at good, gory, and more cinematic stuff like
Act3 Tyrael's white/shiny/blurry delirious speech at Marius
Act4 Wanderer's skin being rip asunder from within.
Epilogue's Diablo body exploding/gibbing, Baal's walking off the burning asylum at slow-mo *and low FPS*
Act5 Emisary's eardrums bleeding, and Baal's army charge.
The change in Act V was very positive - the "eardrums bleeding" that you described is unbelievably annoying for people suffering from tinnitus. I'm really happy they removed that effect. I don't however understand why they made Baal do some weird gesture with it's hand while it's clear he tried to hush down the voice in the original with specific gesture.
Act 4 the ground shaking as Diablo walked to the portal was also removed!
@@ashrasmun1 I don't get your first statement, both are sign / symptom respectively that can or not be related (often not) depending on the illness responsible, and even then, we're talking about very loud, mountain-shaking levels of decibells beating down on a poor mortal's eardrums, hearing bones, and cochlea of course they're gonna be shattered... hell poor man should start suffering from vomit and vertigo right away.
Anyway, about the gestures, yeah he does wave his head and hands in the original cutscene but not that much. This could also be because they've messed around the camerawork at some parts.
@@morgothkj hell you're right, that took away something important too and I failed to notice it tte first time.
Wait, that guy ears is bleeding? I don't remember see that guy ears bleeding
I love how Marius looks at his pipe at 6:01 like, "Bruh, dis sum good shit."
Also, that gatekeeper who told Baal to piss off is the bravest mofo in the history of gaming EVER.
I came here to see the lord of terror with my own mortal eyes
You have done a really good job with this videos.
Marius: " He moved with DEMONIC SPEED "
Diablo: Literally walking
Diablo: I am speed, kachow!
Well, if you saw a guy who 5 seconds earlier could barely walk, start speed walking at full speed with no trouble, you would kinda be freaked out too right?
Baal and his army looking just as badass as I remember.
As much as i love these remastered cinematics i don't like one thing about them. Tyrael looks here like in diablo 3, i know it's still an amazing design but in original diablo 2 you could feel that he's a being from different realm, like everytime he was present he was very blurry and he's wings seemed to have no end. You could feel that he didn't belong there
"I should've known that you'd travel in disguise.. They're... They're always watching..."
My favourite line
Dumb ass me always thought he said traveled in the skies 🤣
Diablo true form - The strongest zergling
22:15 - why on earth did they activate the bridge?!! Did they not see the army outside their gates was comprised of demons?!!
2:32 "Hey you want someting" guy needs to be a fucking meme.
I just finnished the game on normal. Had to come here to watch the cutscenes again because they were so badass
You done good lad
Literally the only thing they failed with, which is sort of a big deal in a way, is the emotion on Marius face. He's not very expressive here while you can see how pained he is in the original cinematics. Especially in act 4. Kind of a bummer but other than that, this looks absolutely amazing!
They weren't as aggressive about treading that line between realism and artistic exaggeration that was necessary to portray it. The Resurrected is too heavy on the former, more muted expression and the original was over the top - which suited Marius' unbelievable performance.
His body language is also incredibly muted or makes him look more confident then his voice sounds in the remaster. Especially in the first cut scene, he looks more stretched out towards Baal which makes him look more confident and wise instead of afraid or tormented. He just doesn't look like the broken and disturbed man that fit the original so well.
The only thing I don't care for is...why is it when they open the gate to Hell, did blizzard make the sounds of the souls of the damned super quiet or practically not there at all?
Vicarious Visions* not Blizzard.
Any glory or critisism about this game should go directly to them, not Blizzard.
i noticed that too, no idea
"like a thousand neeeddleesss in my heaaarttttt" what a delivery goddan
Love the cinematics, they really did a great job!!
Although Mephisto's lack of mouth movement is really screwing it up when you look at him..
That used to bug me in the original cinematic too. Come to think of it, Meph probably used telepathy to convey his thoughts, hence foregoing physically using his mouth to talk.
New Marius (well, new aged Marius) looks great. My main beef with the new intro cinematic would be the shot of Bale assuming Tyrael's form: in the old version, it truly looked confused and spectral, like an apparition, something wonderful, either angelic or daemonic. In the new version, that sense of mystery is gone, he looks like a big generic Blizzard character with giant cartoonish fingers and shoulderpads, might as well be Buzz Lightyear. I also find both hooded-Bale and the wanderer a bit too "human" in this version. Their taller silhouette and slightly unnatural movement in the old cinematics made them way creepier.
I remember 16 years ago my father first introduced me to this game. It was my first game ever that I played. 16 years ago I still play it. I was 6 back then
My father doesn't know how to use a computer or mobile phone.
holly awesome this is phenomenal ART
22:26
Left hand skeleton carrying Baal's throne looks an AWFUL lot like Pindleskin.....
Same helm.
That’s an awesome touch!
they removed the minotaurs -_-
The other inmates in the insane asylum becoming increasingly incensed as the stone was given to baal was an incredible touch
A few things I noticed:
1.I like how the intro cinematic gives off a slightly different feel to Marius then the original.
Whereas there he was fidgety and shaking to give off the feeling of someone who was on the verge of madness, but forced himself to remain vigilant
Here, he seems like a half-dead, beaten and tired old man keeping himself alive out of obligation to guard the soulstone , even if it is draining what little strength he has left
2.In the act 3 cinematic, I like that they slowed down the fight between Diablo and Tyrael, to make it seem that Tyrael wasn't just wasting time swinging wildly but was actually going for the kill and would have succeeded if Marius hadn't pulled out the soulstone
3.In the Act 4 Cinematic, I felt like it wasn't as epic as the original cause the screams of the damned souls are basically inaudible most of the time, plus they added more sound effects to Mephisto's voice which honestly took away from how good his voice actor's performance is (the voice of Grandpa Max from Ben 10 ironically)
4.In the epilogue, I feel like the model didn't quite match the pain and anguish the voice actor was portraying ( 60's Batman's Riddler, no really, look it up)
Whereas in the original this was a lot better as he was fidgeting , drooling etc
5.And in the LoD cinematic where we see Baal for the first time in his real form, if you look at his face you'll notice that its the skin of Tal'Rasha's face torn and stretched from his transformation.
You can even see the line where it ends, leatherface style
And its a nice piece of characterization too,cause it shows how petty Baal is.
He is literally wearing the face of the man who helped imprison him out of spite, even tho his soul is long gone
6.And in the final cinematic there's a slight stutter at the very beginning, likely a reference to how the original was
good observations!
Another interesting detail added is that in the Act 5 intro cinematic. Baal's army being in much higher detail actually shows in-game enemies standing ready (the spike maulers and the reanimated horde skeletons). In the original, the only troops that had enough detail to barely be discerned were the clan lord minotaurs, who don't even show up in the first segments of the act.
Oh, heah, act 4 cinematic! The faces in the portal are less obvious and the wailing is way down. In general, I'm not really a fan of the changes to the audio mix, just seems more muddled and average.
"The YEEVIL...the YEEVIL is coming..."
To this day I have never encountered Yeevil in this game.
Really well made, gets a 9.5/10 from me.
Not а fan of some of the changes, but overall pretty faithful
same. maybe just because I watched the originals a few 1000 times, but some of the facial expressions are missing or not as I would have made them.
Not sure I like tap rasha and Baals look now....and finally, and this is a weird one: once diablo transformed, the physics on his worn and torn cloak were amazing and they kind of toned that down here
Baal looks like he was played by Joaquin Phoenix.
"How about another joke, herald of Sescheron? What do you get when you take a Prime Evil and banish him IN A SANCTUARY THAT TREATS HIM LIKE A LOOTBOX?"
The nicest thing about this remaster is that baal actually has a face now
That one guy who says hey whats up meh. He is my favorite
It's pretty good for the most part particularly the prime evils look great, but Marius seems so expressionless in this remake compared to the original. Call it nostalgia or whatever you want, but honestly i still prefer the original cut scenes.
I like the fifth cutscene from the original better than this one. It’s feels like they sucked all the feeling out of it.
You are right and i have read that from many other people too. He is almost totally without expression on his face. Very dull looking.
Not just that, the lip sync is worse.
Look what the stone has done to me 😐
Looks amazing, though the original hellgate with the tar faces was more creepy to me.
And Baal didn't do the cool thing where he silences his own echo. Dunno why they removed that, I always thought was extremely badass...
So true! I totally forgot about that!
But he did silence it! Look at his fingers, he did the "cut throat" gesture like "that's enough" and it silenced the echo.
@@TheHalogen131 on third viewing i did see a few frames that allude to it, but his fingers don't nearly articulate the same.
@@barryschalkwijk9388 I mean the gesture is pretty visible. 23:39 Also the gesture can be more subtle because the technology is better, so the animators can make softer animations without them becoming blurry and not visible.
amazing story, animation and narration
I wonder if blizzard purposely put the ole stutters in there for the ending of Act 5. Feels like I was back on my ole late 90's computer struggle bussing through videos and gameplay.
ikr XD
Yes! the framerate is definitely lowered for that one.
Yeah man I didn't need the lag feels
Might be just this upload/youtube
If I recall, the wonderer is actually who you played in Diablo 1
The Dark Wanderer is the warrior, Blood Raven is the rogue, and The Summoner is the sorcerer.
It is, his name is Prince Aidan, the eldest son of King Leoric.