Diablo 2 - Monastery (HQ)

[@Tor-Erik]

Diablo 2 is an masterpiece. Something what Diablo 3 and even 4 couldn't handle. Diablo 1 is an classic dungeon crawler.

[@DarkSim64]

Nobody will believe me. In my region, we have a music station that plays mostly Classical music, and some Jazz. But they have a radio show where they play video game music most evenings, and they played this song today. Now I can die in peace. Hearing Diablo 2 music on mainstream radio is not something I expected to happen, ever.

[@Cheximus]

What is your region...??

[@ALANSANTORO]

@@Cheximus He doesn´t answer, I hope he isn´t dead yet

[@saulocpp]

@@ALANSANTORO RIP in peace...

[@BennyHendrixx]

F

[@DarkSim64]

​@@Cheximus Canada

[@CognitiveMachine]

No place can be more evil than a former sacred ground that has been defiled.

[@holysecret2]

Diablo was a master in conveying that.

[@Nenad1177]

Well like good old Tolkien said, evil cannot create, evil can only corrupt

[@nathanniesche6380]

The sanctity of this place has been fouled...

[@estring123]

bone ash, the banished

[@Bluedreams-tq8em]

Terrifying ost and the best

[@sharki9876]

Diablo 2 is a perfect example of video games being art

[@SpannerManna]

bioshock too

[@terbentur2943]

I listen to this while also listen to an Faust audiobook

[@excess.subiefl0w]

I was a kid playing diablo 2 in early 2000's and this music in the barracks scared the crap out of me, the zombies were going to come out of the shadows and eat me. Too bad Diablo 3 doesn't have that kind of ambient atmosphere

[@RobbyBabes]

Its kind of disturbing how its so different. We got fucked with.

[@zennoix9984]

G-WRX Imo, diablo 2 is darker than diablo 3.....

[@matguimond92]

yep. I don't like the whole god like nephalim story. liked being a normal nobody with a job title like "Paladin" or "Rogue"

[@estring123]

i played this game when i was 10 and the hungry dead in burial grounds scared me lol

[@estring123]

@@matguimond92 paladin only. dont like any other class. hammerdin or smiter only grief nigma hoto hoz shako soj maras cta dracul's grasp sandstorm treks 45 life pcomb anni. good old times

[@Renzo8375867]

Dude the atmosphere brought by the music is amazing, sounds so demonic and terrifying. Not even horror movies achieve that kind of impact.

[@ragingmonkey64]

I remember chilling in the monastery long after I'd killed all the monsters just to listen to this music. Matt Uelmen is my hero.

[@RavusNox-z5i]

I got the F out of there lmao. It's terrifying.

[@JillLulamoon]

The Monastery is one of the best parts of Diablo 2 for me. It's the longest dungeon in Act 1, so you really do feel like your going on a long, dark descent into the bowels of the dark monastery, corrupted and blood soaked. Deeper and deeper into the earth.... Andariel is your first encounter with real, true evil. When you truly find out if you can face the horrors of Hell and stay alive. And when you prevail and slay her, is when you start feeling really powerful. When you feel like "Hey maybe I actually can do this, kill the Prime Evils and save the world."

[@groovy3328]

And then the second one is Duriel and you are not that confident with your strength for the rest of the game lmao

[@glennhuinda9783]

@@groovy3328 Duriel's (Un)Holy Freeze Aura is annoying.

[@JillLulamoon]

​@@groovy3328 God man fuck Duriel. It's almost funny how stupid strong that Zerg reject is compared to his masters.

[@deletedaccount1990]

Andariel's bastion. Immense and scary.

[@SpySniper1080]

So cold and damp under the earth.

[@quinnbuffet3825]

No man should ever be caged.

[@KadotuksenVarjo]

Ahh, the slow torture of caged starvation...

[@rustyspurs771]

What nightmarish tortures took place here?

[@discordant8543]

Something smells...

[@oklik6864]

"No way, bars cant hold forces of nature"!

[@ThonglerMediaLtd]

No. The Cathedral is in Tristram and the Monastery is where the Sisterhood of the Sightless Eye (the Rogues) lived before the Dark Wanderer passed through.

[@darkzerk7]

@crimsonlung I think it's very likely due to the fact Blizzard North and Matt Uelmen were absolute geniuses. There are only a handful of people on this Earth that could create such a terrifying game atmosphere and through a freak accident they happened to work together for a few years. You could search for another experience for centuries and you'd never find one, because the original Diablo games and soundtracks are a sum of many fortunate coincidences that are very hard to repeat.

[@OptLab]

They were passionate and understood each other.

[@manupainkiller]

"This is no place for a warrior to die."

[@DEJAP001]

Matt Uelmen. Fantastic.

[@timmeyer4595]

One of the most terrifying soundtracks...

[@Specoups]

The many macabre settings you encounter exploring the monastery and the rest of D2 as well, is peak horror I haven't found in many games. Naked persons mangled alive for days, tortured in the foulest ways that one could imagine, raped with blades, bludgeoned but not enough to die, slowly sawed in half, skinned, torn apart. All by a band of frenzied, aroused and amused monsters, demons, and even humans. All watching, taking turn in raping your open wounds in the dark, cold and moist crumbling room of a catacomb. I can picture the scene, those victims gasping for mercy, or a death blow that seems like it will never come. The environmental cues in this game, mainly the gorey ones, they're really something else. It still haunts me a little.

[@Stefano.M]

The Monastery is iconic for the entire genre we know very little about it. How it was before? The life with the rangers. The life of Marius there. No stories. No lore. Sad but also part of the fashion i think.

[@mirekskuta8409]

@@Randomstuff33688 Akara Is hig prisstes so She must know almost all lore of sisterhood

[@mirekskuta8409]

Well monestery Is designe in old Diablo fashn as dungen clawer. So beariks dont looks like valid living area. But as cluster of coridors And halls

[@NPC-fv3nc]

1:34 the chills

[@Cheximus]

You mean 1:05?

[@CapybaraConnoisseur89]

1st act was my fav. music and atmosphere. I wish whole Diablo was made around this area, wouldn't mind at all.

[@holysecret2]

Combat in act 4 felt meaty, I liked the mechanics, design and animations of the demon lords. act 2, 3 and 5 were mostly great, with certain annoying parts, but act 1 is probably the most memorable experience overall. Part of that might be the fact that it's the first act you have struggled through with your first character(s). Most of my memories of Diablo 2 (except boss fights and the rooms before like Mephisto, Diablo and Baal) are from act 1 when I think about it.

[@neverbeenbetter2903]

sounds like diablo 1 man, btw me too

[@HANSMKAMP]

It must be said... Diablo II still has awesome music!

[@hazzmati]

this just reeks evilness

[@switchblade]

I love it

[@24yrukdesigner]

You said it Percy!

[@StefanConstantinDumitrache]

With time graphics may decay, but not sound. The quality of sound is persistent.

[@holysecret2]

Diablo 1 aged very poorly in terms of graphics. I can still enjoy Diablo 2's graphics though

[@Helaw0lf]

I am not bothered by the graphics in 1 and 2. The game-play, plot and music seal the deal.

[@ajaykumarsingh702]

Diablo 2 is still playable. And I am not talking about the remaster.

[@nick_vigerfil]

​​@@ajaykumarsingh702Indeed (i agree 💯%) although i am must admit that i am playing mostly the remaster version...but EASILY i could play the "Legacy version" if Diablo 2 Resurrected wasn't never created....!!!

[@Durp_EXE]

omg the begining..... i felt my skin stand on end im watching this at 3 in the morning the tri chord from the strings at the start and then everything that followed

[@wildwest1832]

Its really cool the music actually has parts of the the cathedral music from diablo 1 in it. I still think this is the best game of its genre ever made even today. The music/art is timeless. The difficulty is very good throughout the entire game. The atmosphere is still so unique.

[@Sephangel]

saw the game as kid was pure horror and also d2 was scary you know a pic in the head gloamy room white crt

[@CognitiveMachine]

Well, imagine playing the first game, which is probably even more satanic, when you're twelve! Those visions of hell made me ponder about the cynicism and brutality of life. I remember thinking "where did they get inspiration for this? Nightmares? It cannot possibly come from reality!" Oh, naivety!

[@muchachodiablo]

Diablo 1 was the first game I ever played at 5 years old

[@wazyy4959]

@@muchachodiablo are you all right?

[@ScornedScallopes]

Diablo 1&2 and Doom 3s depiction of hell are truly the most terrifying

[@mortalkomment8028]

Diablo was among my first PC games along with War Craft 2, Star Craft and Mortal Kombat. I'm perfectly fine. The problem isn't that kids can play brutal games. The problem is that guys in suits play brutal games in real life. I've learned this one thing.

[@moseslalmuanpuia8988]

Pardon, but what do you mean by naivity? I don't know where they got the inspiration from, surely it isn't from reality !?

[@Back4Fungame]

D2 real boss rpg, real classy soundtrack

[@ChrisVideosGreek]

One of the top tracks in this game, 1:05 and 5:14 are definitely my favourite moments. The jingles around the end are perfectly used and l really like that detail. What an ost man

[@westilldontknow3407]

agreed, but the drums kicking in ca. 1:40 and following just hit different as well

[@ChrisVideosGreek]

@@westilldontknow3407 true not gonna lie

[@AtomicF0x]

Those monastery doors always opened so FUCKING FAST AND LOUD. *CHUN *CHON Scarier than the monsters I swear...

[@zibi2777]

Ta muzyka to idealne przedstawienie najczystszego zła.

[@Sarcose]

The way it remixes and corrupts the instruments and leitmotif of the beginning of the chapter and other songs used in Chapter 1 is chilling

[@gihrenzabi5858]

4:48 is the part i like most

[@gowiththeprogram]

Yea haha I remember playing Diablo II... Game was scary for the first time. Thanks for reminding me. I was actually scared lol. Such a great series.

[@henkarars]

4:45 the most masterpiece and hairstanding soundtrack made..

[@dabality]

When I heard that for the first time, I knew I was walking in eternal darkness.

[@XDivi]

"Ah...the slow death of caged starvation..."

[@Torbirk]

The sanctity of this place has been fouled.

[@Innos3000]

5:29

[@gaborperge2166]

I had looking fir this scene

[@OriginPower]

The composer is a freakin monster!

[@TheLongHallway]

That's why it's so good! He knows what his fellow demons enjoy! :))

[@Nethrezar]

"What nightmarish tortures took place here?!"

[@estring123]

if there was magic here, its long gone now

[@ThonglerMediaLtd]

I like D1, but I've never finished it (got stuck as a rogue around level 8), and I don't plan on playing D3, but I love D2's gameplay, story, and honestly, the graphics. I think todays graphics aren't creepy in the same way as the graphics back then.

[@OptLab]

because d3 is cartoony and wowy, and as a very acid and saturated color palette. Also d2 runs at 24 frames per second, and every sprite is very accurate and easy to distinguish. Most movies run and are shot at 24 frames per second, it gives a more natural motion feeling. Check a 200fps screen, it's looks weird.

[@gaborperge2166]

This music is different that what We can hear in the game. This is morea awsome

[@holysecret2]

In games you usually hear loops of different parts of the soundtracks, depending on where you are in the level or what stage or what fight you are in. Rarely the entire soundtrack all the way through in my experience, outside of cutscenes or specific circumstances

[@SgtFlapjacks]

this whole track is fucking mesmerizing

[@diediedie1234]

Have you ever played the original Diablo? I STILL get freaked out when playing that game. All three games in the franchise really captivate and put you on the brink of reality and fiction. I didn't think III really had that effect until last night we pulled an all nighter and I haven't felt what I felt in a game since we would play Diablo II for hours upon hours.

[@JoFFer98]

omg feel this cramps in your stomach when you hear this? D2

[@troydanable]

never forget this !!

[@Hurvl]

I know the barrels in the Monastery might explode in my face, but I have to check them anyway, I just have to. Barrels: Lord of OCD :P.

[@VirtualDynamite]

Nothing really compares to the amount of genius this game has. All of it is fucking nostalgic and perfect for it's genre.

[@Nayoboisier]

maaan I want to play diablo 2 again...

[@splet6240]

you can, servers are still up :)

[@morrowind750]

blizzard will always make hella good music for their games

[@PotatoSkinn]

Playing this over the binding of issac is awesome.

[@AcidTripOk]

3:30 feels like a cry from all the souls tortured in there.

[@arewewhatweeat]

this is the most demonic, obscure and greatest soundtrack of nightmarish game in the world

[@Jarbizu800]

lol Diablo II is great, but if you want to feel anxiety and atmosphere, play the first Diablo. You won't regret it.

[@aaadj2744]

Diablo 2 still has its atmosphere as D1 too. Plus, the gameplay is been imoroved

[@javulas6225]

I can't find a way to play D1, every time I try I hit brick walls

[@ytgc-royalewarex5190]

The music of Diablo 2 is pretty atmospheric though

[@spartadragonrider]

i totally didn't need to sleep today

[@ishinaCrassfit]

Gut-wrenching doses of nostalgia.

[@jonathancain8142]

Must be trippin balls to come up with such a masterpiece

[@aaroncapricorn5867]

seems to represent gothic very well throughout the game in every aspect. amazing. gothic is a gorgeous deep art

[@XxPhoenixHarpyexX2]

diablo 1 = perfect diablo 2 = very good diablo 3 = garbage diablo 4 = hey! Devs. dont do the same mistake twice

[@ghhg228]

don't worry diablo on mobile !

[@Notwhatyousayitswhatyoudo]

don't guys not have phone you

[@rafaspyra9776]

Still D2 > D1.

[@Fuchsia_tude]

@@rafaspyra9776 Yeah D1 is near unplayable just for lacking run.

[@holysecret2]

Diablo 3 has its good parts, I enjoy playing it with my brother, just for the fun of it. I did not play Diablo 1, but Diablo 2 certainly has the edge on Diablo 3 in terms of music, atmosphere, and just pure immersion. Probably a lot of game design as well, I never had quite the loot experience in other games. You can probably make the case that Diablo 3 is mediocre (not garbage), though I might even say it's "good", with some caveats.

[@payaso13994]

Back when players and developers had balls and the whole "new age" bullshit hasn't been selling yet.

[@mushroommagic1697]

I wish those time will have a blasting come back,but looking at how society is developing, I take this as a dream.

[@Roykynx]

This game embodies my life. If i ever point to a certain part of my life that had as much influence it was the diablo series, Hotshot is correct.. I have probably spent over 200 DAYS of my life in the diablo series. Meaning 24 hours of game play a day. Im ready to spend 200 days again for diablo 3. I just hope they keep the creepiness and the horror that instills me when i play this game.

[@Chunes3]

So, how did playing 200 days of Diablo 3 work out?

[@nick_vigerfil]

​@@Chunes3Yes , indeed we need an answer from our friend , did he played 200 days game time ??? By the way i also have played maybe even 400 days (converted to hours) in each game from each of this 2 masterpieces (Diablo 2+Diablo 3).... From 2000 untill today (2023) a whole lifetime.....

[@fallen1805]

this game feels like im playing with a ouiji board, something lies beyond the pixels.. who ever made this game didn't imagine the lore, and the demons/angels in it. its as if he stumbled upon them in real life and or dreams. and depicted them through a video game, giving the game itself, life. there are times in the game when i hear voices that aren't scripted in the game.... one of them said my name when i was 12 years old it was really creepy, to this day im still haunted by it.

[@agakath]

even though d3's OST is good, the feeling from d2's OST was stronger. and a well made music manages to touch and play with your mind, therefore your sensations, therefore your feelings, too.

[@jonthecatholicpatriot]

why the hell did I give this game up? God I was foolish back then to think this game had a bad influence on me. It was simply awesome and fun.

[@michaelammay2549]

I've always felt like starting a the 2:00 minute mark this theme sounds Eerily similar to cry little sister from the movie Lost boys in fact if you play the 2 of them together it actually sounds pretty cool

[@westilldontknow3407]

this soundtrack is the reason i have to think of d2 everytime i listen to the intro of 'Summer in Berlin' by Alphaville

[@alissiapegassi3946]

In Diablo 2 I think, all tracks speed up in 20%

[@jsplit212]

@2damaxmr2 I fully agree, but we are also fans of the game which is why I am still going to play d3, I am sad it will never feel or be like D1,D2 but shit happens. I wish I could go back in time and play it all over again to get those amazing memories of my childhood back. Diablo's music will carry this game forever!

[@madmooth401]

액트1 안다리엘 영접하러 가는 음악. 디아블로2의 서막을 알리는 분위기. 이 압도적인 음악.

[@ballchiou5153]

1. Playing Diablo 4 2. Turn off the music 3. Turn on D2 music 4. Ahhhhhh…. But D4 music nail it still, but classic is classic, you can’t beat it

[@enterprisingbones]

@Hotshot55500: Agreed. This game would actually scare me as a kid. So bloody awesome.

[@Emma-pl1qz]

Even though you posted this a year ago, welcome to the club my friend :3

[@agakath]

i think the games from today dont give the feeling they once did. there is something in this music that makes it appealing, i don't know if its the song itself, my memories of it, or if it is because there isw some degree of low quality in the old songs that makes me like it, perhpas its just the memories, but if it isnt, perhaps we will only learn about this with some proper research. maybe theres an actual nice explanation for such a thing... but this song really gets in my mind, unlike D3...

[@FuzzyWuzzy132001]

20 haha i started playing d2 7 or 8 :D xD i really love it :D

[@krll22]

Danm, i have so much respect for Diablo 2. FUCK DIABLO 3!

[@ragingmonkey64]

Aww, that game would have been beautiful.

[@paxonite-7bd5]

Those little hints of the cathedral ost from diablo 1

[@BozonCechowania]

im stoned and i feel like in a evil monastery walking throught bad spells. the best soundtrack in diablo

[@Fuzorz]

I also remember being scared the first few times I played Diablo 2...It felt like i'm getting into some satanic cult, seeing those spinning pentagrams in the menu..@_@ lol. what an amazing game

[@ThePellefantman]

Spot on dude! :)

[@sa-yb9qn]

That damn blue zombie

[@rootsofold]

1:00

[@Youboob99]

Best part for me, by far. I remember first hearing this in 2000 and having my mind blown. Fucking d2...

[@Krabbo7]

Indeed!

[@Shribble11]

Great now I gotta reinstall

[@DensukeMifune21]

I was thinking the exact same thing 5 seconds ago before i read your comment

[@KritoSkywaker]

"What nightmarish tortures took place here...?"

[@noriega98]

Fun facts: the harpies promise to return to the monastery, but if you return after finishing everything is still in ruins

[@qjmihuq100]

I envy you. Oh, the memories...

[@Emma-pl1qz]

''DIIIEEEE MAGGOT!!''

[@Fenixias]

Sit a while and listen.

[@gabrieldossantoscampos5127]

What a creep sound... When a 2D Game in third person can give u some nightmares... XD

[@holysecret2]

Is it 2D? I would say it's 3D with limited perspective, or at least 2.5D (3D assets with sort of 2D implemenation)

[@aaadj2744]

@Yumidori Iro Isometric perspective is 2.5 I think

[@gabrieldossantoscampos5127]

@@aaadj2744 Er... Okey... Thnx, i guess...

[@deadfishy666]

Hell yeah Blizzard North! R.I.P.

[@LM-zi9te]

I believe what maybe made D2 a bit less scary than the first one is that you could run... how i hated going through the cathedral in diablo 1 ,far from the entrance while not being able to run... in d2 i felt more comfortable, while still feeling the dark atmosphere , but D3 took "less scary" to a whole new level :(

[@ytgc-royalewarex5190]

There's a beta of Diablo 2 where it looks and feels horribly dark as Diablo 1 than what it turn out to be in a final releases. Though, the final releases is still very good game overall but I wish they keep the charm of how it looks from Beta version which looks creepier to be honest... kzbin.info/www/bejne/qJ7WnJhtps2KpsU

[@LM-zi9te]

@@ytgc-royalewarex5190 indeed! thanks for the link

[@aaadj2744]

@@LM-zi9te The hell... even if we can run in this Beta gameplay in Diablo 2, still the atmosphere and its dark tone along with its raw music make the player feels more terrific than how it done though. Even it should've been scarier and brutal than Diablo 1, in my opinion. Especially the footage which located in the Pit just show us the number of the enemies who'd want to surround and tortured those player character in the darkness so bad

[@LM-zi9te]

@@aaadj2744 I agree

[@Freakphone]

@darkmankill1 We must ride out and fight against them, with this music playing as our theme song!

[@DeadGusty]

Mother of Diablo!

[@asdrubael1985]

oh yes :P

[@МихаилКръстев-о4щ]

''I dont like it down here''.

[@Timmya89]

Cool description

[@slunkzilla]

Loke Rhabek sampled it on The Wild Palms cassette

[@Myndeex]

Man that CD swiching is pain in the *** :Dbut totaly worth it :D

[@holysecret2]

I remember that part ^^ we also had to repurchase the game a few times because we treated our CDs very poorly and the scratches made them unplayable after a few years..

[@fallen1805]

you feel like your inside the game because the only thing he imagined in this game were the characters you play as, its far easier to put your consciousness into something hollow. bael [baal] is a real demon, only they pronounce it different in this game. he still represents destruction though