Diablo - Diablo, including the ending cinematic (Diablo 1)

This is the story and lore behind Diablo's "Diablo", the final quest in the game. I've included the ending cinematic as well.
Note: you can pull Diablo out of his chamber with holy bolt, unfortunately my warrior hasn't even learned the first rank of it.
Next up: Diablo 2.

[@user-mb2ts8ws4n]

Back to when Diablo was a horror game.

[@FlareFluff]

Yeah the horror of 175 coins as a boss loot

[@abuzarchitsaz2953]

back when blizzard wasn't gay.

[@stupid90able]

@@abuzarchitsaz2953 amen

[@Mark_nobody3]

Remember back in the day Hardcore, no private item box throwing everything in town and use what you need to push forward

[@MrRufioooo]

Well it's still A horror the way Blizz killed the sequels....

[@RejechtedGaming]

The lore behind it is that he "hoped" to contain the evil power himself. More likely is that diablo's influence "encouraged" him to do it as a means of self preservation

[@MAXAJIbI4]

Soulstone - apply directly to your forehead.

[@RageUnchained]

Underrated joke!

[@KDD8]

amazon's butt plug

[@y2kblackout]

Side effects include nausea, headaches, psychotic hallucinations, compulsion to travel east, demonic apparitions, restoring the Prime Evils and corruption of the Worldstone. Take only as directed. Contact your doctor if you suffer from any of these side effects, as it may mean that the Lord of Terror is consuming your body and soul.

[@MerlinErdogmus]

I feel like stealing this joke from you and turning it to a short clip.

[@joaquinumpierrez9940]

I can control him... i merge with Diablo... im not human...not demon either... I Am.... DEVILMAAAAAAN!!!

[@Achille12345]

LEL... Nice loot Diablo 176 gold totally worth it.

[@pepinozinanasshole]

+Achille12345 It's what Diablo Always drops. A high amount of gold, never any rare items since you cant do ANYTHING once you've beaten him.

[@Achille12345]

Oliver Draathelvete Yep, which is sad... I wish you would be able to loot whatever he drop like legendary/rage whatever and as soon as you touch Diablo corpse the game end and you start over right away in a higher difficulty level.

[@pepinozinanasshole]

+Achille12345 I think every little aspect of the game is wonderful, very well done. It's a masterpiece. The player can choose difficulty in the multiplayer section you know. Well I liked Everything except one thing they should have made Diablo a Little bit harder he should had maybe inferno capability and maybe "bleeding hits" he doesnt even do any melée damage does he? jeez

[@Achille12345]

Oliver Draathelvete Yep the first time I got to Diablo I was disappointed by how weak he was.

[@datukaruma1563]

Maybe he was weak because of the person he possessed.

[@mumblealice17]

@2ndsB4 The story goes that as the hearo travels down to the depths of hell, Diablo gives him ideas of how to destroy him. Diablo does this because he needs a stronger vessel to take him out of the Cathedral dungeons. The hero mistakes Diablo's ideas for his own and so goes through with putting the stone into his head.

[@simonstrane]

Oh, I get it now... the wanderer in Diablo II is the main character in this game? Took me 17 years to figure that one out.

[@fallenrosemary7472]

then the rouge player in diablo 1 is the one you gonna kill in 2nd mission in diablo 2 act 1, sorcerer is "the summoner" in act 2

[@OceansBane]

Then the Cows are going to Moo Moo Moo Moo Moo Moo you.

[@FlareFluff]

Canonically Aiden the warrior.

[@FlareFluff]

He also boned adria

[@PraetorPaktu]

wow

[@bloodfanged]

I sense a soul in search of answers.

[@IndridCold8288]

anyone else notice that when he is carving out the stone its the sound effect of a zerg egg in starcraft?

[@crunk4124]

Funny fact: it is harder to kill The Butcher in Diablo 1 than Diablo himself in Diablo 3.

[@floydandriessen3995]

lol, are u forgetting pre nerf inferno diablo ?

[@pinkbeatle2012]

Diablo in diablo 3 is an absolute joke

[@TylerBradley7]

@@floydandriessen3995 correct, most people don’t understand how hard d3 was inferno, even with the ah. Shout out mempo of twilight

[@nevermore7285]

More due to how simple Diablo 1 was compared to 3

[@markisthegreat3432]

Butcher is probably one of the hardest first bosses in any game. And definitely the scariest. Especially if you've seen the cinematic for him

[@KassraRomeoArturia]

The voice you people are talking about is voice actor Paul Eiding's. & to other people who want to know the young man in the end is Prince Albrecht who was forced to become consumed by Diablo the Lord of Terror.

[@chasinthroughthedecade]

I thought I heard Aldaris from Starcraft; but damn, it IS him.

[@Justforvisit]

Impossible to unhear Roy Campbell from Metal Gear Solid :D

[@Mystrohan]

"Done what you knew must be done?" No. Plunging a Soulstone containing the essence of the demon you just successfully vanquished into your own noggin is NOT in fact what must done.

[@datukaruma1563]

The soulstone was no longer a prison since Lazarus broke it, that small shard that was left was how exactly the Prime Evil wants it so they can use it to corrupt the worldstone. If you don't destroy it in the hellforge, Diablo's soul is gonna roam free in the sanctuary. It worked like a horcrux. He had to complete the prison himself.

[@Tesla_Death_Ray]

@@datukaruma1563 the sanctuary was made by lilith

[@datukaruma1563]

yes I know

[@Zenocius]

@David McConville Diablo: Time to throw

[@DantesonofSparda85]

Little did we know we would play right into Diablo’s hands, and set off the events of Diablo 2+Lord of Destruction

[@Ashadow700]

5:04 Dude... no.. trust me - stabbing your own head with a glowing clearly evil stone you just got from the devil is a _bad_ idea. Like seriously, just leave it right here in hell and then go back to town and burn all the town portal scroll. That way noone should ever even be able to get in or out of hell again. Problem solved. ... ... ...no? Still gonna do it? Alright, it's your stupid choice. Just don't come and crying to the rest of us once more heros comes to stab you for loot.

[@Achille12345]

To be honest the better idea would be to bring the stone back to Cain since any demon can find the stone and uses it to bring back Diablo. Cain would probably know what to do with it.

[@pepinozinanasshole]

+Ashadow Reviews The ending is subtle and dark, cool and full of atmoshphere that's how Tal Rasha contained Baal he thrust hus soulstone into his own head. It's perfect.

[@SpySniper1080]

+Ashadow Reviews -----As the lorebooks in the game said: Once the person sees the stone, they are forced to take the stone and shove it in their head.

[@DantesonofSparda85]

actually that was a fragment of the Soulstone the Horadrim had planned to use to contain Baal

[@SuperSkandale]

Maybe the stone doesn't necessarily have to be evil. Maybe it contains power and the grind through it was suddenly not to stop evil but instead to gain that power.

[@lileric132000]

Nothing says final boss when your minions are stronger then you are lol

[@SCDJMU]

than

[@Kebooooo]

It was the fastest weapon I had at the time (had one of those haste modifiers), and two-handers take succubi out a lot quicker than one-handers. A floor covered with nothing but succubi is just the worst possible scenario for a warrior.

[@douchecraft3113]

Thanks for posting this! I got near the end of D1 before playing the remaster of D2 and couldn't deal with the billions of ranged enemies that were a nuisance to catch up to.

[@scavenger4704]

Come on, I did it when I was 12.

[@douchecraft3113]

@@scavenger4704 lol. I think I had royally messed up my stat placement which was crucial in D1

[@charly5rsf]

thx man for all your videos, brings back good memories, and I want to play it again, as soon as i find my Diablo game again.

[@rivenoak]

just for sad confirmatiion: you have to kill Albrecht to defeat Diablo. Once a mortal is posessed, there is no other way but to kill him. poor prince....

[@DantesonofSparda85]

I would think its a mercy killing, plus the Warrior is Prince Albrect’s brother

[@Vyleea]

I really hate that Blizzard changed all the lore of their older games to fit in line with their newer ones.

[@FlareFluff]

Wait... Prince albercht? Is he in a can?

[@c0mmanderKeen]

thank you for bringing up all those memories... the hell knight sound (especially on death) is one of the best in game history imo :)

[@Big_baasman]

Colonel Campbell as the speaker in the end? Nice!

[@Kingtiens]

Diablo-ugh repeated axe blows to the face, my only weakness.....

[@11eggs]

As the "hero" you knew that Diablo's essence had to be contained somehow.. the last host was unable to do it, but you are pretty certain you can contain him. So you use it on yourself to keep Diablo at bay. As it turns out... that wasn't the best idea.

[@TheHunChem]

4:04 Expected slightly more loot :D

[@AndreaRionaReyzu]

Totally one of my favorite PS 1 games back on 2000s, but back in the day I didn't even read any of it's storylines at all. Well done in sharing these questlines!

[@phantumgrey]

"Eat your vegetables and brush after every meal"

[@memberofchat2825]

getting to him is way harder than actually defeating him, i beat this game for the first time yesterday and my god i loved every second of it

[@zxcbyyyy]

thanks for doing this

[@DesertFoxKG]

Man... I tried Diablo 1 long time ago. First level only. Now I'm playing Diablo 2 for the third time. Thank you for the videos. I didn't know Diablo 1 has such a deep story. I'm really impressed!

[@180223]

You rock!!! Now for Diablo 2.

[@AlastorNightheart]

what, really? after all that fucking mess the hero himself becomes Diablo?

[@180223]

Yeah and Diablo 2 has a new band of heroes fighting to kill him.

[@BizarreMonkeyCorp]

back when Blizzard could actually do dark stories, shocking, I know! Also the Sorcerer from Diablo becomes the Summoner you fight in Diablo II, while the rogue becomes Blood Raven, this isn't easy information to find, because blizzard actually understood subtlety back in those days.

[@Antarctide]

Diablo host*

[@TheCbrown146]

Bring back the mighty Blood Knights. Plus, the original succubus sprites.

[@Just_a_Lad]

The atmosphere of the 1st game plus the level of difficulty are so great. Not like the new ones that are boring, have little to no atmosphere and are easy.

[@unskilledxd6970]

The Sound of the hitting of the warrior nostalgy !!!

[@POLE7645]

Because, by the time the Warrior reached Diablo, he was partly under his control. Just enough to drive him to stick the soulstone in his forehead.

[@KenNywithrice]

4:33 Zerg Egg sound effect

[@Cynex67]

Wow so many people have no clue why he put stone in his forehead. The whole game Diablo was corrupting hero's mind, Hero thought that it was his idea to put a stone to his forehead, when infact he was manipulated by Diablo. It was Diablo;s plan all along.

[@Kebooooo]

It's been several months since I did think, I think I was level 21 or 22. Bring a lot of potions and try to hit and run.

[@xavier6393]

Another fun fact, the same guy who does both Ben 10's grandfather and the narrator at the end is the same guy who voices the Colonel in Metal Gear Solid 2. mind = blown

[@publicano777]

@SnakeEater1995 Dunno, but "Deckard Cain"'s voice is in Snake Eater: the voice actor's name is Michael Gough (NOT the guy who played Alfred in the old Batman movies).

[@Sivart343]

The lava would have done nothing to the Soulstone. Such things always find their way back into mortal hands, better someone of strong will to restrain Diablo as much as they could. It had to be someone.

[@PrisonBrain]

I didn't realize that Paul eiding did voice work untill i heard Pepin kinda had this same vibe of aldaris from StarCraft

[@Executus300]

AAAAH! AAAAH! UHHH! AAAH! UHHHH! UHHHH! AAAAH! AAAAH! UHHHH! *miss* AAAAH! AAAAH! UHHHH!

[@POLE7645]

I only read the manual from Diablo 2 and LOD. I haven't read the novels. Are they good?

[@Tenientemani]

How do you know that? I'm curious did you read any of the books from the diablo series

[@Tenientemani]

The child was used by Diablo as a host, the kid was Leroy's son, Lazyrous kidnapped Albert and sacrificed him to raise Diablo

[@memberofchat2825]

i know, i played the game

[@16shadowman92]

fun fact, the narrator of the ending cinematic is the voice of ben 10's grandfather

[@flymyty]

im a lvl 24 freaking warior and that final room where u start out pulling switches owns me 2 many fireballs!!!wat lvl are uwhen u did this?

[@stephenchanda7580]

Thanks for this. Was trying on a rogue class and was getting absolutely butchered. I wish I didn't sell the bow that stuns enemies. Dude hits like a truck and I had no way to stop him. Now I can just head to Diablo 2.. Ridiculous boss

[@Ajhidd]

It IS ridiculous. Just completed the game as a rogue. I can feel your pain. The last levels were just crawling pixel by pixel, sniping in the darkness, dodging fireballs. As for the tactics for Diablo himself - just keep full belt of full health pots and RMB with town portal for restock (it you are lucky and quick enough). Just stand, point blank shoot and drink pots like crazy. Best Boss Fight Ever. Other then that - great game overall. Many people here noted that Diablo 1 really is a horror game. The atmosphere makes your skin crawl. Love every part of the game, BUT the last boss. Maybe I've just played the game wrong and had to collect fire resist armor and rings... But the only thing with fire resist/restist all that I found were an amulet, a ring and a shield 80 str, that I could not equip as a rogue. And with 50% fire resist Diablo just laughed in my face, burning the ground under me. Not cool.

[@Chimerathon]

Observe as the great hero defeats Diablo with the power health potions.

[@BloodySawBlade]

How do you get to the 7th floor (not 17th) in this game? I'm on the 6th floor, and the whole area is blocked off. Did it have something to do with the Shrine I went up to?

[@b00gyman1]

I know that izual from d2 is the character form d1, is that true? and those skull leavers are activating the coming of diablo like those round things in d2?

[@Trooperos90]

this cinematic is fucking masterpiece

[@iMann_iFail]

After completing the game through each difficulty, I decided for a laugh to duplicate the elixirs, max out my stats and proceed to one punch my way through the entire game whilst wearing nothing but the rags you start with.

[@kollenmigiu6085]

how can they shoot the hero so fast like that

[@sebasinfire]

Lovely nostalgia.

[@sartanko]

Has the best lore ever.

[@KingHenselt]

Да!

[@DefilerZA]

i have finished mw2 on veteran even Bo on veteran but dam this game was hard as hell sometimes lol (but very awesome game)

[@KayloMaster]

BO1 veteran is nothing to mess with that missile silo level ending going through the offices Jesus that was hard

[@KayloMaster]

Ever try WAW on veteran? Oh man

[@maxlerrow5]

Hahaha, love the walk sound at 1:56 ^^

[@Tesla_Death_Ray]

Actually, I am in really bad shape financially. I pay money to my ex-wife as part of our divorce settlement, among other bills... I just had no choice but to make you pay for lunch the other day. I'm really sorry.

[@gosbanyat7571]

poor colonel, expected more loot from diablo and became indebted, i feel bad for him

[@Videoforthewin]

''YOU MUST DESTROY DEEEABLO''

[@SSMLivingPictures]

Cains Scottish really comes and goes haha. Im glad he exorcised the Scot demons entitely before D2

[@abuzarchitsaz2953]

Which weapon do you use pls? Is it an unique item?

[@toxicitzi]

@TrueGamerNET here's a question, why the hell not?. he's a hero, that's basically the concept of a hero. putting the lives of many before yours, and that was the choice to save lots and lots of lives, at least he gave everyone more time to prepare for Diablo II :P and 1 more question, why do you complain this ending when its clearly get such a nice game like Diablo II? ok, Diablo 1 is classic but it had many issues with combat.. and classic or not, those problems are still very annoying

[@psychicspacecats]

It's difficult to say exactly what the soulstones did... but according to Izual, the fallen archangel you kill in act IV of d2, the soulstones were a trick meant to unleash the prime evils onto the mortal world. So destroying them presumably ensured that the three would not return. But who knows. Blizz retcons a lot and my guess is that they could make up anything and blame it on the destruction of the world stone at the end of act V.

[@Mark_nobody3]

Now they blame Heaven has been corrupted and the Heavens gates closed and now heaven is a part of hell now, Heaven is silent because they gave up and want to save themselves

[@RockrioXD]

Epic !

[@deathtocampers]

which character would the narrator from the last words be?

[@Shaman1]

I never understood why the hero jams the soulstone into his forehead.. I know he tries to contain diablo, now that he has beaten him, however it just doesnt make sense.. also why immediately after battle? I always told myself the dark power of the stone is too strong for the hero and tries to possess him..

[@shinlightbringer]

Tal Rasha

[@davezdragon]

In Diablo II, Diablo is a Super Unique Monster.

[@KayloMaster]

I personally like Diablo 1 way more than 2 and it’s down to atmosphere and pure satisfaction. I tried playing Diablo immortal today and I’m reminded how much it’s changed. In D1 it’s just so god damn satisfying to hit stuff you feel the hit of everything and it reflects in the damage. You just feel strong and oh man the atmosphere is electric. The pure dread the isolation the enemies coming out of dark corners, not knowing what’s behind a door. THAT is Diablo.

[@Moe7133]

@Tenientemani There wasn't anyway to kill Diablo except to contain them in the Soul Stone. Lazyrous found the stone and used it on Albert to reincarnate Diablo. The Wanderer in Diablo 2 was the Hero in Diablo 1. He tried to contain the evil with in him, but he failed. lol!

[@ValenteFV]

I see in the description that you can pull diablo out? what does that mean?

[@Billdude21]

I remember playing this on PC and PS1 it was so hard on PC that i never could defeat Diablo and PS1 was way too easy

[@grimm1591]

Man what a time

[@LuisRdzG10]

Blizzard made a mistake in their storyline with the Book of Lorath, doesn't make sense that Aiden (the hero) doesn't identify his own "younger brother" as it is told here in Diablo 1 with Deckard Cain. Also, my man, beating the orde of Blood Knights it's easier with some spells, even the firewall spell (less damage because resistant, but still damaging them), that was always my strategy to kill'em all without losing too many health potions.

[@theunraveler]

You need the King Sword of Haste and Godly Plate of the Whale

[@nanao.292]

And two Lightforge rings, and a Lightforge Helmet

[@paxonite-7bd5]

I DID AN ALTERNATE ENDING in a way what I did I took my character and placed him outside the corner of the diablo arena then I opened a town portal beside me so I could move out easily all are set! I used a mana shield scroll and the guardian scroll which I placed at the opening of the area mostly 3 to lure diablo out of the area for a one on one battle before diablo few blood knights came out i fought them and stayed in my position then diablo came I fought him when he started screaming in the pain I saved the game and loaded it again it's because when i kill it first time my character doesn't move it has to continue the story but when reloaded the character can move and I had three seconds to get out of there so I ran through the town portal back to tristram then I went to the level 1 cathedral opened another town portal went through it (in signal player you can't open multiple portals) came back to tristram then went again through the portal back in the cathedral so it closes then I came out of the cathedral After you do this go back to the diablo circle it will be closed and will never open again :D Fun facts about it this alternate ending When you re-play diablo game with your old character you have the option of going to hell and fight diablo directly if you the above "cheat" and play all the levels later then there will be some differences •The levels will look a little dark for example the floor in the hell levels will turn from purplish blue to blackish grey •Monsters will be weak except in the crypts (I did this in hellfire) the monster in those are only little weaker •you can raid whole levels much and much faster! if you are a sorcerer boi it will be boring like one shot-ing everything Apocalypse spell will be an over kill! •Even the bosses and mini bosses will be weak •If you kept the town portal to diablo and got out before the cut scene there is a interesting detail if you go back to the diablo level you won't see diablo you will be Albrecht's body in the game(not the cut scene) with the soul stone beside him in the actual game Albrecht looks like any slain kid in the hell click his body and you see the cut scene • if do this ending then you can do all the quest in reverse like hell-caves-catacombs-cathedral But after this you won't have anything to do instead of talking to the NPCs and waving your sword in the air There is a problem with is ending when you play the game normally all the pain,frustration, rage given by bosses, mini bosses and monsters you pour it all down on diablo which gives you a satisfaction But if you kill the final boss at the start and other bosses death will feel eh but is fun to be OP once Random fact Cain had a thing for Gillan he describes her has a fine women :/ And wirt is a little shit Thank you for reading this long ass comment

[@PraetorPaktu]

cool (i might have to try this)

[@3GGP14NTC47]

@TrueGamerNET Wasnt it because he had to cease the devil or something?

[@Azshmo]

Weird. It looks like the final cinematic takes place in the caves....

[@HURGAMING]

Got impatient while playing diablo 1 and wanted to see the ending before i start Diablo 2

[@Gist432]

Animated blizzard characters always used to have the wierdest faces...

[@rekabdarb]

yeah... the diablo from D2 is you from D1

[@GordKeen]

So glad they took out hit chance in diablo 3

[@thefierycharmeleon164]

5:26 Is that the same actor who voices the Aldaris from Starcraft?

[@acousticsoothing]

Not even death can save you from me

[@RockaByeYT]

Getting Ganged Up was a horror. But not as traumatizing as seeing Butcher out of nowhere as a kid 😂

[@psychicspacecats]

I'm guessing the Diablo in D3 will be the same Diablo we're all familiar with. After all, in the teaser Blizz released, he looks just about the same, except for the mouths on his shoulders. In any case, knowing Blizz, they've probably cooked up something to explain why Diablo (or his influence) is still a threat.

[@sartanko]

well, i'm having a hard time seeing a diablo game without diablo. And i will take a look at this deckard cain raps.

[@extrah8]

Still more fun than D3.

[@Mahmoetah]

The Champion is like frodo, he got the soulstone of diablo now he needs to travel to mount doom in hyrule. And then throw himself with the soulstone into the burning fire.

[@snmrz]

Got the Grandfather sword once. Very2 nice weapon.

[@Christian1Aguayo]

theres a staff that everyone passes around when i played and i killed diablo without getting touched

[@FlareFluff]

2018?

[@Qchaos.]

@toxicitzi I kinda agreed with TrueGamerNET, the hero was an idiot when he put that soulstone in his head... Well that is what I thought before I heared what happened with Soulstones... They can corrupt their surrounding, so keeping the demon in himself until new heroes arrives was the best option... A sacrifice if you prefer.

[@Yourname942]

what i don't get is why he had to jam the soulstone into his head, why couldn't he find someplace where he could protect it.. besides his head.

[@KingHenselt]

Музыка просто офигенная в игре, огонь

[@bunkpesapes9656]

Fresh meat

[@callamastia]

i mean he could've just kept the crystal hidden or locked away somewhere instead of jamming it into his forehead

[@danielnewhouse5044]

He heals quickly from the potions on his belt. That's a lot of healing potions. Hell sucks.

[@Tenientemani]

Ohh I never got the manual from D1, but I wanna hit those novels, the only thing though is that theyre all different authors