Diablo (series)/Nightmare Fuel
- The Lord of Terror at his finest.
- Special mention goes to "The Butcher", a huge, fat demon who makes his residence in Tristram's church. In a room completely filled wall-to-wall with corpses. On level TWO. (It can vary, but that just means he's on the third or fourth floor instead, but the point still stands.) He killed a fairly large regiment of soldiers by himself, and he'll probably kill you without a problem, too. The only possible Nightmare Retardant is if the floor happens to have a grate to shoot arrows through, leaving the Butcher unable to fight back, and even so, you still have a giant demon snarling "AHH, FRESH MEAT" pacing back and forth in front of you for what will probably amount to hours, just looking for a way to add your corpse to the pile in his room.
- This also applies to King Leoric (The Skeleton King), especially if your character is low-level or generally weak in melee combat. While he's definitely a problem on his own, the fact that he runs around endlessly resurrecting the hordes of skeletal minions that you've probably just taken out just adds to the situation. Not only is he also much faster than you, allowing him to chase you into a corner where he'll hack your head off in seconds, but will be found only THREE levels into the game.
- Of course there's the ending too, although in particular when you defeat Diablo as a Rogue. Her scream in the final FMV sequence is nothing short of genuinely chilling.
- Special mention goes to "The Butcher", a huge, fat demon who makes his residence in Tristram's church. In a room completely filled wall-to-wall with corpses. On level TWO. (It can vary, but that just means he's on the third or fourth floor instead, but the point still stands.) He killed a fairly large regiment of soldiers by himself, and he'll probably kill you without a problem, too. The only possible Nightmare Retardant is if the floor happens to have a grate to shoot arrows through, leaving the Butcher unable to fight back, and even so, you still have a giant demon snarling "AHH, FRESH MEAT" pacing back and forth in front of you for what will probably amount to hours, just looking for a way to add your corpse to the pile in his room.
- Though if you think about it, almost everything in this game is a nightmare fuel; this is a dark fantasy game after all.
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