DIII was total bs, never played II, I was ma babe <3
Refreshing to hear, Diablo was always my favorite. I even played a mod for DII back then, which tried to capture the essence of 1, "back to hellfire" it was called. Great times! Also imo DI & DII are hard to compare. DI has huge nostalgia bonus for me and the music and atmosphere when you where carefully exploring the dungeons are unmatched. DII was great, too, obviously the mechanics where a completely different league, but I always kinda missed the simplicity and again the atmosphere of I.
that reminds me I recently stumbled upon this video by developer David Brevek, where among other things he tells the story of how Diablo 1 became
not turn based super late in the development xD:
totally nerdy video ;) Story about turn-based from around 22:44 on, it's definitely worth 5 minutes!