It’s absolutely flabbergasting that the enemies from a game 7 years older look better than its newer counterpart that is separated by 2 console generations, a divorce, child support payments, and Trey entering the relationship.
Some of the glaring examples are exploder shanks and servitors. If you had never played D1 before and were to go from D2 right now to it, you would think “Man, I can hear their workout from three rooms away. I wish they would keep it down”, but that stuff didn’t exist in D2 when it launched. There’s not even a lore reason for it if they were stretching.
Even the AI is better (aside from the dumb thing where dregs and acolytes hide while you’re aiming and pop out when you stop aiming). Captains and knights are menacing as hell. Bosses look way better and behave in a way that kinda lets you take them in and enjoy how they look while you’re fighting them. Maybe that’s because you’re actually using your weapons on them instead of throwing 7 abilities at them in quick succession and paying more mental attention to your rotation than the scenery. As a Destiny Alpha Veteran, this is very insulting.