Baldr's Gate and Neverwinter Nights are similar, except that NWN looks way better while BG is way better.
But Diablo - or ideally Diablo 2 - is nothing like either game. BG and NWN are heavily plot-centric, with tons and tons of dialogue, quests and sub-quests. Diablo is all about character development and combat - it has almost no dialogue, and a plot that can be.. not summed up asmuch as fully conveyed in about two sentences. But awesome, awesome character development.
So, if you want a rich and engrossing game with - at least in my opinion - somewhat mediocre character development, and fairly boring pause and plan combat, try one of the BioWare games... my vote would be BG. NWN does have one huge plus - it has a great level editor, an an utterly enormous mod community. You can effectively get thousands of hours out of the game with all the content online.
If you want something a little more high-action, go for Diablo. It's shallow as far as plot, dialogue and the like go, but it has just the best character development you can get outside of MMORPGs.
Personally, I would say get both Baldur's Gate and Diablo 2. They're at opposite ends of the RPG spectrum, so they compliment eachother quite well, and they're both great games.
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