Diablo 3 - PC

The action is typical Diablo fare, which means it's a constant clickfest. Your index finger will get tired as you keep using your primary skill to kill hundreds of enemies. Several skills let you clear entire groups at once, but your main attack will still involve clicking at all the monsters in a crowd until they die. Picking up loot has gotten a little smoother, as you automatically pick up any nearby gold (but you still have to click on each item you want).

Besides the standard click-to-kill-enemies gameplay, combat has been altered and streamlined to let you easily access multiple skills. The left and right mouse buttons are mapped to primary and secondary attack skills, each of which can be swapped out for other choices. The 1, 2, 3, and 4 keys are mapped to four additional skills, and may also be reassigned. Three passive ability slots also unlock, giving you even more ways to customize your character. This puts a lot of variety in the combat without making it seem like a World of Warcraft–like toolbar juggling act. The only limiting aspect is that by default each skill slot has its own list of skills you can choose, instead of a large pool of skills, so instead of arranging your four favorite skills you can only choose your favorite each out of four small sets of skills. You can completely customize your skill slots by enabling "Elective Mode," buried in the options menu.