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After taking at look the inventory screens of Diablo II and III, we're switching gears and examining the heart and soul of the hack-and-slash series–the hacking and the slashing:


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Diablo II
One of the pet peeves of D2 fans was the herky-jerky barbarian's attacks. Attempting a leap attack and missing meant that you'd be open for a barrage of counterattacks. Also, the barbarian relied on brute force, rather than any sort of magic trickery to take down opponent, essentially making the class very one-dimensional.
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Diablo III
Holy jumping barbarians, Batman! That's right, the barbarian's leap attack returns with several aerial combat maneuvers and the ability to traverse ravines and broken bridges with ease. There will also be magic-imbued melee weapons, which will, for example, deal additional ice damage or cause enemies to slow down. Again, with the new bottom navbar, it'll be infinitely simple to couple, say, a freeze attack and a leap attack, which means there will be some intersting combinations of attacks to put together.