Here's something that will feel right at home with a lot of users at the Codex, an actual, honest to god cynical preview of Dungeon Siege II, a divergence from the usual flattery contained in most of the previews we've seen to date, but his standpoints are however... flawed. A snippet:
Well, I can't say I agree with his assessment, because I don't. If anything, Dungeon Siege II benefits from that degree of interaction, which is a genuine step up from the screensaver of the original game, and is much closer to a Diablo-like experience than anything else. I actually like having to hold the button. It lends a degree of immersiveness that puts the player -in- the game, rather than relegating him to the role of a passive observer.

Let me put it this way: Blizzard could just as easily have automated the combat in Diablo and Diablo II, but they didn't. With good reason.