Xenoblade

There's some strategy involved. Not too much though. Auto-attacks do damage, but you can't rely on them for anything except when fighting weaklings.

Ok well that's good to know. So are special attacks/abilities the ones that I use on my own and not all automatic? Is the battle system similar to the one in FF12?

All Arts have to be used manually. The AI-controlled characters will, of course, be doing their own thing though you can use meter to give a command for an Art. The battle systems are similar in that there is auto-attacking and enemies appear on the field, but that's it. How you fight is completely different. Depending on which character you use, you have to position your character depending on the Art you use. Because of this, you need to manage aggro during protracted fights. For example, Shulk has Arts effective against the sides and backs of enemies. They won't work as well if the enemies want to kill him.

Alright thanks for clearing that up for me.

How in the holy hell are you supposed to defeat Xord? I'm half dead by the time I even fill up the party gauge once, and can barely get any damage in by the time he gets up. Three hours, ten deaths and I can't even get his health down below half. This is bullshit.

Xord's a bit of a tougher fight, but not that tough. I didn't lose a single main story fight in the entire game. So, you're doing something wrong if you're losing that much. Maybe you should level up a bit or change your strategy.

Stuck on Sharla's BF second fight.

Game is ridiculous. Made me rage a couple of times already, mostly because of the character AI.