Yes, by far the best automatic attacks are finishers like those in Darksiders, and timed attacks that only use a single button so that once you've practiced in what they're sure to give you as a tutorial, you'd pretty much be the only one to blame if you couldn't pull off the move while enjoying the scene at the same time.

Personally, I've been able to enjoy quite a few of these. Of course, I'm able to dual-attend to whatever I'm interested in such as watching a show while reading its subtitles. My mom complains that this doesn't apply to listening to a world outside my attended medium because well, I'm not interested in what you have to say at the moment in case you couldn't tell lady!