Knowing the way you are I can see this happing
Your going to buy this game and bitch on how slow, hard and unforgiving it can be. (Unless your like Nick who's bitching about lack of hour long cut scenes and no 30 hour tutorial)
You can heal off-screen you dumdass.
The problem is your used to running up to an enemy and start hacking away. You need to learn on how to read the pattens and once you do the game does become easy.