FWIW the latest Grim Dawn patch has implemented a dash action you can use to avoid AoEs or get into the thick of things
Not quite the same thing as what you're referring to, but a step up from the brain off "click to attack until target is dead" of other ARPGs
Action Role-Playing Game
Basically a game focusing on levelling up your character to become your preferred version of killing machine, as opposed to maybe more of a diplomat or a rogue in what you would find in a typical Role-Playing Game (RPG)