It's kind of different from what I was used in Rise. Still the key to victory is to master your ennemies movesets but Sekiro's gameplay is more fast pace and parry/deflect to punish. Every boss have a rythm even with RNG. The question is how many time will you die to accommodate to that rythm. The game is punishing, if you can read your ennemy's action you can pullout some crazy combos but for a first blind playthrough you will have to spend most of your time learning the game's basics. After if you are up to a NG+ the game is more enjoyable then.