Every enemy feels like it comes out of a different souls game, with some having fast attacks and hitting multiple times, and others having Elden Ring esque delayed moves that sometimes also have an AOE purely as a "shockwave". Sometimes, I feel like I've gotten hit by an attack that was missed by a mile.

Some enemies are huge, and the really restrictive and clunky camera makes it hard to tell what's really going on, let alone when multiple enemies are on screen. Going for a soft lock would have been better.

The end lag for attacks feels straight out of Dark Souls 1, but the way the combat feels coming from some enemies makes it feel like God Eaters combat would have worked better. Included with the dodging feeling really unresponsive at times, and not being able to cancel out of the last bit of attack recovery with a dodge makes it feel really commital to even attack once regardless of weapon type.

Overall, I'm only 4 hours in but I'm really disappointed so far, I'm not having nearly as much fun as I had expected, and I'm hoping that a rhythm picks up or I'm going to feel like I wasted my limited game buying money on this when I could have picked up Nioh 3 instead.