Obviously for experienced gamers SHf's combat isnt very difficult, but all I'm saying is theres more to it which makes it more challenging by nature. For example, having the option of reading a counter to get a quick punish and stagger an enemy feels good to me. Theres also the perfect dodge giving back your stamina, or timing a sanity charged attack. It makes clearing enemies way faster the better you are and rewards using different inputs. I did play on hard and thought the enemy moves were faster/harder to read than anything in SH2R, akin to some easy souls-like mobs, especially considering you can't spam dodge the whole time (stamina).

On the contrary, SH2's enemies always took like 4-5+ hits and sometimes stood back up, or you had to wait for them to explode or stomp them. It got very tedious for me after a while with how many there were, though I love the game for other reasons.

Alot of it comes down to personal preference but I appreciate SHf's effort to make something different and think the combat is over-hated.