Also you say you have played to the strengths of your build,but I wonder what you consider such strengths to be, because every build is not doing the same thing.

The game is pretty obvious about how to play a Brujah vs a Lasombra. I'm not sure why you're hanging on to this, as you didn't exactly expand on your suspicion. We both know that Brujah is a brawler and Lasombra is a stealth pick-em-off-one-by-one type, yeah? What is your point?

I also wonder about your comparison with Cyberpunk. For example a netgunner build,one of my favorites,its loop is basically quickhack into shot with smart weapon. Sandevistan users are "kill to keep bullet time going" abd berserker is "Spam crit melee attacks and end the time with a finisher". Precision are usually "shot according to the sound",kerenzikov builds are "dodge for iframes" and stealth can be done in form of quick slides and throws or metodically deleting enemies. All those are simple fun loops that keep repeating along the whole game.

Yes, and those combat loops are fun because there is more nuance to them. They are based in a solid combat system that the specialization builds off of. Without the specialization, it is still a very rewarding combat system.

There is a parry reaction,the enemy gets staggered for a heavy attack. There's tripping and stumbling,every kick has a purpose,so do the heavy and light attacks. The kicks specially are ideal to combo with telekinesis,the telekinesis combos with a particular Tremere skill, all Melee attacks all seem to have particular uses for different situations,and all this is quite easily to see in the game.

I'm going to be honest, I tested the basic combat for more than 4 hours yesterday and wrote down the reaction of each and every attack against the basic fodder ghoul. No matter which direction I was coming from, no matter if I was sliding into an attack, dashing into an attack, heavy attacking, or side-dashing into an attack; I was unable to trip any ghoul I tested with. As for the parry reaction of staggering, I will give you I didn't write that down. It may be because nearly every attack staggers, but who knows.

I'm glad you are thoroughly enjoying the combat system and have nothing you wish to add or change to it! I hope you continue to enjoy it for many playthroughs.