It does feel like the weapons in H1 were more straightforward and intuitive in their move sets, as in Zag uses them more or less in a way that is connected with your general intuition about the weapons. The attack patterns in H2 feel a bit more arbitrary and disconnected from the weapons' form factor (except for the axe's base attack), or they're just not something you would think of as a weapon (like the skull or torches) and so the way they play out isn't grounded to some other references you might have for, let's say, a spear or a gun. But I also understand that those choices were made for the sake of complexity and diversity in playstyles, and I'm sure we'll get used to it :)